We are surrounded by sea so why is fish so expensive?

knspol

MawsRosie

Originating from Hull and being very well aware of the dangers trawlermen face every day I actually thought MawsRosies post was quite patronising not yours Romilo

What part of my post did you find patronising?
It was intended as a factual response to OP’s question as well as the suggestion upthread that more fatalities occur in agriculture than in fishing - which without hard statistical evidence, I would seriously question . My quote from Lady Nairn’s poem and the song were intended to show it was ever thus.

MawsRosie. In answer to your question, I found the whole of your first post patronising.

Me too.

Ooh! Pile-on?

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To return to the original - is shellfish expensive as well ? Oysters are now very expensive here and now that Japan and many Asian countries have decided they want our crayfish ( like lobster) the cost is beyond what any locals can afford. Abalone is another one,though most Aussies probably wouldn’t eat that so much. Supply and demand that disadvantages the locals.

OK @*Enid 101*, what do you think are the reasons for the price of fish?
Bearing on Monday OP isn't keen.on supermarket (frozen?) fish which like meat usually comes cheaper than that at a fishmonger or butcher?

Predictive text oops- "bearing in mind" was what I meant to write.

I wasn’t going to join in this thread, but now, the way it is developing, I feel I must. My son is a trawlerman and has been featured on the BBC programme. Deep sea trawling is everything that Maws Rosie describes and more besides. Now, in addition to the constant danger and lack of sleep for two-week stints, as well as horrendous sea conditions particularly in winter, is added the price of fuel which makes for little or no profit at the end of a long trip. Short trips are no longer worth doing. Whenever I know that he is at sea, the worry is always there in the back of my mind. He suffered a very bad head injury a few years ago when shifting seas threw several full boxes of fish on top of him in the hold. I grew up in a mining family and it is the only other way to make a living that I would describe as being akin to trawler fishing as far as the ever-present danger is concerned.

Sadly a lot of us are aware of the dangers Moth62 but tend to forget at the shopping trolley. A very tough way for your son and others to try and make a living, I’ll make more of an effort to think of them and not mutter as I pay a couple of quid extra.

All respect to your son, Moth62 we do take so much of our food production for granted but the dangers to our fishing fleets make for sobering reading.
It’s not just the Navy who come to mind when we sing
«Oh hear us when we cry to thee
For those in peril on the sea»

Nobody has to buy fish. It’s not essential.

It is not essential but some of us like eating it and it's good for us.
If no-one ate fish there would be a lot of job losses.
There already have been many job losses over the years, not just of those who fish but all the people who relied on the fishing industry for their livelihood too. A member of our family had to re-think his career when the fishing industry declined in the 1980s/90s.

We used to sing that hymn a lot at school and church when I was growing up in London. I’ve never heard them sing it here, not once. It is a beautiful hymn.

nanna8

We used to sing that hymn a lot at school and church when I was growing up in London. I’ve never heard them sing it here, not once. It is a beautiful hymn.

We sang it at my Dad's funeral.

Fish is very expensive here as well. What used to be a cheap dinner is a luxury now for most.

We are lucky that we live by the ocean, have a friend with a boat who invites hubby out to fish. Our son also knows a fisherman who will sell whole salmon to us for about $20 per fish (unprocessed).
That’s about 20GBP per. And the tend to run about 4-5 lbs each.

So we stock up the freezer when we get the chance, and eat fish once or twice a week.

Oops, 10 GBP per fish