More Ammunition For The 'Ban Fishing' Brigade

[Elton]

Professor Callum Roberts of the University of York said over-fishing was turning the area into a dead zone.

 

There is, however, some hope for the future. In the mid 1990s virtually all fish vanished from areas of the Firth of Clyde, But a “no-take” zone, where all fishing is banned, set up two years ago in Lamlash Bay of the Isle of Arran in the Firth has resulted in the re-emergence of several sea-based species.

 

http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/196370...-of-countryside

[Jaffa]

http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/196370...-of-countryside

 

Prof Roberts splashes on Panorama and the Daily Express on the same day while not actually saying anything interesting, new or of much value to anyone. Realised the Daily excess was a joke when I was a kid. Sad to see the BBC turning investigative journalism into advertising for the highest bidder though.

[david t]

Prof Callum Roberts is one of the leading figures in fisheries science, dont really think this will add to any rod and line fishing argument really. More about conservation on the whole.

 

I do wonder why the BBC were talking about Lamlash though, it was designated NTZ a while back.

 

Its the scallop dredging boys that are in question here, not much to worry about as far as rod and line goes.

 

Although, maybe the antis should go pester the oil companies or such like if they really want to do something constructive and ethical.

[seafoods]

Prof Callum Roberts is one of the leading figures in fisheries science, dont really think this will add to any rod and line fishing argument really. More about conservation on the whole.

 

I do wonder why the BBC were talking about Lamlash though, it was designated NTZ a while back.

 

Its the scallop dredging boys that are in question here, not much to worry about as far as rod and line goes.

 

Although, maybe the antis should go pester the oil companies or such like if they really want to do something constructive and ethical.

 

Callum Roberts is inspired by Pew and wants total no take zones all over the place - he is not the RSA's friend. He was instrumental in Lamlash Bay becoming a no take zone rather than a no dredging or no trawling zone - which the locals would have been happy with. Thanks to him and his pals at COAST even RSA's have been banned from it for 2 years now. The scallop dredging film was not taken in Lamlash Bay - it's closed, the pics of Lamlash Bay are supposed to make you think the whole seabed would be like that if it wasn't dredged. Personaly I would have prefered to see a 'before' picture of the ACTUAL ground that was dredged - then you could judge the effect dredging had on it

[cleeclive]

Callum Roberts is inspired by Pew and wants total no take zones all over the place - he is not the RSA's friend. He was instrumental in Lamlash Bay becoming a no take zone rather than a no dredging or no trawling zone - which the locals would have been happy with. Thanks to him and his pals at COAST even RSA's have been banned from it for 2 years now. The scallop dredging film was not taken in Lamlash Bay - it's closed, the pics of Lamlash Bay are supposed to make you think the whole seabed would be like that if it wasn't dredged. Personaly I would have prefered to see a 'before' picture of the ACTUAL ground that was dredged - then you could judge the effect dredging had on it

One must not forget that the Daily Express is an adult Comic aimed at the 50 plus brigade who have beome sad cynics and feed on doom and gloom about everything to do with the planet.

 

The BBC seem to like this Callum Roberts I think that he was the character that they dragged onto countryfile a couple of years back to counter paul Kirkpatricks arguments about the lack of harm that anglers do.

 

The hard facts are that the cuts will be announced next month and fish and environmental issues will drop well down the scale of priorities as there will be little money to fund many projects apart from those funded by the EU. There will be a few EU obligations to satisfy, but little money to police anythig for a few years, so much of this will end up a political farce as I see it!

[barry luxton]

The hard facts are that the cuts will be announced next month and fish and environmental issues will drop well down the scale of priorities as there will be little money to fund many projects apart from those funded by the EU. There will be a few EU obligations to satisfy, but little money to police anythig for a few years, so much of this will end up a political farce as I see it!

 

Hoping that the mcz's quangos are for the chop, knowing how weak willed the polititions are when it comes to dealing with the money pit eu they will be one of the last to go unfortunatly. The eu will revell in the uk wasting even more of it's money to keep them appeased.

[glennk]

Callum Roberst is a pr!ck. But sadly people keep giving him funding. The idiot wouldnt know 1 end of a fish from the other.