A new by-law came in to force today which means that the boats cannot fish for scallops between 1900 and 0700 within six miles (10km) of the Cornish coast.
The by-law was approved by councillors in 2009 and by Defra in March 2011.
So that means pushing further off shore or, no more long, hot nights at sea in the summer dredging away for the scallies and an excuse to head for the nearest bar and spin yarns to the trippers about how tough it was scalloping away back in the summer of '76 off Falmouth! - Where is the Golden Fleece now and Cockney Dave? - and how did George Lawry nearly sink the Forelle of Purbeck with the Tea Eagle?
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