This year’s December Council brought a welcome overall package of increases in TACs for several key stocks around the UK and Ireland, reports Tim Oliver. Two major downsides were more cuts in bass fishing and a big cut (38%) in…
Each week we bring you the boat of the week, taken from Fishing News. Name: Rosebloom INS 353 LOA: 28m Built: Vestværftet ApS Hvide Sande Denmark 2016 Type: Pair-seiner Home port: Peterhead We’ll be back next week with our latest boat…
The crew of the Burnmouth fast potter Soph-Ash-Jay found two further examples of highly unusual shellfish when hauling their creels on the Cleopatra Fisherman 38 off the Berwickshire coast recently, reports David Linkie. The first one was a very distinctive…
The new 13m Shannon lifeboat Elizabeth and Leonard entered Amble harbour in Northumberland for the first time, to be greeted by hundreds of well-wishers, supporters and fundraisers in winter sunshine on 18 November 2016, reports Nicholas Leach. An RNLI fundraising…
The Great Yarmouth Potteries incorporates a museum dedicated to the fishing industry, but it looks to be closing soon, reports Mick Harrod. Above: Ernie Childs with his painting of early Yarmouth drifters. The whole building was a herring curing works, turning…
This week in Fishing News you will find: • Mixed results North Sea deal • New Antares arrives in Shetland • ‘Shambolic’ Farne Deeps regulations anger NIFA members • Where are they now? • South East review • Squid Diaries with Phil Lockley • Ports and…
A dedication of three plaques in memory of Hull trawlermen took place on Sunday, 27 November, reports Mike Waudby. The Lord Mayor of Hull, Sean Chaytor, lays a wreath at the memorial. Ninety trawlermen from Hull are commemorated on the…
Each week we bring you the boat of the week, taken from Fishing News. Name: Rebecca FR 143 LOA: 24m Built: Macduff Shipyards Ltd 2016 Type: Twin-rig trawler Home port: Fraserburgh We’ll be back next week with our latest boat focus.…
Scottish mackerel fishermen and processors are calling upon the EU to reduce the current access arrangements for Faroese vessels to catch mackerel in Scottish waters. Under the two-part EU-Faroe bilateral deal first negotiated in 2014, a quota exchange agreement and…
The UK’s two main representative organisations for commercial fishermen – the Scottish Fishermen’s Federation (SFF) and the National Federation of Fishermen’s Organisations (NFFO) – have agreed upon common principles to ensure the best possible deal for coastal communities in the…
