I think this problem started with the netting of flounders for pot bait a few years ago.
Then the addition of seals in there ( bass nursery area ???)
and the explosion of cormorants / shags is doing the fish stocks catastrophic damage which may never come back with all this predation......but what do I know , the " EXPERTS " seem to think there's no problem !!!
Mick, since you’ve retired you have too much time on your hands and have put a bit of logic together and made some sense there.
Careful you maybe asked to oversee a flounder re establishment programme for the harbour. 👍👏
I wonder, if cormorants are part of the problem, whether it may be worth trying deeper spots in the harbour such as along the side of the main channel where we used to go for plaice and flounders. I haven't noticed that many of the black buggers up there.
Terry.