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And you for writing rubbish psuedo yorkshire dialect

The rocks to the north (Black Head) and south of Portpatrick can be real fun spinning for pollack; Portpatrick harbour entrance for saithies ( coalies, billet , whatever you call them ), flatties and the odd mullet.

Ian, you are probably right ,, and I even said so in my original mail, but I'll wait a while before making any final judgement. My email to my MSP is on its way.

Ah I see, just a bit of a difference between didn't see any and not enough to fish for commercially

Ian - If they can ignore the questions raised around McKie then ignoring RSA is small beer for them. IMHO, the only way to get them to focus on our issues is to make it a political issue ie: it will cost them votes. It's really strange that at a time when they are investing in trying to get youth interested in trout/salmon fishing they are not really interested in RSA - perhaps the TV and other media who gave time / space for that excercise could be encouraged to present the alternative view. I know there's been a great deal of discussion on the FishScotland Forum on involvement but I don't think the SFSA really have the heart for direct action - consultation, meetings, procedures etc; and too readily get led astray by the weasel words out of Holyrood. That may be a bit harsh but I really don't see the SFSA achieving a great deal.

Looking back at an article from 1957 by DF Kelley he says ..... " Bass frequent both rocky and sandy ground. They are particularly fond of estuaries - especially the shallow sandy sort, rich in Launce, Lug and other natural food. Unfortunately, such rivers are wide open to the scourge of seine netting: a nights depredations by netsman can ruin a river for a whole season. Deeper estuaries with mud bottoms are favoured by shool bass in winter and spring." Perhaps your friend was looking in the wrong place or just had the mis-fortune to go after netters had done their stuff.

All those that can bring in catches like 2 million mackerel in a 7 minute haul, see http://news.scotsman.com/scotland.cfm?id=210372006. Instead of these 'supersize' vessels why not have more 'family' or 'indvidual' packages, wouldn't that see a lot more people employed.

It's not just for Bass but you may find http://statistics.defra.gov.uk/esg/publica...rts/default.asp helpful

True

Ah, but they had to so Dolly could be cloned !!

Everyone to be overawed by the professionals All t'be capped by't pros

From Fishing News "IRISH pelagic fishermen are to lose 6000 tonnes of their mackerel quota this year because of illegal fishing by some boats, reports Tom MacSween Marine minister Noel Dempsey made the announcement on Monday this week after a Fisheries Council in Brussels. He said there would be further penalties amounting to a total reduction of another 34,000 tonnes over the next few years - almost the entire Irish mackerel quota. The minister's comments came after he met EU fisheries commissioner Joe Borg to discuss the laws being introduced under Ireland's controversial Sea Fisheries Bill. He said the quota clawback follows inspections of pelagic factories in Scotland." Full article at http://www.fishingnews.co.uk/heighway/arti...d=1140445906050 Once again it is being said that many should suffer because of the actions of a few 'rouges' ~ seems to me that there are an awful lot of rouges out there.

Absolutely right and those that continue to bury their heads in the sand will be just as successful as those who weren't going to move from pounds, shillings and pence and all other changes, they'll be just anachronisms in a changing world.

Aye, this morning there was snow all over the rocks at low tide.

I think a great part of their success is that they do not waste effort and energy in peeing contests with the function they are targetting, as we have seen many times, that kind of approach does not move the argument to anywhere near closure. Instead they focus on mobilising the people who are likely to support their argument, either through personal commitment, through apapthy or through fear as in the case of politicians and votes, or buisnesses and revenue.