The following selection of photographs taken by David Linkie illustrate some of the action characteristic of the Moray Firth squid fishery.
Above: Squid swing aboard Ocean Trust.
Golden Sceptre and Ocean Reward IV towing as the harvest ripens in the fields onshore.
Taking the bag aboard Ocean Trust.
Benarkle II shooting away off Findochty.
Radiance towing west off Portknockie.
Defiance and Radiance prepare to shoot away.
Transcend towing off Portknockie.
Transcend hauling as Radiance tows past on the inside.
Transcend spreading the single trawl well.
Golden Sceptre heaves up off Logie Head after hitting heavy weed.
Taking the bag forward on Benarkle II.
The Shetland seiner/trawler towing west past Cullen.
Zenith towing.
Defiance preparing to shoot.
Transcend towing further offshore.
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