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text:
import { Flex } from "@artsy/palette"
import { ArtworkSummaryItem_order } from "v2/__generated__/ArtworkSummaryItem_order.graphql"
import {
  UntouchedBuyOrder,
  mockResolver,
} from "v2/Apps/__tests__/Fixtures/Order"
import { MockRelayRenderer } from "v2/DevTools"
import React from "react"
import { graphql } from "react-relay"
import { storiesOf } from "storybook/storiesOf"
import { Section } from "v2/Utils/Section"
import { ArtworkSummaryItemFragmentContainer } from "../ArtworkSummaryItem"

const makeLineItems = ({ artistName, artworkTitle }) => ({
  edges: [
    {
      node: {
        artwork: {
          artist_names: artistName,
          title: artworkTitle,
          date: "2018",
          shippingOrigin: "New York, NY",
          image: {
            resized: {
              url:
                "https://d32dm0rphc51dk.cloudfront.net/SCShf97jlpFZpDBJUBqntg/small.jpg",
            },
          },
        },
      },
    },
  ],
})

const orderQuery = graphql`
  query ArtworkSummaryItemStoryQuery {
    order: commerceOrder(id: "foo") {
      ...ArtworkSummaryItem_order
    }
  }
`

const render = (extraOrderProps?: Partial<ArtworkSummaryItem_order>) => {
  return (
    <MockRelayRenderer
      Component={ArtworkSummaryItemFragmentContainer}
      mockResolvers={mockResolver({
        ...UntouchedBuyOrder,
        ...extraOrderProps,
      })}
      query={orderQuery}
    />
  )
}
storiesOf("Apps/Order/Components", module)
  .add("ArtworkSummaryItem", () => {
    return (

        <Flex width={280} flexDirection="column">
          {render()}
        </Flex>

    )
  })
  .add("ArtworkSummaryItem (with long titles)", () => (

      <Flex width={280} flexDirection="column">
        {render({
          lineItems: makeLineItems({
            artistName: "Francesca DiMattio and Orta Theroxicus",
            artworkTitle: "Some quite long title you know how artists can be",
          }) as any,
          sellerDetails: {
            __typename: "Partner",
            name: "Salon Nineteen Eighty Four and Three Quarters",
          } as any,
        })}
      </Flex>

  ))

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


We popped into IKEA yesterday for drawers, storage, a bathroom cabinet (I'm blaming Marie Kondo) and the kids were amazed at the Pick 'n' Mix on offer and for not very many pennies either. They want to spend their pocket money there every month!
After we'd loaded up the car, starving marvins, we drove to nearby massive mall The Oracle which felt more resort than shopping centre thanks to being situated on the banks of the River Kennet with a whopping 90 stores on site including Debenhams and House of Fraser, and not forgetting a zillion restaurants including one of our all-time faves YO! Sushi which is part of HOF.
YO! Sushi pleases everyone in this family of four: my vegan self of course, my pescatarian husband, Peter, and my meat eating sons Oliver and Alexander.
With a recently expanded vegan menu I couldn't wait to tuck into their new plant-based dishes, and my old faves too of course, and most of us ate vegan food over dinner, bar Xander who asked for a Chicken Katsu Burger for his main course.
A huge restaurant which looked like it fit a hundred, it's far bigger and more luxurious than our local (but still lovely) Windsor branch, making it a romantic date night spot as much as a quick bite in between shopping treat. More brasserie style interiors than futuristic high end fast food joint, this marks a departure for the brand, and I like it.
Also must not that despite it being busy as it was Saturday evening, the staff were polite, attentive, and the food, delicious, as always.
Shout-out to manager Kamil, the host with the most and his brilliant side-kick Assistant Manager Richard.
What didn't we eat might be easier to answer. We (maki) rolled out of there (soz)!
Tangy, tasty, stunningly presented and super filling with all that plant-based goodness (I'm obsessed with all things tofu btw), even a non-vegan would love this array of dishes.
Excitingly, you can win £50 to spend on Reading YO! Sushi so you can enjoy the restaurant for yourself.
This can only be redeemed in the Reading Oracle branch.
Travel and accommodation cannot be covered.
We were given a complimentary meal in return for this review. As always my words are honest.
My son is at Uni and this is where he treats himself. Would love to give him the voucher with final exams just weeks away!
I have never been to Yo Sushi because I assumed they would not have any things I could eat. Useful to know that they do in fact cater for vegetarians and vegans.
The Oracle is one of our nearest shopping centres, but we've never made it to their Yo Sushi. Really need to rectify that. It's always so hard to choose where to eat while there because you're spoiled for choice.
My hubby and I have never been to Yo!Sushi before, but are desperate to try it! This would be an awesome date-night win!
Never been to YO! Sushi and would love to go.
The menu looks so yummy and so many choices. Plus I live in Reading and have never been here before. Thank you for the chance.
It's been too long since I have been to yo sushi, this would be such a treat!
my granddaughter loves yo sushi so I'd love to treat her.
Never been, but love Sushi, and £50 should go a long way for me, my daughter and OH to having a great old time!
I would love to try some new food flavours!
we've never tried sushi, maybe now's the time?!!


WHEN: Saturday, Jan. 20, at 9 a.m.
Leon County Government and the City of Tallahassee invite citizens to celebrate Arbor Day by planting trees at Apalachee Regional Park, 7550 Apalachee Parkway, on Saturday, Jan. 20, at 9 a.m. This is a fun opportunity for volunteers to reconnect with the earth, while helping increase the beauty of the area.
This year, planting includes a diverse mix of over 165 native trees, including large shade trees such as Live Oak, Nuttall Oak and Black Tupelo. Volunteers are asked to bring gloves, shovels, rakes and friends.
Leon County and the City of Tallahassee have a long history of celebrating Arbor Day. Last year, hundreds of trees and shrubs were planted by friends and families at Lake Henrietta Park.
For more information, contact Dean Richards, Leon County Public Works, at (850) 606-1400 / RichardsD@LeonCountyFL.gov or Mathieu Cavell, Leon County Community and Media Relations, at (850) 606-5300 / cmr@LeonCountyFL.gov .


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Team finds unexpected magnetism in nanoscale compound
by Scott Schrage | University Communication and Marketing
David Sellmyer (left) and Bhaskar Das
A research team led by University of Nebraska-Lincoln physicists David Sellmyer and Bhaskar Das has discovered that a compound called manganese silicide takes on unexpected properties when reduced down to the nanoscale. (That's the scale used to measure DNA strands, viruses and the length your fingernails grow in one second.)
What sorts of properties did the researchers find?
The big one is ferromagnetism. This basically means that clusters of these nanoparticles are especially susceptible to becoming magnetized when subjected to a magnetic field. It also means that they can retain their magnetism even after the magnetic field has been removed, as long as their temperature doesn't rise above the so-called Curie point. The Husker team found that the Curie point for nanoscale manganese silicide is about 600 degrees Kelvin (476 degrees Fahrenheit).
"The unique aspect of this work is that is shows how the surface atoms in 8.6-nanometer (manganese silicide) clusters develop large magnetic moments which interact with core or interior electrons to greatly strengthen the ordered magnetic state," Sellmyer said.
Why is that useful?
Magnetic materials play a crucial role in data-storage devices that rely on random-access memory, which stores its binary language of 1s and 0s in patterns of magnetization that can be read and rewritten by computer processors. Finding materials that feature ferromagnetism at ever-smaller scales and ever-higher temperatures helps facilitate the creation of more efficient digital technologies.
According to Sellmyer, the nanoclusters might also prove useful in biomedical imaging – think MRIs or PET scans – and as catalysts that accelerate chemical reactions essential in producing other compounds, processing energy sources, and much more.
How did the researchers figure this out?
Through a combination of experiments conducted at the Nebraska Center for Materials and Nanoscience and theoretical computations performed at the university's Holland Computing Center.
For all the details, check out the team's recent study in the journal ACS Nano Letters by clicking here.
The team's research was supported by the Office of Basic Energy Sciences at the U.S. Department of Energy.
David Sellmyer, Professor of Physics and Astronomy; Director, Nebraska Center for Materials and Nanoscience
Physics at UNL
See the study
David Sellmyer
Bhaskar Das
manganese silicide

