COROVID19 and restaurants.

How is the restaurant sector coping during the COROVID19 lockdown - top chefs speak out:




Norfolk based Chef Galton Blackiston talks about his experience as a restauranteur and chef during the lockdown and how tings might be in the future.

Top chefs call for national rent holiday to save restaurant industry

Some of Britain’s top celebrity chefs including Nigella Lawson, Tom Kerridge, Angela Hartnett, Michel Roux Jnr, Thomasina Miers, and Yotam Ottolenghi have warned of a restaurant meltdown without government action.

With Cabinet Minister Michael Gove declaring that pubs and restaurants will be the last to reopen after the coronavirus crisis, the traditional British local pub as well as thousands of much loved high street restaurants are facing a battle for survival.

Leading restaurant bosses this week wrote to Chancellor Rishi Sunak asking for a #NationalTimeOut in order to save two million jobs in the hospitality sector.

The letter was written by Hospitality Union founder and industry leader Jonathan Downey and has been supported and signed by key figures in the restaurant industry including Alisdair Murdoch (CEO of Burger King), Thomasina Miers (Wahaca), Will Beckett (CEO Hawksmoor), Arjun Waney OBE, Pano Christou (CEO of Pret a Manger), Des Gunewardena (CEO of D&D London) and more.

The letter details a rescue plan for the hospitality industry calling for a 9 month #NationalTimeOut – a rent free period for hospitality businesses combined with a matching loan and interest payment postponement for landlords.

A #NationalTimeOut, which includes a nine-month #NationalRentFree period, will protect countless businesses, save millions of jobs and won’t cost the taxpayer anything.

Leading voices from the hospitality world have come forward with their support for this campaign.

Nigella Lawson:

There are so many people who need our love and support right now and I know that the reopening of restaurants may well not be at the forefront of everyone’s mind. But in these difficult times, what we all crave, and can’t have, is the sociable gathering that restaurants can provide, the coming together over food that makes the world a better place. Reopening won’t be easy, and restaurants will have many challenges in creating a safe and welcoming environment; some will reinvent themselves in a different form. But however restaurant owners manage to transition – and must do so safely – into a new and unchartered world, I wish them so much luck. For their hospitality and inspiration over the years, I thank them, and I hope that everything is being done to help everyone in the restaurant world flourish as we need them to again.

Yotam Ottolenghi

I wholeheartedly support the #NationalTimeOut proposal. It is vital that hospitality businesses get the lifeline they so urgently need in order to survive into the post-lockdown era. Without the 9-month rent-free period proposed, millions of jobs may be lost and a whole industry irreparably damaged.

Michel Roux Jnr

Le Gavroche has been open for 53 years and been through recessions, depression, winter of discontent, IRA bombings and anything else you can think of. Nothing comes close to this crisis. Whilst some landlords have been proactive and very helpful, most have not. The industry needs government help for a 9-month rent free period, #NationalTimeOut, otherwise it will be carnage not just for the hospitality industry but this will trickle down to thousands of suppliers.

Tom Kerridge

I’m not sure people realise how busy restaurants have to be before they start to make a profit. We are all seeing restaurants reopening in China and Hong Kong but the economics of running a restaurant I think are very different here in the UK. Our fixed costs are so much higher. Many restaurants in the UK make small profits or just break even. A 20% decline in revenue means that almost all restaurants will become unprofitable. I am incredibly worried about the future and believe that restaurants revenues will be down anywhere between 25% – 50% for a very long time. We need to re-evaluate and look to how we move forward, both individually and with the help of the government to ensure that our incredible and amazing industry can survive.

Thomasina Miers

Hospitality is one of the hardest hit sectors in the current climate, and will be one of the last to recover. While the existing measures being taken by the Government go some way to offer a lifeline to our industry, it’s crucial that support and protection is also extended to the landlords of the commercial premises from which we operate, in order to help ensure a return to normality in the hopefully not-too-distant future. We’re 1 in 10 of the UK’s employees and vital social and cultural centres at the heart of cities and communities. This initiative will go some way to preventing an otherwise annihilation one of the country’s most creative and dynamic industries.

Angela Hartnett

Many restaurant operators may not be able to re-open unless action is taken. A #NationalTimeOut can help if the UK government supports a 9-month rent free period for the hospitality sector. As the third biggest employer in the UK we are a vital part of the UK economy.

