World Wildlife Fund, Greenpeace and other environmental groups are suing Germany’s government over fishing being done in the Baltic and North Sea. The green groups allege the fishing the government allows to go on there is negatively affecting sea wildlife in those areas. The lawsuit states that the fish nets used for catch threatens porpoises and sea birds as well as valued sandbanks and reef habitats.

Apparently, much of the conservation efforts that would have been conducted by Germany are now being conducted by the European Union. According to the Common European Fisheries Policy any such changes to national fishing policy on the part of a member state has to be approved by the European Commission. Germany’s Ministry for Food and Agriculture neglected to file a formal proposal as they normally would have done.

This is nothing more than an underhanded attempt to have fishing limits or rules to be implemented by court declaration. Fishing is also a point of contention among environmentalists too since they are opposed to man consuming any form of animal wildlife. The fact that they want sea life preserved from fishnets and wind farms is really a tactical point they use since their end goal is to prevent all kinds of fishing. Greenpeace is on record as opposing overfishing, but that is nothing more than a buzzword to halt any and all fishing.

I do find it disturbing that barrier reefs and dolphins can be affected negatively by fish nets. However, fishermen can prevent much of this from happening and provide a service of bringing fish, crab and a variety of sea life to market for people to consume. Fish is a nutritious source of food for people to eat that helps enhance our lives but, like their opposition to GMO’s and eating meat, environmentalist groups (like Greenpeace) seek to ban fishing in hopes of steering people to switching to a vegan diet. The lawsuit filed in Germany is one of many steps to accomplish that goal.