Got something to say or just want fewer pesky ads? Join us... 😊

Register Log in

[Sussex] Help Our Kelp - New byelaw agreed (you should care about this)







vegster

vegster

Sanity Clause
May 5, 2008
27,892
Fantastic news ! anything that slows the slaughter of local fish and crustaceans and gives them a chance is brilliant. Plus, I can go back to collecting seaweed of the beach for my allotment ! win win !
 






Superphil

Superphil

Dismember
Jul 7, 2003
25,417
In a pile of football shirts




vegster

vegster

Sanity Clause
May 5, 2008
27,892
GT49er said:
Excellent. Control of our own coastal waters, perhaps?
Click to expand...

We have a degree of control over our coastal waters, however, the pair trawlers you see that go up and down between Shoreham and Littlehampton every spring slaughtering everything are in fact Scottish registered fishing boats, not them damned Europeans. And before you start on about Johnny Foreigner taking all our fish you had best be aware that we tend to wipe out our own fish stocks very efficiently on our own, hence the 1970's Cod Wars when we thought we would pinch Iceland's Cod stocks because we had wiped our own out.
 




P

PeterOut

Well-known member
Aug 16, 2016
1,238
Weststander said:
304km2 of Kelp forest along the Sussex coast, which trawling had destroyed by 1990, is now protected to allow rewilding.

Great news for the entire ecosystem.

https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/19179081.david-attenborough-success-sussex-kelp-forest-campaign/
Click to expand...

I agree - good news.
For those who want to read about it without the ludicrous Argus adverts, see - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/mar/22/trawl-fishing-ban-off-sussex-coast-aims-to-restore-seaweed-forests
 






vegster

vegster

Sanity Clause
May 5, 2008
27,892


Weststander

Weststander

Well-known member
NSC Patron
Aug 25, 2011
63,909
Withdean area
PeterOut said:
I agree - good news.
For those who want to read about it without the ludicrous Argus adverts, see - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/mar/22/trawl-fishing-ban-off-sussex-coast-aims-to-restore-seaweed-forests
Click to expand...

I’m a member of Sussex Wildlife Trust and receive their magazines, they’ve campaigned for this for some time.

What a result.

A large number of people, uni’s and organisations such as the MCS were and are still very involved. Some have patrol boats. This will policed to prevent rogue fishermen exploiting the new haven.
 








Thunder Bolt

Thunder Bolt

Silly old bat
Aug 18, 2009
65,439
Beside the seaside, beside the sea
Does anyone else remember back in the 80s, maybe earlier, when seaweed was a problem? The tide washed it in, and left a line of it, higher up the beach, which then rotted, and stunk the place out. I'm fairly sure a lot was dug out then.
 


Boys 9d

Boys 9d

Well-known member
Jan 3, 2012
1,793
Lancing
Thunder Bolt said:
Does anyone else remember back in the 80s, maybe earlier, when seaweed was a problem? The tide washed it in, and left a line of it, higher up the beach, which then rotted, and stunk the place out. I'm fairly sure a lot was dug out then.
Click to expand...

Worthing was very badly affected at that time.
 


You must log in or register to reply here.

Share this page

Albion and Premier League latest from Sky Sports


Top
Link Here