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaCommonCrawl


text:
Dispatches from the Manosphere Eddie Kim May 12, 2022
Baked Alaska Was Almost on the Right Side of History
This week, Anthime Joseph Gionet lost himself a plea deal for his part in the January 6th insurrection after declaring himself innocent. But there was a time when the alt-right streamer seemed to have real remorse for his wrongdoings
For nearly half an hour, Anthime "Tim" Gionet — known online by his moniker "Baked Alaska" — livestreamed from inside the Capitol building on January 6, 2021, smiling into the camera as hundreds of other insurrectionists milled around him.
Despite his claims that he was merely there as a media member, Gionet took every opportunity to inflame the moment, yelling with glee as destruction unfolded. "America First is inevitable. Fuck Globalists, let's go!" he said according to an FBI affidavit.
"1776, baby!" he added later. "Occupy the Capitol… we ain't leaving this bitch."
And, to a police officer: "You're a fucking oathbreaker, you piece of shit."
Gionet was arrested just weeks later, but ultimately received one of the weakest charges possible for his crimes: One misdemeanor count for "willfully parading, demonstrating or picketing" inside the Capitol, which comes with a maximum sentence of six months in prison. The cards were set for Gionet to accept a layup plea deal that would likely result in a greatly reduced sentence, or even house arrest and probation.
But this week, he shot himself in the metaphoric leg right as he neared the finish line. In a baffling bit of subterfuge, Gionet told U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan that he only considered pleading guilty because the prosecutor had told him that he could face felony charges if he didn't take a deal.
"I believe I'm innocent," Gionet proclaimed.
Given that video of insurrectionist Tim Gionet ("Baked Alaska") exhibiting awareness on 1/5 that the Capitol would be stormed on 1/6 went viral, it's astonishing he got a misdemeanor deal and *more* astonishing he just screwed up that deal by declaring himself "innocent" in court
— Seth Abramson (@SethAbramson) May 11, 2022
The government claims there was never a felony charge in play, which makes it seem like Gionet is flat-out lying in order to feign a courageous, last-stand resistance. Maybe he's worried about being seen as a soft far-right informant by his fans. Or maybe he thinks that he can convince a jury of his peers to somehow ignore the evidence that he literally recorded.
For Gionet, it's just another fork in the road that's led to a very stupid decision — just the newest in a string of mistakes that has left "Baked Alaska" grasping at extremist straws and more isolated than ever.
For much of the last six years, Gionet has operated as one of the far right's best-known digital agitators, racking up hundreds of thousands of followers across Twitter and YouTube by spreading right-wing conspiracies, buddying up to white nationalist influencers like Nick Fuentes and harassing strangers in public under the guise of "free speech." It's a long way from his early days trying to rap his way to viral fame and, later, working as a "brilliant" social media strategist at BuzzFeed.
It seems that Gionet was inspired to pivot to the alt-right after running into office conflicts over his public fanaticism over Trump. In 2016, he was hired to be manager to notorious troll Milo Yiannopoulos, which put him in touch with other "new right" provocateurs like writer Chuck Johnson and Mike Cernovich. By 2017, he was a featured speaker at the violent white nationalist "Unite the Right" rally in Charlottesville, Virginia.
He's since gotten arrested multiple times for his increasingly aggressive antics, including pepper-spraying a restaurant employee and defacing a Hanukkah display in 2020, both in Arizona. On January 13, 2022, Gionet was sentenced to 30 days in jail for the former assault, and currently awaits sentencing for the latter crime. It's hard to imagine Gionet dodging any time behind bars given his string of offenses, but somehow, it should've been worse, given how he willfully violated the terms of his pretrial release for the restaurant assault. He promised not to leave Arizona without court permission; instead, he flew to Washington, D.C. for the insurrection, hung out with Fuentes, and went to Florida to buy a house.
Once upon a time, however, Gionet seemed to experience a flash of self-awareness and remorse while struggling to float his career as far-right instigator. In 2019, after being kicked off Twitter and encountering more restrictions on streaming platforms, Gionet seemed to want to give it all up, and finally do right by himself. "It's been a pretty big disaster, to be honest," Gionet told The Daily Beast of his far-right lifestyle. "It's been terrible for my employment opportunities, my reputation. It's ruined lifelong friendships, it's ruined relationships with family. It's hurt my soul."
He made a rap video about supporting Andrew Yang, and began speaking out about the dangers of right-wing radicalization, declaring that "normie-tier conservatives" were being brainwashed by a "cult." He warned that white supremacists were recruiting young people through the catharsis of "ironic" racism and violent memes. In various videos and interviews, he reflected on the Christchurch mosque shootings and his own impact on fomenting real-world violence.
He even observed, wisely, that the world of right-wing content creation is built on victimhood and naturally resistant to regulation: "I don't think the deplatforming approach works because the alt-right has learned to exploit deplatforming to convince their adherents that they can't possibly rejoin mainstream society," he told the Daily Dot.
Gionet didn't just want to assess the landscape he had helped wrought — he wanted to pay his mea culpa, too. He claimed he wanted to set up a nonprofit named "XALT" to help deradicalize alt-right figures and help shift their reputation through legitimate work. "I will do what I can to tell my story and try to educate kids from getting involved in extremism on both sides," he said.
In a parallel universe not too distant from here, there is a Gionet who followed through with his word, and was able to generate attention and kudos for using his past to prevent violence in the future. In this universe, however, "XALT" doesn't exist. Nor does Gionet's remorse, nor his public critiques of right-wing media as a cottage economy for grifters. Instead, Gionet's back to his alt-right hustle, yelling on Telegram about how Elon Musk will reinstate his Twitter while begging for donations to cover his legal fees.
Posted on the Baked Alaska Telegram channel on May 12th
His rise in the last few years can't be underestimated — his influence has created a blooming family tree of pasty alt-right agitators, all of whom know they can make a buck on a livestream through preening and exaggeration. (Consider the case of his buddy Ethan Schmidt, a violent right-winger with a penchant for targeting LGBTQ people.)
But with so many legal battles to fight on the horizon, it feels a lot like Gionet's peak has already come and gone. He has 60 days as of Wednesday to plead guilty and accept a deal, or face the likelihood of stiffer punishment in a March 2023 trial. It's a big decision for the young man once described as "a kind but lonely social-media genius," and it's easy to wonder whether Gionet regrets being at this fork in the road once more.
As he reportedly wrote in an email to his fans in 2017: "When I was a kid, all I dreamed about was being famous, but once it happened I realized it didn't fulfill the void in my soul like I thought it would."
Eddie Kim
Eddie Kim is a features writer based in Los Angeles, covering social and cultural issues for MEL.
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Satire: The Pretty Girl You Can't Escape
In his time, Jonathan Swift had a weather eye for satire, appeared in retrospect to come by it naturally, and in one of the lovely ironies attendant on satire, was forced as punishment into circumstances from which he produced his most memorable satire of all.
One of the great escape literatures of his time was the look backward into the alleged better times of the pastoral past, where dryads and nymphs frolicked, where Pan and Daphnus and Chloe took to the forest, not only for a quick canoodle but to recharge the same anti-urban excesses that would, a hundred or so years down the line, affect Ishael in Moby-Dick.
You'd do well to consider how one of Swift's earliest published pieces, perhaps even the absolute first, published anonymously , took on the pastoral with an unrelenting focus on the incessant clatter and, indeed, squalor of the city life, knocking the underpinnings from pastoral escapism by showing the lifestyle most of Swift's seventeenth- and eighteenth century readers had to endure.
Born in Dublin, educated there and in another sense as a polymath, Swift pursued a career in the clergy, working his way to the Big Tent, which was London, only to be sent down (of course Dublin is "up" from London) to the minors of Ireland again.
It was here, in Dublin again, where Swift's eye for satire took him to the very thing most of us remember him for, his dynamic solution to the Irish potato famine, arguably helped along its way to a major calamity by the Brits. Thus "A Modest Proposal," Swift's way of reminding the Brits of what they'd had a hand in wreaking, all the while using that sincere, sympathetic narrative voice so perfectly characteristic of satire.
Prior to his memorable modest proposal, Swift had written, "Satire is a sort of glass [mirror] wherein beholders do generally discover everybody's face but their own."
There was no way you were going to matriculate as an English [Literature] major without being attracted to the splendid satiric voices of their times, Alexander Pope and John Dryden, with Pope performing open-heart surgery in "The Rape of the Lock" and Dryden upsetting the applecart of propriety with "Macflecknoe," a single course "The Age of Pope and Dryden" being sufficient to yank you into the study of English history you were at previous pains to ignore. You wanted the dish on why P and D seemed as funny as they did.
Which brought you to the more modern times of Evelyn Waugh, whose life span more or less coincided with your mother, and Aldous Huxley, whom you actually met.
During this time of drinking at the Pieriean Spring, you'd had enough personal experiences with satire to know you wanted to continue drinking; an egregious satire on Ernest Hemingway had brought you an unsolicited thumbs up and a "pretty good stuff," from EMH, himself, while a collaborative venture targeting the then vice-president of the United States, one Richard M. Nixon, had the FBI out and about, asking questions about you for some years.
To this day, satire is your friend, reminding you of the time when your parents, always eager to feed you and your friends and pack take-away for later, questioned you about one friend from your earlier days, even to the point of wondering what you had in common now--except for the past.
Thinking about this incident reminded you of one of the defining statements between Raylan Givens and Boyd Crowder, those two wonderfully arch enemies in the TV series Justified. "We dug coal together." So far as satire is concerned, "We went to school together."
Satire needs a target. Your target is escapism, individuals (including yourself) attempting to escape from unpleasant realities.
Satire targets escapism.


