| Shellfish is a sustainable fishery and the trawlermen saw that, called it a day and are reaping the rewards. |
| As the storm dies down, the trawlermen, all self-restraint washed away by physical exhaustion, crowd into the galley and reveal their deepest fears to the writer. |
| Over the last 18 years trawlermen have been told to cut catches and limit days at sea, as efforts to conserve stocks have become more desperate. |
| With the 18 trawlermen and four crew on board, the Sea King was at maximum carrying capacity. |
| The Government compensation is for trawlermen hit by the Cod Wars in the 1970s when the industry collapsed because the British fleet was barred from Icelandic waters. |
| They scratched a living from shrimp and whelk, operating one or two lobster pots and surviving on what the trawlermen chucked back into the waters. |
