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Fishing for whitebait using a fixed engine net at Sunderland Point

By Tessa Bunney 2019

Fishing for whitebait using a fixed engine net at Sunderland Point, Lancashire, March 2019. Margaret and Trevor Owen set nets to catch sprats and whitebait and supply them to Blackpool Zoo for feeding the animals including sea lions, penguins and flamingoes.

From the series Going to the Sand - inshore fishing around Morecambe Bay.

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Sally Bunce, environmentalist on board 'Sarah Beth'

Larkspur 'Snow Cloud', Picked at Dawn

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