Seafish: The fisht against discards by UK trawlers - Underwater Observations of Square Mesh 4-Panel Codends | HD

Square Mesh 4-Panel Codends to reduce the discards of juvenile haddock taken in a trawl fishery off Cornwall. Just sonme of the measures fishermen have been taking to reduce the fish they don't want to catch when there is no or little quota available.

Launch day for the Rose of Sharon in St Ives 1969

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A gallery of photos from the archives courtesy of Raymond Stevens who worked aboard the Christaina S with Roger and Andrew Pooley. Some of the shots show the cleaning up operation after the Torrey Canyon ran over the Sevenstones Reef.  Many people reckoned the detergent used was more toxic and damaging to the environment than the oil it was supposed to disperse!

Friday's market, sunny but still well chilly!

Ye colde weather and prevailing easterly winds have been making many warm looking sunrises...

even the cod get to bask in it...

and who is the mystery silhouette?...

Padstow's big netter the Sparkling Line put ashore a good run of big white fish, not much hake about...

latest to join the fleet, the netter Stelissa is almost ready to go...

one lonely lemon...

reddest of red gurnards...

and more of the Padstow boat's white fish fill the box...

last of the boxes go for auction.

Who is that man on camera?

Getting a briefing before the cameras roll, ex-skipper and staunch anti-EU activist Mike Mahon checks over his lines for the latest UKIP fishing views.

Some wise words, followed by some apposite comments

HFWFF PR business is harming the British fishing industry through false allegations that lead the public to believe that fishermen do not care about the environment that supports their livelihood. 

 It also turns the situation into a "fight" and a "war" when what is needed is that all sides work together to protect the LAST WILD FOOD supply and the ecosystems that produce it. His campaign is against the interest of the people and the planet. He and the organisations that fund his PR campaign and company, should answer for environmental crimes!

Courtesy of Fishing Zones.

Added to the mix:

"Protecting the last wild food supply" appeals directly to the foundations and NGO's that say they are attempting to do just that; protect it from nasty greedy fishermen! 

And protecting an "ecosystem" for many NGO's is exactly that, protecting the "biodiversity" against a perceived loss from the actions of man and they believe that this is enough of a justification for displacing indigenous coastal communities of their rights and installing groups of competent eternal actors to save the seas. Geosystem is a better word because it is recognised as being the richer and more complex interaction of man with his milieu (milieu: The geographical milieu of a place includes the elements of natural order, artefacts of equipment and infrastructure, institutions and culture and relationship; in short all of the memories that inform and create the system of a place.) 

Examples in the past of protecting the environment and ecosytems that show how vary we should be of such suggestions include over 100,000 Masai pastoralists who were forcibly displaced from their traditional lands in the name of "conservation" and native Americans who were virtually wiped out by colonial interest in the 1800's. 

Despite fine wording by the WWF in 1996 that "Indigenous communities should be recognised as equal partners in the development and implementation of conservation strategies..." conflicts have multiplied as indigenous populations have formed themselves into competent organisations. Coastal communities, and the fishing industry in general, need to unite, onshore and offshore workers alike, into one voice to have any lasting influence on decision making.

NH Newlyn.

Fishing News' Quentin Bates latest chiller thriller!

When a shipowner is found dead, tied to a bed in one of Reykjavik's smartest hotels, sergeant Gunnhildur Gisladottir of the city police force sees no evidence of foul play but still suspects things are not as cut and dried as they seem. And as she investigates the shipowner's untimely - and embarrassing - demise, she stumbles across a discreet bondage society whose members are being systematically exploited and blackmailed.

But how does all this connect to a local gangster recently returned to Iceland after many years abroad, and the unfortunate loss of a government laptop containing sensitive data about various members of the ruling party? What begins as a straightforward case for Gunnhildur soon explodes into a dangerous investigation, uncovering secrets that ruthless men are ready to go to violent extremes to keep.

Praise for Quentin Bates:

'Superior crime fiction set in Iceland... this is a well constructed, well written and satisfying police procedural'. The Times.

A meticulously constructed thriller, peopled with exceptionally convincing characters and shot through with black humour. Frozen Out is as chilling as an Icelandic winter. S.J. Bolton

"[A] crackling fiction debut ... palpable authenticity." Publishers Weekly

British author Bates captures the chilly spirit of Nordic crime fiction in what is the apparent start of a promising series with a distinctly appealing protagonist. Fans of Arnaldur Indridason's Reykjavík mysteries will want to add Bates to their reading lists. Booklist

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