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Empty nets again for British trawlers
PETER FROST pops down to his local chippy but finds more than his usual cod 'n chips are on the menu

I LOVE fish. I eat far more fish than red meat. My idea of the perfect meal is to eat a fish supper in sight of the actual boats that caught the fish. It could be deep sea cod, inshore shellfish, or local herring – what used to be called silver darlings.

It could be in Hastings on the tables outside a nice restaurant directly opposite the beach where they still winch up the inshore fishing vessels. Only drawback here is the bloody thieving seagulls.

It could be in Aldeburgh eating scallops the divers caught that morning from the boats tied up here. Fresh whelks, cockles and even winkles are caught and sold all along the north Norfolk coast.

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