Skipper Ray Manson and crew member Wick Ramsay of Snowy Owl SD 76 were shocked to find a Canadian lobster on Sunday 23 July when hauling pots off Sunderland. Ray Manson said: “I knew as soon as I saw it…
Fraserburgh skipper Davie Milne and the crew of the new 27.5m pair-seiner Faithlie FR 220 landed 1,200 boxes of well mixed fish into Peterhead at the end of last week after fishing their way home from Denmark with Audacious BF…
Each week we bring you the boat of the week, taken from Fishing News. Name: Arcturus INS 167 LOA: 24.56m Built: Campbeltown Shipyard 1984 Type: Pair-seiner Home port: Peterhead We’ll be back next week with our latest boat focus. Got some pictures…
This week in Fishing News you will find: • Illegal fishing danger if discarding continues after ban • Nine new fishermen join the Cornish workforce • Faithlee lands first trip in Peterhead • Feature: Henk Senior LH 356 • Canadian lobster…
Seafood industry demands action on LO enforcement. A leading figure in the global seafood industry has warned that failure to implement the EU discards ban effectively will threaten the sustainability status of some stocks, and could lead to the loss…
Holly Lynch, Shadow Fishing Minister, has just returned from a trip to the USA, and has blogged about her experiences. Above: Holly outside the Capitol Building. Earlier this week, I went to Washington with a delegation of MPs as part of…
With Plymouth photographer Tony Fitzsimmons. In the last of his commission by Waterdance to photograph and document the fishing activity of boats working out of Brixham and Newlyn for a local company’s website (greendalefarmshop.co.uk), photographer Tony Fitzsimmons captures the action…
The Shetland scalloper/trawler Renown JW LK 52 is midway through a largescale refit at Whitby, reports David Linkie. Above: Renown JW at Whitby after being fitted with new gunwales amidships… Work currently being carried out on Skerries skipper John Anderson’s boat…
Devon and Severn IFCA is taking the lead in the South West to manage a developing sustainable wrasse fishery using light pots. Above: Wrasse. Wrasse are in demand from salmon farms because they are natural feeders on fish lice and…
Each week we bring you the boat of the week, taken from Fishing News. Name: Glen Alvah BM 388 LOA: 28m Built: Padmos Machinefabriek Stellendam Holland 1974 Type: Beam scalloper Home port: Various We’ll be back next week with our latest boat…
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