Gary Usher

I own six restaurants across the north west of England and I employ 200 industry professionals but without this rent free legislation hospitality union is proposing we are completely f***ed. It is highly likely my company Elite Bistro will have to close its doors for good. I can’t stress how important this help is and I can’t see any other way out other than a #NationalTimeOut.

Fisheries Bill 2020: What Does it have in Stock?

The Fisheries Bill 2020, part of the government’s core legislative program on post-Brexit environmental policy, is currently in the House of Lords at committee stage, and is expected to receive royal assent in the coming months (although exactly when is subject to how successfully the House of Lords can adapt to meeting via Microsoft Teams). It would establish Britain’s departure from the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) on January 1st 2021, and sets out how fishing rights would work post transition period and CFP.

Given the passion that fishing rights raise, you might be forgiven for thinking that they were absolutely essential to the functioning of the UK and EU economies. In fact, fishing accounts for around 0.1% of both. A joke going around environmental blogs is that green bills are like buses – none come when you need them, then they all arrive at once. Perhaps for the Environment and Agriculture Bills – discussed by me here and here. But the Fisheries Bill feels more like the Brexit Bus than a local routemaster. It promises the repatriation of sovereign powers and gains in the millions by taking back control of our waters, while hiding potential losses in the billions, if issues with fishing rights derail trade negotiations – a slim but real possibility.

Even the most entrenched remainer, however, would have to recognise the multiple failures of the CFP. It has been plagued by mismanaged quotas and outsized lobbying interests since its inception, and it has clearly favoured certain member states over others. The Fisheries Bill has as such been largely well received by environmental groups, such as Greener UK, who comment that the “focus on climate change and sustainability is very helpful”. I’ll start with what the bill actually says, then discuss the EU negotiation position and conclude with a few comments about what the legislation may mean for the future relations.

The Bill in Brief

Motivating the Fisheries Bill is the idea of repatriating control of the UK’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) and ‘catch and effort’ quota. The EEZ refers to the 200 nautical mile radius from the coast over which any given country has control as per international law, international agreements like the CFP notwithstanding. The catch and effort quota refers to the legal maximum number of fish anyone can catch and the legal number of days anyone can fish respectively.

Clause 1 sets out the government’s eight fisheries objectives:

(a) the sustainability objective;
(b) the precautionary objective;
(c) the ecosystem objective;
(d) the scientific evidence objective;
(e) the bycatch objective;(f) the equal access objective;
(g) the national benefit objective; and
(h) the climate change objective

Under the Fisheries Bill, the relevant secretaries of state would be required to order a Joint Fisheries Statement (JFS), required 18 months after the bill receives royal assent and at least every 6 years following that. The JFS would set out a joint framework between Westminster and the devolved power for how they intended to achieve the 8 fisheries objectives. The framework for laying out the JFS is described in clauses 2 – 11.

Clauses 12 – 18 deal with the granting of fishing licences to both British and foreign vessels. Clause 12 states:

“(1) A foreign fishing boat must not enter British fishery limits [Britain’s EEZ] except— (a) for the purpose of fishing in accordance with a sea fishing licence, or (b) for a purpose recognised by international law or by any international agreement or arrangement to which the United Kingdom is a party.”

Article 5 of the CFP, which gives EU fishing vessels “equal access to waters and resources” in all EU waters, is revoked by paragraph 2 of schedule 10, thereby stopping access from EU vessels according to part b. Clauses 14 – 18 grant powers to relevant ministers to grant fishing licences to foreign vessels. The political declaration on future relations agreed between Boris Johnson and EU leaders sets a July 2020 deadline for negotiating access for EU vessels to UK waters. This is looking likely to be missed. In the most recent round of trade talks, 2 months before the deadline, Britain has still not submitted any proposals for fishing rights.

Clauses 23 – 27 set out the management of “fishing opportunities” – ‘catch and effort quotas’, or the total amount of fish that can be caught (catch) and the total number of days fishable (effort). The CFP was heavily criticised for its allocations of “Total Allowable Catches” (TACs), which regularly exceeded scientific advice. Illustrative of this is North Sea cod stocks: concerted conservation efforts allowed the stocks to recover to “sustainable” levels in 2017, according to the Marine Conservation Society, only to return to endangered status 2 years later, as the result of overly lax TACs. Clause 23 establishes catch and effort quotas in line with scientific advice over what is sustainable, and 24 – 27 deal with their implementation and sale overseas.

