Skipper Andrew ‘Watty’ Watt berthed the 18.8m Osprey WK 4 in its home port of Scrabster last weekend at the end of a 285-mile delivery passage from Whitby, just three weeks after the vivier-crabber was launched into the river Esk,…
The SeaFit and SmilesAtSea partnership has been shortlisted in the Project of the Year category in the Third Sector Business Charity Awards. This prestigious award recognises outstanding partnerships between UK businesses and good causes. SmilesAtSea, initiated by Smile Together Dental…
In recent weeks, Irish and Scottish vessels have been fishing blue whiting in the North Atlantic west of Ireland alongside a cosmopolitan fleet of midwater trawlers. The first Norwegian boats started to arrive on the grounds in February, when the…
The Suffolk inshore fleet is struggling – but it shouldn’t be. John Worrall reports It’s all a bit depressing. The Brexit threshold has been crossed and fishing, like everything else, is in transition. Whatever horse deals are being done in…
A message from Tom McCormack, CEO of the Marine Management Organisation The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) is working to continue to provide its services during the unfolding events around the Covid-19 pandemic. Our main aim in these unprecedented times is…
The Shipwrecked Mariners’ Society is calling for nominations for its annual Skill and Gallantry Awards, reports John Periam. The Chichester-based charity is calling on members of the maritime and rescue communities to nominate those who have demonstrated outstanding bravery and…
The selection of photographs shown have been sent in by Fishing News readers. Although the number of photos currently being received is insufficient to generate a Photo of the Month competition, a selection of readers’ photos will continue to be…
In the second part of his series on the ‘rule-beaters’, Phil Lockley investigates the effects of the ‘10m rule’ on wooden boatbuilding History reveals that most vessels built from wood that were considered ‘rule-beaters’ were not actually made to beat…
With its 140th anniversary approaching, the role of the Fishermen’s Mission is evolving – but it remains as essential as ever. John Periam reports The Fishermen’s Mission was founded by Ebenezer Joseph Mather in 1881, as the National Mission for…
The latest addition to the Whalsay whitefish fleet, Endurance LK 416, was welcomed into Symbister harbour at the end of February after being bought by a new local partnership, reports David Linkie. The 23.24m Endurance is the former Skerries-based trawler…
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