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Buffett cuts forex loss after $1.2b hit
By Jesse Westbrook in Washington
November 8, 2005 — 11.00am
Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway reduced a bet against the US dollar after losing more than $US900 million ($1.23 billion) from foreign currency investments this year.
Mr Buffett, who has said the US trade deficit would weaken the US dollar, cut his foreign-currency forward contracts to $US16.5 billion in September from $US21.5 billion in June, Berkshire said in a statement. The US dollar in July reached a 13-month high against a basket of six major currencies.
"To his credit, he reduced his exposure before the recent run-up of the dollar cost him more," said Tom Russo, a partner at Gardner Russo & Gardner in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. The company, which is based in Omaha, Nebraska, made $US2.96 billion in foreign exchange gains from 2002 to 2004.
Berkshire, which relies on insurance companies including General Re and Geico for more than half of its annual earnings, reported its smallest quarterly profit since 2001 after the recent hurricanes Katrina and Rita in the US led to almost $US3 billion in claims.
Third-quarter net income fell 48 per cent to $US586 million, or $US381 a share, from $US1.14 billion, or $US739 a share, a year earlier.
Berkshire also reported that General Re received a new subpoena from federal prosecutors in Virginia investigating its role in the collapse of Reciprocal of America, a failed medical malpractice insurer that bought reinsurance from General Re.
Mr Buffett, 75, who called his bet against the greenback a "very long-term" position as recently as June, may have changed Berkshire's mix of currency investments as he reduced the bet. After $US926 million in pre-tax currency losses in the first half, the company posted $US29 million in gains in the third quarter, even as the US dollar strengthened against the euro, yen and British pound.
Buffett, whose estimated $US40 billion ranks him as the world's second-richest man after Microsoft founder Bill Gates, said in his 2004 annual report that the company had spread its forward contracts, or agreements to purchase a foreign currency in the future at a preset price, among 12 currencies.
Mr Buffett has not reported a smaller foreign currency position since the end of 2003, when it stood at $US11 billion.
Katrina and Rita probably cost insurers $US60 billion to $US70 billion, Berkshire estimated. Katrina is the industry's most expensive US disaster, according to storm modeller Risk Management Solutions.


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Dark Passage
By MovieGal53, September 6, 2012 in General Discussions
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Film Writing and Selected Journalism
I am going to try once again (in vain?) to explain my earlier post. LOL
By routine, I did not mean it turned out to be a routine movie. I meant that there were routine studio practices used to produce it. It is an assembly line effort, regardless of the cast and budget, because it is coming out of the Warner Brothers factory.
This said, I think that while it is based on a book, it is still very much an in-house type story that recycles successful elements from earlier films at the studio. I also happen to feel this way about WHITE HEAT, which in many ways is a replay of the gangster film cycle of the 1930s. Yet, like Bogart & Bacall, we have Jimmy Cagney who elevates the material and makes it seem more prestigious than the film might actually be, particularly if we examine the script to see how original and literate it is in its use of language and visual symbolism.
MovieGal53
LocationSomewhere Over the Rainbow
Speaking of PBS, for those in the NY tri-state area DARK PASSAGE will air Saturday, September 15 at 9 pm on WNET channel 13.
misswonderly3
I think that *White Heat* and its script is very "original and literate ... in its use of language and visual symbolism."
It is far more complex and sophisticated than the earlier gangster movies that were its antecedents. The character of Jarrod Cody alone is much more complicated and bizarre than any of Cagney's earlier criminal personas.
Yes, Cagney is great in it, but it's a great movie anyway; it's not as though *White Heat* would have turned out to be a mediocre movie were it not for Cagney's performance. It's beautifully written, filmed, and produced. It's got an unusual storyline with memorable characters. And it's got an ending unlke any gangster film before it.
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LocationTampico. What a town.
>I am going to try once again (in vain?) to explain my earlier post. LOL
I think it's just about impossible to say anything at all about any classic movie or classic actor, without offending someone who wants to go off on a rant.
jamesjazzguitar
There is nothing as bad as something not so bad
Well to me 'routine' implied a studio programmer and as Arturo points out this was NOT the case with Dark Passage. Far from it in fact. Take the fact the star, Bogie doesn't appear at all in the first 40 or so minutes and the unique filming (camera) technique used at the start.
As others also noted Bogie didn't play 'Rick' in this movie. WB clearly put Bogie in movies after Casablanca where he plays a tough guy hero. Those were 'routine' pictures in that they were developed and marketed to cash in on Bogie as hero. Not the case with Dark Passage.
Edited by: jamesjazzguitar on Sep 9, 2012 5:45 PM
Jezebelle
Ben Mankewitz said that you don't see Bogie until an hour six minutes into the movie. But I liked that.
MovieMadness
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Location: Peopletoba
Yes *White Heat* had that new creepy angle, not only was Cagney a nut but he has a criminal mother that shadowed along and made him go boom at the end. Most/All of the older movies had Ma as the nice innocent mother that pretended she didn't know what son was up to. This movie brought in Ma as a real participant into the action.
ziggyelman
Glad to see there are so many fans of this film! It does tend to get less attention than the other 3 they made.
2 things I always think about when I see this film, happen towards the end of the film. 1st, can you imagine anyone not recognizing Bogart's voice in about 2 words? But Agnes Moorehead's character doesn't, but of course we get a great reaction from her when she does figure out who it is.
Also, (Spoiler alert, though most everything has already been given away already) I wish dear Agnes, that they had her trip over a footstool, a cat, something, anything for her to fall out the window. She should know her own apartment, why did she fall out the window like that? She didn't just turn suicidal, did she???
As for Agnes falling out the window; I have seen this many times (but not in slowed down), and to me Agnes pull on something to the viewers right (her left), right before she ' out the window.
Does anyone here, see what I saw? If one has a DVD of the movie, please slow it down and look at that scene. To me Agnes clearly reaches for something in a bureau. Again, it looks like she pulls on something and then,,, she is gone out that window.
Either way, she didn't fall. To me it is clear that she committed suicide. She did this to ensure Bogie would never be able to prove she was the murderer. (in fact Bogie would be accused for killing yet another person he didn't kill).


BURGLARS attacked a man with a baseball bat during a raid at his home in Bradford.
The victim was treated in hospital for head injuries after the attack, which happened at an address on Besha Avenue in Low Moor, Bradford, at around 10.30pm on Sunday (Dec 30).
Two men knocked on the man's door and forced their way in as the door was opened.
They struck the man with a baseball bat while demanding money.
The victim managed to force them out of his home after they got a few feet inside, but was assaulted in the process.
He was left with head injuries as a result of the incident and received hospital treatment before being discharged.
One of the suspects was wearing a dark hooded tracksuit top and dark bottoms, and was carrying a silver baseball bat.
The other was wearing a light coloured hooded jacket with two small buttoned pockets to either side at the top, and elasticated jogging bottoms.
Detective Inspector Mark Taylor of Bradford CID, said: "This was clearly a very frightening incident for the victim and his female partner who was also in the house, and we are investigating the circumstances of what took place.
"I would like to speak to anyone who saw men behaving suspiciously outside the address just prior to 10.30pm on Sunday or who saw the males fleeing the scene in the direction of Common Lane.
"Anyone who can assist is asked to contact Bradford District CID on 101 referencing crime number 13180652620 of December 30.


Just when you thought it couldn't get any better, it does. The offshore bite on yellowfin, dorado, bluefin and yellowtail has been even better in recent days than it's been the past week. Most of the boats are now getting full limits of yellowfin tuna from 12 to 18 pounds, with some from 25 to 50 pounds. Add in a few bluefin averaging 12 to 25 pounds with some schools of tacklebusters, and then dorado in the 12- to 25-pound range. There are two sizes of yellowtail in the mix — small rats under 8 pounds that are getting released in big volume and some nice fish from 12 to 25 pounds.
The bulk of the action is from 70 to 120 miles of Point Loma, perfect for overnight to two-day boats to cash in. Here are some recent scores, just to show how good the fishing has been. Legend out of Seaforth Sportfishing was out with 31 anglers and returned Sept. 25 with full limits of yellowfin (155), 53 yellowtail and 21 dorado. New Lo An out of Point Loma came in Sept. 26 with limits of yellowfin, along with a nice mix of bluefin, yellowtail and dorado. They caught limits of yellowfin off a single kelp on Sept. 25. Aztec out of Seaforth reported in at 9 a.m. Sept. 26 still fishing on its first kelp, and the anglers on board already had over 150 mixed yellowfin, bluefin and dorado. Fortune, on an overnight trip out of H&M Landing, reported that they were on kelp the morning of Sept. 25 morning where the yellowfin and yellowtail were battling for each sardine flipped over the rail. They ended up with limits of yellowfin and a mixed bag of other fish.


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Explore the life and career of renowned wrestler C.M. Punk with this hard-hitting program. Punk got his start in Chicago, wrestling in his hometown backyards. From there, he moved on to the legendary Steel Domain school and soon began traveling all over the country to wrestle with the major independent groups. His skill and dedication paid off, and today, he's a world champion wrestler, a world-class trainer and a celebrated commentator.
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La consulta voluntaria, participativa y ciudadana fue una elección complementaria chilena desarrollada el domingo 19 de julio de 2015, para determinar al reemplazante en el escaño de diputado por el distrito n° 9 (correspondiente a las comunas de Monte Patria, Combarbalá, Punitaqui, Canela, Illapel, Los Vilos y Salamanca), que correspondía a Jorge Insunza, el cual quedó vacante al asumir como ministro secretario general de la Presidencia en el marco del segundo gobierno de Michelle Bachelet.

Esta instancia fue generada por el Partido por la Democracia (PPD), como mecanismo interno para definir a la persona que éste designaría en el puesto vacante de Insunza, no tratándose de una elección oficial organizada por el Servicio Electoral (Servel), ya que conforme a la Constitución de 1980 las vacantes de diputados y las de senadores se proveen con el ciudadano que señala el partido político al que pertenecía el parlamentario que produjo la vacante al momento de ser elegido.

