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.…
“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…
