County Mayo scallop fishermen are infuriated that oyster dredging is set to commence in the same area where scallop dredging is banned, reports Pauric Gallagher. Scallop dredging was initially halted in Blacksod by fishermen voluntarily, to allow for measures to…
The world’s largest windfarm is to be built in the North Sea 80 miles off the Yorkshire coast, reports Tim Oliver Developer DONG Energy says the Hornsea-1 farm will cover more than 154 square miles and its wind turbines will…
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: Boy Andrew WK 170 LOA: 26.61m Built: Campbeltown Shipyard 1986…
The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) held the UK launch event for the €243m European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF) scheme at Poole on Monday 8 February. Above: Fisheries Minister George Eustice, with MMO Chief Executive John Tuckett (left) and Chairman Sir…
Less than three months ago, Lossiemouth skipper Scott Milne and the crew of the Peterhead-based seine-netter Tranquility PD 35 were dealt a major blow when their boat was extensively damaged by a potentially life-threatening fire, following an arsonist attack, reports…
In the latest of an occasional series remembering the crucially important role fishermen immediately took on a century ago, John Worrall looks back on how U-boats replaced herring as the sole target species of drifters. It sort of made sense.…
Here’s the latest boat news from the UK and Ireland… Major overhaul for Co Donegal vivier-crabber at Mooney Boats crew 2016 is continuing on from where last year left off for Mooney Boats Ltd in Killybegs, with a steady influx of…
A new type of shrimp gear, claimed to have far less impact on the seabed, has arrived in the Wash, reports John Worrall. Above: The SeeWing beam maintains a lower trawl front-end profile. The SeeWing has been acquired in a…
Designed from the outset as a bottom-up initiative, instead of the more familiar top-down approach, the second phase of the CEFAS-led Shark By-Watch UK project builds on the success of its initial research, which saw commercial fishermen gather biological data…
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…
