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  • Antarctic LK 145 Boat Review

    Antarctic LK 145 Boat Review

    16th September 2024

    Arrival of the latest Shetland pelagic vessel, Antarctic LK 145, brings fleet modernisation full circle By Peter Johnson A new pelagic trawler, Antarctic LK 145, arrived in Lerwick on 14 August for the Shetland partnership known as Fiskebas Fishing Company.…

  • Fishing vessels bought and sold around the UK round-up

    Fishing vessels bought and sold around the UK round-up

    29th July 2024

    Fishing vessel sales in the UK in recent months have been somewhat muted, with a general slowdown across the industry. There are a number of factors behind this trend. Starting at the top of the marketplace, one of the driving…

  • FREE Eternal Promise FR 36 Boat Review!

    FREE Eternal Promise FR 36 Boat Review!

    4th June 2024

    As the market-leading, weekly newspaper for fishermen around the UK and Ireland, we know our readers like to be kept up to date with our unrivaled coverage of the real issues affecting the fishing community, which is why the FREE Fishing…

  • Fishing News Awards: Under-15m Boat of the Year

    Fishing News Awards: Under-15m Boat of the Year

    27th March 2024

    The Fishing News Awards’ Under-15m Boat of the Year award, which will be judged by an industry panel, will be made to a new or significantly rebuilt vessel under 15m LOA that joined the UK or Irish fleets in 2023,…

  • Galatea K 112 boat review

    Galatea K 112 boat review

    17th January 2024

    This impressive new shellfish catamaran for Orkney combines a Gerry Smyth-built hull and Marvig Boatyard fit-out. Our review of Galatea K 112… The recent arrival of the newest addition to the static-gear fleet in Orkney was a proud moment for…

  • Smyth crabber joins Orkney fleet

    Smyth crabber joins Orkney fleet

    3rd January 2024

    Galathea, built for the Orkney crab fishery, arrived home to the small port of Pierowall, on the island of Westray, last month. Brothers Paul and Adam Tulloch, opting to fish for shellfish rather than follow their father Tommy, who for…

  • Prolific LK 986 Boat Review

    Prolific LK 986 Boat Review

    2nd October 2023

    The latest addition to Shetland’s whitefish fleet, the 24.9m stern trawler Prolific LK 986, arrived alongside at Lerwick just before midnight on 6 July, after a 3,500-mile, 17-day delivery trip from Croatia. The new vessel joins her identical sistership Copious…

  • Boat review: Altaire LK 429

    Boat review: Altaire LK 429

    18th September 2023

    State-of-the-art Karstensens build joins Shetland pelagic fleet Karstensens Skibsvaerft handed over yard number 469, the 79.95m Altaire LK 429, to the Altaire Fishing Company on 29 June. The new vessel, which was named in Skagen at the end of May,…

  • State-of-the-art Kingfisher Beryl M blessed at Hayle

    State-of-the-art Kingfisher Beryl M blessed at Hayle

    17th August 2023

    On 3 August over 50 people attended the blessing and official launch of the state-of-the-art Kingfisher K26 Beryl M SS 8 at Hayle in North Cornwall. To celebrate the life of his late grandmother, skipper/owner Ben Eglinton has carried forward…

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