It would be helpful if we could get more of a feel for the ways in which fishing marker incidents balance up overseas against UK waters.

For example, hardly overseas but I remember being very impressed in Braye Harbour Alderney quite a few years back when a local fisherman explained that, although he used polyprop it was weighted by lead and its spare length did not float on the surface at low water. Think the view expressed was that CI fishermen had self interest in minimising the risk as the potential for a snag causing a pretty ugly incident was that much greater again.