One of the areas that the EU has been particularly weak in regulating was in the so-called “discard ban”. Discarding is the practise of returning caught fish to the sea, dead or alive, if they are illegal (due to insufficient size or exceeded quotas) or uneconomical. The practice has been blamed in part for the depletion of European fish stocks, but efforts by the EU to implement discard bans have been largely ineffective. Clauses 28 to 32 describe various powers given to the secretary of state to implement a discard ban after leaving the CFP, as well as the requisite powers to charge those who flout it.

The EUs Negotiating Stance

The EU insists that any trade agreement with the UK must include long-term fishing provisions, largely because of the value of UK fishing waters to EU fishermen. EU member states’ vessels annually caught roughly 749,000 tonnes of fish (£575 million revenue) caught in UK waters, while UK vessels landed approximately only 96,000 tonnes (£96 million revenue) from non-UK EU waters. The UKs position is that free trade agreements and fishing access are independent issues and should be negotiated separately; and that fishing access should be subject to yearly review, similar to the EU’s agreements with Norway.

It’s important not to underestimate the importance of British fishing waters to the EU. Britain has some of the richest fishing waters in the world. The EU fleet itself is far too big for the waters it fishes, requiring British fishing waters to fill its trawlers; fishing in British waters allows the EU fishing industry, which is already heavily subsidised, to remain economically viable. On the other hand, the British fishing industry is reliant on trade with Europe. Britain imports 90% of its cod, the nation’s favourite fish (although mainly from Norway and Iceland, not the EU), and exports 75% of its catch to the EU, meaning that access to those markets are essential for its functioning. It’s unsurpising that Amélie de Montchalin, France’s Europe minister, answered “yes” to whether failure to negotiate fishing rights could collapse the entire trade deal.

Britain has not submitted proposals for fishing rights negotiations in the most recent round of talks. This is in line with its position that fishing rights should be negotiated yearly, and separately from free trade talks, but leaves the EU nervous. The July 1st deadline for the fishing agreement seems particularly ambitious since normal negotiation difficulties are being compounded by access and communication issues resulting from Coronavirus. Add to the mix the repeated assertions from the British government that they will not seek to extend the deadline, it makes the possibility that EU vessels will be fishing in British waters on January 1st 2021, as the CFP is replaced by the Fisheries Bill, increasingly unlikely. Whether that will be to the benefit of the UK fishermen, who may well be subject to up to 24% import tariffs on fish in the EU market, we will have to see.

Full story courtesy of UK Human Rights Blog 21 April 2020 by Rafe Jennings

Cornwall Good Seafood Guide to fish in lockdown.

Lockdown lowdown on sustainable seafood

Inshore boats are landing everyday to the fish market - Newlyn.

Food is one of the few things that we can all enjoy during lockdown! Many of us are really enjoying our cooking and having a little more time to spend in the kitchen gives us an opportunity to be a little more adventurous, particularly with seafood.

To encourage us all to support our local sustainable fishermen, Cornwall Good Seafood Guide, a Cornwall Wildlife Trust project, has set up a comprehensive list of seafood suppliers offering sales and delivery during lockdown. This week they are also launching a series of stunning, simple recipes that will encourage you to give delicious, sustainable, Cornish seafood a go!

Award winning Cornish private chef Ken Symons spent a day with the Cornwall Good Seafood Guide team in the kitchen just before lockdown.

Ken loves cooking with local Cornish seafood and was delighted to help with this initiative:

“This is a difficult time for chefs but I am really pleased to be able to help inspire people to give seafood a try as it is vital we keep our local fishermen fishing and we all make the most of this incredible local resource.”

The first recipe is featured in a short video which we are sharing on our social media which is pan fried mackerel with a tasty Basque inspired pepperonata (a pepper and garlic stew with capers) that really complements this delicious oily fish beautifully.

“Mackerel is just beginning to come into season and line caught mackerel is about as sustainable as seafood can be”, said Cornwall Seafood Guide’s Matt Slater.