En la elección, conforme a lo establecido por el PPD, votaron los militantes del partido y también los electores independientes de la Región de Coquimbo. Asimismo, se determinaron 8 candidatos, de los cuales 5 eran militantes y 3 eran independientes.

Candidatos
Tras la renuncia de Insunza, la mesa directiva del PPD propuso ese mismo día al exministro del Interior y Seguridad Pública Rodrigo Peñailillo para ocupar el escaño vacante. Peñailillo desechó la propuesta y se mostró favorable a la realización de primarias. El consejo regional del PPD propuso el 14 de mayo la realización de primarias abiertas a nivel regional (considerando la nueva división electoral de Chile, en la cual el distrito 9 fue fusionado con los distritos 7 y 8), y en la cual fueron propuestos 13 candidatos. El mecanismo de elección fue ratificado el 18 de mayo.

Las candidaturas fueron inscritas el 1 de junio, e inicialmente se presentaron 13 potenciales candidatos:

 Teodoro Aguirre: consejero regional de la provincia de Choapa.
 Miguel Ángel Alvarado: médico y exconcejal de Ovalle, había renunciado al PPD en 2008 y se presentó como independiente.
 Federico Arcos: exconsejero regional de Coquimbo.
 Rodrigo Bravo Valenzuela: abogado de la Vicaría de la Solidaridad y fundador de la Central Unitaria de Trabajadores.
 René Jofré: vicepresidente del PPD.
 Gerardo López: presidente provincial del PPD de Choapa.
 Héctor Molina: concejal de Los Vilos.
 Helia Molina: médica y exministra de Salud en el segundo gobierno de Michelle Bachelet.
 Hernán Osses: seremi de Deportes de la región de Coquimbo.
 Tarcila Piña: seremi de Trabajo y Previsión Social de la región de Coquimbo.
 Margarita Riveros: concejal de la comuna de La Serena.
 Gerardo Rojas: alcalde de Salamanca.
 Farid Seleme: presidente de la Juventud PPD.

Finalmente, tras la clarificación de los requisitos, fueron presentadas 8 candidaturas: Margarita Riveros, Héctor Molina, Francisco Rojas, Miguel Ángel Alvarado, Teodoro Aguirre, Farid Seleme, Rodrigo Bravo y Felipe Sfeir.

El partido anunció que se trabajaría con el padrón electoral existente hasta 2013, ya que es el registro más reciente que ha permitido el Servicio Electoral de Chile. En el caso de los militantes del partido, se utilizó el padrón existente hasta el 30 de abril de 2015.

Desarrollo de la elección y reacciones

La campaña de los distintos candidatos se realizó hasta las 22:00 del sábado 18, y fueron habilitadas mesas receptoras de sufragios en cada una de las 29 circunscripciones electorales de las comunas que conforman la Región de Coquimbo, las cuales corresponden al 25% del total de mesas instaladas en las elecciones presidenciales y parlamentarias de 2013. La votación se inició a las 9:00 y terminó a las 17:00.

Tras su triunfo, Miguel Ángel Alvarado fue designado oficialmente por el PPD, asumiendo su escaño en la Cámara de Diputados el 22 de julio.

Resultados
En orden alfabético:

Referencias

Chile
2015
Chile en 2015

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Edition No. 104 April 16–22, 2016
Gene-editing offers hope of eliminating genetic disorders, but raises questions about how far we should go. By Kemal Atlay.
Gene-editing poses ethical questions
Dr Emmanuelle Charpentier, at the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research in Braunschweig, Germany.
Credit: Peter Steffen / DPA / Alamy Live News
Last week, a newly published research paper showed that, for the second time in history, Chinese scientists had genetically modified human embryos. The researchers, led by Dr Yong Fan of the Guangzhou Medical University in China, injected human embryos with the molecular instructions required to build a gene-editing tool. Their aim was to artificially cause a mutation to the CCR5 gene in order to create HIV resistance, and they were partially successful, with four out of 26 embryos showing signs of the mutation.
The controversial experiment has reignited debate within the scientific and broader communities about what limits there should be, if any, to genetic research. Gene editing poses an array of ethical problems and it could radically change our understanding of what it means to be human.
The revolutionary gene-editing tool, also known as CRISPR-Cas9, was discovered in 2012 by Dr Emmanuelle Charpentier, director of the Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology in Berlin and head of the Department of Regulation in Infection Biology at the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, and Dr Jennifer Doudna, a molecular biologist from the University of California, Berkeley.
It comprises two components – CRISPR is essentially two short single strands of RNA, a copied form of the double-stranded DNA; and Cas9 is an enzyme that can be directed to "cut" DNA strands at a specific gene location. Cas9 attaches to CRISPR and uses it to locate the sequence of DNA that corresponds with CRISPR's RNA strands. Once the CRISPR-Cas9 complex arrives at the DNA site, Cas9 acts like a pair of molecular scissors and severs the DNA strand.
Professor Bernie Tuch, director of the NSW Stem Cell Network and honorary professor at the University of Sydney, told The Saturday Paper gene editing was "a very constructive and positive step" in understanding the nature of genetic disorders and communicable diseases.
"It's a very positive thing in the sense that you can create certain animals with a genetic disorder in order to be able to better understand the nature of the disorder," Tuch said.
However, he sees the Chinese research as more of a practice run, as the scientists would have been more concerned with fine-tuning their technique rather than achieving a realistic outcome.
"In essence, the people from Guangzhou [Medical University] in China are trying to develop the art of being able to modify genes in embryos," he said. "They've used abnormal embryos in order to practise their technique. They were partly successful, partly not, and they can't quite control it."
Professor Ed Stanley, a stem cell researcher from the Murdoch Children's Research Institute, also questioned the practicality of the research given there are already efficient and cost-effective methods to both treat and manage the spread of HIV.
"Obviously the preventative measures that we have in place in countries like Australia are probably a lot more cost-effective and come with much fewer both ethical and practical implementation issues than going and editing embryos," Stanley said. "From a practical point of view the value of the research simply shows that people can edit human embryos."
But if scientists were to take the next logical step, for which many have been arguing, to what extent should gene editing be used in human embryos? Are we ultimately "playing God"?
According to Reverend Professor Andrew Dutney, a theology and bioethics expert at Flinders University, the issue is about how we wield this new power.
"There's often concern expressed about human beings playing God or scientists playing God," Dutney said. "In my own view, there's nothing inherently wrong with playing God, the issue is what kind of God are you playing?"
Professor Dutney argues that the use of ultrasounds to check for physical abnormalities in the foetus and the more recent development of pre-implantation genetic diagnosis (PGD), which works exceptionally well with IVF to identify genetic or chromosomal abnormalities, are essentially tools for selective breeding. The information gathered from these prenatal diagnostic tools can help doctors and parents-to-be decide whether to terminate the pregnancy.
"We don't assume that we just accept the child that we're going to get; we do assume that, at some level at least, we have the opportunity to second-guess the suitability of a foetus actually being taken to term and delivered," he said.
Dr Miles Bore, a senior lecturer in psychology, morality and ethical decision-making at the University of Newcastle, has serious concerns about the application of CRISPR-Cas9 in human embryos and says that, without proper safeguards, there is nothing to stop scientists from trying to "cure" traits that may be deemed by some to be undesirable.
"What if that same technology was used for other things, for 'curing' things that while some people might consider a disease, other people and perhaps scientific evidence shows is just normal, natural human variance?" Bore said.
He invokes the principle of the double effect to prove his point: "If you set out to be ethical in what you are doing, if in order to achieve an ethical outcome you have to do something that is unethical, then by logical argument you can't claim to have been ethical."
The co-discoverer of CRISPR-Cas9, Emmanuelle Charpentier, has expressed similar concerns about how scientists use her gene-editing technology in human embryonic research, as was revealed in an interview with New Scientist last year.
"I hope that using the technology with the idea of changing human characteristics will not be pursued," she said. "When it comes to using it for therapeutic and preventative purposes – not to change traits that could be inherited throughout the population – then the debate will be for certain kinds of diseases for which maybe the manipulation of the human germline will be considered."
However, Ed Stanley thinks this fear that scientists will create "superhumans" is unrealistic and unjustified. "It's all very well to say we could create a super race by doing gene editing, but in reality none of us would know what that looked like. I think it's a very unlikely application of the technology.
"What you also have to appreciate is that these new tools aren't appearing in a vacuum of other technology. There is a lot going on in a whole lot of fields that potentially would circumvent the need for gene editing of embryos in the first place."
In December last year, scientists, bioethicists and government representative met in Washington, DC, for the International Summit on Human Gene Editing to establish how the world should proceed with gene-editing research. The summit conveners ignored calls for a moratorium on gene editing of human embryos and instead made a series of recommendations that they hope will provide ethical guidelines for researchers.
The Chinese researchers, who had begun their experiment months before the summit, have acknowledged these recommendations and stated: "We believe that any attempt to generate genetically modified humans through modification of early embryos needs to be strictly prohibited until we can resolve both ethical and scientific issues."
The scientific community is normally quite effective at setting down its own set of rules to guide researchers in their work and to avoid ethical minefields, which is critical, as the law often struggles to keep pace with scientific advances.
"The legal system always lags behind the reality and it takes years of consideration for realistic guidelines to eventually be developed," Bernie Tuch said. "In the meantime, of course, scientists and ethicists get together and try and manage the situation, and I guess that's precisely what's happening at present."
The committee for the gene-editing summit is expected to hand down a consensus report later this year with more detailed guidelines for research, but until then the great ethical question remains unanswered: do the ends justify the means?
This article was first published in the print edition of The Saturday Paper on Apr 16, 2016 as "Tailored genes". Subscribe here.
Kemal Atlay
is a freelance science journalist based in Melbourne.


