EU Fisheries Commissioner Joe Borg said that the complex system of quotas could be replaced with an annual allowance of days at sea.
SFF chief executive Bertie Armstrong welcomed fresh discussion but also warned that simplifying issues may not solve them. He said: "Every fisherman will agree that there must be an enforced limit." Mr Armstrong said: "If the Fisheries Commissioner is genuinely suggesting that catch limits should be scrapped, then he would probably be killed in the rush at the quayside to accept the offer."
"But I am equally sure that if radical simplification is being offered, then scrapping of days at sea would be the first choice at the same quayside. Nobody wants to see overfishing and the consequent downward spiral of commercial suicide." He added: "However, the consequences of using days at sea as the only control measure will require a great deal more thought. It is at best unpredictable and may, for some fisheries create more problems than it solves."
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