Having recently moved to New Zealand, I have been graced with all new sorts of Fish Species, which we regularly catch.
I would like to give a little information behind the New Zealand Fishing Industry:
In NZ, they go mental for a fish called a "Snapper", it's almost like Mackerel 'was' in England.. There's so many of them, and the people love catching them.
They do however, have very strict limits of 30cm, and you're only allowed to take 6 a day (which is about to get lowered to 3).
A lot of the fish and shell fish in NZ have certain limits on them, and the fisheries are very strict with enforcing them.
If you go out for a day on your boat, bring in 20 snapper at 10cm, they'll simply take your boat, car, fishing rods, and any other personal possessions you have on you, and destroy them.
In the UK, as far as I am aware, nothing like this is in place at current? My Dad explained to me, that in Ireland, there's something similar, where the limits are strict, but in England I am unsure?
Even with the strict fishing regulations that apply in NZ, the stocks have still greatly decreased over the years,
but in the UK, I think that something needs to be done, I regularly went spearfishing along the south coast of Cornwall, only to rarely see any form of fish.
Does anyone know why the authorities are so slack with protecting the fish in the sea around England?