The first build of a new design of 19m twin-rig trawler built by Macduff Shipyards for the Asteria Fishing Company of Portree, Isle of Skye, was christened at Macduff last week after completing successful sea trials, reports David Linkie. Above: Asteria…
This week in Fishing News you will find: • Lifeboat launch delays ‘risking lives’ • New Asteria for Isle of Skye owners • BOTW: Sapphire II PZ 115 • Eastbourne fishermen secure EU funding for new berthing and landing complex…
MPs ask minister to review Coastguard operations. Calls are growing for a review of MCA Search and Rescue operations, amid concerns that delays in launching lifeboats are costing fishermen’s lives. Two experienced lifeboat helmsmen voiced their concerns following the recent…
An Essex catamaran designer and former fisherman has written a condensed history of the UK fishing industry. The article explains the structure of the industry, and sets out management policies over the past 40 years and the adverse effect they…
Each week we bring you the boat of the week, taken from Fishing News. Name: Charles Edward FE 385 LOA: 14.95m Built: Robert Hus St Malo France 1987 Type: Scalloper Home port: Brixham/Plymouth We’ll be back next week with our latest boat…
This unusual catch came aboard the crabber Handa Isle while fishing for brown crab at the start of the month, reports Pauric Gallagher. Above: This toothed rock crab is only the third recorded catch in Irish waters. The crab has been identified…
This week in Fishing News you will find: • Brexit Fisheries Bill early next year says minister • Extremely rare catch for Handa Isle off Tory Island • BOTW: Charles Edward FE 385 • Explaining industry reality to the public…
Call for debate on effort control v quotas. UK fisheries minister George Eustice gave an upbeat assessment last week of the prospects for the UK fishing industry after Brexit, reports Tim Oliver. Above: UK Fisheries Minister George Eustice addressing the NFFO’s…
‘Black Gold’ attracts a large fleet of visiting vessels to Brixham. Above: The Looe-owned trawler Guiding Light III heads in to Brixham after fishing cuttles… The autumn and early winter cuttlefish season off the coast of South Devon started with a…
Hundreds of people turned out at North Shields on Sunday, 24 September, to witness the unveiling of a lasting memorial to lost fishermen. Above: An appropriately dramatic sunrise on unveiling day. The completed sculpture, named Fiddler’s Green, was finally revealed to…
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