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One dog too many

A dogfish in every mesh – in this part of the world dogfish (as in spurdog) are one of the few fish that will get stuck – enmeshed – in a trawl to such an extent that the trawl cannot be hauled in the normal way. In this instance, the Innisfallen has filled her trawl and had to tow it astern of the boat all the way into the harbour and alongside the quay…where a hire crane was used to lift out the trawl, dogs and all.  Normally a haul of this size would be cause for celebration… Photo’s, Read the rest here 09:30

Fishing gear and methods – a layman’s guide and reference.

A great guide for anyone needing a better understanding and knowledge of the different fishing gear and methods in use by fishermen – though foucussed on the Scottish fishing fleets the same methods can be found all round the coast of the UK. A very nice presentation. Read the rest here, and click on the booklet. Very interesting. 20:57

“Green Gate – U.S. National Ocean Policy Is A Tool To Lease Tracts of Ocean To Corporations Creating Ocean Real Estate”

193X122PEWLogoWhy should we be looking across the pond to the USA and its fishing and marine activities? Because a huge stone was dropped in that pond years ago and now the ripples are now beginning to hit our shores. Behind the scenes money talks. HFW’s Fish Fight programme was funded largely thanks to a donation from a charity from across the pond – PEW.  The ripples are getting bigger and hitting our shores – now. Read the rest here 09:21

Another fishing industry bashing article – this time it’s fuel subsidy

Here are some excerpts from the recent Guardian’s fuel subsidy article: “Fuel subsidies ‘drive fishing industry’s plunder of the high seas’ Spain, France, UK, US and Japan among countries giving generous fuel subsidies enabling industrial fishing far offshore, says Global Ocean Commission Read more here 10:06

Where are the fishermen/fishers/fisherfolk in all this?

With the working title, “Discard ban can benefit fish and fishers, but sustainability must come first” here are the opening lines of an article written by Bryce Stewart – and you wonder why fishermen get a tad upset when they read this kind of thing! Read more here  22:29

A load of codswallop – a deafening silence as Norway manages to export 20% more cod than it caught!

Aplogies for using the most clichéd of clichés – but there’s something fishy going on here – as Fishing News editor Cormac Burke comments, there seems to be a deafening silence from the likes of Norway, any of the environmental groups who hold Norway on an evergreen pedestal when it comes to fishing practice and sustainability and the very supermarkets who have been so keen to promote their accredited fish over and above our own and in particular cod from Scottish boats fishing the same sea area! Read more here  throughthegaps.co.uk 21:35