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CannaRoyalty's AltMed Spinoff Reaps 168% Return On Investment
Debra BorchardtAugust 27, 20184min1330
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CannaRoyalty Corp. (CNNRF) entered into a binding letter of intent with Tidal Royalty Corp. (TDRYF) to acquire the company's equity stake and royalty entitlement in Alternative Medical Enterprises LLC or AltMed for C$8 million. CannaRoyalty will continue to have the right to license MÜV products in California, Nevada, Canada and other select markets. CannaRoyalty said that the sale of AltMed represents a roughly 168% return on investment for its shareholders.
"The sale of our equity stake and royalty in AltMed advances our stated strategy of realizing value for shareholders on assets that are deemed non-core to our business," said Marc Lustig, Chairman, and CEO of CannaRoyalty. "The substantial gains from our successful investment in AltMed will provide CannaRoyalty with capital to continue to expand its distribution and brand network in the California market while offering CannaRoyalty shareholders a significant return on investment."
AltMed is a Florida-based licensed cannabis business operating in the state of Florida that exclusively manufactures and distributes a line of cannabis-infused products marketed under the MÜV™ brand. NuTrae, the company that actually makes the MüV products is a subsidiary of AltMed and launched the MüV product line in 2016 in Arizona.
Tidal Royalty is a Toronto-based company that aims to provide royalty financing to the U.S. regulated cannabis industry. The company will provide operators with the funding they need to grow their business. Tidal says that its operators will benefit from non‐dilutive capital while investors get top‐line access to a diversified portfolio of companies. The company has raised approximately $40MM to date by way of private placements, which it intends to use primarily for royalty financings. The company's board includes Hugo Alves (President of Auxly
Cannabis Group (XLY) and Lustig.
CannaRoyalty currently holds a 6.14% ownership position in AltMed and has a 3.5% royalty on global net sales of the following MüV products: Transdermal patches, metered dose inhalers, and patent-pending transdermal gels.
Lustig went on to say, "We were early to identify the long-term potential in AltMed and MüV as vital players in the North American cannabis value chain and are confident that the businesses will be valuable additions to Tidal Royalty's diverse portfolio. As CannaRoyalty continues to grow and build a solid presence in California, we look forward to partnering with the experienced team at Tidal Royalty."
CannaRoyalty was lately trading at $3.92 on the OTC Markets. This is lower than it's 52-week high of $4.58, but way above its year low of $1.51. The company recently reported record financial results for its second quarter with revenues of $3.5 million.
Debra Borchardt
Debra Borchardt is the Co-Founder, and Executive Editor of GMR. She has covered the cannabis industry for several years at Forbes, Seeking Alpha and TheStreet. Prior to becoming a financial journalist, Debra was a Vice President at Bear Stearns where she held a Series 7 and Registered Investment Advisor license. Debra has a Master's degree in Business Journalism from New York University.
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Q: How to speed up my sql queries? I have a very huge database (MySQL) 7 tables (1000000 record each) I use very simple queries to call information like :
select * from matches where match_date='$date'
SELECT * FROM countries WHERE country_id IN (SELECT country_id FROM tournaments WHERE id='$id')
SELECT * FROM tournaments WHERE id='$id'

I use indexing for all the columns in the where clause the query is being faster but just a bit.
Does anybody have any helping ideas to improve the speed exponentially?

A: The worst request seems to be this one:
SELECT
       *
FROM
     countries
WHERE
      country_id IN (
SELECT
     country_id
FROM
     tournaments
WHERE
     id='$id')

Try to use this:
SELECT
      countries.*
FROM
      countries
INNER JOIN
      tournaments
ON
      countries.country_id=tournaments.country_id
AND
      tournaments.id=$id

Index these columns:

*

*countries.country_id

*tournaments.country_id

*tournaments.id

And better use columns names instead of *.

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One of the best places to find local arts and crafts, exotic foods, and unique souvenirs, the Portland Saturday Market is the largest open-air craft market in North America. Check out their art, clothing, toys and pet supplies manufactured from every material imaginable. After you've had your fill of shopping, satisfy your appetite at one of the many food booths, which serve all sorts of fabulous cuisine.
Open Saturdays from 10-5 and Sundays from 11 to 4:30 until Christmas and starting again in March.
Receive a free Trimet ticket home when you purchase items totaling $25 from any of the 252 Market vendors. Bring your purchases to the red information trailer.
Located at 2 Naito Parkway under the Burnside Bridge. The MAX train stops right there at Skidmore Fountain Station.
This is such a fun place to visit and shop for gifts, delicious treats, and more. All local, quality art and creative products, and it's wonderful to meet the folks who produced them.


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Home Culture Remembering Vince Cali of "World Wide Magazine"
Remembering Vince Cali of "World Wide Magazine"
by Thomas Crone
Peter E. Parisi was the primary creative force behind St. Louis' most-notorious cable access/local origination show, World Wide Magazine, which ran from 1986 until 2001. But even the late, great PEP, a world-class wisenheimer, would've granted that his varied cast of recurring characters were essential in keeping the show interesting to devoted, local viewers throughout the 1990s.
A key member of that cast recently left this mortal coil. Vince Cali, according to an obituary on STLtoday.com April 14, died on April 2. One of Parisi's main foils on World Wide Magazine, Cali was consistently put into odd, weird and (sometimes) slightly dangerous situations. And, like the rest of his recurring cast members, Cali was almost always up to whatever task Parisi introduced. And along with Marty Dellbringge, he was a part of the gag called The Vince and Marty Show, the two frequently pairing up for sketches.
Last week, we touched base with Jim Varagona, who's done as much as anyone to keep the WWM flame alive around town and, for that matter, the world. He's located and curated a ton of clips for YouTube, in the process creating a digital archive from as much of the original material as he's been able to track down. And he's done this while fighting through the occasional rights-usage flare-up and sharp notes from occasional, disaffected ex-cast members. It's been a labor of love, for sure.
Asked about Cali, Varagona wrote back, saying, "I just found out two days ago. The obit ran on 4/2 in the Post. I found it strange and interesting that the text only dealt with this role: 'Cali, Vincent J. II passed April 2, 2013. He was known for his role on World Wide Magazine and The Vince and Marty Show. Rest In Peace, Vince.' It makes me wonder who submitted it and if he even left family behind."
Varagona notes Cali's central role on the show: "Vince Cali exemplified the World Wide Magazine cast member. He was just an ordinary guy that worked at a Clark gas station, but he was there when Pete Parisi needed him to ask strange questions to people on the street, roll down the street as a 'roll model,' show his herniated belly button as he cackled, or stuff his face with Joanie's Pizza, despite having a bad heart. Vince will certainly be missed." (See some of these clips below.)
On the other hand, he puzzles over The Vince and Marty Show. "I've seen/heard many refer to his role on [that]. As far as I know, there was only one bit entitled The Vince and Marty Show. That being said, many of his more memorable bits were with Marty, and they tend to be mentioned together because of this. These were two guys that probably seemed like regular Joes in real life, but through World Wide Magazine, we witnessed a weird and wacky side that Parisi had the knack of bringing out in folks and exposing to his hoosier minions."
An enthusiastic member of the cast with his twin brother Colin, Brent Feeney says that "as far as Vince goes, he was a great guy. I talked to him often, and would run into him at some of the bars in Soulard every so often. He loved being on the show. I lost touch with him several years ago, and wondered what he was up to. I'm really, really sorry to hear about his death and all good thoughts and wishes go to his family and all the WWM fans out there."
Mike Perez, who served as Parisi's primary cameraman from 1990 to '97, says of Cali that "62 is not really old, at all. I will miss him, the lovable goof."
Here, we'll highlight a few clips from the WWM YouTube channel. For those unfamiliar, World Wide Magazine was sarcastic, juvenile, and in-jokey, possessing quick hits of xenophobia and racial/LGBT insensitivity. It didn't err on the side of political correctness, ever. The flipside being the lack of sacred cows, with public figures and regular folks roasted on the same video skewer. Those qualifiers aside, there's no other local show that bridged the day-to-day, street-level life of St. Louis from the late '80s into the new century with quite the same panache and style, driven by Parisi's demented genius and a willing cast of memorable bit players.
Don't believe us? Click below.
Vince & Marty at the Chain of Rocks
Vince at the Joanie's Pizzeria Eating Contest
Vince the Roll Model/It's Not Easy
The Vince and Marty Show
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The following studies demonstrate the importance of indoor air quality to student concentration and performance.
This study shows that students in classrooms with higher levels of CO2 were more likely to develop negative health symptoms. Students reported headaches, dizziness, tiredness, and difficulty concentrating at a higher rate when in classrooms with CO2 levels between 1500 and 4000 ppm than in classrooms with CO2 levels below 1000 ppm. Furthermore, students were able to respond more quickly to questions in classrooms with lower carbon dioxide levels. The scope of the study encompassed five school, 22 classrooms, and 500 pupils between the ages of 15 and 20.
This study reviewed a wide variety of research in the field of indoor air quality to determine that most schools have inadequate outside air ventilation resulting in poor indoor air quality and that the poor indoor air quality is link to increased health issues and lower academic performance in students.
This studied showed that students are likely to be less attentive and have more trouble concentrating on instructions given by teachers in poorly ventilated classrooms. Changing the air exchange rate from 1.6±1.3 L/s per person to 6.8±1.4 L/s per person improved students' reaction time by 3%, picture recall memory 8%, and word recognition by 15%. The improvements were even more pronounced for tasks that require more complex skills such as spatial working memory and word recognition. The scope of the study encompassed eight schools, 16 classrooms, and over 200 students.
This study demonstrates the correlation between increased ventilation and better tests scores in math and reading. The study considered one classroom in each of 50 schools.
This study shows a connection the classroom-level ventilation rate and math test results. Data was gathered on CO2 concentrations in fifth grade classrooms over a four to five-hour time span within a typical school day at 54 elementary schools. Comparing these readings to the math test scores of the students in the different classrooms resulted in a strong correlation between higher levels of ventilation and better math scores (P < 0.1).


