Information revealed that 94 percent drop down in the stocks of seabed-dwelling species over a period, is the reason of this staggering ineptitude drop down. The sail-powered vessels around UK landed twice as many fish as today’s fleet of high-tech vessels after a government inquiry into the damage caused by bottom-trawlers.
The record shows that after the peak of 1937 the catches began to fall away. Ruth Thurstan, leading author of the study, University of York’s Environment Department, informed that for all its technological sophistication and raw power, today’s trawl fishing fleet has far less success than its sail-powered equivalent of the late 19th century because of the sharp declines in fish.
Information data shows that in UK England and Wales were at top in terms of fish landings. It is advisable that if a considerable alteration in fishery management has not been taken into consideration, Scotland’s fishing may also facade a similar doom within the next two decades.
