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it won't mess up fish stocks THEY ALREADY ARE our home fishing fleet has long gone and i don't remember it as large or intrusive as our combined european partners are we i agree bear some responsibility for the present situation but a holiday in a fishing town/harbour/village and you won't see many or any offshore boats. i am 82 and 60 yrs ago as crew fished out of Coverack, NOT ANY MORE i don't even know the boat owners. the harbour is now filled with small pleasure craft the fishing community is no more. the social club on the harbour wall gone. Lifeboat gone (no crew) Their fishing grounds off the Lizard and into the channel are gone and they weren't fished out by locals. our non local fishermen friends haven't just destroyed the grounds they have decimated the local population. I went down to mudeford quay the other day and only knew 3 fishermen. i remember the quay with local boats tied up for most of its length. I was the lifeboat cox/helm from 1970 to1985 and only met 2 old crew i knew. I do really wish you & all who go to sea well. Derek

or we can grow some gonads and just go out and catch what we want from where we want it, JUST LIKE WE USED TO. DV

thank you all so much for the birthday greetings they mean so much i will be at the AGM or i suspect some stick.. derek

Sorry ! but bloody lovely. Charley says it all *** Derek Codpiece

Charlie, on ''reclaim'' we had an old and wise CPO he always quoted an old adage that there 2 ''funnies'' funny ha ha, and funny peculiar, just be sure you have the right one tight lines to you and yours. Derek

Great !!! Derek/codpiece

Sorry,,What a load of ''cods''

Cheeky bugger. but i like it derek

thanks to you all Derek

Dont do it my friend, sneak out and buy some fishing bits and pieces with the money!! Derek V

Brian I think i might know one but no longer being involved in SAR there is nothing i can do Derek

Here we go again !!!!!! page 6 tonights echo fisheries officers caught another boat this time with undersized clams on board the problem is while they where checking some clams and finding undersized shell fish he threw the rest of his catch over the side . now i might come across as a bit slow,{its old age} but thick i am not. what the hell was going on on board that allowed that to happen maybe the fisheries people where grabbing a quick sarny and a cup of tea the mind boggles!!! result Bmth Mag ct a fine and costs less than 500quid Now question is he a permit holder for the Poole harbour Manila clam fishery so will he be keeping it . If not he is just a common thief so why wasn't this one prosecuted by the police/public prosecutors or where they all having a well deserved tea break NOT Grumpy old Derek how about having a club visit from police & fisheries to explain what the hell is so good about their tea.

A relevant point in law is that if you drive an uninsured motor vehicle or one that is a condition unfit to drive you can lose it to a scrapyard crusher a shame we don't have the same type of legislation for marine craft and as you all know there is plenty of idiots and others out there who would qualify. What i don't understand is why the justices did not launch both cases straight to Crown Ct on an endangering life charge the way they were behaving with their boats Coddy if the courts in these cases could make a destruction order it would not matter if the boats where in the tower of London or locked up in a Buckingham palace garage. Derek HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU ALL

I think these gentlemen where extremenly fortunate that they committed now, 25 yrs ago it could have been me ''sitting'' the outcome would have been a little different Derek

rumor has it that they where out on this ''shout'' looking for father xmas. (his sledge had sunk) life really is a bitch Derek

Thanks Stuie, I don't read too much news now as i find it all so negative and the Chopper situation makes my case very well. Derek.