Comments on: North Sea No-Fishing Zones http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/north-sea-no-fishing-zones Food - Photography & More Mon, 21 May 2012 18:57:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.7 by: miles http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/north-sea-no-fishing-zones#comment-8555 Sat, 25 Oct 2008 18:45:31 +0000 http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/north-sea-no-fishing-zones#comment-8555 Rod, That's great to hear, Hake is so overated and we ship most of ours off to Mediterranean countries who love it. It is also very versatile and hard to get wrong. Thanks, I'm glad to hear it. Miles Rod,
That’s great to hear, Hake is so overated and we ship most of ours off to Mediterranean countries who love it.
It is also very versatile and hard to get wrong.
Thanks, I’m glad to hear it.

Miles

]]> by: Rod http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/north-sea-no-fishing-zones#comment-8553 Sat, 25 Oct 2008 18:26:54 +0000 http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/north-sea-no-fishing-zones#comment-8553 Miles I had some hake fillets tonight. The taste and texture were superb - certainly better than cod in my opinion. As you point out there are plenty of options out there to haddock and cod etc Just wanted to follow-up on this post and let people know of am alternative I just tried Rod Miles
I had some hake fillets tonight.
The taste and texture were superb - certainly better than cod in my opinion.

As you point out there are plenty of options out there to haddock and cod etc

Just wanted to follow-up on this post and let people know of am alternative I just tried
Rod

]]> by: miles http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/north-sea-no-fishing-zones#comment-5121 Sat, 19 Jul 2008 20:31:14 +0000 http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/north-sea-no-fishing-zones#comment-5121 Dave, Thanks for that, the link is well worth a look at. Over here I use http://www.fishonline.org for their seafood guide which is based on the current MCS guidelines for sustainable sources. Interesting you should mention the problem of farmed fish, a major Scottish farm went bust late last year, Cod or Salmon, I forget which but it is a sad state of affairs. I appreciate the thought. Regards Miles Dave,
Thanks for that, the link is well worth a look at. Over here I use http://www.fishonline.org for their seafood guide which is based on the current MCS guidelines for sustainable sources. Interesting you should mention the problem of farmed fish, a major Scottish farm went bust late last year, Cod or Salmon, I forget which but it is a sad state of affairs.
I appreciate the thought.
Regards
Miles

]]> by: Dave http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/north-sea-no-fishing-zones#comment-5117 Sat, 19 Jul 2008 16:40:22 +0000 http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/north-sea-no-fishing-zones#comment-5117 Stumbled across this and thought you might have an interest: http://www.mbayaq.org/cr/SeafoodWatch.asp I was reading the other day about how the high cost of corn is causing catfish farms to shut down. Sad, that was a real example of sustainable fish population that thrived in farming environs - the quality was actually better than wild caught - like mussels. Stumbled across this and thought you might have an interest:

http://www.mbayaq.org/cr/SeafoodWatch.asp

I was reading the other day about how the high cost of corn is causing catfish farms to shut down. Sad, that was a real example of sustainable fish population that thrived in farming environs - the quality was actually better than wild caught - like mussels.

]]> by: miles http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/north-sea-no-fishing-zones#comment-2298 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 09:00:29 +0000 http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/north-sea-no-fishing-zones#comment-2298 Dave, Thankyou for a great comment, getting a perspective on such matters from other countries only helps to highlight the problem as a global one. The document you have linked to is an interesting one and quite similar to the English version, particularly regarding tuna. Interesting to see scallops there, I am often offered American scallops when the English and Scottish ones aren't avaliable. Thanks again Dave, this is a great example of what I want this blog to be all about as I wrote in a previous <a href="http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/salt-scrubs-and-tea-bags" rel="nofollow"> post</a> Miles Dave,
Thankyou for a great comment, getting a perspective on such matters from other countries only helps to highlight the problem as a global one. The document you have linked to is an interesting one and quite similar to the English version, particularly regarding tuna. Interesting to see scallops there, I am often offered American scallops when the English and Scottish ones aren’t avaliable. Thanks again Dave, this is a great example of what I want this blog to be all about as I wrote in a previous post

