Why we should support small fishing boats over super-trawlers, Part 2. Caroline Bennett

Описание: Here's Part 2 of my interview with Caroline Bennett, founder of 'Sole of Discretion', a community interest company that sells fish caught by a collective of small fishing boats in Devon. Here we talk about the life of small fishing boat skippers.

In Part 1 (https://www.lowimpact.org/why-we-shou...) we talked about sustainability and community benefits of buying from small fishing boats, and the barriers that they face; and in Part 3 we’ll look at how government quotas benefit super-trawlers and disadvantage the small boats.

Transcript of interview, with links to organisations mentioned in the video: https://www.lowimpact.org/why-we-shou...

We’re interviewing key players in the new economy, to:
a) bring their work to a wider audience
b) try to find ways to co-ordinate their efforts
c) stimulate debate
d) help to build the new economy.

Here’s what we mean by new economy - https://www.lowimpact.org/lowimpact-t...

And here's an introduction to low-impact seafood: https://www.lowimpact.org/lowimpact-t...

Lowimpact.org: https://www.lowimpact.org/
Sole of Discretion: https://soleofdiscretion.co.uk/

Hhighlights

1. We're basically subsidising damaging fisheries.

2. The small boats will keep wealth in communities, while the big boats suck wealth out to pay shareholders.

3. Small fishermen's instinct is to not overfish, but to go home when they've got enough. But when they see these huge super-trawlers sitting at the 6 mile mark, they think that they have to catch more, because tomorrow, all the fish will have been hoovered up by the big boats.