It is hard to believe now that Hull was one of the world’s biggest fishing ports as recently as the 1970s. Hull’s rise as a major fishing port began with the discovery of the rich Dogger Bank fishing grounds in…
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: Silver Dawn OB 333 LOA: 17.61m Built: A Noble &…
At a time when midwater trawlers from Co Down, north-east Scotland and Shetland are fishing herring in both the Irish Sea and North Sea, it is appropriate to select ‘silver darlings’ as the theme for this month’s Fishmarkets of Yesteryear.…
Picture above: A typically busy scene at Toms boatyard in Polruan, with the Newlyn netter Ocean Pride on the main slip for a full repaint and shaft repair, and the yard’s latest build Our Dylan Ben, for North Devon skipper Scott Wharton.…
Picture above – Faith and Kathleen berthed outside Hope, ready to be named after being built by C Toms and Son Ltd at Polruan in 2003. Britain should work along with Europe but not be ruled by Europe, advises vessel…
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: Patrick C DA 107 LOA: 23.99m Built: Mooney Boats Ltd…
Littlehampton, in West Sussex, has seen some unusual landings, reports John Periam. Sussex fisherman Danny Clark landed a blue lobster, with the crustacean saved from the cooking pot due to its rare colouring. “I thought it could be a one…
Our ‘Where are they now?’ feature provides brief histories, including build details, of a varied selection of fishing vessels from years gone by. Some of these vessels continue to perform successfully today, under different names to the ones they were…
Electro-pulse trawling is more effective at catching sole, and more cost-efficient than conventional beam trawling, but heavy investment costs and shortage of sole quota will limit vessels switching to the method, reports Tim Oliver. Delegates at a recent workshop on…
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 Dave Linkie while at sea. Name: Atlantic Challenge D 642 LOA: 60m Built: Eidsvik Skipsbyggeri AS…
