The first sprats from the traditional localised niche fishery were landed at Mallaig earlier this month. David Linkie looks back to a night aboard skipper Robert Summers’ Rebecca Jeneen in December 2012, pair-trawling for sprats with Willie John McLean’s Caralisa…
Work continues apace at the Cornish yard of C Toms & Son, reports Phil Lockley “The yard is quite busy, but not busy enough,” says Paul Toms, manager of Cornish boatyard C Toms & Son. The 1969-built wooden vessel La…
A new East Anglian boatbuilder is scaling up production. John Worrall reports Karl Hawkins likes boats. Always has. All of his working life – barely a couple of decades so far – has involved them. An Aquafish 23 in build.…
The newest addition to the Shetland whitefish fleet, the 28.5m twin-rig stern trawler Ocean Challenge LK 253 fished a quick fire maiden trip at the end of October before landing 400 boxes at Lerwick, reports David Linkie. Photographs by Alan…
With the 2020 king scallop season in the Isle of Man Territorial Sea having opened on 1 November, David Linkie looks back nine years to a day with Peel skipper Darren Purves on the under-10m scalloper Manx Ranger PL 40,…
As is customary at this time of year, when mackerel move into Shetland waters at the start of their annual migratory pattern, an extensive range of local and visiting boats have landed mackerel at Lerwick – as shown in this…
Banff father and son skippers take delivery of Whitby-built twin-rig trawler Built by Parkol Marine Engineering for skippers John and David Clark, the new 20.4m dual-purpose prawn and whitefish twin-rig trawler Reliance III BF 800 sailed from Fraserburgh towards the…
With young local recruits and a new quay underway, the Eastbourne fishing fleet is looking to the future, reports John Periam. Photographs by Geoffrey Lee Joe Watt had no family connections to the fishing community in Eastbourne; fishing was just…
David Linkie looks back to 2012 and a trip on the Campbeltown twin-rig trawler Shangri-La CN 394 The distinctive high-rounded profile of Davaar Island was just beginning to gain clarity against the first signs of a slowly lightening sky as…
Fisheries in the Wash are being squeezed out of existence. John Worrall reports Once upon a time, life was straightforward. The Wash yielded cockles, mussels and shrimps, which fed birds and the fishing communities at the hearts of Boston and King’s Lynn. 1.…
