New fishmonger refuses to sell ‘top 5’
4th September 2020
“There isn’t a day that goes by when I don’t get asked for at least one of the top five species of seafood – tuna, salmon, cod, haddock and prawns – but I am determined, even as a brand new…
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Butley oysters: Flavour of a quiet creek
3rd September 2020
Cultivated on the Suffolk coast for centuries, artisanal oysters are once again tickling the tastebuds. John Worrall reports Down on the mid-Suffolk coast, the river Alde, which becomes the Ore, runs inside Orford Ness, the longest shingle spit in Europe,…
Fly the Red Ensign for Merchant Navy Day
28th August 2020
Seafarers UK is calling on flagpole owners across the UK to support the charity’s annual ‘Fly the Red Ensign for Merchant Navy Day’ campaign. With no public flag-hoisting ceremonies being encouraged this year due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Seafarers UK…
Scallops in the Solent
27th August 2020
A day’s fishing with a teenage skipper, supported by a thriving family business, reveals the potential for a brighter future for inshore fishing, reports John Periam. Photographs by Geoffrey Lee An opportunity arose for Fishing News to spend a day…
Chris Andra: midwater trawling for herring
21st August 2020
As the 2020 North Sea seasonal herring fishing gathers momentum, David Linkie looks back 13 years to a trip on the new Fraserburgh midwater trawler Chris Andra FR 228 With the 2007 summer herring season drawing to a close, Chris…
Readers’ Photos
21st August 2020
These photographs 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 judged the best…
Ocean Harvest and Harvester pair-seining
13th August 2020
David Linkie looks back 12 years to the maiden pair-seining trip of the innovative sisterships Harvester PD 98 and Ocean Harvest PD 198, built by Karstensens shipyard, which marked a significant milestone for the Scottish whitefish fleet The intensive work…
A Trawlerman’s Reminiscences – Part 10: Between the wars: Good days and bad
9th August 2020
The tenth article in the series by Hull skipper William Oliver, first published in 1953/54. Photographs courtesy of Alec Gill Two months before our problems with poor-quality coal in 1926, I had been speaking to Mr McCann – the boss…
Yorkshire port aims to be ‘lobster capital of Europe’
6th August 2020
A plan is in hand to raise the profile of the East Yorkshire port of Bridlington by linking its fishing industry to tourism, reports Tim Oliver The development stems from a study carried out by Hull University, ‘Project Pincer 2’,…
Marine management through Covid-19 and beyond
1st August 2020
The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) has had to adapt its way of working, but communication remains key, reports John Periam Paul Johnson, the MMO’s principal officer for the South East, has been with the regional team in Sussex since 1993,…
