Thursday, 19 March 2020

Viral Effect on Fishing?

The covid-19 outbreak appears to have had a profound effect on the UK fishing industry, as normally 70% of their catch goes to Asia and other European countries, where markets have collapsed (https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/mar/18/coronavirus-severe-shock-to-uk-fishing-as-markets-dry-up). Bizarrely, most of the seafood we eat in the UK is currently imported. Slight benefits include a) that there might be a much-needed recovery of some stocks of marine life and b) we might get some fishy bargains.

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Birder's Bonus 241

Noted a Curlew ( Numenius arquata ) on the Loughor estuary at Bynea.