TRAWLING BLACK DEEP - Fishing for skate in the Thames estuary with Tim Cook

A day out on the Thames Estuary fishing for Skate with Tim Cook, Skipper of the Nicola Dawn, from
West Mersea, Mersea Island Essex UK

[@jaygee1976]

i wonder what percent of the fish he kicks back in are dead?

[@kaosinc]

Sharks will eat them. More people care about sharks than fish stock depletion

[@johnratcliffe6438]

@@kaosinc No they don't. Ban all commercial fishing.

[@owlstillidie4983]

Just a way of life just same as cattle some go and new born and sane as us nothing wrong with fishing in moderation and then let the stocks renew .And I'm not a fisherman nor am I after an argument. Just my opinion

[@User-tv3qd]

Not many actaully maybe 5% as they are usually back in the water within 10 mind

[@rexnex277]

You know there isnt much fish left when you are fishing for skate.

[@markbass9402]

Yuk!

[@therickpound]

Thanks to dredging, wind & tide turbines....& the French..

[@martincox7354]

I love eating skate. That and Huss. All goes back to childhood

[@claytonvlogs9411]

Dredging is de best

[@therickpound]

@@claytonvlogs9411 le meilleur

[@geoffdrew5207]

Coming from Australia it saddens me to see such a poor fishery.

[@scottessery100]

thats due to massive over fishing ove rthe last 5 years and the promise of brexit stopping supertrawlers wont now happen

[@geoffdrew5207]

@@scottessery100 Yes Scott, no fishery will survive without proper management. Without a sustainable breeding population no species has a chance at survival.

[@lfcblood7054]

Agreed Geoff This type of fishing should be illegal The dead species left on the trawler before being throw off as now bait Horrible

[@davemitchell6281]

China is coming for you. sink them.

[@geoffdrew5207]

@@davemitchell6281 Are you American Dave? China is not a military threat but they are an economic threat, no country can compete with them now with manufacturing. They are making their money through manufacturing and buying infrastructure around the world. Governments need to put a stop to it with legislation, not missiles.

[@phrayzar]

It's hard to believe that it's even possible to operate a trawler solo. Hats off to him. Great video.

[@thecarpetman7687]

I’d say he isn’t the most generous of people!

[@benhollanders7911]

Dangerous too, nobody's on watch, small injuries could be fatal

[@insertpienow]

he would keep going until the last dogfish..

[@brandontwohawks]

Great little documentary! A lot in there, and you didn't have to say a thing, just record. Nicely done.

[@Alexander711]

And this is all thats left of our waters. Starfish and dogfish.

[@everythingabouteverything4468]

fantastic little documentary, well done

[@cheffrey9016]

I love fishing. But all this bycatch sitting on deck dying with little sense of urgency to get it back in upsets me

[@cyclingdave45]

Just spoke to Tim who says around 80 percent of the bycatch should survive

[@jonoob83]

In France they have a witness on board students learning not just in France but fishing needs to evolve and the fact that man doesn't know how much he be payed or can't hire a young one listen we need to sit down cite what's wrong and act as if we will make a difference and we will.

[@williamstevens9494]

@@jonoob83 in France,the french go into english waters ,take all the fish,catch species that the british havent got the right to keep

[@jonoob83]

Same same and Spanish before them hai its not what I'm saying.. I said to have a witness on board constructive helpful and collect data share tag that 80-90% grab certain species but not for the money for care understandings biology science education how and what's wrong with this see-saw of laws suiting only very few!! We need to grow evolution witnesses shitshai! 👌 and just when our men got money or could afford the boats they had restrictions from certain

[@lilygrahamcakes4199]

Those baby Fluke are Dead on the Deck !

[@scorporsupremacy7948]

If starfishes were in high demand,he would have made off like a bandit 🤔

[@jordanthorne1805]

Could get a lot more if he was targeting them

[@scorporsupremacy7948]

@@jordanthorne1805 So true.

[@jamescullen2448]

Send them to Japan

[@tuatua9029]

This video shows why we don't need the French and Spanish in our waters!

[@scrounger-h8i]

with a haul like that i don't think they would be bothered...

[@gertvanderhorst2890]

@Neil Foster what an excellent occasion to have the fishing grounds recuperate from overfishing whilst people can get used to higher prices. In five years there will be more British boats, provided there are still welders in the UK. Oh yes and ban the bigger trawlers, no matter foreign or domestic.

