Cornwall oystermen battle to save way of life
They say their traditional way of life on the Fal Estuary was knocked sideways by post-Brexit rule changes.
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They say their traditional way of life on the Fal Estuary was knocked sideways by post-Brexit rule changes.
This is one of our queens. queen scallops. mainly always go to france, you know. which is a shame, really, because they are nice to eat. but that is the problem — french and europeans like all the fish, british don't like fish, only fish and chips. cod and chips, innit? as long as you get a day's pay, i'm happy. sometimes you do very well. not that often lately. that's the way it goes.
They are _ got over 5060 guys on the books, they are all— got over 5060 guys on the books, they are all self— got over 5060 guys on the books, they are all self employed - got over 5060 guys on the books, i they are all self employed fisherman and we _ they are all self employed fisherman and we are _ they are all self employed fisherman and we are their— they are all self employed fisherman and we are their biggest _ they are all self employed fisherman and we are their biggest buyer. i they are all self employed fisherman and we are their biggest buyer. we i and we are their biggest bu...
Dredges over the side. all dredges must be in by 3pm. six hours is long enough when you have been pulling dredges. for me, anyway. a lot of oyster men sufferfrom dredges. for me, anyway. a lot of oyster men suffer from bad backs from pulling and bending over. it soon loses its romantic bits. we get some good days and bad days. if you can stick the bad days, the good days are a bonus. lots of people can't stand the bad days. here is one of our queen scallops. mainly all of these go to france, which is all of these go to france, which is a shame because they are nice. that's the problem, the fre...
Six hours is long when you have been pulling dredges. for me, anyhow. a lot of oystermen sufferfrom bad backs. pulling and bending over. it soon loses its romantic bit. we get some good days and some bad days, you know. if you can stick the bad days, the good days are a bonus. lots of people can't stand the bad days. this is one of our queens. queen scallops. mainly always go to france, you know. which is a shame, really, because they are nice to eat. but that's the problem — french and europeans like all the fish, british don't like fish, only fish and chips. cod and chips, innit?