“We also have a delightful Thai inspired Monkfish curry with seasonal vegetables and coconut rice. A surprisingly simple dish that is absolutely delicious. Monkfish are a popular fish which is caught in large quantities all around Cornwall. The latest scientific advice shows that the populations of this

fish are very healthy and it has been on our recommended list as a sustainable option for nearly a year now” reported Matt.

Following a collapse in traditional export and restaurant markets fishermen and fish sellers are finding a surge in local appreciation for the wonderful, sustainable seafood landed in Cornwall that was previously considered a luxury that you would only eat in high-end restaurants.

Many fishermen are now selling direct, some are delivering and several of our larger fishmongers and fish wholesalers are now offering free delivery during lockdown, locally and nationwide. Our list of seafood sellers continues to expand, attracting thousands of visits since its launch on 12th March.

“It’s one of the few positives that have come out of this very difficult situation we find ourselves in,” said Matt Slater, “the public really want to help their local fishermen and we all need to eat. It makes sense to eat the wonderful fresh, local seafood landed in Cornwall, especially now it is easier than ever to get local seafood delivered to your door through our website”

There is increasing evidence that the public appreciate and want to eat Cornish sustainable seafood. Paul Trudgian owner and director of Fish For Thought has seen his online sales for fresh fish deliveries to the public dramatically increase – “the levels of engagement, positivity and support for our business and the amazing fishermen we work with has been humbling. I am so proud of the way our customers and our team have responded to this unprecedented crisis, and I am increasingly optimistic that many more people will join our Seafood Revolution, and demand sustainable British seafood in the future.”

Please follow Cornwall Good Seafood Guide on Facebook, Instagram or Twitter to be kept up to date and visit our website to find local seafood suppliers and inspiration as well as a wealth of information on the sustainability of Cornish seafood!


Links CGSG fish delivery to your door list:

https://www.cornwallgoodseafoodguide.org.uk/cornish-fishing/fish-delivery-to-your-door-coronavirus-lockdown.php 


Recipe link:

https://www.cornwallgoodseafoodguide.org.uk/recipes/pan-fried-mackerel-fillets-on-toasted-sourdough-with-pepperonata.php 


Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/cornwallgoodseafoodguide?fref=ts 

Twitter: https://twitter.com/cornwallgoodsea 

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cornwallgoodseafoodguide/

For more information contact: Matt Slater, Cornwall Good Seafood Guide, 01872 302251  mobile 07917765581 

matt.slater@cornwallwildlifetrust.org.uk

Plenty of the finest fresh fish flowing through Newlyn to feed the nation.

Good to see plenty of quality flat fish from the James RH fill the grader chillroom...

and the welcome return of young Mr Smart, seemingly practicing social distancing from the rest of the buyers - or maybe he just bought all the fish...

the very best in big flats like brill and turbot...

along with 170 boxes of top quality MSC Certified hake from the netter Ygraine...

and just to keep the guys happy the mackerel are still biting those feathers in the Bay...

to keep the mackerel men happy...

meanwhile Sheriff is busy landing this week's trip aboard the Cornishman...

with one of Newlyn's best known, Fish at the helm!

Financial support for England’s fishing businesses unveiled

£10 million fund for England’s fishing and aquaculture sectors has been announced.

In the latest step to protect businesses affected by coronavirus, plans unveiled today mean that up to £9 million will be available for grants to eligible fishing and aquaculture businesses.

More than 1,000 fishing and aquaculture businesses in England will receive direct cash grants through a fisheries support scheme announced today by Environment Secretary George Eustice and Chief Secretary to the Treasury Steve Barclay.

In the latest step to protect businesses affected by coronavirus, plans unveiled today mean that up to £9 million will be available for grants to eligible fishing and aquaculture businesses.

A further £1 million will be made available to support projects to assist fishermen to sell their catch in their local communities. This money will help fishing businesses find new ways to market and sell their catch while traditional markets are restricted, not only supporting the sector but also the local communities that depend on the industry.

Because the majority of fish they catch is usually destined for export, the English fishing fleet which catches fish stocks such as hake, scallops and crab has been hit by the closure of traditional export markets and the reduction in demand from the hospitality sector.

The support scheme – which will run for up to three months – takes action to meet the immediate needs of the industry by helping English fishing and aquaculture businesses with their fixed costs such as such as insurance, equipment hire and port costs.

