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The Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee holds its first evidence session for its fisheries inquiry. The aim of the session is to highlight the main challenges and opportunities for UK fisheries after withdrawal from the EU. Wednesday 15 November 2017, Committee Room 8, Palace of Westminster at 9.30am
Purpose of the session In this session, a panel representing the UK Fishing Industry will address key opportunities and challenges for the industry following the Government’s announcement on 2 July 2017 that it will be withdrawing from the Common Fisheries Policy (CPF) and the announcement of a Fisheries White Paper and Bill. Witnesses: Bertie Armstrong, Chief Executive Officer, Scottish Fishermen’s Federation, and Mike Cohen, Chairman, The National Federation of Fishermen's Organisations, and Bryce Beukers-Stewart, Lecturer, Environment Department, University of York
as the Trevessa IV waits for tide after landing during the night..
some of her catch included a good shot of ray...
and with the weather being fine, the bass boys have been at it again...
just a few of the biggest hake from the Karen of Ladram...
the handliners are still picking away at mackerel in the bay...
name these fish...
some of the best quality fish are orange but called red...
while others are totally brill...
just some of the inshore trawl fish of which there was plenty...
Dover soles' appearance often reflects the kind if seabed they inhabit the most...
those wry smiles tell all...
there's no plaice like fresh plaice...
a brace of mackerel...
a beast from the abyss, trying to escape...
last tally in the book goes for the haddock...
along with some beautifully spotted plaice...
blonde ray can be distinguished by virtue of the fact that their spots go right to the edge of their bodies and are generally slightly smaller than their spotted ray counterparts...
Tom's mighty megrim collection...
there's not much clear deck space when a beam trawler has boarded its gear...
a fair start to the day in Newlyn...
unusually, the Mary Williams pier is almost devoid of boats...
sardiner, Golden Harvest at rest...
visiting windfarm cat...
the firm down the quay...
plenty of work still to be completed on the new sardine boat, Vesta...
the Resurgam landed today...
Resurgan PZ1001
she is the first command of young Nathan Marshall as skipper, sadly, Nathan's father Vince, who would have been justifiably proud and four others were lost twenty years ago to the day when their beam trawler PZ1001, Margaretha Maria went down 45 miles south of the Lizard...
marking the occasion today underneath memorial Tom by Vince's favourite food, Kit-Kat and cheese & onion crisps...
How to make technology work to protect fish stocks - globally! Global Fishing Watch are pleased to announce that, through a partnership with Spire Global, Inc, they have doubled the amount of data they use to identify and track nearly 60,000 commercial fishing vessels on the world’s oceans.
Publicly broadcast Automatic Identification System (AIS) messages received by satellites and ground-based receivers comprise the largest source of data in the Global Fishing Watch platform, but gaps in AIS signals can occur in areas where satellite coverage is sparse, or between satellite passes.
The addition of Spire’s Sense, adds approximately 23 million new data points from ground-based receivers and some fifty nano-satellites, to our database every day. The new data may not be adding more vessels to our database–they already see more than 90 percent of all industrial sized commercial fishing vessels– but it is filling in gaps in coverage and enabling the Global Fishing Watch algorithm to generate more complete vessel tracks.
“The partnership with Spire allows Global Fishing Watch to take advantage of the latest in space-based earth monitoring technology,” said Global Fishing Watch Chief Technology Officer Paul Woods. “Their nanosatellites provide us with a nimble and innovative way to increase the power of our platform to create transparency in the oceans.”
Less expensive and easier to deploy and update than traditional satellites, nano-satellites are becoming increasingly important tool for scientific research. Spire’s satellites are about the size of a wine bottle, and are launched at a rate of nearly four satellites per month. “It’s incredibly exciting to have customers like Global Fishing Watch using Spire Sense,” said Kyle Brazil, Sense’s product manager. “We’re able to simply open an internet browser and see how our data is being used to make a real difference in the world. Global Fishing Watch will be able to take advantage of any improvements that we make to satellites, data, APIs, and analytics offerings, which means we will have an immediate impact on efforts to improve the sustainability of fisheries and protect an important resource that feeds millions of people.” Full story from Global Fishing Watch here:
HMS Queen Elizabeth, the newest and biggest warship in the fleet is currently on exercise...
off the north coast of Cornwall. Let's hope she does not steam over too many dahns or buffs from the boats working fixed gear in the vicinity of her trials!
After steaming through the night from 20 miles north of the Scillys the hake netter Karen of Ladram waits for the tide to make before...
Sid and the boys can put ashore 370 boxes for two and a half days fishing - no wonder they are smiling...
on the market, Nina and Harriet get the lowdown on the favourite fish of local chef @Ben_Tunnicliffe who is the subject of a promotional video being made to celebrate Cornish fish...
local fish chefs have helped increase sales of fish like MSC Certified hake for skipper Sid, seen here talking to chef Ben, and develop a much bigger home market...
down the quay and almost ready for sea, the St Georges waits impatiently for her refit to end...
while the forklifts begin to load the waiting transport with the mornings fish.
as the buyers head back inside from bidding on the cuttles...
a rare sight these days, pollack from the Silver Dawn who more often than not lands her fish into France...
while regulars like the Lisa land the usual combination of Dovers, monks and megrim soles...
and the odd bass...
not able to compete with the likes of Cod on the Butts who must have put inconsiderable effort to fish over the weekend giving the strength of the wind and the general sea conditions and demonstrating that just because you now how have a pair of titanium lower limbs it doesn't stop him from putting to sea to earn a living...
buyers busy bidding...
and its bass form the Butts again...
along with a few JDs from the nettter Charisma...
and a few big cod...
the results of many years close working relationship now sees the netters able to land instead of dumping their dogfish, though still subject to a ton per boat per month...
catch of the day goes to the Ajax with this huge trip of hake...
the biggest of fish coming from the Padstow boat though...
