Scottish TV reports on the Real Fish Fight

Scottish TV reports on the Peterhead fishing vessel Budding Rose when she gets a massive 30 ton haul of cod in the North Sea on Friday 1st march 2013.  The boat was actually fishing for haddock and was well away from cod ground - an illustration of just how difficult it is for boats to target single species in a mixed fishery.

Well done Peter Bruce on Bbc tv just now for showing the public what all fishermen in the North Sea are seeing,an abundance of cod everywhere,we have conserved cod for years and now we re seeing the results,lets hope the scientists get their act together and tell the government the truth

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  Robert Smith Craig, haven't you heard of "the funding factor" where - no matter how august, sincere and dilligent a scientist is, doing the research - the scientist will always find what his funding body wants him to find.

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  Robert Smith Craig, I can give you specific example of fisheries scientists "not telling the truth" to the extent that when I pointed out their "mistake", they instantly withdrew their advice and a national consultation document had to be altered.

  
  

  
  

Plenty fish in sea, new Scottish fishermen's group says a group of Scottish fishermen have formed a pressure group to convince people that North Sea fish stocks are healthy. 

The Real Fish Fight said boats have reported large catches of cod. Peterhead skipper Peter Bruce said conservationists wanted to turn the North Sea into an aquarium. WWF Scotland said it was possible the big catches were the result of boats passing over large groups of spawning cod. Mr Bruce said there was scaremongering over fish stocks. He recently hauled his largest ever catch of cod - 30 tonnes in a single net. 

The fisherman said: "There is some of the green lobby that is actually trying to finish the fishing industry. "They are wanting the North Sea left as an aquarium and we just can't have that." He added: "We would like the scientists to come out with us and see what we are seeing on the grounds." WWF Scotland said at this time of year cod were grouping in large numbers to spawn. A spokeswoman said it could be that the large catch was made in one of these areas and that this could not be read as a sign that numbers of the fish had recovered

A Lot of Fishermen Will know This Area. It's the West of Scotland Windsock Closure. It's Been closed for Fishing with Demersal Towed Gear Since the 6th March 2001.

This is a Massive area almost 80miles long.

Hardly any Surveys done in the Windsock to Provide any Data of any Kind..The Windsock Was Closed under a EU Recovery Programme for Cod, Closing Prime Fishing Grounds Depriving fishermen of Making a Living The Decline in West Coast Fishing Fleet is a Complete Outrage and Should not Have Been allowed to Happen.