Masterchef judge John Torode visits Abbie Lou Fresh Local Fish on This Morning

June 18, 2020 International News

Business is booming for a Leigh fisherman after a surge in demand since he started offering deliveries to customers during lockdown and he’s won the attention of celebrity chef John Torode. Sean West, who owns Abbie Lou Fresh Local Fish, has even managed to open his own shop in Old Leigh, which launches today. He also filmed a segment on ITV’s This Morning earlier this week out on his fishing boat with Masterchef star, John Torode. Sean connected with a national campaign – Fish Local – which launched following the coronavirus pandemic, to keep the Essex and Kent fishing industry afloat. >click to read< 12:54

a segment on ITV’s This Morning, Abbie Lou Fresh Local Fish, celebrity chef John Torode, direct sales to the public, Essex and Kent fishing industry, fisherman Sean West

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The New England groundfish debacle (Part III): who or what is at fault? Nils E. Stolpe/FishNet

It took me a while to decide how to most accurately describe the situation that has been visited upon the New England fishing communities that are and since colonial times have been dependent on the groundfish fisheries.

NILS STOLPE: The New England groundfish debacle (Part IV): Is cutting back harvest really the answer?

While it’s a fact that’s hardly ever acknowledged, the assumption in fisheries management is that if the population of a stock of fish isn’t at some arbitrary level, it’s because of too much fishing. Hence the term “overfished.” Hence the mandated knee jerk reaction of the fisheries managers to not enough fish; cut back on fishing. What of other factors? They don’t count. It’s all about fishing, because fishing is all that the managers can control; it’s their Maslow’s Hammer. When it comes to the oceans it seems as if it’s about all that the industry connected mega-foundations that support the anti-fishing ENGOs with hundreds of millions of dollars a year in “donations” are interested in controlling. Read the article here

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