The Swan Trust is offering a literary evening aboard the Swan on 23 September, featuring readings from John Goodlad’s new book and traditional music from Swan skipper and renowned fiddler Maggie Adamson. Whilst berthed alongside in Lerwick harbour, guests will…
Research reveals breakdown in relations between fishermen and regulators Max Dixon. Masters student Max Dixon featured earlier this year in the pages of FN (Fishing News, 21 July, ‘Do you trust the institutions that govern UK fisheries?’), when he asked…
A new bench commissioned by the Pittenweem Fishermen’s Memorial Association (PFMA) has been installed alongside the village’s memorial to lost fishermen, reports Paul Scott. Designed by Alan Herriot, who also created the memorial, the bench has been crafted from seasoned…
The annual exhibition of the Royal Society of Marine Artists (RSMA), which is being held in the prestigious Mall Gallery, on the Mall in central London, opens next Tuesday, 20 September. Alistair Butt’s ‘Unloading Crab and Lobster at Cadgwith’. The…
Shellfish interests in England and Wales are watching with interest the voluntary pot limitation schemes in the Western Isles and the Clyde, reports Tim Oliver. Barrie Deas: “We’re looking at the same issues, but maybe through the different end of…
Seafish fleet survey researcher Euan Newgreen reports on his experience of the UK fishing community and the struggles it faces in overturning public opinion about the seafood industry As a recent graduate with an interest in the fishing industry, I…
The Scottish Oyster Shucking Championships have made a successful return following a two-year Covid-enforced break, reports Paul Scott. Competition judge David Jarrad, chief executive of the Shellfish Association of Great Britain, with Alexander Wallace, this year’s shucking champion. The competition…
The Scottish Creel Fishermen’s Federation (SCFF) gave a broad welcome to the principle behind the proposals aired by the Clyde Fishermen’s Association within the West Coast RIFG, whilst also questioning the overall benefits of a creel cap on individual vessels…
A cross-party group of MPs and MSPs wrote to new prime minister Liz Truss immediately upon her appointment last week to press the case for a joint bid by Aberdeen and Peterhead as the site of one of two expected…
One of the last remaining Brixham sailing trawlers has secured its immediate future following the awarding of a £820,000 grant, reports Paul Scott Built in 1926, Vigilance BM 76 was awarded the grant by the Cultural Assets Fund (CAF), which…
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