Bringing Fishing Policy back under National Control among Proposals Submitted by the Public
Added: (Thu Aug 19 2010)
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44,000 proposals have been selected from over 100,000 submitted to the British Government in an attempt to reduce the £155 billion deficit.
Until the end of August, members of the public will be asked to rate the proposals so Whitehall can pick out and develop the most important proposals.
It seemed like a good idea, but would the public simply use the opportunity to rant about bureaucracy and expose their xenophobia or would it actually solve the budget democratically? Since its launch on 5 August, there has been a mixed response. Some proposals have gathered hundreds of responses, while others have not attracted any.
Potter, the name used by the author, has so far gained 37 votes for his proposal to scrap EU fishing policy, getting an average score of 4.8 out of 5. Citing the absurdity of the current policy, where quotas force fishermen to throw dead fish back into the sea and thousands of British fishermen have lost their jobs, he encourages us to quit the EU policy and think about saving the British industry.
James Thomas, the marketing director of Agroterra, the leading UK agricultural website, points out that one of the best ways to improve British fishing is to generate massive sales leads and business contacts through the agroterra.co.uk site.
“Thousands of fishermen and others in the agricultural sector have grown their sales through very high sales lead volume generation. The complexities of the modern-day market require fishermen to have a presence online so they can make more efficient sales, with less time spent looking for buyers in traditional markets. Www.agroterra.co.uk allows fishermen, farmers and agro-suppliers to concentrate on their core business while eager buyers come in search for their products and services,” says Thomas.
Among other ideas on the Government website are to increase levies on foreign food, abolish animal movement records, compost household waste and improve or scrap the Environment Agency.
“It is true that British agriculture in general needs to be given a helping hand by the government, but also it needs to embrace new technology and marketing techniques to get itself to the top of searches by professional buyers,” says the CEO of agroterra.co.uk.
Agroterra gives British agriculture just that opportunity. It allows regional, national and even international agro-suppliers to publish their products on the site which always comes up top.
“We get over 700,000 visits to Agroterra every month and generate over 150,000 sales leads. It's not surprising that everyone in the sector is coming to us: we offer a range of competitively priced subscriptions and even free accounts for small scale users,” he adds.
Whatever the outcome of the government's selection of proposals, Agroterra will continue to grow your agro-business.