30-08-18, 09:12 AM
I used to live in south Devon I've been fishing Slapton beach and there has been French and Spanish trawlers less than 200mtrs from the beach ripping the bottom of the Skerris up with drag nets when they have run through the sea bed is completely destroyed for a couple of months. don't feel sorry for the EU they buy up all the fish quoters stopping the British fishermen earning a living. I think if look at commercial fishing in general, there's EU rules what boats can fish for and when but as a rule only the British skippers obey them. For those of us old enough to remember this smacks of the cod wars with Iceland. Only difference is we had a Royal navy with enough sea worthy ships to protect them.