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Program last night on TV stated Canada has a total cod ban, reason being there catches have fallen so much in the last 5 years that action had to be taken.
Made for bad viewing.
Made for bad viewing.
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SKATE 204lb
COD 51lb
LING 32lb
TOPE 40lb
CONGER 25lb
HADDOCK 10lb
HALIBUT 37lb
COALIE 16lb
BLUE SHARK 55lb -
Apparantly our north sea cod stocks are back on the increase thanks to a reduction in quotas of late, back to sustainable levels from the brink of extinction. I love my fishing and I know folk depend on it for their living , but if it came to it and it was necessary , I'd support a total ban on fishing for as long as it took to replenish stocks . The commercial guys would have a fit I know, but better a break from their jobs than losing them altogether.
There's no substitute for wild fishing (ask a trout angler who's experienced both wild and stocked ) and to lose our north sea cod population would be devastating.
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