Thirty years ago, on 1 October, 1989, fishery protection officer Jim Portus jumped ship from the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAFF – now the MMO) to manage the South Western Fish Producers’ Organisation (SWFPO) He did so after…
Ports in the South West of England are back to steady landings and sales after the cuttlefish boom – but shifting stocks and Brexit uncertainties are making this an unsettled year Few, if any, South West fishermen would deny that…
Gosport single-handed skipper Ted Legg recently gave Fishing News the opportunity to spend a day with him onboard the Cygnus Typhoon Jenny G P 987, twin-rig trawling in the Solent, reports John Periam (Photos: Geoffrey Lee) Ted Legg is an…
Tim Oliver talks to Elspeth Macdonald, the new chief executive of the Scottish Fishermen’s Federation Elspeth Macdonald took over the helm of the SFF two months ago from outgoing chief executive Bertie Armstrong, who retired officially on 30 September after…
The new Shetland midwater trawler Adenia LK 193 started to prove her fishing credentials on North Sea herring within a week of being welcomed home to Whalsay and then rigging out at Lerwick, reports David Linkie Skipper George Anderson and…
UK vessels landed a total of 698,000t for £989m in 2018, according to the annual UK sea fisheries statistics released by the MMO last month (Thursday, 26 September), reports David Linkie. This overall total included landings of 36,200t and £115m…
On 18 September, a warm, sunny day, in Boston, Lincolnshire, a carved wooden tribute to the town’s lost fishermen was unveiled, reports John Worrall It stands on a patch of grass close to the pedestrian bridge over the river Witham,…
The Brixham-based scalloper Joanna C BM 265 has recently completed a nine-month near-bare-hull rebuild, to transform her into a state of the art mid-sized beam scalloper capable of fishing week-long trips wherever the opportunity presents itself around the UK, reports…
Bridlington teamwork delivers large-scale refit of North Shields prawn trawler The under-10m trawler Blueye BH 453 returned to North Shields on completion of a major refurbishment project carried out by two well-known Bridlington companies, electrical specialist SE Marine and JD…
The spells of poorer weather that have been experienced on a fairly regular basis since the new 19m vivier-crabber Carvela K 751 was handed over to family company Celtic Dawn Fishing of Birsay, Orkney, at the beginning of the summer,…
