Morning,

very interesting ~ 5 tonnes is a lot of Ray's bream

s'one brought me a discarded Brama brama on 26th August (TL 458mm FL 380mm) ~
found on the beach at St Brelade's Bay (S Coast of Jersey, CI) earlier that day
~ it was recognised straight away as something unusual by a spearfisherman who
went to see what gulls were pecking over as he walked up the beach, also dumped
were a number of winged ray frames, so I think it's fair to say the fish was
probably net caught from a small boat not too far away

wasn't in condition good enough to warrant a photograph, but was fresh & without
doubt a Ray's bream ~ the first one I am aware of in Jersey & possibly the
Channel Islands?

what next in 2007?

cheers

Andrew

PS Doug, from what I saw of the one here, your Aplysia looks like a slightly
smaller fasciata to me, but I could well be wrong having only seen the one! Will
send pic & details of our record under separate cover.








----- Original Message -----
From: quigleydeclan
To: Glaucus@...
Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2007 9:30 AM
Subject: [Glaucus] Re: Ray's Bream - Alert


Good Morning Doug,

Ray's Bream appear to have been relatively common off the west coast
of Ireland this year. They are frequently taken by Spanish registered
long-liners while targeting Hake. Almost 5 tonne were taken off the
NW coast and landed into Killybegs last Thursday by one single vessel.

Best Regards,

Declan

--- In Glaucus@..., "Douglas Herdson"
<douglas.herdson@...> wrote:
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> Hi there
>
> In the last two or three weeks three Ray's Bream Brama
brama
> have been caught in the Moray Firth and one was found dead on the
beach
> near Aberdeen on Sunday. As this species has invasion years when
ten or
> hundreds turn up in the North Sea, it is worth keeping an eye out
for
> these. I should be grateful for all reports however tentative.
>
> Regards, Doug
>
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