Pair Trawling in the Channel

[sam-cox]

Wurzel I take you know about the new certificates needed by anyone you take out on your boat now, I cant go out on my mates boat any more unless i get qualified, all stinks mate...

[big_cod]

one old guy that is 73 still does a little bit during summer, had to go and do a risk assesment or he would not be eligeable to go to sea,guy has been fishing for 60yrears the ita tottaly crazy.

[Guest jay_con]

Its everywhere in life these days. Welcome to the age of litigation.

[sam-cox]

Wurzel where are you, are you fishing...

[wurzel]

Sam I am fishing every day at the moment, leaving home at 05.00 and usaly get home around 16.00, office hours for us,

 

I thought that the certificates were only for those employed in the fishing, so you should be able to go out with your mate, so long as he does not pay you, other wise all Big cods customers will have to have them, mind you it would not suprise me if defra hasn't already thought of that, who knows what you will all have to do to qualify for your licence.

[sam-cox]

No mate Nicky has been doing these caurses over the last few weeks and unless you are a relation you cant go to sea on a commercial boat without a certificate, 8k fine if you get caught...this is what he says, Im only a burgler alarm and cctv installer now a days so what do i know..

[Ken Davison South Wales]

I was surprised to see that fish quoters are sold.

 

If you sold a milk quoter you actually had something that you owned and had a quatifiable value.

 

A fish quoter is only an allowance per boat, you may or may not catch that amount and until you catch it you don't own it.

 

Seems a high risk purchase to me especially under current conditions.

[wurzel]

So Sam Big Cod has a lot of relations then.

 

Ken they are not cheap, and are some boats main expence, anther reason to fiddle,

the court cases mentioned are more to do with not buying enough quota, for there is a surplus of cod quota in the hands of PO's and other traders, anther part of the quota system that most people do not realise,

[sam-cox]

what does big cod do, is he a charter skipper or a commercial?