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| “<i>The Netherlands have gone beyond the legal framework in recent years by expanding the number of temporary permits. It seemed experimental, but researchers have never written a proposal for a research program that required 84 vessels […] Fishing with electric 'pulse' trawlers is just more profitable</i>”. | | “<i>The Netherlands have gone beyond the legal framework in recent years by expanding the number of temporary permits. It seemed experimental, but researchers have never written a proposal for a research program that required 84 vessels […] Fishing with electric 'pulse' trawlers is just more profitable</i>”. |
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| 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] 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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| “Ook toen duidelijk was dat ons wetenschappelijk onderzoek naar pulsvisserij nog niet op gang was, gaf de commissie toestemming voor een derde rond vissersboten”
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| “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”.
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| Adriaan Rijnsdorp, organic fisherman and researcher from the influencial Wageningen University (the one officialy conducting the research on the electric pulse fishing boats), also stated in 2018:
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| “<i>The Netherlands have gone beyond the legal framework in recent years by expanding the number of temporary permits. It seemed experimental, but researchers have never written a proposal for a research program that required 84 vessels […] Fishing with electric 'pulse' trawlers is just more profitable</i>”.<ref>BioNieuws, edition of January 27 2018</ref>
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| == Annexe: the dutch sing for the loss of their fleet == | | == Annexe: the dutch sing for the loss of their fleet == |