2012 is a big year for fishermen, not because of the Olympic and Paralympic games (although I’m sure some of them have been enjoying them), no 2012 is a big year because it will see the reform of the European Common Fisheries Policy (CFP).
You might remember CFP from Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall TV show last year Fish Fight. Greenpeace has been campaigning on this issue for sometime and recently launched a campaign encouraging people to become fishermen friends and support sustainable, small scale local fishermen.
The campaign has been running along the Southern coast and in the South West for sometime but recently, networks around the country have been asked to carry out surveys in the local area and see how the general public feel about CFP reform.
The findings of the survey will be used to convince our MEPs and Richard Benyon the Fisheries Minister to fight for the needed reforms to the CFP in the following months.
Last Saturday the Bethnal Green network went down to Broadway Market in East London to find out what people in our local area thought about this issue. An impressive 360 people signed our petition and all agreed that the current system is broken and reform to the policy needs to be done.
If you would like to get involved with this campaign or other Greenpeace campaigns in East London, please contact us and come along to our next meeting. We meet on the first Thursday of the month in the Approach Tavern.
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