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2016 Fisheries Debate in the House of Commons, December 1st.
Hansard: Fisheries debate in the House of Commons.
Starting with a selection of key points from some the 22 ministers who were present during the debate - kind of shows how seriously the HoC takes the sovereign rights of the fishing industry - having said that there have been less members present when discussing disability so we should be grateful perhaps.
Starting with Melanie Onn (Great Grimsby) (Lab) who opened the debate:
I beg to move,
That this House has considered the future of the UK fishing industry.
The debate has been an annual occurrence for some time, giving the Government an opportunity to hear MPs' concerns and update them in advance of the December Council of Ministers. I thank the Committee for returning it to the main Chamber, as opposed to holding it in Westminster Hall, which unusually hosted it last year.
Giving the fishing industry such prominence in the European referendum reflects its importance. I can conclude only that our debate last year catapulted it to the front of people's minds and made it central to the necessity to leave the EU. The only shame is that it was not given such high priority previously.
I appreciate that this is not the place for details, but for the ombudsman to insist that the compensation scheme will pay the maximum of £20,000 only to those who were at sea continuously for 52 weeks a year for 20 years is plainly nonsense.
The debate on the future of the UK fisheries industry is more pressing than usual owing to the decision that the country made in June to leave the European Union, which will surely have far-reaching consequences for the industry. As the hon. Member for Banff and Buchan said in our session in the Backbench Business Committee, fisheries may have more at stake than any other industry over the next few years of negotiations with Europe.
The hon. Member for Camborne and Redruth (George Eustice) said that Brexit would allow Britain to
"re-establish national control for 200 nautical miles".
Those promises were not made by campaigners who had no prospect of being in a position to follow them through.
It is therefore disappointing that we have heard nothing in five months from the Government on their plans for the industry. Neither the Brexit Secretary nor the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Secretary made any mention of fisheries in their party conference speeches.
The fact is that, although it is very easy for leave campaigners to blame the EU for the decline of the fishing industry, their version of history is partial at best. The sharpest fall in the employment of fishermen came between 1948 and 1960, which was before Britain joined the European Economic Community. Iceland has lost more fishing jobs than Britain since the end of the cod wars; the number of those employed in the Icelandic fishing industry has halved since the 1980s.
My point is that selling false hope, by suggesting that we will return to the industry we had in the 1950s simply because the CFP will no longer apply to us, just is not fair.
We cannot simply impose a 200-mile limit to achieve what the Minister promised. He will need to win it in negotiations with the EU. That will mean sacrificing other things. That is why the Government's silence has been so worrying. It suggests that fisheries are not being given the importance required to secure what was promised. Nissan has already been given its own special deal. When can I tell the chief executive officer of Grimsby Fish Dock Enterprises to expect his invitation to No. 10?
Mr MacNeil
The hon. Gentleman mentions eastern Europeans, and this is a sore point for Hebrides fishermen at the moment because we cannot get the numbers of them in and boats are left tied up. There is a boat for sale in Scalpay because it has lacked a crew since August. We are dying to get people in from the Philippines, but blockages put in place by the London Government are choking the Scottish fishing industry.
Neil Parish
The adage is that when we entered the EU in 1972, we gave correct figures on the size of our catch, but others inflated theirs, meaning that when the catches were cut back, Britain ended up with very low quotas. From Grimsby to Scotland and all around the country, we can start to put that right. (Ed: It would be good to know what actual evidence the minister has of such catch fixing and can he, with any confidence, say that we submitted accurate catch figures and didn't under report at the time not appreciating the consequences?)
If I may, I will throw a few ripples into the pond, as I am not averse to doing. In the future, might we move from a system of quotas to one of fishing effort and days at sea? How will we control fishing in the future? We do not want discards—a lot of work has already been done about that, but there is still more to do. We want to land all the fish that we catch and to promote different species of fish in the country so that we eat much more of what we catch. One problem now is that 70% to 80% of what is landed on Newlyn harbour in Cornwall goes straight to France or Spain because we do not eat those types of fish.
(Ed: Isn't that an export opportunity?)
Mr Alan Campbell (Tynemouth) (Lab)
Today will be very different, however, because this is the first post-referendum, pre-exit debate, and we and the wider audience outside the House, particularly fishermen, will be looking carefully for signs of what exiting the EU will mean for UK fishing.
The serious point is that Conservative policy has for two decades been about getting out of the common fisheries policy, so surely the Minister must have worked out what that means. As well as fishermen, the public, especially those who voted leave—I voted remain, but if I had been a fisherman, I would have voted leave—were encouraged to believe that the UK would have greater control of the 200-mile exclusive economic zone. They were also encouraged to believe that there would be a 12-mile limit, which is essential to protect the inshore fleet, which is the mainstay of the North Shields fleet in my constituency.
Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter) (Lab)
On a happier note, there is good news in our fishing industry, which is often not reported. It comes after many years of decline. In 2005, for example, 90% of the stocks around UK waters were overexploited, but that has now fallen to 45%. A great deal of progress has been made in the last 10 years. The story of cod recovery in the North sea is thanks to some of the difficult decisions that we took when we were in government, and plaice and sole are doing well too. We need to spread that good news around the rest of our waters, because it translates into real people's lives and incomes in regions such as mine. In the last 12 months, the markets of Brixham and Plymouth experienced record landings in terms of value.
First, there is the simple arithmetic of 26 against one in the negotiations, which will obviously make the Minister's job very difficult. There will be an early test of that at the forthcoming Fisheries Council, where he knows as well as I do that it is those late night deals that matter, and the relationships built up with fellow Ministers over the years are what enable us to get the good deals for our own industry. I cannot help thinking that some of the chaos and antics and confusion around the Government's messaging on Brexit will not be helpful in that endeavour. I wish him well in those negotiations, however, in a couple of weeks' time.
I have asked several times in this Chamber already in recent weeks for some clarity from the Government about tariffs, because if we cannot have tariff-free access for those exports to the continent, what kind of future will there, not just for the markets, merchants and processors but for the catchers themselves?
In 2010, there were 1,500 at-sea inspections; that figure halved by 2015. In fact there is less enforcement now than there has ever been. There were 40 foreign boats fishing off the coast of Devon and Cornwall this week alone, as they are perfectly entitled to, and of course under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea rules boats are entitled to come through our waters, but how is the Minister's 200-mile limit going to be enforced when we do not even currently enforce the rules as they stand? What naval assets can he assure the House will be available to do this work?
The point my hon. Friend the Member for Great Grimsby (Melanie Onn) made so excellently is that there are huge expectations, and hopes have been raised not just by the Minister but by the other Brextremists in this whole fisheries debate.
Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire) (Con)
Brexit offers the most wonderful opportunity for our marine environment and for those who work in it. We should not underestimate that. We said that we would leave, which will mean leaving the common fisheries policy and re-establishing our control right back to 200 miles and the full exclusive economic zone. I was the shadow spokesman on these matters 11 and 12 years ago, opposite the right hon. Member for Exeter.
My hon. Friend the Member for Newbury (Richard Benyon) bravely got the discard ban through, but, unfortunately, it cannot work while we have quotas. As long as we have quotas, we will have a discard problem. We should move to controls based on days at sea, we should land everything, we should have accurate data—and no cheating—and it would be immensely cheaper and easier to administer. That would provide very accurate data for our local scientists, local fishermen, local recreational interests and local environmentalists to use in deciding how to handle the fishing.
There is one issue that I find extraordinary. When I went to New England, I saw selective gear being developed at Manomet, but when I came back to the UK I found out it was banned. The hostility of the EU to modern technology is bizarre. I would like to have a regime in which we actively promoted selective gear so that we could take out certain species surgically when fishing. On that, the ability to control the system has been enormously helped since I wrote the paper, because there has been a great improvement in GPS tracking, satellite observation and communications. We can put cameras on nets and on boats, so it is now very hard to cheat.
However, we will be in an enormously better position if we take back control, give power to local interests—not just the fishing industry, but scientists, councils and recreational fishermen—to decide what is good for their area, to adapt selective gear to that area and to agree permanent closed zones for spawning if necessary or temporary closed zones if there is too much fishing. If we do that, we will see an immediate improvement in the marine environment, and the jobs and prosperity will then come back. Leave means leave, which means going out to 200 miles and establishing local and national control.
Let us compare that with Iceland, where—I have been there, too—at an hour's notice, vessels are told to steam on if they are catching too much of a certain species. That is proper control and, to go back to the point made by the right hon. Member for Orkney and Shetland (Mr Carmichael), it is the sort of power we could give back to our local fisherman and those with an interest in the local marine environment. (Ed comment to put this into context - this rule applies to a single species - cod - which is what the boats target - contrast that with a typical Newlyn beam trawler or stern trawler lands , on average, over 30 species of fish in a single trip - making that kind of rule totally unworkable - and maybe when the minister was in Iceland he should have asked about their discard problem! - a typical example of people hearing what they want to hear - just like "we will take back control')
