Your first two comments ( I was only over the 5mph limit, and I was only fishing for shrimps etc) seem to have no bearing on any of the other comments that have been posted by other people , if this is some ridiculous stab at humour, can you please explain and enlighten us all to the joke.
Of course fishing vessels cost even if they are tied up ashore, so what,s your point ?. Who in your words, have painted a picture of Salty Sam, and Captain Birds Eye, If you cant think of something to say relative to the thread, even if it is against the general concensus, why attempt to demean the very people who do this job of work with unfunny comments. Where has it been said that any bi - catch should be given away !!!, are you real... are you, reading the same thread as everybody else. The Navy,s fishery protection vessell is there to look over all fishermen from whatever country, be it Ireland, Spain, France Portugal, Britain, they check net sizes, quotas, etc also and if there are black fish aboard.
Boats have re registered as Spanish or whatever, because these other countries have a been allocated a different quota system than ours, thats an economic move merely to survive.
And by your reckoning, seeing as that the Cod is a scavenger/predater, (by the way that goes for any other fish in the sea), it,s all right to throw perfectly good fish back over the side, because they are a food source, and other Cod cod will eat them!!!! and what if we then catch those other Cod, do we then throw them back over the side for other fish to eat because we have reached our quota, I think you are talking utter nonesense. The original topic was about the ridicolous situation of throwing perfectly good fish over the side, If you cant see the madness in that, how can anybody take your comments seriously.
Bosun