With a number of Scottish boats joining the blue whiting fishery off the west of Ireland this month, David Linkie looks back to a trip in 2012 on the former Lunar Bow PD 265 The possibility of documenting a blue…
Fishing from Lowestoft was transformed by an ambitious piece of 19th-century engineering. John Worrall reports It was mainly about herring, going back as far – and further – than we can trace. Landings at Lowestoft increased dramatically with the greater…
In the Kent town of Deal, a ‘limb’ of the Cinque Ports, fishing is now mostly about preserving heritage, reports John Periam Fishing boats on Deal beach as recently as 2001. David Skardon’s boat Fair Chance with a day’s catch.…
Following the sustained period of severe weather that has restricted fishing all around the UK, boats were starting to head out again from Peterhead in the middle of last week. Orion BF 432 makes for shelter at Peterhead after a…
Co-management is a current buzz-word – but on the Devon coast, it’s nothing new. The South Devon Inshore Potting Agreement is a longstanding exemplar of what can be achieved by fishermen working together, reports Holly Kaiser The south coast of…
The challenges of 2020 look set to continue through 2021, but this has not deterred Cheetah Marine International Ltd, which now has a foot in both the UK and the EU, reports John Periam Cheetah’s yards in both the UK…
Continuing the series of personal reflections to mark the 25th anniversary of the relaunch of Shetland’s restored sailing Fifie Swan, Andrew Halcrow, the Swan Trust’s first and longest-serving skipper, shares his memories of the trust’s youth work When the Swan…
The 20m Peterhead stern trawler Opportunus IV and her five-man crew were towed to safety last week in a dramatic rescue by the local RNLI lifeboat and the six-week-old Fraserburgh trawler Jacqueline Anne FR 243, reports David Linkie. The extremely…
In 1980, young photographer Alec Gill was invited to document a mackerel trip off the South West coast onboard Cordella H 177. Forty years on, he recalls the memories evoked by his pictures Deep-sea mission My camera is a passport…
Communication is key to the Fishermen’s Mission’s work, and a new initiative aims to bolster that, reports John Periam. “We can only provide support if we know it is needed,” said Ali Godfrey, the Mission’s director of business development. “Fishermen…
