It does take up a lot of my time trying to provide all my own fish/shellfish but I enjoy the hard work of collecting it.
It does become seasonal. Cod, whiting and dog fish in the winter off the beach. From my pots crab, lobster, cuttle fish in early summer prawns in late summer.
Cockles and razor fish on low spring tides. I also know a spot where can snorkel for scallops if it's clear enough.
Once you go down this road it's hard to go back to supermarket fish. It' all looks mushy and on the turn With that smell I always thought was just fish smell but after catching my own I know now that it's the smell I get on my fish when it's on the turn.
Getting a mackerel off the beach and putting it straight on the waiting fire cant be beaten It's got a taste more like chicken than fish. Even if you wait 20mins to get it on the fire the taste will be fishier.