Decommissioning in the 1990s and early 2000s led to the destruction of hundreds of seaworthy wooden boats – and a determined campaign to preserve a few for posterity The Forbes-built Kimara FR 176, which was decommissioned in 2002 – just…
Share a day in the working life of the Dunbar prawn skipper who was named Fishing News Awards Young Fisherman of the Year 2022 For some, being surrounded by plentiful amounts of freshly caught prawns on a daily basis might…
Share a day in the working life of a Brixham-based gear maestro Family, friendship, fishing and the sea are very much intertwined for Darren ‘Edd’ Edwards, founder of Brixham Trawl Makers, with each playing a pivotal role in the development…
An industry workshop in Peterhead explored plans to extend the use of the BATmap bycatch avoidance tool in Scottish fisheries By Tara Marshall, senior lecturer in the School of Biological Sciences at the University of Aberdeen Once participating skippers had…
Share a day in the working life of a certified advanced fishmonger – whose social media presence helps with sales and has opened the door to new opportunities “I was made redundant in November of last year,” Emma told Fishing…
Share a day in the working life of a Brixham under-10m skipper and direct sales success story… “I’m just getting the boat ready for the pirate festival,” Tristan Northway told Fishing News. Over the May bank holiday Brixham is overrun…
The Blue Marine Crab and Lobster Symposium last November brought together scientists, managers and fishermen to discuss the way ahead. Late last year, the Blue Marine Foundation hosted an intense one- day Crab and Lobster Symposium attended by a range…
Skipper Laura Wilkins is a key figure in the Women in Fisheries Network, Northern Ireland – a group that has been, she says, ‘in the making for more than 30 years’ “Women in Fisheries NI is still an informal grouping,…
French fisheries scientist Alain le Sann has written extensively about conservation and management, particularly how it impacts artisanal fishermen. He argues here, in a personal piece translated and abridged by Hull University academic Magnus Johnson, that European fishermen are being…
Mike Smylie traces the long fishing career of a well-known Manx scalloper… In 1940, during the upheaval of the Second World War, the firm of John Watt & Sons was founded. It proceeded to build lifeboats and motor boats in…