[@badger2ukmada831]

Hard worker, what can I say, great man I will love to helping for one day or so, but I never was on a fishing boat... Anyway Respect for this man👏👏👏

[@lisab3396]

Tim, would you like a helping deck hand free of charge? Well free of wages but all the fish I can eat. I aint as young as I'd like, but with practice, I could be good at Skating.

[@spencermarchant9098]

I fucking would, you any experience?

[@mattwade6936]

awwright Timmy me ole mate, great film and great to see Mersea Island and the coast again, don't remember all those windymills tho! Hollywood will be calling next! Best regards, Maff

[@Markjt01]

dredging needs to be banned

[@starofdavid9919]

True, it has destroyed the firth of Clyde.

[@danieloneill3398]

I know its your livelihood but by the looks of things the only left in the sea is star fish

[@thespiritof76.]

@Daniel ONeill Or his teeth.

[@owlstillidie4983]

He says he don't go out far these days cause of his age .most cod haddock pollack and big fish are in deep seas and off wrecks thats why all rays and soles

[@steve.s6741]

Need to crack on with the sorting mate. Lots of waste 🙄

[@thang.7752]

He’s Done well over the years, he’s a good fisherman

[@cheffrey9016]

Ya he may of done well but all those doggies dying on board not to mention sole

[@Drift-fpv]

@@cheffrey9016 most of that would have been dead when it came up

[@27murano]

It is a shame to see all of the bycatch thrown back last after they are dead or almost dead.

[@scottessery100]

why isnt there any fish ... its all dead and wasted

[@kf8575]

@@scottessery100 why isnt there more fish?? Because trawlers like this, along with other commercial fishing methods have absolutely destroyed the marine habitat. Every one of them that sinks at sea is a bonus 👍

[@scottessery100]

@@kf8575 you are right ..sadly.. rip up the enviroment there is no ecosystem and chucking dead baby fish back wont help

[@PegasusBridge1]

Enjoyed that, very well filmed / edited indeed 👏🏻

[@BB-tm7gx]

What bugs me is I love fish but can't afford it in UK but when i go to france which is quite often for work, the fish is so much cheaper and i can bring it home, how is that possible?,

[@alasdairdouglas7485]

France and Spain keep everything, but we are under quotas and have to throw good fish away.

[@kevdimo6459]

@@alasdairdouglas7485 i thought the Quotas came from the EU?

[@anthonyexmouth]

Because most of the fish caught in British waters are species that aren't popular in Britain so get exported and the fish Brits do like have to be imported.

[@spencermarchant9098]

We sell all our fish to France and Spain, hmu and I’ll give you good prices (I’m a fisherman myself) on any skat, place, bass, dover sole, Lemmon sole the lot!

[@calvincrane]

@Paul Cox People won't say why they voted REALLY for brexit. Because they get vilified.

[@Blagger3000]

An excellent peek into the daily life of an experienced boat fisherman. Thanks, it was great. Those skate looked so good, I’d like a couple for my freezer as I love them slow baked in plenty of butter!

[@w240p]

What was the totals for the haul? Kilos and how much did he get out of it? £ wise

[@antoninoalioto9882]

That was awesome! I totally appreciate watching a gent like Tim fish...I come from a long line of Sicilian Commercial Fishermen My father and I still fish off my great grandfather’s 1928 Monterey Clipper F/V Golden Gate, Fishermen’s Wharf, Pier 45, San Francisco 💪🏻

[@cyclingdave45]

Hi Antonio many thanks for your comments! I’m sure you would be interested to see my TONNARA video on the same KZbin channel filmed in Sicily back in 2000 regards David

[@CW-Design]

A brilliant and real look at fishing - thank you

[@serverlan763]

Excellent video, Now that's a real man, working for a living. To all the keyboard eco-warriors out there whinging about bi catch etc. If you buy and eat fish from the supermarket you have no argument.

[@nearestyoutube]

Interesting documentary. I'm a food inspector and inspected a trawler recently and he said the same things

[@dryflyman7121]

Thanks for a very professional film on a very interesting topic. Two observations : firstly, as Tim intimated, in the next 15 years this will probably be no more as young people are just not interested in this type of hard work anymore. Secondly, trawling in the Thames estuary all day and not another ship of any description seen? I find that strange.

