What a load of Scallops !

[Captain Kong]

Fleetwood is now a ghost town, once one of the Biggest fishing ports in Britain, europe closed it down
All the Trawlers had to be scrapped, not sold.
But outside Fleetwood, in Morecambe Bay and the Irish Sea are many French, Belgian and Spanish trawlers, taking what used to be British waters and fish,
It is taken to france and they sell it back to us, I see the lorries from Cherbourg arriving every week delivering fish from our waters.
The situation is totally Stupid.

[Keith at Tregenna]

I was told that oysters were an aphrodisiac.

Ordered a dozen at dinner in a French Auberge
at dinner before a night on the town.

Had to complain at breakfast, as only
11 WORKED.

K.

[j.sabourn]

Should have ordered the crushed rhino horn Keith. However if purchased originally in the Suez Canal area should decline as would probably] be crushed beetles . Andi in the absence of. Beetles crushed flies. Cheers JS

[happy daze john in oz]

Here in Oz no worries about fish and chips.
Unless you ask for a particular fish all you will get is Flake, better known as Gummy Shark

[Captain Kong]

In Sainsburys supermarket, ROSS Frozen fish, Cod etc, imported from CHINA.

[vic mcclymont]

That's nothing, prawn are caught in the Atlantic flown to China, processed, flown back to the UK, packaged and sold.
Vic

[j.sabourn]

I could never understand why there was so much trade in food between countries. Raw products yes, but processed food no. I was brought up in an Anglo/Scottish household and any cross border tiffs, always came across that Scotland was self supporting in food stocks. I would imagine that England wasn’t very far behind. Why can’t our own outlets supply the country ? Is it the fact that the population is now too large or is it just for profits.?
JWS

[Tony Taylor]

Here in Oz no worries about fish and chips.
Unless you ask for a particular fish all you will get is Flake, better known as Gummy Shark

AYE , you have t watch them mind, cant bite but can give u a nasty suck

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I could never understand why there was so much trade in food between countries. Raw products yes, but processed food no. I was brought up in an Anglo/Scottish household and any cross border tiffs, always came across that Scotland was self supporting in food stocks. I would imagine that England wasn’t very far behind. Why can’t our own outlets supply the country ? Is it the fact that the population is now too large or is it just for profits.?
JWS

Accountants again I am afraid, not so long since Youngs closed a factory in Dumfries that processed locally caught prawns, flew them to Thailand for processing instead, and then flew em back.

[Rodney Mills]

JWS.

"Currently Britain exports £18 billion on food and drink, but imports £38.5 billion for a net loss of £20 billion per annum. This does not include the importation of animal fodder and food."

"Britain was last self-sufficient in food in the first half of the 19th century. With the Empire and a commitment to free trade, Britain’s self-sufficiency had dropped to 40% by 1914 and dropped to nearer 30% in the 1930s." Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs - GOV.UK. Para 4 12 fig.1

"It will all get sorted out after Brexit when the scallops will move over to England." [Just kidding, no laughing emocon).

[Captain Kong]

I could not believe what happened today,
I was walking along the beach in Fleetwood and saw a man with fishing rod stood at the waters edge.
I asked him if he had caught any fish,

It turned out that he was a froggy Frenchman on hollday here,
I said Do not let any Fleetwood ex Trawler man see you or you will be joining the fish.

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