🐟 Fishing series: A few climate conscious guidelines to buying fish: Difference between revisions

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One marker to keep in mind is: <u><b>the size of the boat</b></u>.
One marker to keep in mind is: <u><b>the size of the boat</b></u>.
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If the boat is smaller than 12 meters, you are garanteed that it does not engage in destructive forms of fishing. Indeed, 12 meters implies that the boat will not be able to go on more than 1 day trips, which rules out the possiblity to fish with a trawl in deep sea, or to fish with drift nets: it simply garantees the use of “soft fishing” methods.
If the boat is smaller than 12 meters, you are garanteed that it does not engage in destructive forms of fishing. Indeed, 12 meters implies that the boat will not be able to go on more than 1 day trips, which rules out the possiblity to fish with a trawl in deep sea, or to fish with drift nets: it simply garantees the use of “soft fishing” methods.