Wednesday 28 March 2018
If only a 10 year old could solve the problem.
It's always encouraging to see someone have a go at deconstructing the fishing industry and its management of stocks by the EU - especially when masquerading as a 10 year old. This podcast merits a watch and listen - though I'm not so sure how many in the industry would accept the premise that, NGOs "know exactly what to do". Eating a wider variety of fish is commendable and will ease the pressure on certain stocks as will talking and spreading the words about just how good eating fish is!
"Green Exchange produces new generation podcast & live shows for people who act as catalysts of change at all levels of EU communities. We deconstruct complex issues faced by our society, interview influencers and tell change stories in an engaging and entertaining way so you can have fun while staying plugged into the latest issues."
Mid-week fish market in Nelwyn - first Scottish prawns for the season!
See you Jimmy! the first of this season's...
Scottish prawn trawlers...
the Asteria...
landed this morning...
while the visiting crabber loaded up with more bait from the fridge...
Wednesday's market was boosted by the presence of three beam trawlers...
a handful of mackerel boats...
and all the whitefish from the Asteria like pollack...
megrim sole...
some huge cuttlefish...
haddock...
and a run of big cod...
while the beamers landed their usual selection of Dover sole...
plaice...
you wouldn't know it was a fish would you?..
twin bream...
and a sign of settled weather and summer, several dozen boxes of scallops with the Cornishman...
while the AA landed a good run of monk tails...
the Twilight III managed a few red mullet...
to accompany these cracking tub gurnards from the AA...
and a big shot of ray...
and a few big flats like these turbot...
along with the beam trawlers the netters Govenek of Ladram...
landed hake and a few tangle net caught flats...
a brace of scad...
name the fish...
and this bearded happy chappy...
along with a good shot of pollack...
and roes to boot...
things moved at a pace this morning...
with the clock going forward at the weekend morning light is delayed by an hour from the previous week...
so the lights remain on...
as the Silver Dawn arrives back from France after landing her hake in Douarnenez...
the Mair, a regular Newlyn visitor...
the Padstow boys at rest.
Hot rocks or just hot air? Cornwall, a year to the day away from Brexit.
Fish, flowers, tea and hot rocks - Newsnight's Katy Razzall reports on the preparedness of Cornwall, including the fishing industry for exiting the EU. It's nearly two years since the last report from Cornwall - as a region it has received around £60 million pounds a year, a £1 billion in total, that's about 10% of the entire EU funding to the UK.
How are things shaping up with exactly a year to go to Brexit to the day?
Tuesday 27 March 2018
A Heartfelt Letter by Fishermen Who Feel Forsaken
Who Are We, Forsaken? MP's Say, You See, It's Not Me, Not My Family
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| Skipper and boat owner, Steve Barrat |
"My name is Steve Barratt and I live in Ramsgate Kent. I work in an industry that is not wanted by either the EU or the UK Government and everything that could have possibly been done to stop me from going to work has been done.
I expect alarm bells are ringing as to what I actually do for a living, could I be a drug runner, a people trafficker, an internet hacker, a hit man or something similar?
Well, you will be pleased to know that I am none of the above - I am in fact a commercial fisherman operating an inshore, under 10m boat out of Ramsgate Harbour.
I work in a mixed fishery and catch quite a variety of fish such as cod, bass, plaice, skate, dogfish, dover sole and many more. It is impossible to avoid these fish when in a situation whereby I have no quota for a particular species.
When I catch fish with no quota the EU ruling is that I must return it to the sea. In most cases these fish are dead or have little chance of survival. The EU are aware of this and despite receiving many protests and plea’s to change the quota system are not prepared to do so.
They are hell bent on making everyone abide by the CFP (Common Fisheries Policy). This is an inept quota system where fish can only be landed if quota is available. If quotas not available, they have to be dumped dead into the sea.
To make matters worse, the UK Government are hell bent on enforcing these rules and regulations. They have employed numerous people and organisations to police any fish landings that are made in the UK.
The EU has decreed skates and rays are ‘endangered’ and have given virtually no quota for this species. Fishermen are seeing an explosion in skates and rays, they are everywhere, yet because quotas don’t reflect this we have to dump skate dead into the sea.
We then have to keep catching and dumping skate as we try to catch other fish to make a living. This makes it impossible for a boat to be profitable and does nothing for conservation.
Our Government needs to be held to account over this gross miscarriage of justice and the rules and regulations need to change to provide the industry with a better way of operating. Unfortunately, this cannot be done until we successfully leave the EU.
Only then will we be able to take back control of our territorial waters, abolish the Common Fisheries Policy and implement a better and more sustainable method of management of the industry - the government can't keep the status quo for the sake of the fishermen or the fish.
Under no circumstances can this industry be involved in any so-called transition period where we’re stuck in the CFP. Out must be out on 29th March next year before what is left of the British fishing industry is consigned to museum and memory.
Monday 26 March 2018
Monday's morning fish market in Newlyn
3° and dry in Newlyn this morning...
on a market well supplied with a mix of fish like these big plaice...
and yet more cuttles with no sign of the season ending anytime soon...
there were a few boxes of undulate ray...
while the trawler Spirited Lady landed a good shot of ground fish like these big ling...
inshore boat Harvest Reaper added a good few boxes of haddock to the market sale...
cuttles certainly leave their mark...
Brackan also sneaked a few boxes of John Dory from underneath young Mr Nowell's nose...
and the Girl Pamela piled in on the pollack...
and a few blackjacks...
while a good mix of flats...
and ray were also down in the Harvest Reaper's logbook entries...
along with a tidy box of Dover sole...
the sardines are the perfect size for crisping up on a BBQ, all that is needed now is the sun to go with them...
gurnard, ling and ray wings...
plenty of soft ...
and hard roe from big pollack...
Tom on the Harvest Reaper had an excellent shot of ray and flats...
with only a few weeks to go, the fish market is getting a new floor covering...
a gentle chilly breeze produced gentle ripple in the harbour this morning...
not so much in the more sheltered berths...
where the sardines boats have one of their nest on the quayside...
for many in Penzance and Newlyn, Easter is celebrated by taking part in Lamorna Walk on Good Friday followed up by...
a world famous family owned Jelbert's ice cream...
nine years ago, one of Penzance's post boxes was painted gold to honour Helen Glover, daughter of Mr Jelbert when she won the first of her Olympic rowing golds...
with the cold comes little or no wind at the Jubilee Pool...
which has a mirror-like surface this morning...
as work to install a giant heat pump using geothermic energy nears completion...
accessing geothermic hot-dry rocks energy was pioneered at Rosemanowes Quarry near Penryn in Cornwall in the 1980s - many businesses, including Penwith College in Penzance have since invested in tapping into geothermic energy to save heating fuel costs...
none of which will deter the Battery Rockers, a hardy bunch of questionably sane swimmers who take to the sea at the back of the Jubilee Pool every morning (weather permitting)...
work on the pool has caused the main road along the seafront to be diverted temporarily...
a jetliner leaves a contrail across the sky minutes before the sun breaks the horizon behind the Mount...
and the sun picks out a small flurry of clouds...
a sight that proves irresistible to anyone with a camera.
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