“If my life has been characterised by one thing, it’s serendipity,” Belgium-based Brian O’Riordan, policy adviser at Low Impact Fishers of Europe (LIFE) told Fishing News. “So often, being in the right place at the right time has steered me…
“Piece it all together, and there’s a lot going on in the space of my day,” Mike Park OBE, chief executive of the Scottish White Fish Producers’ Association (SWFPA), told Fishing News. Growing up in a house situated just a…
“I do enjoy watching a customer go away happy,” Kilkeel-based boatbuilder Gerry Smyth (pictured above, left, with Will Treneer, co-owner of the 14.95m Inter Nos PZ 46 – built by G Smyth Boats) told Fishing News. “I’ve always said that…
“My family is a seafood family. It’s something that I’ve always been around,” Sarah Holmyard, head of sales and marketing at Offshore Shellfish, told Fishing News. “It’s not something that I wanted to get involved in as a child –…
“I enjoy the fact that with my role it’s all different. Nothing is ever the same. There are always different challenges,” Matthew Langham (pictured above, right) technical director at marine navigation equipment specialist Mantsbrite, told Fishing News. “Since I was…
“My vocation is to be a deacon rather than a priest,” Deacon Nick O’Neill, Stella Maris senior area port chaplain for the South of England and Wales, told Fishing News. “‘Deacon’ comes from the Greek work diákonos, which means to…
“I spent the mid to late 1990s travelling in Australia and America,” Sharon Boyle, commercial fishing manager at Mara Media, told Fishing News. “Living in New York, I’d always look out for an Irish paper for some home news, and…
“I’ve spent my life around fishing boats,” Connor McClelland, founder and owner of CDEE Marine Electrical, told Fishing News. “My father is a fisherman. When I was a kid, the only time I would see him would be going to…
“I enjoy meeting people,” Jim Buchan DL told Fishing News. “Through my different roles I’ve come across such amazing people from all walks of life. It really is a privilege to be in contact with so many people that are…
“I grew up in a fishing community, my father fished and several of his friends were fishermen – so a passion for the sea and seafood was instilled in me at an early age,” Suffolk-based Mike Warner – seafood ambassador,…
