Re: DUTCH Super Trawler
Originally Posted by
swimfeeders
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Hi
Nope, the reason we import so much cod and haddock is that we do not have enough in our waters to satisfy demand.
40 years ago I was catching 20lb cod off the beach at Felixstowe Ferry all the time in Winter.
A few 30lbs on Rod Markhams Boat off shore.
Long gone now.
Sea temperatures have changed.
It's not sea temperatures that are responsible for the lack of fish otherwise we would see huge shoals washed up on our beaches. Norway has a much better management policy... plenty of cod there !
The discards system has devastated the fish stocks since the EU CFP started - this I absolutely agree with you about. My record shore caught cod was 12lb 02oz from Jaywick in 2012, the past 3 years we have seen very few codling landed on our shores. Same for bass.
The practice of illegal fishing by the foreign boats has also devastated our stocks. When we leave, we can hopefully put right 40 years of reckless management of our territorial waters.