Meltingpot
Living in our pools we soon forget about the sea
It could be, some sort of deep sea fishing is anyway.
Has anyone here ever worked on a trawler or fishing boat?
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It could be, some sort of deep sea fishing is anyway.
sim667
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My mum grew up in hull and says she remembers a period when lots of fishermen were lost...... she also said she remembers going on a protest against the fact there wasnt a law in place forcing fishing boats to have a radio on board...... i think it may have been around the sme time.
*breaks self-imposed ban*
The Hull triple tragedy, when three trawlers and 58 men were lost in quick succession, was in January-February 1968. It sparked the serious of protests that sim667 refers to. More here. I've spoken to a few people who lost family and friends in that and other disasters. I also used to work with a woman whose husband was lost with the Gaul, who was fascinating to talk with. For one reason and another I'm fairly well versed in the subject of fishing, although I've not been to sea on a fishing vessel - yet.
Fishing is the most dangerous peacetime occupation: the death rate is way above mining and other risky shore occupations. It's also extremely hard work: long periods away from home in some fisheries, extremely long working hours, cramped living conditions and very arduous working conditions. However, it's also more lucrative than a lot of available shore jobs. That's one reason quite a few young people go into it, although a lot drop out after a while, finding it too hard.
Fishing is intensely competitive. A lot of skippers own their own boats and need to make good catches to pay off the loans, which is why a lot work very long hours, and on occasion drive boats harder than is safe. That's also a reason why overfishing is such a problem: it's not easy for fishermen to accept cuts in what they can catch when it means a direct loss of earnings in the short term, even though in the long run it would leave everyone better off.
Fishing is also a diverse business. There are still people who make at least part of their living catching lobsters in pots set from open boats that are launched off the beach: at the other end of the business there are multimillion-pound, very high-tech trawlers that can fish pretty much anywhere.
*buggers off again*
The Hull triple tragedy, when three trawlers and 58 men were lost in quick succession, was in January-February 1968. It sparked the serious of protests that sim667 refers to. More here. I've spoken to a few people who lost family and friends in that and other disasters. I also used to work with a woman whose husband was lost with the Gaul, who was fascinating to talk with. For one reason and another I'm fairly well versed in the subject of fishing, although I've not been to sea on a fishing vessel - yet.
Fishing is the most dangerous peacetime occupation: the death rate is way above mining and other risky shore occupations. It's also extremely hard work: long periods away from home in some fisheries, extremely long working hours, cramped living conditions and very arduous working conditions. However, it's also more lucrative than a lot of available shore jobs. That's one reason quite a few young people go into it, although a lot drop out after a while, finding it too hard.
Fishing is intensely competitive. A lot of skippers own their own boats and need to make good catches to pay off the loans, which is why a lot work very long hours, and on occasion drive boats harder than is safe. That's also a reason why overfishing is such a problem: it's not easy for fishermen to accept cuts in what they can catch when it means a direct loss of earnings in the short term, even though in the long run it would leave everyone better off.
Fishing is also a diverse business. There are still people who make at least part of their living catching lobsters in pots set from open boats that are launched off the beach: at the other end of the business there are multimillion-pound, very high-tech trawlers that can fish pretty much anywhere.
*buggers off again*
