{"id":8294,"date":"2017-06-22T08:08:38","date_gmt":"2017-06-22T08:08:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lifeplatform.eu\/?p=8294"},"modified":"2017-06-22T08:41:14","modified_gmt":"2017-06-22T08:41:14","slug":"electric-pulse-trawling-highly-charged-issue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeplatform.eu\/ma\/electric-pulse-trawling-highly-charged-issue\/","title":{"rendered":"Electric Pulse Trawling: a highly charged issue"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8297 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/lifeplatform.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/danger.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"251\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lifeplatform.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/danger.jpg 250w, https:\/\/lifeplatform.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/danger-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Electric Pulse Trawling: a highly charged issue<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Brussels, 22 June 2017<\/p>\n<p>Brian O&#8217;Riordan<\/p>\n<p>A highly charged debate on electric pulse fishing, organized by the <strong>Intergroup for Biodiversity &amp; Ecosystems Services, took place in the European Parliament<\/strong> yesterday, Wednesday 21 June. Under discussion was the issue<strong> <em>electric pulse trawling as a more sustainable alternative to beam trawling<\/em>.<\/strong> A pulse trawl uses electric current to shock fish off the seabed, and is more than 10 times lighter than a conventional beam trawl (240 kgs vs 3,000 kgs). It has huge benefits for fuel economy, carbon footprint, and mechanical seabed impact.<\/p>\n<p>However, the lighter weight of the gear means that it can be used in areas inaccessible to beam trawls, and the lethal, sub lethal, and wider ecosystem impacts of electric pulses are as yet not sufficiently researched. LIFE therefore <strong>urges precaution prior to deregulating the gear<\/strong>. For details see https:\/\/lifeplatform.eu\/shocking-the-fish\/<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-8295 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/lifeplatform.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/DSCN2708-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lifeplatform.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/DSCN2708-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lifeplatform.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/DSCN2708-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>Small scale inshore fishers using fixed gears are concerned that, thanks to pulse technology, beam trawl effort is now shifting <strong>into more sensitive and environmentally fragile areas<\/strong>, where the impact of overfishing and electric pulses on marine fauna and associated habitats threatens their activities. Allowing the encroachment of electric pulse trawling into these inshore areas in the absence of any effective regulatory and control framework flies in the face of any precautionary or ecosystems based approach to fisheries management.<\/p>\n<p>Representing DG Mare, Elisa Roller hailed pulse trawling as \u201cthe most innovative, most researched and most fuel-efficient gear\u201d, which she sees as a crucial <strong>tool for dealing with the challenges of the landing obligation<\/strong>. As Head of Unit for CFP and Structural Support, Policy Development and Coordination, she is sufficiently satisfied with the evidence from research to allow the mainstreaming of the pulse technique throughout the EU. She highlighted a few outstanding issues that need to be taken care of, which essentially boil down to a misunderstanding on pulse issues, she said.<\/p>\n<p>Pim Visser for the Dutch industry called for an increase in the number of licenses for brown shrimp vessels, highlighting the 60 to 70% reduction in by-catch obtainable.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-8296 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/lifeplatform.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/DSCN2710-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"233\" height=\"175\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lifeplatform.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/DSCN2710-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lifeplatform.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/DSCN2710-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 233px) 100vw, 233px\" \/>Ricardo Serrao Santos drew attention to the ethical issue of fish welfare, and pointed out that innovation could be both <strong>Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde<\/strong>. Innovation was a two-edged sword that was both the cause of and potential solution to climate change, pollution, ocean acidification, and \u00a0plastic waste.<\/p>\n<p>Hans Polet from ILVO \u2013 the Flemish Agriculture and Fisheries Research Institute \u2013 highlighted that despite much research, there are still significant<strong> knowledge gaps<\/strong> as regards the wider ecosystem and longer-term impacts.<\/p>\n<p>Bjorn Stockhausen for Seas at Risk urged that regulatory conditions governing licence restrictions for pulse trawling are<strong> strengthened not weakened<\/strong>, and that existing licenced operations are evaluated. Small mistakes can make big impacts he said. He pointed out that the repetitive and cumulative effects of electricity over time were unknown.<\/p>\n<p>Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric le Manach for Bloom drew attention to the ethical issues, stating that it is not acceptable to electrocute Nature; that <strong>electric pulses are not selective, all fish are electrocuted<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">\u2666\u00a0\u2666\u00a0\u2666<\/h3>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Electric Pulse Trawling: a highly charged issue Brussels, 22 June 2017 Brian O&#8217;Riordan A highly charged debate on electric pulse fishing, organized by the Intergroup for Biodiversity &amp; Ecosystems Services, took place in the European Parliament yesterday, Wednesday 21 June. 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