Trawlers

[mr mackerel man]

Hi all. I was just wondering about trawlers -more spesifically
what rules there are about stopping them doing what they seem to do best
-destroying the worlds fish stocks.
In my eyes, if you want fish, go
out and catch it. It's definately a lot funner than
going down to the supermarkt and
buying some. All the trawlers seem to do is
go backwards and forwards on the same stretch until there are no fish left at
all. What happened to sustainable
fishing? I understand these people need to
make a living but come on. Find another way!

[philipn]

its all about supply and demand like most things are did you see the programe "trawlers" demand was for macerel new boat very good left the fish with little escape route radars here and there one scoop of the net yes one resulted in 500 ton yes five hundred ton of macerel

[spirit42]

It would be ok if it was just our brittish trawlers fishing in our waters, and running on the quotas allowed. What was once brittish is now european so you get the spanish hoovers coming in and taking the lot. Also the russian factory shipsthat just sit outside international waters and buystraight off the deck dont help

[philipn]

and the deadliest catch crab boat "sigs " they went for cod as a byline to the crab fishing and got tons and tons of them them fish are suposed to be in our waters by now sold to a factory ship

[Gremlin]

People tend to forget that it's not just the stock fish which trawlers catch, but the damage caused by chains on beamers means that the benthic sea-bed is destroyed.

Researchers in the N Sea tried to find a piece of un-trawled sea-bed control area. They gave up after 2 days sampling.





When greed goes too far ....



Shrimp fishery in The China Sea.

[bk17]

Originally Posted by Gremlin

People tend to forget that it's not just the stock fish which trawlers catch, but the damage caused by chains on beamers means that the benthic sea-bed is destroyed.

Researchers in the N Sea tried to find a piece of un-trawled sea-bed control area. They gave up after 2 days sampling.





When greed goes too far ....



Shrimp fishery in The China Sea.

nice tramlines.......looks similar to the river medina.....and the iow anglers are asking

weres the flounders !!!!!!

[spirit42]

me thinks trawlers should come under the the same hate list as jet skisyou just need bigger weopons

[philipn]

Originally Posted by spirit42

me thinks trawlers should come under the the same hate list as jet skisyou just need bigger weopons

no no no i dont hate the trawlers in fact i think they earn every penny they get its mans greed that i dont like the need to be bigger and better you know what i mean come to think of it we are all guilty

[spirit42]

Originally Posted by philipn

no no no i dont hate the trawlers in fact i think they earn every penny they get its mans greed that i dont like the need to be bigger and better you know what i mean come to think of it we are all guilty

Sorry mate. I meant that in jest only I totally agree with you on the greed bit. Yes I admire our hard working fishermen and they do earn every penny. Its the buggers with their massive hoovers from other eu countries that I would like to have a shot at.

[mr mackerel man]

Tell me before you start- I need a go too!