The sixth article in the series by Hull skipper William Oliver, first published in 1953/4. All photographs courtesy of Alec Gill In 1910, the UK Admiralty established a minesweeping section of the Royal Naval Reserve (RNR). As fishermen were used…
In the first of a three-part series, Phil Lockley looks back at the introduction of the ‘10m rule’ and the unintended boom in boatbuilding that resulted For many fishermen, time off over Christmas and the new year brings back warm…
The fishing industry is unusually well-represented on television over the next few weeks. In addition to Cornwall: This Fishing Life, on Tuesday evenings, Fish Town, which focuses on Peterhead, has returned to BBC One Scotland, with the first episode in…
Solent Engineering was started by Dave and Lucy Middleton in 2010 – and over the past decade, they have seen their business grow from strength to strength, reports John Periam The company is based in a small five-unit production facility…
A wide selection of readers’ photographs were sent to Fishing News in 2019 for inclusion in this occasional feature. The high quality of the images received made selecting the six shortlisted photographs displayed here particularly challenging for the Fishing News…
Veteran Filey fisherman Colin Jenkinson reflects on his 72-year career – and centuries of Jenkinson fishing heritage. John Worrall reports Colin Jenkinson has retired. After nearly 72 years of fishing for a living and just turning 85, another member of…
A young Sussex fisherman is looking to the future with his newly refitted Delta Star, reports John Periam. Photos: Geoff Lee Steve Eason is a 35-year-old fisherman who fishes out of Brighton Marina and sometimes out of Shoreham. He has…
New research has shown that young salmon from rivers on the east coast of Ireland travel northwards to leave the Irish Sea, rather than going south to join salmon on the western coast, before heading to their oceanic feeding grounds,…
HMS Clyde, one of the great workhorses of the Royal Navy’s Fishery Protection Squadron (FPS), returned to HMS Naval Base Portsmouth on 20 December after 12 years on patrol around the Falkland Islands, bringing her final voyage as a member…
Karstensens-built Shetland 75m midwater trawler features MacGregor electric-drive deck machinery Skipper Davie Hutchison and the crew of the Whalsay midwater trawler Charisma LK 362 started to prove the new boat’s fishing credentials in December with two quick-fire trips in close…
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