Thousands of salmon escaped an Icelandic fish farm
Thousands of salmon escaped an Icelandic fish farm The Guardian, Sept 30, 2023.
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Coracle Fishing – How dwindling fish stocks and new regulations are killing off the ancient tradition
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/sep/02/the-last-coracle-fishers-dwindling-fish-stocks-regulations For generations, coracles have been used to fish for salmon and sea trout – known locally as sewin – on three Welsh rivers: the Teifi, Tywi and Taf. Light, nimble and manoeuvrable, each boat is made by hand, using a fabric skin stretched across a lathed wooden frame (although on the Tywi, the skin … [Read more…]
Save the Fish – 1888
Happily, I found this opinion piece from the Dec. 27th, 1888 Marin Journal. I’m happy as it shows we have been aware of the problems of over fishing and pollution “way back when”, one hundred plus years ago. It is disheartening to see that some of the same problems exist today. Marin Journal, 27 December … [Read more…]