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North Sea Fishing Reserves Parts of North Sea will close to save fish Proposals for experimental closed areas in the North Sea to protect endangered fish stocks and wildlife will be announced in a few months, Ben Bradshaw, the fisheries minister, said yesterday. Mr Bradshaw was responding to a proposal by the environmental group Greenpeace that 40 per cent of the North Sea should be made off-limits to fishing, dredging or oil and gas exploration. Greenpeace's proposals have alarmed fishermen, who say that they would just lead to an increase in fishing pressure in the other 60 per cent of the sea, but they have a basis - though not a precedent for their size - in some of the international obligations that Britain has signed. Mr Bradshaw agreed with Greenpeace's claims that management of fisheries by the European Union had failed to protect fish stocks or the marine environment. But he said that this would be dealt with by fish recovery plans agreed as part of the reforms of the Common Fisheries Policy in 2002.

This has everything to do with towing and trailers ( but doesnt seem to mention the law on snatch lines ! ) NTTA

Adam, We will be launching later on Sunday and going for the ledge ( haven't been out of Christchurch for a while now ). Low tide is around 18:00 0.6 metres and High tide 10:30 and 22:33. Haven't worked out if they are "bigguns" or not ! Going to a housewarming though on Saturday, so could be a little hungover

Sounds good to me - will have to see if nothing else planned,

Bob, It is all there now. Took a while to move the transcript from word to "HTML in database". Adam, Haven;t forgotten the other article, just busy at the moment.

I got my local garage to drift out the rollers ( or whatever they are called ). Cost me two packets of biscuits !!

You will be tempted looking at this :-

Bob, Saw one of them on the M27 last year. This time it was a caravan and it succeeded in turning the car onto its side.

Dan, No problem - the other site you will find useful ( but not as useful as ours of course ) is :- Solent Fishing Guide

Mike, So where do I rate on the "awkward question" scale. Or is it just plain awkward

Dan, I presume you got my e-mail then I fish out of Lymington quite a bit, so feel free to PM me with contact details and I can give you the lowdown on the fishing club if you like. Weather willing I should be out on Saturday or Sunday ( yet to decide between Lymington or Christchurch )

Have to agree - Portcawl rock !!

Brakes - What are those ? Newboy, I thought your boat was smaller than mine and my Orkney sits on an unbraked trailer ( 750 KG is the weight limit for unbraked ). I don't suffer from "Stabbing in the back" problems, just problems stopping !! ( Mind you the car stopped pretty quickly when someone pulled out in front of me the other day ?!? )

Martin, Yes - I recall putting that on some time ago. However, I had lost the URL so handy to have it back again !. Has anyone fished the MArgaret Smith - 1 mile East of Yarmouth harbour ?

But with Pair trawling for Bass they will probably not be spotted as regularily now ..... ( NB : This is quite shocking ) Dolphin Deaths

Congrats on the Smoothhound. What bait were you using - squid ? They go well don't they !!

Kam, Checkout Northney Marine which is just on the left after you go over the bridge to Hayling Island. They had some Binliners ( er Bayliners ) in there last time I looked. ( Same place Adam got Blue Warrior from ). PS: And if you find a good one I am definitely going down there to ask for commission !!

Overfishing of Tuna

James, Well done, I see you were that excited that you logged on at 1:30 in the morning to write up !! ( Even more amazing is Newboy replying at 1:49 AM )

"Hang fire" - pun not intended Also, how do the flares get delivered - certainly not through the Royal Mail !! ( I guess they have to be sent courier or something ).

Duncan, You will have a mail server available ( and will have had one all the time ). The SMTP and POP3 mail server is mail.btinternet.com I think. Use the same username / password as you use for dial up. The e-mail address will be <username>@btinternet.com On the subject of e-mail, we can actually provide PBSBAC e-mail accounts at a small cost ( minimal donation to cover costs of web site ). Anyone interested ? ( eg. duncan@pbsbac.co.uk )

For today :- All fisherman are liars !! Satellite data could save fish - BBC

Paul, My friend had a problem with NTL and his computer was actually interfering with the TV signal. NTL said he must have the Blaster worm. I thought they were just leading him on, but he did indeed have this. Worth a check. Youhave updated your operating system I presume to prevent the RPC vulnerability ? Worth a check :- Blaster worm eradication tool I am with BT and they have been fine ( apart from when the telephone pole was taken down for 2 days )

My insurance is up for renewal. I am being quoted

Boat was doing 15 knots with the new prop. Not too bad as we were two up and had a full load of fuel. Regarding launching / retrieving, we had a bit of fun retrieving at Lymington. It was low tide ( as in low spring tide ), so I reversed the trailer down the slip and had the rear car wheels in the water and the rear of the trailer was still well out of the water. I then waded over to the far side of the pontoon to get the boat. Water was knee deep. Pulled boat over and whilst I held the boat straight, Helen winched the boat up onto the trailer. This then caused the towbar end of the trailer to attempt to lift the rear of the car up, causing the car to edge backwards. To rectify Helen stood on the towbar end of the trailer. Given it was dead low water it wasn;t too bad really and makes a pleasant change standing on the end of the slipway which has not disintegrated. Come the winter ( in fact right now ), I will be launching from Lymington. I also intend to buy an annual permit (