“We started the business in 2021. A lot of the Covid-19 restrictions were still in place – people didn’t like going to supermarkets and were shopping more locally,” Simon Baker, founder of Lyme Bay Seafood Company, told Fishing News. “I…
“This is my favourite ever museum. I’ve always loved this museum since from when I was growing up,” Stephen Roberts-Pratt, manager and ship-keeper at Hasting Fishermen’s Museum, told Fishing News. “I’m always here on my days off doing bits. It…
“You lean on the rail drinking a cup of coffee, watching the dolphins playing, and you think: ‘This is the stuff of dreams – most of the world will never get to see this,’” Clyde fisherman Ian Wightman told Fishing…
“There were a couple of days in the summer when we were short-staffed and were going in at 1.30am,” Darren Jenkins, fourth-generation fishmonger and owner of Jenkins & Son, told Fishing News. “That’s insane – but it’s my business, I…
Share a day in the life of the marketing and accounts manager of Killybegs-based family firm Shines Seafood, Ciara Shine. “My dad was a fisherman for around 25 years,” Ciara Shine, marketing and accounts manager of Shines Seafoods, told Fishing…
Share a day in the life of South Devon and Channel Shellfishermen’s executive officer I’m bombarded with paperwork, and sometimes it’s not a great deal of good news – particularly in recent years. It can be confrontational or controversial, and…
Share a day in the life of an artist who specialises in painting fish and shellfish The natural marine environment has become my specialism – that’s what people know me for,” Monmouthshire-based artist Giles Ward told Fishing News. “I think…
“I wasn’t the best at school,” early-career fisherman Mat Price told Fishing News. “Three days before I was due to start college, I called up John Trewin – a fisherman in Cadgwith –and asked if he was looking for a…
“I spend a lot of time at sea. It’s always been the place where I’ve most wanted to be,” marine mammal ecologist Susie Calderan told Fishing News. “My career has always involved a lot of practical work – looking at…
Share a day in the life of an Axmouth line fisherman who combines charter and commercial fishing
