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Fishermans Friend


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Fishermans Friend

Seal paying a visit to Girvan Harbour (Scotland) on 19th May 2009.



    Well it appears that the Queens Governor of Canada has caused a bit of a stir on the sea front, courtesy of the Guardian On Line @ http://www.guardian....-hunting-eu-ban

    The Queen's representative in north America was visiting an Inuit community in Nunavut, in the Arctic, when a couple of dead seals were laid out before her in ­symbolic defiance of a looming EU ban on seal products. With an ulu blade, a traditional knife, she bent over one of the freshly killed seals and cut along its body. After firmly slicing through the flesh and pulling back the skin, she turned to the woman beside her and asked for a taste. "Could I try the heart?" she said.

    A chunk of the organ was duly cut out and handed to Jean, who took a few bites, chewed on it and pronounced it good.

    "It's like sushi," she said, according to the Canadian Press news agency. "And it's very rich in protein."

    As she wiped the blood from her mouth and fingers, she said she had done it in solidarity with the Inuit, including those in the community she was visiting, at Rankin Inlet, which is home to 2,300 people. They claim their way of life is threatened by the EU ban on seal products.


    Regards

    Steve E.

    puddlejumper
    May 27 2009 08:04 PM
    Just had FRS out doing camera work on the grid camera went wonky then a seal came into view on its way to the codend turned in the codend and used its flipper to crawl back up the pipe !!! the camera man had never seen a seal as far down the pipe in all his time at sea !!

    Adoration II
    May 27 2009 08:26 PM
    u shoulda gave her the handle old fla was going round on gear while ago 1 went in second net when they were emptyin 1st couldnt get back out so they took second 1 up pulled string and it chased the 3 off them into wheelhouse snarling like a dog it waited on boat 15m before jumpin over side
    the nimrod had one like that at the seine net it was on boat a couple ov hours chaseing them about like a rotweiler

    Adoration II
    May 27 2009 08:38 PM
    haha but there lovely creatures :whistle: :whistle: :whistle: :whistle:
    THATS NOT WOD DAVID SAID WEN IT WAS SNARLLING AT THE W/HOOSE WINDOWS WEN IT WAS ON THE SHELTER B4 IT GOT ONTO THE DECK

    Adoration II
    May 27 2009 08:58 PM
    i bet he never bud a tommy gun and a few boxes o fish would be fun  :crazy2: :D :D :D :fool: :D :D
    that seal is always in girvan harbour has been for years......

    Adoration II
    May 27 2009 09:27 PM
    buy robbi a gun  :whistle: :whistle: :whistle: :whistle:
    stop polish immigration and start eskimo immigration must have own kayak and harpoon free berthing in any harbour