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Lee Fish contracts around 30 independent fishers, but only six of them fish out of Leigh. Almost all use longlines rather than nets, and fish are killed with the ikejime method as they’re hauled on board.
“No trawlers work for Lee, I won’t have them,” says Bishop. “I don’t believe in dragging the bottom of the sea. It’s too destructive.”
Shot on assignment for New Zealand Geographic Issue 160 November - December 2019.
Read the full story: https://www.nzgeo.com/stories/the-price-of-fish/?
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THE PRICE OF FISH
Lee Fish contracts around 30 independent fishers, but only six of them fish out of Leigh. Almost all use longlines rather than nets, and fish are killed with the ikejime method as they’re hauled on board.<br /> “No trawlers work for Lee, I won’t have them,” says Bishop. “I don’t believe in dragging the bottom of the sea. It’s too destructive.”<br /> Shot on assignment for New Zealand Geographic Issue 160 November - December 2019.<br /> Read the full story: https://www.nzgeo.com/stories/the-price-of-fish/?