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North Sea Fish (1 Viewer)
- Thread starter Jane Turner
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Similar life-cycle to liver-flukes in sheep then. Probably best to keep away from snails as well as cod by the looks of it.Jane Turner said:
The parasite in cod I was thinking of is a worm the size of a small earth-worm. I saw a picture of one in a fish once and have lived in fear of coming across one in my cod-and-chips ever since....
On the BBC News last night they were talking to a fisherman from NE Scotland and he was saying most of the haddock they were catching were young fish. He seemed to think there was a problem with them too.
Jane Turner
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The adults do get picked out.. it the earlier stages that sneak in to the battered fish products. Bad news about the Haddock.. I had read that they were at a 30 year high.. the trouble was how to catch them without killing Cod.
Jane Turner
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DJ Sideboard said:
It is odd... what is that all about then... I was on Skye a few years back and in renowned restaurant..... there were Mussels on the menu.... and the rocks in view of the table were covered in lovely specimens.... HOWEVER.. the mussels on the menu were green-lipped, flown in from New Zealand....
How can that possibly be viable...though clearly it is. Aviation fuel is clearly too cheap!
Jane Turner said:
Well the EU has made it's recommendations a little less severe than yesterdays science report recommended : http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4078481.stm
Yes aviation fuel is far too cheap!
Richard
Jane Turner
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Its funny... and I know this is a little diversion.. but during the fuel protests I was surprised to see Farmers joining in....
Is it just me... but in an economy where it makes economic sense for Sheep to spend most of the first months of their short lives on the road, or to fly lamb in from New Zealand...when we have more than enough at home..... a huge hike in transport costs might have tipped things back in their favour....wrt the stranglehold of large supermarkets and the ignorance of consumers.
Is it just me... but in an economy where it makes economic sense for Sheep to spend most of the first months of their short lives on the road, or to fly lamb in from New Zealand...when we have more than enough at home..... a huge hike in transport costs might have tipped things back in their favour....wrt the stranglehold of large supermarkets and the ignorance of consumers.
esmondb
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Actually most of the tiny tasteless prawns are from the north Atlantic and with langoustines retailing at £20-£40/kg it's hardly surprising we don't eat more of them.DJ Sideboard said:
I'm pretty sure the EU has tied our hands WRT North Sea fish stocks.
We could reduce our take in our traditional territorial waters but we can't stop the French or Spanish fleets taking the very same fish we leave behind.
We need to take a leaf out of the Icelandic book
By-catch is probably just as big a problem, though.
esmondb
The fool that MrT doesn't pity
A lot of the cod in supermarkets will be labelled North East Atlantic which SHOULD mean Icelandic which is sustainable (although their fishing methods may cause damage to the sea bed).Jane Turner said:
Bland? Delicate flavour I'll have you know - It's probably the main reason for its popularity.
DJ Sideboard
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esmondb said:
You can get a big bowl full of langoustines out west for about £12, which seems pretty good to me!. I don't see price as the issue here, I've introduced folk from down south to Loch Torridon 'Prawns' and they've been gob-smacked because they simply didn't realise that we had such things here!.
