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[[File:A flat sole. | [[File:A flat sole.jpg|thumb|Thumbnailed image|According to latest study (2019)<ref name=study />, population of sole has decreased by 57%<br>in the areas where electric pulse fishing was authorized]] | ||
You may have heard the term “electric fishing” before. If you have, it is most likely due to the fact that “electric fishing” has turned out to be an ongoing scandal-story followed by the press and NGOs since the end of the millennia. And the main actor of this scandal is: <u>The Netherlands</u>. | You may have heard the term “electric fishing” before. If you have, it is most likely due to the fact that “electric fishing” has turned out to be an ongoing scandal-story followed by the press and NGOs since the end of the millennia. And the main actor of this scandal is: <u>The Netherlands</u>. | ||
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== But what is “Electric fishing”? == | == But what is “Electric fishing”? == | ||
[[File:Electric trawl. | [[File:Electric trawl.jpg|thumb|Thumbnailed image|A pulse fishing trawl]] | ||
If the first image that comes to your mind is of fisherman, fishing rod in hand, electrocuting fishes, you are not too far off… | If the first image that comes to your mind is of fisherman, fishing rod in hand, electrocuting fishes, you are not too far off… | ||
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==== <u>The argument of Fuel</u> ==== | ==== <u>The argument of Fuel</u> ==== | ||
[[File:Visned. | [[File:Visned.jpg|thumb|Thumbnailed image|Illustration produced by VisNed, one of the most powerful dutch fishing lobby]] | ||
Before the invention of pulse fishing or “pulse trawling”, fishing boats would only rely on “beam trawling”, which consists of dragging heavy chains along the sea bed to dislodge mollusks and flat fishes hiding under the sand at the bottom of the sea. This method, which has a devastative impact on the sea beds and unintentionally allows the catch of unwanted species, is also very costly. Indeed, trawling calls on large amounts of diesel to allow the dragging of the chain and net. | Before the invention of pulse fishing or “pulse trawling”, fishing boats would only rely on “beam trawling”, which consists of dragging heavy chains along the sea bed to dislodge mollusks and flat fishes hiding under the sand at the bottom of the sea. This method, which has a devastative impact on the sea beds and unintentionally allows the catch of unwanted species, is also very costly. Indeed, trawling calls on large amounts of diesel to allow the dragging of the chain and net. | ||
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==== <u>The effect on marine life</u> ==== | ==== <u>The effect on marine life</u> ==== | ||
[[File:Bycatch. | [[File:Bycatch.jpg|thumb|Thumbnailed image|The bi-catch of an electric trawler.]] | ||
[[File:Broken spine. | [[File:Broken spine.jpg|thumb|Thumbnailed image|Scan of a fish’s spine broken by the shock of the pulse]] | ||
The electric current, which was meant to knock the fish out for a few minutes, was actually proven to make fish undergo violent convulsions, often leading fish touched by the pulse to be injured or to die. | The electric current, which was meant to knock the fish out for a few minutes, was actually proven to make fish undergo violent convulsions, often leading fish touched by the pulse to be injured or to die. | ||
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== The dutch Scandal == | == The dutch Scandal == | ||
[[File:Pulse fishing exemptions map. | [[File:Pulse fishing exemptions map.jpg|thumb|Thumbnailed image|A map showing the area for which exemptions were granted]] | ||
<small>Note: (The Soft Protest Digest wants to thank French association [https://www.bloomassociation.org/ Bloom] for its help on piecing the whole affair together).</small> | <small>Note: (The Soft Protest Digest wants to thank French association [https://www.bloomassociation.org/ Bloom] for its help on piecing the whole affair together).</small> | ||
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<gallery mode="traditional" weight=700px> | <gallery mode="traditional" weight=700px> | ||
File:First-prohibition-1998-EU.jpg|1998 EU ban | File:First-prohibition-1998-EU.jpg|1998 EU ban | ||
File:Journal-Commission-Europe-authorizing-permits-for-electric-pulse-fishing. | File:Journal-Commission-Europe-authorizing-permits-for-electric-pulse-fishing.jpg|2006 Ratified law based on omitted scientific report | ||
File:2006 report Europeeancomission Scientific-branch 1-month-before-permits.jpg|2006 Omitted STEFC report | File:2006 report Europeeancomission Scientific-branch 1-month-before-permits.jpg|2006 Omitted STEFC report | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||