Fishing and fishermen

suimhneas

wonder whats going to happen to the irish fishing industry? does anyone care except the actual fishermen? there are hardly any irish men left working on the fishing trawlers in this part of the country its the same all over im sure its mostly phillipno's now even the polish have left. The government isnt doing anything to help but hindering the fishermen at everystep of the way. and i for one am sick to death of it and think its time we got together and did something about it before its too late. Ireland our costal ireland was better off twenty years ago than it is now. no longer can you just go out and catch fish for you dinner you have to have a licence and a fully rigged out boat, rigs costing more than the boat is worth these epirbs are what make me mad cause lately there have been a few boats lost and the epirbs never sent a signal. whats the point of shellign out a few thousand on them if they are not worth the crap and of course you have no way of knowing they dont work till its too late for another fishing crew. the media make a big deal of it when a fishing boat is lost they get a few minutes in the community on the night of the tragedy all agreed terrible disaster sells a few papers and off they go pack up their cameras and forget to ask why it happened, who is responsible, is there a way we can make sure this doen't happen again. no they dont it just seems no one cares.

Wook

erhm this in AH?
expect...weird replies...

Gran Hermano

suimhneas wrote: »

no one cares.

Fixed the OP for you.

Miss Fluff

suimhneas wrote: »

and of course you have no way of knowing they dont work till its too late for another fishing crew. the media make a big deal of it when a fishing boat is lost they get a few minutes in the community on the night of the tragedy all agreed terrible disaster sells a few papers and off they go pack up their cameras and forget to ask why it happened, who is responsible, is there a way we can make sure this doen't happen again.

To be honest most fishing boat accidents are due to bad weather conditions, I don't think blame can be apportioned to anyone really.

Heisenberg.

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suimhneas

think you will find your "statistics" are wrong miss fluff. They can happen on the calmest day that ever was and they often do

Defenestrate

I didn't bother reading this article, it was too long, in one big paragraph and the opening line didn't sound as intriguing as a prostitute ring in Portmarnock.

I'm sure it was both intuitive and constructively argued though. :pac:

Miss Fluff

suimhneas wrote: »

think you will find your "statistics" are wrong miss fluff. They can happen on the calmest day that ever was and they often do

Act of God then, lets not be pedantic.

the_syco

OP: agreed 100% Not only do they need a license, but they can no longer fish in their usual spot, as X amount of miles from the Irish coast is no longer Irish sea, but Spanish sea, IIRC?

Sherifu

Gran Hermano wrote: »

suimhneas wrote: »

no one cares.

Fixed the OP for you.

Lesbians care.

martin84

I am a fish!! Thats my contribution

suimhneas

its as much of an act of god as a car accident

suimhneas

great to see that you all care so much about the lives of your fellow countrymen

Heisenberg.

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suimhneas

Scientist Posts: 2,298 Says alot about you and how much time you must spend alone with computer.

leninbenjamin

any chances of saving our fishing industry ended the day we joined the EU. they dug their own grave tbh in that they used to under report catches to avoid tax. Because of that no one who had power knew the potential the industry had.

nice1franko

i like fish fingers

Sherifu

suimhneas wrote: »

great to see that you all care so much about the lives of your fellow countrymen

I don't see Captain Birdseye complaining. I think you're trying to cod us.

Jesus Wept

I once caught a fish that was this big:

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>Srsly!.

Gran Hermano

The-Rigger wrote: »

I once caught a fish that was this big:

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>Srsly

But what about the one that got away?

martin84

Not sure if I smell fish or a troll of this thread
Or maybe both

humanji

suimhneas wrote: »

great to see that you all care so much about the lives of your fellow countrymen

I don't see you doing anything about the millions who die needlessly each day around the world. Why is it that it's more important for people you don't know in your own country to have jobs than it is for people you don't know in other countries to be able to live?

Get your priorities straight.

Jesus Wept

Gran Hermano wrote:

But what about the one that got away?

Zomg! It was this big:
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Gran Hermano

martin84 wrote: »

Not sure if I smell fish or a troll of this thread
Or maybe both

Think you just smell the OP angling for sympathy/attention

leninbenjamin

martin84 wrote: »

Not sure if I smell fish or a troll of this thread
Or maybe both

i smell cigarette smoke. could be that i'm just after having one though