Specialist low-loader units were used to manoeuvre the new Fraserburgh pair-seiner Crystal River FR 178 from Macduff Shipyards’ fabrication hall at Buckie and down an adjacent slipway at low water, reports David Linkie. The trawler was then supported by shores…
Skipper John Walsh and his experienced crew have quickly settled into their well-established pattern of working hake and trammel nets over runs of neap tides, before taking a few days in harbour when stronger spring tides are running, report Quentin…
Boat of the week, taken from Fishing News Name: Resolute BF 50 LOA: 69.8m Built: Astilleros Balenciaga SA, Zumaia, Spain, 2020 Type: Midwater trawler Home port: Fraserburgh Got some pictures of your own to share? It can be an image of…
Boat of the week, taken from Fishing News Name: Reliance III BF 800 LOA: 20.4m Built: Parkol Marine Engineering, Whitby (2020) Type: Twin-rig trawler Home port: Fraserburgh Got some pictures of your own to share? It can be an image of…
Skippers Ian Shearer and Malcolm Reid and the crew of the latest addition to the Shetland fleet, the single-rig whitefish stern trawler Courageous LK 470, quickly started to prove the fishing credentials of their new vessel earlier this month, reports…
An Irish fishing currach, built in Spain using only recycled and salvaged materials, was launched on St Patrick’s Day last week, reports Lorna Siggins. A currach made from recycled materials by Irish artist Mark Redden… Named Saoirse, the Irish word…
Situated less than two miles apart, Whitehills and Macduff have a longstanding association with fishing in the Moray Firth, reports David Linkie Little more than a generation ago, both Whitehills and Macduff were home to a thriving fleet of inshore…
Boat of the week, taken from Fishing News Name: Alcedo BA 77 LOA: 34m Built: Parkol Marine Engineering, Teesside 2020 Type: Automated beam scalloper Home port: Kirkcudbright Got some pictures of your own to share? It can be an image…
Gardenstown midwater trawler makes her mark fishing mackerel Skippers Matthew and Alexander West and the crew of Resolute BF 50 have quickly started to showcase the fishing capabilities of their new vessel, reports David Linkie 01 Resolute leaving Fraserburgh for…
As mackerel in the North Atlantic begin their customary early-year practice of swimming strongly into the southwest along the deepwater edge west of Scotland, David Linkie looks back eight years to a trip on the Peterhead midwater trawler Pathway PD…
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