[@duncanhopkinson4691]

Young people are just more conscious about the negative impact that this type of fishing has on the ocean.

[@torstivuorma2905]

..so amazing fishing works.. ..and professional filmed vid.. …greetings from Finland, at Half pro photographer.. 👍🇫🇮

[@davebayliss3142]

All trawler , big net , fishing should be stopped forever

[@bcampbell1826]

Horrible sight isn't it? We call them draggers on Long Island , New York State. The bycatch is what they don't want and it gets shoveled off the side like piles of garbage. They wonder why the oceans are collapsing.

[@Ak-710.]

Big net gtfoh 🤣 that is a small net that won’t even hold a ton of fish ive been on a boat that pulls up 150 ton bags of fish lol but I prefer lonlne fishing way better for the ocean floor and no waste compared to a dragger

[@spencermarchant9098]

@@bcampbell1826 that’s called selective fishing which is actually not allowed.

[@magonbreen2551]

This guy is messing up the small sealife

[@anonymousmc7727]

Stay away from Asian you be disappointed

[@edwarddesoignie1396]

It’s called, over fishing. Get a clue.

[@puprilla]

😆 its called dinner. Get a clue

[@mickn2748]

Yeh righto Woke Wanker. Get a clue.

[@andreinarangel6227]

Go fish in your waters and let the Brits do as they please in theirs. Get a clue.

[@edwarddesoignie1396]

@@andreinarangel6227 Settle down, you sound on edge.

[@keithgribble8143]

a great insight into your world of fishing bud i gave up 15 years ago after 25 years, dont miss it to be honest, hard life fishing most days weather permitting, used to tow a lot longer though, im sure you have your reasons,,thanks for sharing bud

[@benjamin112]

Are any of the starfish, dogfish, small fish etc etc that are put, or scraped back into the ocean still alive? dont look it

[@tomarthur1702]

great film showing a bit of life rarely seen. Thank you

[@martinnash9900]

This is disgusting raping the sea floor

[@dennismoore9147]

not raping ocean bottom

[@dissyduster]

What a Great Man ,Trying to earn a living,Respect to you mate,,,Great vid,Thank you,,

[@insertpienow]

he knocked up pot-bait with a 40 minuet tow......they have wrecked it......and listen to his BS.....

[@dunruden9720]

I didn't see any minuets. Pretty fancy dance, the minuet. I'd expect a hornpipe or two at best!

[@shinergt750]

When we fish for Ray/Skate we never throw the guts out on the trawling grounds. Keep them om board till we are out of the area.Old fishermen always reckoned would frighten the Ray off the ground. :)

[@bourbonfan1]

works on sharks smell their own die, they vanish

[@kaosinc]

How can he see the fish through all that plastic pollution? Isn't that what everyone and every kid is miserable about because we are told that the seas are highly polluted by plastic? Sure teach people to put their rubbish in the bin and use less plastic but why exaggerate the problem to scare kids and stupid adults!

[@andrewfrost8422]

Good video. Nice to see trawlers trawling without smashing the sea bed to a desert like beam trawlers do.

[@g.h.1726]

looks like soon, the only thing that will be left on the menu is starfish

[@andrewwoodcock1194]

What a legend!! Excellant stuff!!

[@dennisnolan2544]

TOO MUCH WASTE OF UNUSED FISHES. THIER METHOD OF FISHING IS SOMEWHAT CRUDE. THEY TO HAVE A SYSTEM THAT FILTERS OUT UNWANTED FISH. JUST LIKE THE BIG GUYS DO! THEY DON’T SEEM TO. HAVE A CONCERN ABOUT WHAT THEY DON’T WANT!

[@winwinnorris9490]

Wtf? You eat the stingray but export the sole! Wow just wow.

[@Vanman-ed9og]

Great film

[@leonleon4055]

I adore the English people they are friendly and simple ❤🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿❤

[@calvincrane]

Thanks- I think.

[@e30325ikiller]

same stuff the fish locker always brings onboard

[@oldwiseoul]

This guy knows what he does.

[@bobbib5779]

look at his mouth . yoooooooooooooooo wtf who took me out of the water 04:04

[@WYNMOS]

Nice film but it's heartbreaking to see all the small fish that get chucked back dead. A good reminder of why not to buy commercially caught fish.

