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Post by Sunny on Jul 13, 2014 19:32:55 GMT
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Post by danglinglad2 on Jul 13, 2014 21:18:26 GMT
Oh dear what a sight , I fish for the table but that was terrible , looks like done for some sort of financial gain , I usually only take about 3 for eating over a year and as of yet I haven't been out fishing for them yet , don't know what to say a sad sight indeed .
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Post by loopy78 on Jul 14, 2014 11:13:08 GMT
The carcasses look like they were prepped for the meat as opposed to pot bait, i'm guessing netting too as the pups were left whole (too small to bother with) but that's still a massive amount of dead hounds, all dumped near the Folly inn so i'd also say from a local boat.
Not good.
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Post by walker on Jul 14, 2014 16:19:32 GMT
Read a report somewhere called 'scrapping the bottom of the barrel' WSF I think - makes for depressing reading indeed. It's a case of just fishing for what is left (both us and the commercials)
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Post by snoopy54 on Jul 16, 2014 20:35:16 GMT
Well this is obviously a Commercial at work - I bet he/they sleep like babies at night as well
Offensive and sickening and it sometimes makes me wonder if I shouldnt find another hobby and
give up something I have Loved doing for fifty Years
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Post by skyetoyman on Jul 24, 2014 18:57:01 GMT
In our local competition we kept just two for eating. Came in early as we had caught enough.
One boat brought in 10 pollock and at least a dozen mackerel. I later found the smaller fish and the mackerel dumped in a bin. Hadn't even the sense to feed them to the seagulls.
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Post by iknowagoodplaice on Jul 26, 2014 20:19:46 GMT
The recent marine survey by DEFRA estimated that anglers take between 25% and 50% of the catch made by commercial boats. When I hear of this sort of careless waste, the figures sound not only plausible but an indictment of a considerable proportion of sea anglers. Some anglers clearly operate their own discard policy.
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Post by skyetoyman on Jul 27, 2014 10:24:11 GMT
I an sure that anglers return more fish alive than the commercial boats. The mackerel and small fish dumped were by a once a year angler. We caught 20 plus and only retained two.
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Post by theoldfart2 on Jul 27, 2014 13:30:55 GMT
Can we honestly say that we are surprised or shocked?
Nothing will change until the last fish has gone.
The writing has been on the wall for years,but no one wants to read it.
Just look at the Mackerel this year, or the absence of them.
You sow the wind and you reap the whirlwind, and it's starting to blow hard right now!! |
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Post by iknowagoodplaice on Jul 29, 2014 19:47:56 GMT
Oh yes, anglers will return more than commercials, who can only return them dead anyway. Still, I was surprised at the figures, and belies the belief many anglers have that their retentions are trivial in comparison with commercial landings. We now know they are not, so catch and release becomes important.
I tend to agree with TOF. Things overall do look grim, even for those who believe in the self healing powers of Gaia.
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