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…
Aucxis reports that its KOSMOS digital auction systems are bedding in well for the auctions in Shetland and Newlyn. KOSMOS is a platform in the cloud that allows easy real-time purchase and sale to the highest bidder on a lot…
Built by C Toms & Son, the new Isabelle PW 64 combines a well-proven Ian Paton design with a state-of-the-art fit-out, reports Phil Lockley In the winter of 2018, ex-skipper Les Burt, who heads a family fishing business in North…
The early-year mackerel fishery is continuing to give good results, including a steady succession of landings to the three processing companies at Peterhead, reports David Linkie. The Pelagia Shetland processing factory at Lerwick also received mackerel from a combination of…
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…
The last of five new offshore patrol vessels has formally joined the Royal Navy’s Overseas Patrol Squadron – formerly the Fishery Protection Squadron – following a short ceremony at Portsmouth Naval Dockyard on 7 January, reports John Periam. HMS Spey’s…
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…
The Shetland midwater trawler Altaire LK 429 was the first boat to land mackerel at Peterhead last week, on Tuesday, 5 January, reports David Linkie. A few hours after starting to pump fish ashore to the Northbay Pelagic processing factory,…
Twin-rig trawler from Macduff Shipyards A number of innovative features, most of which are relatively minor when viewed singly, have dovetailed into the overall design for maximum benefit on the new 24.5m Fraserburgh twin-rig trawler Jacqueline Anne FR 243, reports…
With decarbonisation now a global necessity, Seafish assistant economics researcher Kelly Beatson explores how the fishing industry can move towards that goal Fully electric boats first saw a boom much earlier than you might think. Well over 100 years ago,…
