“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.…
“By the end of this month, I will have been working for the Fishermen’s Mission for 12 years,” Ali Godfrey, director of business development and deputy CEO of the charity, told Fishing News. “It has been, and will continue to…
“I grew up on the Beara peninsula in West Cork, Ireland, with the ocean around me,” Dr Susan Steele, executive director at the European Fisheries Control Agency (EFCA), told Fishing News. “I decided at the very early age of three…
“It’s been a personal ambition to try and convince people of the UK that they can source good-quality seafood, and they should source good-quality seafood,” Jimmy Buchan, managing director of multi-award-wining Amity Fish Company, told Fishing News. “And we can…
“I enjoy meeting the young fishermen and seeing how passionate they are about their work,” Young Fishermen Network (YFN) co-ordinator Matilda Phillips told Fishing News. “It’s uplifting for me, and makes me feel so positive – seeing that passion and…
“We started out as two men in a van,” James Forster (pictured above right with fellow founder of JCF Marine John Clarkson) co-founder and director of boatbuilder JCF Marine, told Fishing News. “Now, just a few years later, we’re four men,…
“I often get told by my American guests that my crawfish boil is the best they’ve ever been to,” crayfisherman Bob Ring told Fishing News. “That’s a massive compliment, and I’m quite proud of that.” Clapham-based Bob’s interest in crayfish…
“Fishing has always been in my blood. It’s all I’ve ever known. I could never see myself doing anything else,” Kilkeel-based fisherwoman Erin Chambers told Fishing News. With Brian Chambers – CEO of the Anglo-North Irish Fish Producers’ Organisation, and…
