Quote Originally Posted by gaelic cowboy View Post
Also there is a massive problem with bycatch usually it's not such a major problem except under when under a quota regime.

I go fishing for herring but catch mackerel well over the side it goes, probably cos I have used my quota of mackerel or worse I didn't have any to begin with.
Right - that's the problem with quotas

Fishermen are allowed to throwback, and because they have quotas they'll throwback three times the weight in mackerel that they're trying to find in herring.

This is a bloody mess all over, not only are the fishermen wasting catch that could be sold and is already dead, they're also wasting time out on the water when they could be in port selling a fresher catch.

Every British fisherman knows this and, again, they don't have the problem in Norway.