The details were incredibly complicated, as you say. which fish type, which species, which area. and it came down to high politics. every minister, every fishery minister, wanted to leave with victory. they wanted to be able to go on camera on their own national tv networks and say, i have won. i have secured us more fish. almost every year, with almost every species, the agreement amongst the politicians for the quotas was always greater than the marine conservationists would advise. there would be a number from the scientists about what we think is safe, and then the politicians during the f...