“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
“My father was a fish merchant and haulier – that’s how I got involved in the industry,” Ronnie Scott, founder of Stornoway-based Islander Shellfish, told Fishing News. “I was 13 years of age when I bought my first box of…
“I love helping people,” Chris Williams, International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) fisheries expert, told Fishing News. “I’ve never before been sent so many messages of best wishes from people. What we do really makes a difference.” After graduating from the…
“The last five years have given me a new lease of life,” Maryport-based fisherman and owner of quayside fish sales business Chelaris Fresh Fish, Shaun Humphreys (pictured above in the centre), told Fishing News. “I’ve been fishing all my life.…
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