Derek Thomas (St Ives) (Con)
This annual fisheries debate provides the opportunity for MPs to reflect on the main issues confronting the fishing industry. The EU referendum result holds special significance for fishing in that, as we have heard, it affords the opportunity to leave the dysfunctional and, for the UK, highly disadvantageous common fisheries policy. Although I recognise that the pressing matter before us is the December Council negotiations, which will determine what fishermen in Newlyn and St Ives, on the Lizard and in West Penwith will be able to land next year, the 23 June referendum result gives the Government their best possible opportunity to build a sustainable and prosperous future for UK fishing. I understand why the Government generally want to keep their negotiating position on the EU close to their chest and I recognise that until article 50 is triggered formal negotiations cannot begin, but for UK fishing, our negotiating position could not be clearer: the EU should have no reason to doubt that we will take back our fishing rights under international law, and it is for the EU to negotiate with us its share of total allowable catch in UK waters. My personal view is that this is the kind of language that the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs should be using. It is only fair that fishermen, both in the UK and around Europe, are clear about the future of their industry in UK waters. The fishing industry in the UK is united. It sees the referendum result as providing the best chance to right the wrong that, over decades, has dramatically reduced our fleet—particularly in the west—and made an already tough job so much tougher.
I have a met a number of fishermen and fishing industry representatives since June, and their asks are straightforward: the UK must ensure full and absolute control of UK waters out to the 200-mile limit, which will mean that fishing opportunities, access and the regulatory regime will then be determined by the UK Government, not the EU; the UK must secure a greater share of total allowable catches in UK waters; the UK must secure the continued tariff-free and unrestricted access to European markets; and the fishing industry must be at the heart of Government negotiations and the future management of UK fisheries. To deliver a positive outcome for fishing, it is essential that the experience and knowledge of the fishing industry are harnessed and used during and after negotiations to leave the EU.
While we are still in the EU, can the Minister please work hard to ensure that the maximum sustainable yield timetable is not allowed to become a dogma? It is better to take a little more time and safeguard the integrity of Cornish fisheries. With that in mind, proposals to cut monk by nearly 12%, megrim by 28% and pollock by 20% would cause considerable difficulty to fisherman in my constituency and it is not absolutely clear that the science supports such significant reductions. I particularly liked the suggestion from my right hon. Friend the Member for North Shropshire (Mr Paterson) regarding days at sea. I am sure that the over-10s in my constituency would welcome that idea.
Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight) (Con)
As many of my right hon. and hon. Friends are saying today, the CFP is a fundamentally failed system. Any attempts to conserve our fish stocks through the CFP have always meant too little sovereignty for London and too little decentralisation from Brussels. To understand what the UK's future fisheries policy should look like, it is important to examine what has happened over the last four decades.
The principle of equal access to the European Community's fishing waters was agreed without any basis in the treaty of Rome. Fisheries became a common resource, and all member states' fishing vessels were granted equal access. The 30th of June 1970 was also the day the UK handed in its application to join the Common Market, and because equal access had become EU acquis, the UK was obliged to accept that principle, even though it had no legal precedent. We abandoned our territorial waters when we became members of the European Community. As we all now know, joining the European Community also meant that we abandoned our sovereignty.
Many points highlight the absurdity of the CFP. First, there is the conservation policy of national quotas. The quotas, imposed in 1983, are a prime example of a decision taken in Brussels but left with each member state to implement. As has become all too clear, the consequence of centralisation is overfishing. Because the CFP is centrally managed, local authorities in countries such as Spain turn a blind eye to abuse. The system also results in the wholesale dumping of fish—a practice that was common among member states but illegal in, for example, Norway. That is proof that the EU quota system is unfit for purpose. The second point is decommissioning to reduce fishing effort. Since 1992, Britain has been required to decommission its fishing fleet because our waters have been overfished—by 19% in 1992, and then by 40% in 1996.
Dr Whiteford
I am desperately disappointed that the UK Government have chosen to use the status of EU nationals living and working in the UK as a bargaining chip in their Brexit negotiations. That has not just set a poor tone for what lies ahead, but created uncertainty for businesses and for ordinary, hard-working folk who have made their homes in our communities and do not deserve to become pawns in this unedifying game.
I will withdraw "two-faced", although I said that it was that type of two-faced behaviour that discredits politicians. I did not make any reference to the right hon. Gentleman, although I think my context is very clear. I am happy to withdraw.
Arguably the biggest opportunities for the fishing industry in the current scenario will be: the ability to negotiate more effectively on our own behalf in future negotiations, rather than as part of the EU; and the possibility of securing a fairer share of the resources in our waters. A report published in October by the NAFC Marine Centre demonstrated that more than half the fish harvested in Scottish waters is caught by non-UK boats. I do not understand how anyone can see that as fair and equitable. The situation cannot be allowed to continue, and it must be addressed as a priority.
Inevitably, the run-up to next week's fisheries talks has been somewhat overshadowed in this debate by Brexit considerations, but there are two major issues that I want to bring to the Minister's attention. The first is the implementation of the discard ban. I know that I have been banging on about this for years, but the situation is urgent. Even if article 50 were triggered tomorrow, our demersal fleet would still be subject to the ban in 2018 and 2019. I do not think that there is a realistic way of implementing it in its current form, and I also do not see how it can be easily enforced
Finally, I want to make a key point. Our fishing industry has unprecedented opportunities to recalibrate and to flourish on a sustainable footing, but the biggest risk that we face is that those potential opportunities will be squandered and traded away in the wider Brexit negotiations. We know that there will be many competing priorities in the days ahead, and it is vital that fishing is not simply thrown into that mix to be horse-traded away against bigger, more powerful and more vocal industries, or strategic interests, as we try to secure trade deals. We need to recognise that our abundant fishing grounds are an invaluable natural resource and that we have a responsibility to steward them sustainably in the interests of our maritime communities and for future generations. Fishing has probably more at stake in this process than any other UK industry. I want assurances from the Minister that we will not see a repeat of the 1970s, when fishing interests were subjugated to other strategic economic priorities. The UK Government considered fishing to be expendable at that time, but they must not treat those industries as expendable now.
Peter Aldous (Waveney) (Con)
To ensure that the UK fishing industry has a bright future, the following issues need to be addressed. First, the Minister needs to secure what I know is his No. 1 objective of reclaiming control of our territorial waters, with the UK able to take responsibility for the seas out to 200 miles or the relevant median lines. Secondly, having done that, he should ensure that the 0 to 12-mile zone is exclusively available for our inshore fleet—the under-10 metre fleet that currently gets such a raw deal. Thirdly, it is necessary to address the flagship issue. It is not right that the six affiliated vessels of the Lowestoft producer organisation land no fish in Lowestoft. I know that the Minister is already looking into that and reviewing the economic link.
Brendan O'Hara
Does the hon. Gentleman agree that the ban on recruiting non-EEA crew and the over-zealous actions of some Border Agency staff are forcing boats to get tied up, which is having a huge economic impact on already fragile communities in the west of Scotland and Northern Ireland?
Jim Shannon
That is quite clearly happening. I subscribe to what the hon. Gentleman says, with in mind. Boats from Portavogie were boarded by the UK Border Agency in the Clyde the week before last and had to return home single-handedly, which should never have happened.
Brexit clearly offers many opportunities for our fishing industry to contribute to the economy of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. I get frustrated sometimes when I hear the negativity coming through. We start from where we are: our island nation is surrounded by some of the most productive seas in the world, which produce a resource of which so many others have been eager to avail themselves. Let us hope that our fishermen, and British fishermen, avail themselves of that resource. That will enable us to grow our marine economy and specifically our fishing industry, and to secure a traditional UK industry that UK citizens can be proud to be part of. In the meantime, Minister, I ask you and the Government to work with the industry, during what is a transitionary period, to resolve the issues on non-EEA crew.
Oliver Colvile (Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport) (Con)
My Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport constituency includes a centuries-old fish market that now sells 6,000 tonnes of fish and shellfish annually and is the second largest fish market in England. About 40 fishing boats unload their catch at Sutton harbour daily, but up to 70% of what is sold in Plymouth is imported overland, which I am told is called overlanding.
Currently the UK and south-west fishermen fishing off our coast receive just 10% of haddock catches in our waters compared to France taking 66%; for monk, it is 18% to 59% for France; for whiting, it is 11% to 60% for the French; and for cod, it is a staggering 8% against 73% for France. We can therefore see why south-west fishermen feel so strongly that they were not considered when the original deal was done, and we must not allow that to happen again. But beyond the catching opportunities that must be resolved, there are many other areas where Government can offer to assist, building on good work already done by fishermen and helping our fleet become more sustainable and safer and take advantage of opportunities in this vital sector, to deliver the best economic value to the UK post-Brexit.
