I'm guessing because they're more concerned about whether they'll be able to feed their children tomorrow than in ten year's time. Which is understandable, really. But possibly they're just trying to make people/the government aware just how bad their position will be if the quotas come in, and that they're going to need some serious help. For example, it's not just that they won't have any income, also they'll be saddled with a huge boat that they can't sell because noone else can fish either, in a community where most other people are in the same situation. Small Cornish coastal villages (for example) are going to be in an awful lot of trouble.
I do agree quotas are necessary. However, it's also going to be necessary to come up with some kind of solution to the sudden bankruptcy of thousands of families as well, and I haven't heard any plans for that yet.
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Date: 2002-12-22 02:02 am (UTC)I do agree quotas are necessary. However, it's also going to be necessary to come up with some kind of solution to the sudden bankruptcy of thousands of families as well, and I haven't heard any plans for that yet.