When did the world of fish become so secretive, and why?
This is a question that I have been thinking about a lot recently, and which
was today
also questioned by The Times.
Posted by Willie -
28 February 2013 at 5:24pm -
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When I was little, salmon and shrimps were posh, fancy food,
served up at celebrations and the like. Fast forward a few decades and both of
those have descended to becoming everyday food, available in pre-packed
sandwiches and cheap meals in every supermarket.
No fishy taste? Claims that krill fishing is sustainable are hard to swallow
It’s a sad day, but I think I have run out of krill puns.
Well, I’ve been banging
on about this for a few years now, and since Happy Feet 2
basically unleashed every krill joke possible, courtesy of Matt Damon and Brad Pitt, there’s not a lot left.
And that, dear readers, is my worry about krill itself.
At a most basic level, the idea of protecting areas for
nature and the benefits that brings is pretty simple. Where it gets tricky is
when there are competing interests in the form of human activities.
Posted by Willie -
14 February 2013 at 12:44pm -
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‘Dredge’ is one of those evocative words that just doesn’t sound
nice. When it comes to the seabed, the effects of dredging are certainly
none-too-pleasant. That’s true whether it’s scouring out the seabed on purpose
to remove sand and gravel, or using heavy metal fishing gear to churn up the
sea floor to catch scallops that live in it.
The trailer for the new series of Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall’s
Fish Fight (which starts tonight at 9pm on Channel 4) shows quite graphically what dredging for scallops looks like.
Earlier this week, we exposed that the UK’s top fishing
lobby – the National
Federation of Fisherman’s Organisations (NFFO) – is not what it says on
the tin. Traditional fishing is in crisis and it seems that small-scale
fishermen aren’t getting the representation they deserve. Our investigation
revealed some very interesting surprises and it has elicited a very fervent
response from the NFFO.
"Victory for citizen power" said Roger Harriban, BBC, environment analyst
Where were you when you heard the news? I was sitting in a very chilly train station in Edinburgh, cursing a delayed train, unable to extricate myself from Twitter to go get a restorative coffee, when the news came through: Members of the European Parliament, those elected but often-maligned creatures, had voted overwhelmingly in favour of radical, progressive reform of Europe’s fish laws.
A Wolf in Shrimp's Clothing: Exposing the National Federation of Fishermen's Organisations
Traditional low-impact fishing is in crisis. These fishermen are the lifeblood of our coastal communities both across the UK and in many other European countries. They have been fishing responsibly for generations but are disappearing.
