5/27/2023 0 Comments The Auguste by Keith Blackburn![]() Keith Blackburn has been fishing since the age of 14 when he left school and would spend every day catching mackerel off Babbacombe Pier. But one fisherman says lockdown has been the making of him. It was a tough time for almost everyone involved. The price of fish went through the floor and for rod and line fishermen in Torbay at the time, it was no longer worth landing at Brixham market for a virtually non existent return. ![]() There were no restaurants, no pubs and no fishmongers to sell to - and there were no countries to export to either. ![]() When Covid shut down most of Europe in March 2020, the UK fishing industry virtually collapsed overnight. ![]()
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