Greenpeace is claiming that its own investigation reveals three companies in the United Kingdom hold nearly two-thirds of all the fishing rights in England.
According to Greenpeace, Cornelis Vrolijk, Interfish and Andrew Marr control 61 percent of total quotas in England, leaving small-scale fishermen out of the picture.
“The fish in our seas are a public resource, it’s yours and mine, managed by government on our behalf,” said Jerry Percy, founder of the New Under Ten Fishermen’s Association and executive director of Low Impact Fishers of Europe.
“They