Fish stunt makes waves

The stunt by Greenpeace campaigners who bricked up the entrance to the Council of Ministers building on the eve of the Fisheries Council is still making waves. Graffiti on the wall that Greenpeace hastily constructed across the front of the Justus Lipsius building said that the Council was closed “until fish stocks recover”. The demonstration reduced the impact of a strike by catering staff inside the building. And what of those Council officials who were prevented from entering by the nets that the campaigners put over other entrances to the Justus Lipsius site? Did they count as by-catch or discards? And what is the total allowable catch of Eurocrats in one year?