Mevagissey’s annual ‘Tosher’s Race’ around the bay kicked off the south Cornwall village’s annual Feast Week celebrations (25 June), reports Martin Johns. Above: A colourful scene during the Mevagissey Trawler Race as Demelza, Provider and Diligence do battle. The race takes…
New 7m netter for Looe from Kilkeel boat yard. Looe skipper Robert Chapman recently took delivery of a new 7m GRP netter built in Kilkeel, Co Down by G Smyth Boats, reports Martin Johns. Above: Bellerophon leaving Kilkeel harbour for engine…
It’s the cockle season again in the two main east coast cockle fisheries, and it’s pretty much business as usual, in structure if not volume, reports John Worrall. Above: Wash cockles are adjudged adult at 14mm. In the Thames, it is…
Summer heatwave for UK’s biggest trawler race in Brixham. A rare but very welcome heatwave conveniently descended on Devon in time for Saturday’s 55th annual Brixham Trawler Race, traditionally held on the third Saturday in June, reports Martin Johns. Above: Margaret…
Karstensens Shipyard delivers second pelagic vessel to Peterhead. Skipper Georgie Buchan, and the crew of the new pelagic vessel Pathway PD 165, started fishing maatjes herring in the North Sea within a week of berthing the dual-purpose 78.75m midwater trawler/purse…
Everyone connected with Brixham is approaching the traditional Trawler Race this weekend on the crest of a wave, as all sectors of the local industry at the UK’s leading port continue to benefit from the welcome combination of healthy stocks…
The first sections of steelwork for the new whitefish landing hub were erected towards the end of last month, as the extensive building, which this time next year will house a state-of-the-art 9,500-box fishmarket, quickly takes shape. Above: Loading a hopper…
Family traditions survive as times get harder. John Periam reports from the Lulworth Cove in Dorset, where inshore fishing has been a way of life for generations of fishermen. he author John Seymour, in his book ‘The Companion Guide to…
Our ‘Where are they now?’ feature provides brief histories, including build details, of a varied selection of fishing vessels from years gone by. Some of these vessels continue to perform successfully today, under different names to the ones they were…
Gyro-stabilised Cleopatra Fisherman 40 for Burnmouth. Burnmouth owners John and Nicola Affleck achieved a notable hat-trick earlier this month by taking delivery of their third new Cleopatra Fisherman named after their daughters Sophie, Ashleigh and Jayda, from the renowned Icelandic…
