Marine Management - not so well managed for some?

Info from a fisherman on the East coast:

January quotas for Under 10's North Sea

Cod.....................1.75ton.......................value approx £3300

Skate...................200kg..............................................£280

Sole.....................200kg............................................£1300

TOTAL>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>£4880

Fuel (approx 10days)....................................................£600

Total to be shared........................................................£4280

25% share for a month..................................................£1070

And to make matters worse there are plenty of fisherman out there with less quota.

Excellent

A virtual tour round the last of Stevenson's ex sidewinders painted in 1992  to commerate the hugely popular Working boat festival in Brest. She was built as the Efficient by Forbes of Sandhaven in 1931 and bought by the family firm in 1937 and re-named Excellent. 

Seeing the New Year Ajax style

Deep in traditional Spanish hake fishing territory the Newlyn netter Ajax is working her gear on the Pistola Bank...

 - so named because of the outline shape of the bank resembling that of an early flintlock pistol.

Last landing for 2014 by the Gary M

The Christmas lights ring the harbour walls...

as the last of the boats like the Govenek of Ladram land on the last day of 2014 and tie up against the quay...

and the GaryM land alongside the fish market...

puts her fish ashore...

with a solid trip of over 100 boxes of pollack ready for the first market of 2015.

Last fishing days for the year for theNewlyn fleet as they make the most of fine weather between Christmas and New Year.

Wrapped up in a survival suit, Cap'n Cod makes his way to the market after a day chasing bass...

followed by Jeremy, keeping tucked well in as the Lyonesse is making her way out #ThroughtheGaps...

for a night sardine fishing....

 closely followed by the Asthore...

and the latest addition to the fleet in Newlyn, the Mayflower...

providing visiting photogs with some dusk shots...

the Bacon boys head for the market...

followed by the sequel to a Fistful of Dollars...

the light is special at this time of year with crystal-clear skies!

The hunt for Cornish sardines begins

With next to no wind and temperatures just above freezing the sardine boats head out to sea for a night's work in Mount's Bay hunting Cornish sardines.

Christmas treat to eat

At this time of year all the big supermarkets offer salmon at half price...

- if you buy a whole one, so the solution to get a whole fish for the price of half ...

is to fillet and pin bone the both sides...

slice one side in two and place the first half skin side down on a length of cling film...

get some decent sea salt...

and, using this recipe from the Rick Stein's latest and excellent fish cookery book...

prepare the cure mixture of salt, fresh dill, sugar and a good dash of brandy, vodka or whiskey...

cover the first side of salmon with the cure and place the second half skin side up...

to form a sandwich...

wrap the fillets up tight in the cling film and leave for at least three days in the run up to Christmas Day turning over every 12 hours - a good dose of brine will be drawn out of the fish which can be drained off later - then slice very thin and savour the flavour accompanied by a mustard and dill sauce!

The other fillet can be cut into steaks.