Kevin Hollinrake (Thirsk and Malton) (Con)
I congratulate the hon. Member for Great Grimsby (Melanie Onn) on securing the debate. I shall follow the lead of my hon. Friend the Member for Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport (Oliver Colvile) in informing the House that I have an unpaid adviser, Mr John Ashworth, who is sitting in the Gallery today. He has supplied me with information on historical fishing rights, which will be the key point of my remarks.
This is all about historical rights. To understand what is involved, we have to go back to a time that pre-dates our membership of the EEC. Back in the early 1960s, our Prime Minister was Harold Macmillan and the chief negotiator in our mission to join the EEC was Edward Heath. Our application at that time was vetoed by the French President, General Charles de Gaulle. At the time, our nation's fishing limits were being extended from three to 12 nautical miles, so the historical rights did exist prior to our membership of the European Union.
The Government decided to hold what became known as the London fisheries convention of 1964 to sort out the arrangements for the future 12-nautical-mile zone, especially in relationship to our European friends. We split the zone into two, with a 0-to-six-mile limit zone and a six-to-12-nautical-mile limit. It was decided by the countries involved to give the coastal state exclusive use of the 0-to-six mile zone and partial use of the six-to-12-mile zone, allowing France, West Germany, Ireland, Italy, Holland and Belgium into that zone as they had habitually fished those waters. Perhaps this was a sop to the French, to persuade them to agree to our EEC membership, but it was to no avail because our application was blocked.
These arrangements came into legislation when we finally joined the EEC. Some would say that Edward Heath was too obsessed by our entry into the EEC to challenge the legality of the regulations, which set in train the decimation of the British fishing industry, the lifeblood of our coastal communities. The extent to which we can now clean the slate is open to question, and I hope that the Government will have the answers. If we remove ourselves from the common fisheries policy, we will presumably revert to the 1964 convention and the historical rights that the then fisheries Minister Mr Alick Buchanan-Smith referred to in his parliamentary answer of April 1981. We are able to give two years' notice under article 15 of the London convention, but would that wipe the slate clean or would rights provided for under the 19th century conventions and regulations still have effect?
Scott Mann (North Cornwall) (Con)
In summary, I call on the Minister to consider doing the following: redistribute the quota post-Brexit to the under-10 metre fleet; provide financial support to help people get back into the industry; remove the bag limits on anglers and introduce hook-and-line sustainable fishing methods for bass, and follow the science behind that; prioritise the under-10 metre fleet in the 0 to 12-mile zone to compensate for the removal of nets in the estuaries; support new producer organisations that represent the under-10 metre fleet, so that they have a place at the table when these discussions are happening; and introduce an environmental "fishing for plastics" scheme, which could help fishers to clean up our oceans and receive a payment for doing so. Many of our fishing communities in and around our coastline have seen a massive decline under the common fisheries policy. Now that we are back in control, we have the ability to shape our coastal communities once again.
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A days-at-sea scheme has its own problems. It puts pressure on fishermen. Sometimes they might get only hours at sea. There is merit in looking at a lot of changes in the fisheries policy, and I am sure that the right hon. Gentleman has his own thoughts on that. [Interruption.] He has a record of changing his mind over the period of a month—I might refer to that again as I go on in my speech.
On a happier note—
Let me look at the right hon. Gentleman's words again. He said that
"only a madman would leave the market."
Has he changed his mind on that?
Mr Paterson
Will the hon. Gentleman please quote the rest of the clip? If he had watched the Andrew Neil show he would realise that those clips were very, very carefully chosen, and were then disproved by the rest of the sentences that followed. I will give him another chance: yes or no on days at sea?
I would rather pursue this point. What did the right hon. Gentleman mean when he said that only a madman would leave the market? Let us put that in context with what others in his camp have said. Here is Daniel Hannan:
"Absolutely nobody is talking about threatening our place in the single market."
Nigel Farage said, "Like Norway." What did the right hon. Gentleman mean when he said that only a madman would leave the single market?
I am delighted to carry on with this exchange. If the hon. Gentleman looks at the rest of the sentences, he will realise that I, Dan Hannan and others—[Interruption.] The video was put up by a Liberal press spokesman, who was then completely shredded and harpooned by Andrew Neil live. It was proved that those were very selective short sentences from a longer clip. The hon. Gentleman is still ducking the question on days at sea. Does he agree that having days at sea would mean that we would not have discards? That would then get around the problem of not being able to land fish, which is very grievous for his constituents, and which he mentioned in his opening comments.
I have already said that I am happy for anything to enter into the mix of discussions and negotiations post-Brexit. The right hon. Gentleman has not answered my question, so I will leave it be. People watching can make up their own minds about what he meant when he said that only a madman would leave the market. I am quite clear what he meant.
The debate should be remembered for the many points that were made, the information given to the Minister, and the expectations of the Minister in time to come. I noted from the comments of the hon. Member for Thirsk and Malton (Kevin Hollinrake) that de Gaulle was probably the original Brexiteer, in that he refused to allow the UK access to the European Economic Community.
I see your eyes, Madam Deputy Speaker, looking at the clock; you are hinting gently to me to get on with it. I hope the Minister will remember my three points, and the heartfelt plea from the west of Scotland and from Northern Ireland. For goodness' sake, let our boats go to sea and, as the hon. Member for Strangford (Jim Shannon) said, stop the overzealous activities of the border agencies that are working against the economic interests of the west coast of Scotland and Northern Ireland.
Finally, at 4.43 pm
The Minister of State, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (George Eustice)
I begin by commending members of the all-party group on fisheries for bringing forward this annual debate on fisheries as we approach the December Council.
This will be my fourth December Council arguing over fisheries quotas. In that time, some things have changed: we have more stocks fished at MSY than previously, and the numbers are growing. Some of the challenges, particularly in the North sea, have receded, and the stocks are in a better situation. However, in other areas, some things have stayed the same. We still have challenges with bass, and stocks such as cod, haddock and whiting in the Celtic sea.
Sadly, it is also still the case that fishing remains, as many hon. Members have pointed out, one of the most dangerous occupations. This is an opportunity for me to pay tribute to all our fishermen who take risks to bring sea fish to our table. I am also sad to report that over the past year, since our previous debate, nine fishermen have lost their lives. I know that all hon. Members will wish to join me in expressing our sincere condolences to the families and friends who have suffered those tragic losses.
I want to cover as many of the important points that have been raised in today's debate as possible. The context for this year's debate is clearly very different from those of previous years, following our decision to leave the European Union. We are committed to acting on the decision taken by the British people, to withdrawing from the common fisheries policy and to putting in place a new fisheries regime.
As an independent coastal state outside the EU, the UK would be fully responsible, under international law, for control of the waters in our exclusive economic zone and for the management of those resources within it, including fisheries. The Government remain committed to being a champion of sustainable fisheries and to ending discards, as set out in our manifesto. We are also committed to continued co-operation with other countries over the management of shared stocks. In future, our role in relation to the annual setting of quotas will change fundamentally, but our overall objective of championing sustainable fisheries and ending wasteful discards remains as strong as ever.
I am going to persevere, if I may. EU exit is an opportunity to develop arrangements for fishing that can better meet the UK Government's objectives to deliver a financially self-sufficient and profitable seafood sector, and a cleaner, healthier and more productive environment.
I will return to many of the comments made by Members, particularly in relation to post-Brexit policy, but first I want to deal with the December Council. While we remain a member of the EU, we will, of course, continue to participate fully and constructively in the December Fisheries Councils and the related negotiations. They are vital to our industry, since they set the catching opportunities for the vast majority of commercially important fishing stocks.
The hon. Lady suggested that I made unrealistic pledges during the referendum campaign. During that campaign, I exercised my right to campaign as a free, independent MP, but I fully intended that the leave campaign would win, and I fully hoped that I would be back in position and able to see through the changes that I believe are necessary to deliver sustainable fisheries. We will abide by international law in the United Kingdom, and we will expect the European Union to respect and abide by international law. As several hon. Members have said, our European partners have a right to expect us, as the UK, to behave honourably and decently towards them as we put in place new fisheries arrangements and a new type of partnership. They can get that from us, and we should expect the same from them. It is important, as the shadow Minister said, that we get the tone right as we approach the negotiations. We are seeking change, but it is a requirement of UNCLOS that we co-operate with other countries, that we have regard to historical access rights and, crucially, that we work together on shared stocks.
Melanie Onn
The loss of seafaring skills was mentioned. The point made by the hon. Member for Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport (Oliver Colvile) about an academy is important. Perhaps that should be rolled out to coastal towns around the country.
Ultimately, I look forward to hearing much more from the Government about the fishing industry as we move towards negotiating our exit from the EU. I am not entirely assured, but I thank the Minister.
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