The measures will support the English industry, in particular smaller fishing businesses, during this challenging time and follow an unprecedented package of financial support already announced for small firms.

The main features of the scheme are:

• For the catching sector, the fund will be open to under-24m vessel owners with fishing licences registered in England who recorded sales of £10,000 or more in 2019.
• Grants will be made to help cover fixed business costs. For the catching sector this will be calculated from the average business costs for the size of the vessel, as surveyed by the industry annually.
• Details of the eligibility criteria, including the criteria for the aquaculture sector and support for local projects, will be announced in due course by the Marine Management Organisation (MMO).
• The MMO will administer the fund, contacting eligible registered owners and licence holders directly in stages with details of how to apply, starting on Monday April 20 through to early May.
• Payments will be made for up to three months.

Environment Secretary George Eustice said:

This £10 million scheme will provide a lifeline for more than 1,000 fishing businesses so they can continue to maintain and operate their boats during this challenging time, which has seen falling prices and lack of demand for fish from the restaurant industry.

We are continuing to work closely with the fishing and aquaculture industry to ensure that they are supported and can get back to their vital role of providing fish for the table while contributing to the economy of many of our coastal communities.

Chief Secretary to the Treasury Steve Barclay MP said:

Fishing is at the heart of many of England’s coastal communities – providing local jobs as well as valued produce to their communities and through exports around the world.

Given the loss of trade particularly to restaurants as a result of Covid-19, this support will help fishing businesses weather the current challenges they face, and facilitate new growth in retail markets through innovative local distribution.

Tom McCormack, Chief Executive of the Marine Management Organisation, said:

We’ve continued to stay closely engaged with the fishing industry and are very much aware of the difficulties many fishing businesses have been facing with the downturn in markets for fish and shellfish. We absolutely acknowledge the importance of our fishing industries and share concerns about these current impacts – it is our problem too.

The data we collect from the fishing industry has proved timely and incredibly valuable in helping to quickly evidence the current situation and to target where financial support is most needed.

We will be reviewing as we go, and will continue to engage with and listen to industry to ensure we’re supporting our fishing industry in the right ways.

The seafood and fisheries sectors are encouraged to apply for the existing support available for businesses, including the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme and the Coronavirus Jobs Retention Scheme.

The government has been working closely with the fishing industry to support the industry through this challenging period. Together with national fisheries authorities in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland the Government is also exploring methods to reduce the regulatory burden on the fishing fleet. These measures will be agreed jointly by the fisheries administrations and announced in due course.

Any measures will take into account the need to ensure the long term health of fisheries and the industry and will not include measures that would be detrimental to the long-term health of the sustainability of the sector, health of fish stocks and the wider marine environment.

The Marine Management Organisation (MMO), the marine manager and regulator for England and an arm’s length body of Defra, will administer the fund and pay grants targeted at those most in need. The MMO has successfully delivered over £100m through funds for fisheries and coastal communities in five years and currently operates the UK’s Maritime and Fisheries Fund (MFF).

MMO will continue to make payments on existing grants and process outstanding applications to the MFF within the agreed timescale.

As a result of this announcement, the devolved administrations will receive over £900,000 in Barnett consequentials.

Published 17 April 2020
Last updated 20 April 2020 — see all updates

From:

Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, HM Treasury, Marine Management Organisation, The Rt Hon Steve Barclay MP, and The Rt Hon George Eustice MP

The Fishing Minister, Victoria Prentis has sent an open letter to the fishing Industry:


"To all those who contribute to our fishing, seafood and aquaculture industries, Thank you.

As a nation we are all undoubtedly going through one of the greatest health challenges of a generation and over the past few weeks the Government has taken some unprecedented steps; instructing people to stay at home, to protect our NHS and save lives.

I know these are challenging times for us all and I would like to pay particular tribute to those of you who are, where possible, continuing to work and help feed our nation – your work is vital.

Coronavirus has affected every part of our economy and this has been felt particularly severely by our fishing, seafood and aquaculture industries – where so much of our great produce is sold around the world.

Sectors right across the economy shoulder a similar burden and the Chancellor has been clear from the start that we will do whatever it takes to support people through such unprecedented times, announcing economy-wide support for business and the self-employed. I will continue to work with industry so share fisherman and fisheries businesses understand how to access this support.

