“I don’t really view it as an industry – fishing is more like a community,” Freya Ivy Palmer, a PhD student at the University of Southampton, told Fishing News. Hailing from landlocked Hertfordshire, working in marine research might not have…
Growing up in Poole, Dorset, it’s almost impossible to not be influenced by the sea. From crabbing off the quayside to exploring the treasures unveiled by low tide, I’m very much a product of my environment. That sense of place…
One of the things I try and do is to make every day a typical day,” South Devon-based fisherman Alan Steer told Fishing News. “For me, it’s all about consistency.” A third-generation fisherman from the village of Beesands, Alan’s career…
I strive for realism all the time,” Neil Newby, who runs Bridlington Model Trawl Netloft, told Fishing News. “I want people to be bamboozled by my nets. I want people to look at them and think: ‘Is that a model…
“In 1985, my family and I left Scotland for sunnier climes,” Alan Henderson, operations manager at the Blue Sea Food Company, told Fishing News. “We upped and moved everything – sold the house, put all our goods in a van…
“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…
