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== Acknowledgment of the scandal by the Netherlands == | == Acknowledgment of the scandal by the Netherlands == | ||
==== Acknowledgment by the dutch government | ==== <u>Acknowledgment by the dutch government</u> ==== | ||
March 2018, dutch minister Carola Schouten publicly admitted<ref>See NOS article [https://nos.nl/artikel/2224621-schouten-brussel-gaf-zelf-toestemming-voor-vergunningen-pulsvisserij.html/ here]</ref> to the dutch parliament, that scientific research had not yet been carried out when the European Commission was asked by the dutch to issue additional licenses: | March 2018, dutch minister Carola Schouten publicly admitted<ref>See NOS article [https://nos.nl/artikel/2224621-schouten-brussel-gaf-zelf-toestemming-voor-vergunningen-pulsvisserij.html/ here]</ref> to the dutch parliament, that scientific research had not yet been carried out when the European Commission was asked by the dutch to issue additional licenses: | ||
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“<i>Even when it was clear that our scientific research into pulse fishing was not yet underway, the committee gave permission for a third party on fishing boats</i>.” | “<i>Even when it was clear that our scientific research into pulse fishing was not yet underway, the committee gave permission for a third party on fishing boats</i>.” | ||
==== Acknowledgment of the Wageningen University | ==== <u>Acknowledgment of the Wageningen University</u> ==== | ||
A scientific report on the impact of pulse fishing<ref>Click [https://edepot.wur.nl/369915/ here] to read full report</ref> was published in 2015 by a group of Dutch, Belgian and German scientists. All dutch scientists participating in the report are members of the IMARES, the marine research organ of the Wageningen University, officially in charge of the so-called “research” pursued by the dutch fleet . In this report, the dutch acknowledge for the first time that their is inconclusive and that the permits delivered by the EU are, in fact, used by the Netherlands for commercial purposes. | A scientific report on the impact of pulse fishing<ref>Click [https://edepot.wur.nl/369915/ here] to read full report</ref> was published in 2015 by a group of Dutch, Belgian and German scientists. All dutch scientists participating in the report are members of the IMARES, the marine research organ of the Wageningen University, officially in charge of the so-called “research” pursued by the dutch fleet . In this report, the dutch acknowledge for the first time that their is inconclusive and that the permits delivered by the EU are, in fact, used by the Netherlands for commercial purposes. | ||