supporting local fisherman

[danglinglad2]

Hi , just watched a fishermans apprentice episode in which he visited a struggling fishing based village and it seems that they have formed a scheme whereby the local fisherman sold their catch straight to the community thereby getting a much better price for their catch , the locals got prime fresh fish cheaper than what they pay in the large supermarkets , so hopefully the netters wouldnt have to catch so much leaving us shore danglers a few more, it seems to be working really well over there , has anybody got any thoughts on this?

[loopy78]

Pretty sure it happens small scale in Ventnor and possibly Bembridge? Could work well, be interesting to know how difficult it would be to set up, health safety/food hygiene/legislations etc. Good idea though, especially if based in a tourist area, restaurants/hotels etc can advertise locally caught fish on the menu etc and prove it!!

[danglinglad2]

Hi thanks for the replies to get a better idea of how the scheme works you can watch the program here www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01d276r/episodes/guide
it is episode 5 cheers