'We Have Been Hoodwinked' ; a Million Pound Hole Could Be Punched in Brixham's Vital Sole Catches Next Year If Fisheries Scientists and Government Advisors Have Their Say.

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A million pound hole could be punched in Brixham's vital sole catches next year if fisheries scientists and Government advisors have their say.

Fleet spokesman Capt Jim Portus, pictured right, is angry that changes in quota calculation methods have only just surfaced, less than 10 days before EU cutbacks for 2008 are finalised in Brussels.

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'We Have Been Hoodwinked' ; a Million Pound Hole Could Be Punched in Brixham's Vital Sole Catches Next Year If Fisheries Scientists and Government Advisors Have Their Say.

As chief executive of the South Western Fish Producer Organisation, he represents dozens of South Devon boat-owners, and will be pitching their case ri...

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