RV Platessa the central basin. The RV "Platessa" (LT205) was in service with Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (United Kingdom) from April 1946 until June 1967, during which time she participated in more than 473 separate research campaigns. She was primarily confined to the southern North Sea, but with occasional forays into the Irish Sea and English Channel, especially in the 1960s. The RV "Platessa" (LT205) was overwhelmingly dedicated to research on North Sea herring and North Sea Plaice. This work included the tagging of more than 12,000 plaice during the 1950s, 7000 during the 1960s. In addition, large numbers of
Cooking on the Wild Side Cooking on the Wild Side Cooking on the Wild Side is a cooking show hosted by Phyllis Speer and John Philpot on the Arkansas Educational Television Network (AETN) and produced by the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission. The show was originally part of "Arkansas Outdoors," and featured many cooking segments from that series alongside new content. Phyllis Speer and John Philpot have co-hosted together for over 18 years, first on "Arkansas Outdoors" and then on "Cooking on the Wild Side." Speer is known for her work in education, and a member of the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission's Hall of