Just 10 months on from the start of its fundraising, the North Shields Fishermen’s Heritage Project (NSFHP) has now raised the full £75,000 needed for the memorial to fishermen lost at sea from the port of North Shields. Above: Local fishermen…
The National Lobster Hatchery, a marine conservation, research and education charity based in Cornwall, was delighted to join forces with Wild Thymes to run a coastal foraging workshop, combined with a lobster release, at Trevone earlier this month. A group…
Mashfords boat yard at Cremyll, near Plymouth, is making good progress on a new-build steel scalloper for a Cornish fisherman, reports Martin Johns. Above: The nearly completed framework of the new scalloper’s bulbous bow in position on her ballast keel. The…
The new midwater vessel Pathway PD 165 arrived in Peterhead at the end of last week, a few days after being named in Skagen, Denmark, reports David Linkie. Pathway was designed and built by Karstensens Shipyard as a dual-purpose purse-seiner…
Landmark meeting highlights need for urgent change. A fundamental review of the management of EU skates and rays management is underway in Brussels, reports Tim Oliver. There is a recognition that the current single one-size-fits-all TAC, covering 15 different species,…
This week in Fishing News you will find: • Brussels reviews single skates and ray TAC • Pathway – new Peterhead pelagic boat named in Skagen • Lobster release and coastal foraging at Trevone Beach • New 11.99m steel scalloper…
Each week we bring you the boat of the week, taken from Fishing News. Name: Ronethem PD 23 LOA: 23.1m Built: J Lewis & Sons Ltd Aberdeen 1979 Type: Twin-rig prawn trawler Home port: Kilkeel We’ll be back next week with…
Entanglement, when marine animals become trapped or tangled in fishing gear, can be a problem, reports Kelvin Boot. Above: Cabinet Secretary Fergus Ewing with some of the project partners. Left-right: Kirstie Dearing (SNH), Alistair Sinclair (SCFF), Noel Hawkins (BDMLR), Fergus Ewing…
Salmon and sea trout fishermen in Filey on the Yorkshire coast have put forward voluntary proposals to restrict their fishery to try to preserve it, and Filey’s fishing heritage, for future generations. They put forward their proposals at a recent…
The versatile 28.6m stern trawler Alannah Riley S 40 arrived in Castletownbere last week on completion of a delivery trip from Denmark, reports David Linkie. Alannah Riley was designed and fitted-out by Vestværftet ApS at Hvide Sande. Noel ó Regan…
