Therelentless gales hitting the United Kingdom since Christmas have kept many boats in harbor for weeks,especially small boats, but those that have managed to land fish have made goodmoney.

Oneof the hardest hit regions has been Cornwall, where only the bigger wreck netters have been able to make any money this year,landing mainly into France.

The continual bad weather has made it all butimpossible for most of the beamers, trawlers and under-10 boats to get to seafor more than a day or two, if at all.

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