[@outoftownr3906]

Ever catch any chocolate starfish boy ? 🤣🤣

[@Big-Show1]

I'd love to be a small time coastal fishermen and live a life on the sea. One problem: BUREAUCRACY. Most of the rules, regulations and costs are set up to favour corporate fleets as it's easier to manage a few companies than 100's of small operators. It's sad. Here in Australia, an ISLAND nation we import 75% of our seafood!! If you were to start up a small operation today, you wouldn't get much change from half a million to a million dollars depending on the fishery. Forget about tuna or rock lobster 🦞. You'd need six to ten million.

[@G1806]

Great video I used to work on a boat called “ The Boy Gordon” on Aberdeen inshore fishing went out 12 or so miles heading east and as far south as Stonehaven and up North as far as Peterhead ,got on board at 6 and worked till well when we got done and I only ever worked her and the skipper was legit and the pay was fair enough. Good times on that wee boat 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🫡

[@prabeshkarki426]

if it was not for our taste seeking tongue we would have far better environment. Its painful to watch so many lives ending due to our selfish nature.

[@andrewgoodall2183]

Are you talking about the fish or the fishermen?

[@bandk2000]

Loved the video but the irony of what is happening! The fishermen want Brexit, "to take back our fishing grounds" Yet as mentioned in the video, 70 to 80% of the catches are sold to Europe as the UK doesn't really eat a lot of fish! It's an industry that has died in the UK, just a few old boys like this chap who keep it going, give it 20 years and it won't be there any longer.

[@craigvogel2935]

I feel for fishermen but watching him kick all those small did fish and other wildlife over board makes it hard to have sympathy for the trade

[@andrewnewby1918]

Great video, thanks. Most enjoyable 👍

[@jitse6005]

you can say what u wand but this is bether then mega houlers

[@rokerlad49]

Seems a nice guy my only concirn is whatevers on bottom gets swept up and whennit goes back its dead most time but thats trawlling we cant do without them and this guys living. The real big trawllers take tons he takes nowhere near ..iam an angler river salmon and sea comps ect up north in 20 years the seas will be dead if we arnt carefull nothing to do with this lad hes a propppppaaaaa fisherman takes what he needs i think ..

[@alasdairdouglas7485]

Hi we used to catch Ray out of Belfast Harbour, a little forty footer great time and money we made. Ray the size of two boxes .the boat was also adapted for three a side for scallops in portaferry, Stratford lough.the size of dinner plates, but not anymore. Only me ALASDAIR And the skipper, not going to say his name, good fishing had by all. I would live in a boat and fish all my life given the chance

[@200sxboi]

I’ve worked out there on and off for years and I swear I’ve been on that boat as a kid, I’m from Faversham too where she was built, some of the best things we trolled up were World War II parachute minds the size is a 40 gallon drums the military used to come and meet us and blow them up at sea. Great memories 👍🏾

[@Mc-os7we]

Great film ye boy

[@everettburt5917]

Hats off for m were this guy from love to talk to m n.l

[@benjamin112]

regardless, massive respect to that fisherman,

[@BoxTunnel]

How many of those starfish, or "rubbish" survived being scraped back in to the water?

[@rheffner3]

The boat looks like shit. What happened to ship shape?

[@rustykilt]

A picture of fishing as it becomes increasingly unsustainable.

[@surfinmuso37]

Soon the English will value the dwindling seafood supply a lot more highly, as we all will.

[@chepachii]

Who the hell eats those dogfish?

[@pedrophillipes8974]

Rock and chips bruv, lovely!!

[@jonathanvelasco9981]

Fish and chips = Shark

[@spencermarchant9098]

That’s why they are worth piss all

[@anonymousmc7727]

Catfish

[@dunruden9720]

@@anonymousmc7727 shark

[@michaelcorder8561]

Good vlog very interesting.

[@michaelsadventures4261]

Thumbs up form somewhere close to Fort Knox.

[@yorkshireoutdoors4887]

The yanks and the scots will be disgusted watching how he treats that bycatch, needs to pull his finger out and get his catch sorted if he wants a job in 10 years.

[@fishbowl925]

Do all of those little flounder die?

[@cyclingdave45]

Tim says around 80 percent of the bycatch will survive

[@stephenm8133]

@@cyclingdave45 Rubbish. He has no way of knowing. There was no gill movement. They were out of the water a long time - too long. Guy is a fool - wonders why there are so few alternative quarries. Longlining is at least a little less destructive.

