With the first Scottish pelagic vessels starting to fish North Sea mackerel southeast of Shetland last week, David Linkie looks back to a trip on the Peterhead midwater vessel Lunar Bow PD 265 in the second week of October 2014…
A day’s potting from Selsey on Predator LI 556 underlined the importance of family and tradition in this south coast fishing community, reports John Periam. Photographs by Geoffrey Lee The limestone rocks around Selsey create an ideal habitat for lobsters…
The Scottish Fisheries Museum has teamed up with Netherlands-based charitable foundation By The Ocean We Unite to screen an insightful and moving environmental documentary. On Friday, 2 October from 7-9pm, the museum invites you to join it for an online…
Tom Watson, who skippered the Wyre Victory FD 181 during the second Cod War of 1972-3, recalls an encounter with an Icelandic gunboat in which Britain came out best There has been a lot in the press of late linking…
David Linkie looks back to a day spent with Filey skipper Brian Cox on the Scarborough trawler Cara Lee in November 2011 Thirty minutes after leaving Scarborough harbour, the rhythmic beat of Cara Lee’s Gardner 6LXB engine slowed to a…
The photographs on this page have been sent in by Fishing News readers. A selection of readers’ photos will be printed whenever possible, and at the end of the year, £100 will be awarded to the reader whose photo is…
Skiff fishing for Mourne herring using drift-nets on inshore grounds off the Co Down coast from harbours like Annalong and Kilkeel is one of the most traditional and unique fisheries in the UK. The historical importance of the skiff fishery…
In 1977, the late Donegal fisherman Eddie ‘Beag’ Gillespie towed his boat Cara na Mara ashore because she needed two planks replaced. Forty-three years later, she is still on Magheraclogher beach near Bunbeg – and the community is raising the…
Featuring a full-length forecastle deck and rigged to pump pelagic fish over the stern, Serene LK 297 was the first of its class in the world when delivered to Whalsay skipper Bobby Polson and partners by West Contractors AS of…
Fifty percent of potential new recruits to the fishing industry are being lost because women do not, by and large, want to make a career in the industry, reports Tim Oliver. This was one of the comments made in a…
