Did anyone see the news last night ? There was a small piece on our dwindling fish stocks. I think its fair to say weve known about this for years and its really about time something decisive was done.
I personally love sea fishing and I could happily eat fish every day I love it.
When I was a 10 year old back in 1974 75 I sat on Exmouth pier fishing at every available opportunity I would regularly catch 1 2lb Pollock from the pier. Nowadays youre lucky to catch one more than 6 inches in size. Weaver still seem to be in abundance though. Little ******s that they are. Ive also noticed generally when beach casting and boat fishing the big fish just arent there anymore. Have any other fishermen noticed this over the years ?
Catch Quotas are already in place but they dont seem to be saving the stocks.
I think there should be a European ban on Trawler fishing during the prime fish breeding seasons and each European country should pay Trawler men of their country whilst the seasonal ban is in place, or a massed European fund to ensure these men and their families are looked after while fishing is not allowed. Maybe a total ban for 2 or 3 years to allow stocks to recover. Also to be fair all rod and line fishing should also be banned. And believe me Id find that painful because I love sea fishing. What are your opinions ? Have you got an idea to save the fish stocks ? Nothing of course is as simple as we think and it would be huge undertaking to sort out all this, but something needs to be done and pretty soon or fish will be a rare luxury. £20 quid for a cod and chips !!!! or worse still the fish stocks will collapse completely Of course as Ive already said the Trawlermen must be looked after during non-fishing times. We owe it to nature, and we owe it to those to come. What do you think ?
I personally love sea fishing and I could happily eat fish every day I love it.
When I was a 10 year old back in 1974 75 I sat on Exmouth pier fishing at every available opportunity I would regularly catch 1 2lb Pollock from the pier. Nowadays youre lucky to catch one more than 6 inches in size. Weaver still seem to be in abundance though. Little ******s that they are. Ive also noticed generally when beach casting and boat fishing the big fish just arent there anymore. Have any other fishermen noticed this over the years ?
Catch Quotas are already in place but they dont seem to be saving the stocks.
I think there should be a European ban on Trawler fishing during the prime fish breeding seasons and each European country should pay Trawler men of their country whilst the seasonal ban is in place, or a massed European fund to ensure these men and their families are looked after while fishing is not allowed. Maybe a total ban for 2 or 3 years to allow stocks to recover. Also to be fair all rod and line fishing should also be banned. And believe me Id find that painful because I love sea fishing. What are your opinions ? Have you got an idea to save the fish stocks ? Nothing of course is as simple as we think and it would be huge undertaking to sort out all this, but something needs to be done and pretty soon or fish will be a rare luxury. £20 quid for a cod and chips !!!! or worse still the fish stocks will collapse completely Of course as Ive already said the Trawlermen must be looked after during non-fishing times. We owe it to nature, and we owe it to those to come. What do you think ?