GOTHENBURG, Sweden—The waters of Europe don't hold enough fish to provide for all European fishing vessels.
Every country within the European Union has a fishing program, the purpose of which is to strengthen and promote a sustainable development of the fishing industry in that country.
The Swedish government will shortly make decisions on more environmentally adapted fishing. This means, among other things, dealing with the redundancy within the fishing fleet, and improving marine environments to create conditions for natural fish stocks. New tools, like nets that let smaller fish escape, will also be developed.
“In order to achieve a sustainable fishing industry, we need to reduce our fishing fleet's capacity, but also reduce negative environmental effects,” said Swedish Minister of Agriculture, Eskil Erlandsson, in a press release.
Sweden is presently putting 28 million SEK (approximately US$ 4 million) into its European Union fishing program yearly, but the government will now double this figure for the two coming years.
