Small fish can cause a big stink. A New York Times article reports that fishermen in France and Spain are fighting about fishing for anchovies in the Bay of Biscay. Because the bay was overfished, the European Union implemented a total ban on fishing for anchovies until 2008. But fishermen in both Spain and France are afraid that saving the fish might mean losing part of their identity and, of course, economy.
The article also reports:
...Fishermen here had begun to fish for anchovies in the last 20 years or so. Before that, sardines were their stock in trade. Virtually all the anchovies they catch are sold to Spain, where they are a delicacy.
Ironic, then, that we continue to turn 36 percent of marine fish into fishmeal, a lot of which is anchovy.
