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Longliner in the Pentland Firth


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Hi folks,

 

Quite interesting news, same longliner (i think) that occasionaly rapes our western sea lochs...

 

Qoate from a friend of mine in another discussion group

 

"Of interest to all who fish the west coast lochs in winter. The Apollo

spurdog longliner has beeen working the Pentland Firth recently

following the spurdog shoals as they head west wards on their

migration route . He was escorted into Scrabster and met by police and

radiation experts etc . He had been fishing within the 2 mile

exclusion zone around Dounreay power plant. Tests revealed no

contamination on the boat or crew. His catch was confiscated approx

375 kg of spurs . He had only time to shoot one line before being

called in ."

Tight Lines

Shaun

 

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I very much doubt it, unless there is a market in eastern europe or asia(???) Ide put my money on them bieng used for fishmeal and the like, still annoying though, wonder if the boat would make a good man-made reef :o

 

[ 28. September 2005, 12:48 PM: Message edited by: Spur-Hound ]

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Shaun

 

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he wasnt actually fishing in the 2 mile exclusion zone and there is a bit of an uproar about why he was taken in, i think the authorities may be in hot water here, and im pretty sure the appollo is a trawler and not a liner also??

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thurso angler:

he wasnt actually fishing in the 2 mile exclusion zone and there is a bit of an uproar about why he was taken in, i think the authorities may be in hot water here, and im pretty sure the appollo is a trawler and not a liner also??

If its the Grimsby based Apollo, i read that it was converted into a longliner this year; apparently to target non quota species.

 

BTW I doubt the fish was intended for fishmeal; its a big boat and that would never be economic.

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Yeah i agree shaun, spurs are sold for human consumption and can fetch anything from £25-125 per 50kg box, but boatsize has nothing to do with whether the target species is for human consumtion or not some of the largest boats fish for fishmeal, and its very viable.

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Alex Salmond 2004 SNP Leader

 

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