If there is any truth that even a few French are deliberately dumping nets overboard then the French should be caught and made to answer.

It is rumoured French fishermen get paid by central government for lost nets at sea which may encourage some to dump old nets overboard and claim for a new one.

Is there a way under the freedom of information act to access the names of the boats who have claimed for a new net, the date the net was lost and then cross reference it to the declared catch of that boat.
If the net was really lost by accident then the boat should not have landed the full quota !

If there is a regular incidence of boats landing with full quotas and loosing their nets on the same day then the rumours need further investigation.

Why cant nets be made out of sisal as they used to be so any lost rot away after a few years ?

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