Each week we’ll be bringing you our pick of Boat of the Week taken from Fishing News. Every image has been photographed by editor David Linkie while at sea. Name: Resolute BF 50 LOA: 64m Built: West Contractors AS Ølensvåg…
A leading fish merchant has warned that escalating fish transport costs are slashing processors’ margins and limiting prices they can pay fishermen on the markets, as well as offsetting the benefits of increasing stocks and hampering the development of new…
The Cyfish 33 Lady K K1 rounded Weather Ness shortly after midday and powered in towards the ferry pier at Rapness. Above: The Cyfish 33 Lady K powers into Rapness pier. Having left Pierowall harbour at 4am, skipper Heddle Costie and…
Located on the East Neuk of Fife, on the north shore of the Firth of Forth, Pittenweem harbour has a longstanding tradition of fishing. The inshore prawn trawlers and creel boats that fish from Pittenweem today are a long way…
This is the third, and final, part of the Fishing News Orkney feature by David Linkie. Catch up on parts one and two if you missed them! Fishing of key importance on Westray Although less than 10 miles long and…
In his annual message, David Milne, Chairman of the Scottish White Fish Producers’ Association (SWFPA) for five years, has told members that this is the most bizarre of times, with a surreal set of circumstances. On the one hand, the…
The National Fish and Chip Awards, sponsored by Seafish and widely considered the ‘Oscars’ of the fish-frying industry, attracted over 600 attendees this year to the Lancaster London Hotel on 20 January. Now in its 28th year, the prestigious ceremony…
Each week we’ll be bringing you our pick of Boat of the Week taken from Fishing News. Every image has been photographed by editor David Linkie while at sea. Name: J-Sea E 333 LOA: 13.95m Built: Newbury Engineering Newhaven 2011…
Fishing communities united to maintain pressure on Scottish Government Clyde fishermen were dealt a devastating blow last week when the Scottish Rural Affairs, Climate Change and Environment Committee (RACCE) rejected MSP Jamie McGrigor’s proposal to annul the fishing orders governing…
North Norfolk’s wooden boat heritage lives on, reports John Worrall You don’t sense the passion immediately. At first glance, the Hewitt brothers’ boat yard, accommodated in and around a collection of large sheds just above the marshes at Stiffkey, looks…
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