Daily Mail-style rant? Hopefully the opposite.

[cheekbones3]

Apparently numerous fishermen are complaining that they lose money every time they leave port, and are therefore thinking of blockades as a protest about fuel costs etc.

 

Call me stupid, but wouldn't it be more sensible if they didn't set out fishing until it's economically viable? "Duh, the fuel for the boat is going to cost more than the price I'll get for what I catch. I'll set out anyway and whinge about it later."

 

Might even be some fish to catch if they take some time off...

Comments

[0olong.livejournal.com]

You probably saw this piece, right? You beat Monbiot to the punch by a few weeks there...

(surprised to realise I'd never added you on LJ till now!)

[cheekbones3.livejournal.com]

Can't remember what put me onto the subject, but it was possibly because I work opposite a fishing industry analyst!

I'm not sure I knew who you were on LJ, there are a lot of people in Edinburgh that I've not connected with the LJ world too...