David Maddox: Fishy business by the Scottish Government
Just ahead of the crunch vote on the Climate Change Bill (Scotland) it might be worth taking a quick nosy at the Scottish Government's current credentials on saving the world from ecological disaster.
Some of you may have seen the amazing and apocalyptic (if you are a fish) film End of the Line, which has made waves around the world. The thought-provoking documentary is film based on the book by the Daily Telegraph’s Environmental Editor Charles Clover, revealing the impact of over-fishing the oceans, in the sense that they will be empty pretty soon unless something is done.
Obviously, Scottish Environment Secretary Richard Lochhead, who has made his name by cosying up to Scotland's fishing lobby, has not seen the film or doesn't believe it. That can only explain the Scottish Government's recently launched Eat More Fish Campaign.
The campaign may be one of the reasons why the Greens are less than convinced about the SNP's commitment to climate change targets.
As Green MSP Robin Harper put it to me: "This is a clear case of the Government collaborating with industry in the face of well-founded scientific criticism. Without a change in tack from the SNP and other governments worldwide there will simply be no more fish to eat."
Anyway if you like to eat fish here's a picture of Mr Lochhead from the campaign showing us just how its best done:
Labels: climate change bill, David Maddox, end of the line (film), fish, Greens, Richard Lochhead, SNP
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And with one blog post the Scotsman repduiates any notion of sustainable fishing, or the the need to improve the national diet.
Of course the only choice facing Scotland is a) continue with one of the unhealthiest diets in Europe, highest rates of hear disease and lowest life expectancy or b) a total fish apocalypse and empty oceans in less than ten years. Either way, it's obvious that Alex Salmond and Richard Lochhead are to blame. That's what people get for following the Scotsman's leader column's advice to vote SNP in 2007.
We could have read that at leakychanter. Thanks for the analysis.
What A Mighty Load Of Cobblers!
We are indeed facing a fish apocalypse, which the SNP don't want their voters even to know about, and their policies will aggravate the situation and bring about the certain end of the fishing industry.
I'm sure there are other ways to eat healthily beyond fish. How about, I dunno, vegetables?
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