PaddyB wrote:Totally agree with the abovemyworldfishing wrote:Theres 2 types of angler, Hunter and sporty... I myself am both, I like to bring something home to eat " my kids love fresh fish" and I also love the trill of the catch. I get depressed if I cant get out at least once every 2 weeks.
BUT I can see both sides of an argument here, Lets say that in the old days anglers sold their catch to mongers, chippers and shops, that creates less need for trawlers because local fisher men are supplying the fish. But its not the old days and the trawlers are already draining the sea of fish so it stands to reason that anglers selling their catch is just adding to a growing problem.
But I dont think its as clear cut as sport versus comercial.
First and foremost I havn't ever sold any of my catch so lets be clear about that.
But.......the club that im a member fishes deep water wrecks for the first few trips of the year.
Pretty much all fish caught are __ by the time they reach the surface. So by the end of the day we end up with probably around 3 or 4 boxes of Pollock, Ling and Coalies. Most of us would take a few for the table, and the rest get handed out to whatever people have gathered on the pier on our return.
I don’t know the selling value of the various species of fish, if the club could sell a few boxes of fish the money could be used constructively towards subsidizing the cost for Juniors, because at the minute the fact of the matter is that charters are so expensive that with the limit of 10 to 12 people onboard, you don’t want too many juniors as it just puts the cost up for adults, but juniors are the future of the sport.
Or, the money could be used to go towards a prize fund for the clubs annual summer festival. The bigger the prize fund, the bigger the pool of enteries. As it’s a two day festival, local businesses such as Pubs, B&B’s, shops will all benefit from the increased tourism.
I know it opens up other issues in terms of exploiting the position, but if the club could legally sell say 10 boxes a year, I genuinely think it would have more positive effects than negative.
BTW this is my my own personal opinion, not that of the club's that I fish with
There yea go, a great Idea and also making use of waste... All deep sea angling trips end with a few box's of unwanted fish that died from the benz, if you could find a way to grow funds for a youth group then where is the harm?
The boat trips I have gone on we left a few box's of pollock, coalies, macks, and other types of fish that the skipper swaps with lobster men, crabbers and friends for other stuff....
