I have a brief comment to make.
The fact that gigantic fleets have been heavily subsidized is a world-wide concern. I have witnessed that myself in certain European regions, where the fleets are made up of huge vessels that look more like war ships.
Obviously, according to us, this has harmful consequences on the environment and the preservation of species across the planet. If we look at the situation as a whole, we can see that it is difficult to maintain and preserve many of our species sustainably.
In my opinion, this is causing countries that have abused or are currently abusing the system to think things over. These countries are trying too hard for bigger is better. And that should also lead to reflection. Have these strategies really worked? Are we dealing with the same problems when we have a small number of fleets made up of gigantic vessels as we had 50 years ago or a generation ago, when there were many more smaller ships and where more people were able to benefit? In addition, these profits remained within countries and were shared among many more people.
Scotland is in the process of considering returning to fleets that are made up of a larger number of smaller ships, in order to distribute the benefits more equally in the fisheries sector.