Fish dumping 'will ruin industry'

[Barman]

Much as I hate to agree with Greenpeace ~ The answer is to designate large areas (several hundreds of square miles) of the North Sea as "National Parks" and not permit fishing in those areas. This creates safe havens for the fish stocks and can be easily monitored by satellite and enforced by the Royal Navy.

Agreed...

[Darwins Selection]

I am no expert on fish, but I think a few tens of thousands of square miles are needed because they move about quite a lot and training them to respect boundaries is not easy.

A bit like the Spanish fishermen.

[Snoopy]

That was the point DS. The fish need no training (yes I see that was a Darwin funny) and any caught outside of the designated areas would be fair game. There are plenty of fish really just a bloody stupid quota system to "preserve" stocks. The size of the "Parks" would need to be considerable but since the EU virtually control the whole North Sea it cannot be beyond their wit to work it out and each member country would contribute to the naval presence necessary to enforce the scheme. It's better than having ships tied up in English ports for 9 months of the year whilst the Spanish catch the fish, or throwing back dead fish that have already been caught. Even the fishermen agree that it is the best answer.

[Darwins Selection]

Sorted then.

A big undersea fence to keep the fish in and sink any Dago pirates that sail within 500 miles of us.

That gets my vote.

[Snoopy]

I rather think the principle is that fish eat ~ well basically, other fish. Thus the shoals will go where the best feeding is to be found and that would obviously be where there was no fishing. The whole thing becomes self controlling.

[Barman]

Sorted then.

A big undersea fence to keep the fish in and sink any Dago pirates that sail within 500 miles of us.

That gets my vote.

An electric fence? 

[Nick]

Frogmen with sticks?

[Snoopy]

 

[Darwins Selection]

Frogmen with sticks?

Border collies in midget submarines silly. 

[Nick]

When I was a kid one of our neighbours had a border collie. It used to round up all the kids in the street, herd us into the owner's drive and shut the gate on us.

It was idiotic!

[Snoopy]

In my previous marriage, when the kids were young, we had a Labrador/Border collie cross. The most biddable dog I have ever owned. She used to round up my kids and the other dog (an Afghan) whenever they got too far in front on our daily walk to the park. I miss that pooch more than the wife I had at the time.

[Darwins Selection]

I miss that pooch more than the wife I had at the time.

At what point did you start to see yourself as a dog called Snoopy?

[Snoopy]

Peanuts Cartoons as drawn by Schultz epitomise much of the way I see life and the hand I have been dealt ~ Tho' I perhaps see myself more as the Charlie Brown character but then someone else has that name and accompanying avatar on GOM. Over there I used my real name because Charlie Brown was taken and I felt that Snoopy would connect me with him in people's minds but when we started here I felt able to make the change so Snoopy (The Resident Pub Hound) seemed the obvious choice. Over time I have enjoyed being Snoopy more and more and it does enable me to have some fun and games with people. ..... That is the serious answer to your "serious" question.

The other answer, in the best traditions of internet forums (fora?) is "Wha' 'sit to do wiv you anyway Huh?"

And allowing that your question was not really seeking an answer (................................................)

[Darwins Selection]

 

[Snoopy]

I should think so too.

Expecting me to be anything other than pedantic (Pendantic) when I am in "Editor" mode.