Image Above: Sea Bass Caught With a Gill Net on a Welsh Beach.
The net stretched out from its anchor point at the seaward
end of the jetty into shallows at the bottom of the tide. I wondered if it was
sea trout they were after or bass. The net’s owner was up to his waste in water
lifting the line and floats as he moved towards the ball that marked the end of
its reach. When I brought my gaze down
to the sand I found almost at my feet four sea bass lying stiffly in the weak
sunlight. I took some photographs and moved on.
I don’t know whether gill netting sea bass is wrong. I know I
ate fish and chips for lunch and the fish tasted like cod but I didn’t ask the
question so I couldn't say where it came from or if it was as endangered as the
few cod who now make it into British waters are.
Image Below: The Net
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