A Greenpeace ship arrived in Fowey today as part of a campaign supporting local fishermen. The Arctic Sunrise will be moored in the estuary until Saturday. Small boats will ferry visitors to the ship from the town quay.
Simon Clydesdale from Greenpeace says smaller fishermen are losing out in relation to fishing quotas.
A Greenpeace ship arrives in Fowey today as part of a campaign supporting local fishermen. The Arctic Sunrise will be moored in the estuary until Saturday. Small boats will ferry visitors to the ship from the town quay.
– John Sauven, Executive Director of GreenpeaceIt will lock a generation of consumers into higher energy bills, via a strike price that's expected to be double the current price of electricity, and it will distort energy policy by displacing newer, cleaner, cheaper technologies. With companies now saying the price of offshore wind will drop so much it will be on par with nuclear by 2020, there is no rationale for allowing Hinkley C to proceed. Giving it the green light when there is no credible plan for dealing with the waste could also be in breach of the law.
Small scale fishermen in the South West have joined a Greenpeace campaign to demand reform of the Common Fisheries Policy.
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Greenpeace is launching a campaign with local fishermen in Plymouth to change EU fishing laws. They say small local fishing businesses are sustainable, but they're being put of out business because EU policies favour bigger fishing companies.