On Thursday we announced further measures to support the seafood sector, with a specific fund to secure the long-term future of the English fishing industry, by helping fishing and aquaculture businesses to meet the fixed costs they face, such as insurance, equipment hire and port costs.

The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) will administer this £10 million fund, contacting eligible registered owners and license holders directly. A proportion of the fund will go to support initiatives to encourage the public to buy locally-caught fish. Further guidance on the detail of the scheme will be published in the coming days.

To the public, I urge you to support your local fishermen at this time. I am particularly pleased to see home delivery initiatives to connect consumers with local fishmongers, fishermen and merchants. The Marine Management Organisation is working closely with industry to help facilitate these arrangements.

I also want to mention the invaluable work carried out by specialist charities for fishing communities. Details of these organisations are available on the Marine Management Organisation’s website.

I am immensely grateful for all those in the fishing, seafood and aquaculture industries who continue to operate in these testing times, or who have reduced operations to limit the spread of the disease."

Yours sincerely,

Victoria Prentis

Crucial funding made available for the fishing industry - spread the fish word not the virus!

COVID-19 has resulted in the closure of fish markets and the UK restaurant trade is now at a standstill. Now, more than ever, it is vital that we help fishers find local markets, so that they can keep working and to ensure that the British public has access to a vital, fresh food supply.

To support the seafood supply chain in the face of widespread COVID-19 disruption, the Fishmongers’ Company’s Fish on Friday website is introducing two, exciting, rapid response initiatives.

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on merchant seafarers, fishers and their families, Seafarers UK has created a new Seafarers UK COVID-19 Emergency Fund of £2 million, with grants being awarded immediately to delivery partners providing advice and support for individual seafarers affected by the widespread coronavirus impacts.

The new fund is intended for distribution in 2020/2021, with 75% allocated to the international merchant seafaring community and 25% to UK coastal fishing fleets. Effective partnership working with frontline service delivery organisations across the UK plus those acting globally is already ensuring a rapid response to meet urgent welfare needs.

Seafarers UK chairman Vice Admiral Peter Wilkinson CB CVO BA said: ‘The trustees of Seafarers UK are releasing £2 million of new funds to help seafarers and fishers recover from the widespread impact on their wellbeing and livelihoods as a result of the coronavirus. We will work with our charity partners to provide both hardship funding and innovative new projects to support our seafarers through and beyond the current crisis. Our long history of helping those who work at sea enables us to target effective and meaningful support to where it is most needed.’

The new Seafarers UK COVID-19 Emergency Fund of £2m is in addition to Seafarers UK’s existing annual budget of £2m grants to support delivery partner organisations. The extra £2m is in addition to new funding announced earlier this month by the ITF Seafarers’ Trust and The TK Foundation, both organisations that work in collaboration with Seafarers UK.


COVID-19 RAPID RESPONSE GRANT PROGRAMME (RRGP)

The RRGP programme is for fishing and seafood businesses and food charities looking to:

• Diversify due to COVID-19 

• Promote the consumption or sale of local seafood 

• Provide community meals using seafood

With matched-funding from Seafarers UK, the UK's largest maritime charity, the fund now contains £500,000 to support the industry. For more information and to apply, visit fishonfriday.org.uk/grants.

INTERACTIVE SEAFOOD RETAIL MAP

Support local businesses and source local, safe, healthy sustainable food. Find out where you can order local seafood on this new interactive map.

Can’t find a seafood supplier near you? Nominate your local fish merchant or check back soon, as more are joining daily.

Are you selling seafood? 

To get your business or your members' businesses listed on the Fish on Friday site, please send the business name(s), a description of the service on offer (delivery/collection, food boxes etc), address, phone number, email address and website to info@fishonfriday.org.uk

It's Monday and it's magnificent Mounts Bay mackerel day!

One hundred and fifty boxes of prime MSC Certified Cornish hake all ready to be graded and weighed for tomorrow morning's market here in Newlyn...

while elsewhere on the market an unexpected but most welcome sight for the beleaguered handline fishermen of the port...

plenty of good sized mackerel...

had the boats grading back in port...

and queuing up to land at the market...

and to make things even better all the mackerel were caught in sight of the shore!