shark for sale £1.60 -- £2.10 per kilo

[hembo]

this was on teletext and has not been updated on the bbc or itv websites . so this is the report.

a fisherman has caught more than 100 sharks in the space of a week in waters just 20 miles off cornwall. martin ellis from ruan minor in cornwall landed 65 porbeagles in a single trip. the 49 yr old said he and a crewmate attached 300 mackerel baits on hooks along a six mile long fishing line . they were sold at 1.60- 2.10 per kilo. he is qouted as saying that the sea is full of feed fish ; attracting bigger fish which in turn attract shark more boats should follow long line fishing !!!!

need i say anymore

 

[ 01. December 2003, 06:04 PM: Message edited by: hembo ]

[Chippy]

And what do fish and sharks attract? Greedy fisherman....perhaps if we strung out a six mile length of sea mines we might take out a few

[hembo]

the link to this is

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cornwal...all/3253752.stm

[spasor]

Hembo!!

I suggest you look at some of `Rick Steins` cookery videos?

There wasn`t a market for shark meat before that [edited] decided to turn Padstow into a gourmet centre.

:mad: :mad: Paul. :mad: :mad:

 

[sorry Spasor, but for the sake of keeping things legal....]

 

[ 02. December 2003, 12:12 AM: Message edited by: John S ]

[SandTiger]

Would the words "sharkslaughteringsharkfinsoupmerchant" be legal instead?

 

[ 02. December 2003, 01:19 AM: Message edited by: SandTiger ]

[hembo]

the next time he goes and doesnt catch will he have 600 mackerel baits and 12 mile long line ?

spasor as for rick (franken ) stein he has cult status ;and i suppose eating endangered fish is a by product of a affluent society . you only need to look at the fish dept in supermarkets to see what a wide range of fish are at our disposal .and i suppose they are only reacting to what the market demands . what do you do boycott tescos etc

[spasor]

Hembo.

My local Tesco`s a super-store ( old Hoover building on the A40 W.London).

The fish dept` are always asking me to supply fresh fish for them. They give me sacks full of salmon carcasses( great for fish cakes) for a few pence. When they heard about my last trip with Davy, they asked what I did with 1,300lb of prime skate? I stated that they all went back. The deli manager was aghast. `Paul. You`ve just thrown nearly £3,000 away`, he stated.

My reply? "Davy Holt would rescind my permanent invite to fish for skate with him". Some things are more precious than money.

Paul.

[SandTiger]

Mr Ellis: "They are really nice to eat and taste a bit like swordfish. They're delicious."

 

And forgot to mention that they are full off heavy metals - If we are to fight this type of behaviour then this may well be the point that puts the Great British public off the idea of eating shark?

 

Ideas?

[hembo]

how about shark revenge the ultimate reality show ; take ten celebrity t.v chefs and whisk them off to a shark infested sea . the general public vote which one gets thrown in . seriously though with the power t.v chefs have to influence the market is quite frightening perhaps petitioning them direct; anglers net have 4000 plus members and if we directed our energies who knows maybe in the form of a e -petition . we could perhaps make them more aware.

[SandTiger]

Do the other 9 get used for rubby dubby?