[@chepachii]

@@stephenm8133 I agree,we know a bloke has to make a crust but this mentality is from the old times.Touchy subject as it's all he knows but in reality this is environmental rape.

[@kharnifex]

The scale the Chinese now do this is amazing, and there's no such thing as bycatch, it's all taken.

[@thespiritof76.]

@@kharnifex Maybe that's how they started Covid. By eating things they ought not.

[@1cheshire]

It's sad when you think when this guy is gone so is all his knowledge if the family courts carry on screwing me so I can't see my kids I might as well work away or at sea.

[@AvaliOnZone]

Fishing like this in unsustainable, just look at the amount of bycatch. No wonder there is nothing left in those water, every organism plays a role in the food chain and you should only be fishing by selective targeting. You are just digging your own grave by fishing like this. 20% of every bycatch here dies? that's so much damage to the ecosystem.

[@dennismoore9147]

everything eats

[@fredjohansen2354]

Why the hell do they fish for rays

[@Johnx961]

Anyone got a recipe for starfish, good vid mate.

[@annabeltheunicorn9374]

They are excellent plant food and in Victorian times were were caught commercially back then

[@CarlosGarcia-me7ym]

Matan todo,con razón la pesca es tan mala destrucción de ecosistemas y éso no es pesca sostenible. Dios los ayude,saludos desde costa Rica c.a.

[@ianwagner4186]

Guy needs to build a cleaning station he is killing his back being bent over dressing fish looks really unprofessional

[@marcus123841]

Such s nice gentleman

[@srd001200]

I thought that should be apple's Tim cook!!!😁😁😁😁😁

[@kevintillotson4181]

Puts in a long day

[@therickpound]

Ironically we don’t even eat what they catch, tragically we depleting our own waters for EU tables

[@selwynellison8504]

It's a hard job by yourself and probably only a days wage after expenses.

[@shortfuse8570]

why skate, i constantly catch them off the east coast beach. and always get tossed back

[@f1pitpass]

very enjoyable insight docu'

[@dalegowler6436]

Thornback rays

[@jonnywellock]

Get 1000 decent fish and let the rest die and put them back ffs

[@JohnBreeds]

Any jobs going

[@lesdunn736]

Good to see you fishing again. Each time I view its good. Thanks

[@nicowilson1]

Shocking just to eat the wings so glad in Scotland sharks skate and rays are protected from this

[@cyclingdave45]

Not much else to eat from a skate only the cheeks - rest of the body is cartilage and the skin is inedible as it is poisonous and barbed

[@CurtF94]

40 minutes for just that

[@Biffo1262]

Crikey that boat good with a bit of TLC.

[@owlstillidie4983]

More films Tim great to sea a day out watching you fish

[@calvincrane]

Thanks for the film. I found it very interesting. I think there are some very sad aspects but we really need to see where fish come from and how. And this is of course just one way. Humans don't do sustainability but it's harsh to blame fishermen who have just had to adapt to the next thing. I think we could actually pay off the fishermen if there was a better way to stop emptying the ocean. I mean we pay for many people who do absolutely nothing. This has more virtue than that. We need to start farming more seafood.

[@GP30277]

Farming seafood is not the solution and is probably worse thing you can do, it can destroy ecosystems therefore killing off further species. Please look up Norwegian farmed salmon and how toxic they are and how they are impacting their local ecosystem. Farming is not sustainable either, soils get depleted just as the oceans do, we need to give the ocean a break...

[@rjk69]

@@GP30277 I think all forms of net caught fish should be seriously looked at, the bycatch is truly dreadful. Line caught is much less harmful as is shellfish farming.

[@digidanshow]

Hmmm... looks like he needs to figure out how to market starfish

[@QuranDaily558]

can be used for as chicken feed

[@indiana146]

Is tim still around

[@cyclingdave45]

Yes he’s still out fishing when the weather is good

[@robertwalsh3383]

Thumbs up from me.....gr8 little video

[@faroukguelai1081]

It takes 2 people on board, is it getting sick, or something else. I am with a full crew of 6. Il faut 2 personnes a bord, est s'il tomber malade, ou autre chose. Moi je suis avec un équipage de 6 personnes au complet

[@greglaman9548]

To me thatd be the most beautiful job

[@alicemarylow7151]

This is not sustainable.