These articles in Fishing News bring to the for the current state of species management in the UK. Crawfish, up until a couple of years ago not seen on the fish markets of Cornwall since the late 1970s have made a comeback - it took 50 years from when they were totally overfished by the use of tangle nets.
As Dr Bannister says, progressives in the industry are wide awake to the fact that the cycle of boom and bust could happen all over again.
Hopefully, lessons form the past now have a chance to be learnt from and acted on for the long term benefit of all.
