Is this legal?

[bigroppa]

When fishing warkworth on monday, a large trawler left the harbour. He was about 50 yards away from us when he shot his nets. He towed them the full length of warkworth beach, only about 400yards from the shore. Then returned to port. When he went past us again, he was filleting fish. I could also see a box full. Surely this cant be legal, he was easy over 20 meters and they were defenitley towing nets (not scollop cages).

 

[codcatcher3000]

thats shocking ....i would know if its legal bud, might not be legal ...but then again who knows with our goverment

 

[lingking]

more than likely he was cleaning his nets,they often do in there

 

[Karl M]

"cleaning his nets"

 

[salmon bob]

Cleaning hes nets they are not dragged along the seabed but towed midwater!!1

 

[PAUL1971]

Summit fishy going on their like exscusse the punt

 

[Red5]

Send Les (Loopy on here) a PM....He should be able to clarify

 

[RossW]

Do sea trout and salmon netsmen have a license to do that?... Maybe... I've seen them catching trout n salmon right up against the beach a little further north at Alnmouth, although that was using a drift net.
There are still sea trout about. I saw some jumping early in the morning at Embleton Beach a couple of weekends ago. (Also saw dolphins just off the beach, presumably following the migrating fish). There are meant to be a lot of salmon around our coast this year.

 

[bigroppa]

more than likely he was cleaning his nets,they often do in there

where did the fish come from,if he was just cleaning his nets? Just thought boats had to be under a certain size to operate that close in.

 

[lingking]

aye good point:exclam: what was trawlers name:question:

 

[codseeker]

aye good point:exclam: what was trawlers name:question:

good point dunc if it was daylight visibility of 50 yards they shud beable to see unless they short sighted

 

[victorclub]

What fish did he have in the box not many trawlers bother to fillet fish these days unless it is for their own consumption

 

[bigroppa]

good point dunc if it was daylight visibility of 50 yards they shud beable to see unless they short sighted

Got the boats name and number, im not gonna post it on here,incase he was doing nowt wrong. Was just really enquiring to see if anyone knew what he could be up to and if it was legal.

He was deffo filleting fish on his way back in. Maybie he just went to catch his tea or make a few quid selling potbait. point is though, a boat that big cant operate that close to the shore.

 

[lingking]

suggest get in touch with amble harbour master