This week the Scottish Fishermen’s Federation (SFF) criticized a report from the New Economics Foundation (NEF) and OCEAN2012 for containing misleading information on the state of UK and European fisheries.

The SFF says the continuing flow of misinformation from some environmental organizations and other bodies does “a huge disservice to the public and jeopardises the future of an industry making huge strides in recent years in ensuring sustainable harvesting of fish stocks”.

The 2012 Fish Dependence Report states EU fish stocks are in “an unprecedentedly poor state."

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SFF Chief Executive Bertie Armstrong rightly says this sweeping statement is profoundly wrong and ignores evidence fish stocks in the European Union are recovering following years of quota cutbacks and technical conservation measures.

But