Miles

]]> by: Dave http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/north-sea-no-fishing-zones#comment-2293 Tue, 25 Mar 2008 23:27:41 +0000 http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/north-sea-no-fishing-zones#comment-2293 Last summer I was in Chicago and received a great little booklet at the Shedd Aquarium. http://www.sheddaquarium.org/pdf/Shedd_08_Right_Bite_card.pdf It's US based sorry, but I find it quite helpful sometimes when I head off to the fishmonger. ll. We have had some no fishing zones and closed fisheries in recent times here in the states. It hurts the fisherman, but it does wonders for the species being protected - striped bass being the prime example. Summer flounder (fluke) is severely restricted as well, and will be until 2013, but you can see the improvement year by year when you are fishing in the bays. Farmed fish aren't all flabby and bland, farmed mussels are a blessing, and farmed catfish is quite good as well. Neat book on cod: Cod: A Biography of the Fish That Changed the World Last summer I was in Chicago and received a great little booklet at the Shedd Aquarium.
http://www.sheddaquarium.org/pdf/Shedd_08_Right_Bite_card.pdf
It’s US based sorry, but I find it quite helpful sometimes when I head off to the fishmonger.
ll. We have had some no fishing zones and closed fisheries in recent times here in the states. It hurts the fisherman, but it does wonders for the species being protected - striped bass being the prime example. Summer flounder (fluke) is severely restricted as well, and will be until 2013, but you can see the improvement year by year when you are fishing in the bays. Farmed fish aren’t all flabby and bland, farmed mussels are a blessing, and farmed catfish is quite good as well.

Neat book on cod: Cod: A Biography of the Fish That Changed the World

]]> by: miles http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/north-sea-no-fishing-zones#comment-2291 Tue, 25 Mar 2008 20:53:20 +0000 http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/north-sea-no-fishing-zones#comment-2291 Cid, I would imagine eels are plentiful in the Witham, along with Pike which is less popular here then it is in other parts of Europe. I tried smoking pike once, not to be recommended. Did you hear about the giant snakehead fish caught by an unsuspecting angler on the Witham recently? A ferocious predator usually seen in Asian waters it must have given that unfortunate piscator a bit of a fright! Miles Cid,
I would imagine eels are plentiful in the Witham, along with Pike which is less popular here then it is in other parts of Europe. I tried smoking pike once, not to be recommended. Did you hear about the giant snakehead fish caught by an unsuspecting angler on the Witham recently? A ferocious predator usually seen in Asian waters it must have given that unfortunate piscator a bit of a fright!
Miles

]]> by: Cid http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/north-sea-no-fishing-zones#comment-2290 Tue, 25 Mar 2008 20:38:15 +0000 http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/north-sea-no-fishing-zones#comment-2290 Miles, What have we got that is on our doorstep and plentiful..... Dad used to say the Witham was full of eels, is it? Eel pie, eel surprise, eel moose with crystallized eels in a net of spun sugar? :) Cid Miles,

What have we got that is on our doorstep and plentiful….. Dad used to say the Witham was full of eels, is it? Eel pie, eel surprise, eel moose with crystallized eels in a net of spun sugar? :)

Cid

]]> by: miles http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/north-sea-no-fishing-zones#comment-2287 Tue, 25 Mar 2008 18:05:40 +0000 http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/north-sea-no-fishing-zones#comment-2287 Elsie, re catch of the day-been there, done that. Sadly it is too hit and miss to warrant doing it on a regular basis. Miles Elsie,
re catch of the day-been there, done that. Sadly it is too hit and miss to warrant doing it on a regular basis.
Miles

]]> by: miles http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/north-sea-no-fishing-zones#comment-2286 Tue, 25 Mar 2008 18:03:54 +0000 http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/north-sea-no-fishing-zones#comment-2286 Rod, A really good comment thanks. You are quite right, factories produce a staggering amount of frozen fish meals, I poped into Asda/Walmart today, a place I never normally shop in and the amount of frozen ready meals avaliable is astonishing. There were plenty of people buying pre-breadcrumbed fillets but over on the fresh fish counter-not a sole (sorry, couldn't resist that :mrgreen:) Miles Rod,
A really good comment thanks. You are quite right, factories produce a staggering amount of frozen fish meals, I poped into Asda/Walmart today, a place I never normally shop in and the amount of frozen ready meals avaliable is astonishing. There were plenty of people buying pre-breadcrumbed fillets but over on the fresh fish counter-not a sole (sorry, couldn’t resist that :mrgreen: )

Miles

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