Fish landing fees waived at Macduff for a whole year | Sponsored

This is to provide stimulus into the Macduff fishing fleet and assist local fishing vessel owners by reducing overheads, in particular the cost of transportation of produce to market, Macduff says.

Looking forward with its strategy for Macduff Harbour, if sufficient support is gained from fishermen via berthing and fish landing totals during this coming year, Macduff will evaluate opportunities to reopen the Macduff fish market with an online digital fish auction to access UK, Euro and World markets directly.

This will further enhance the experience and reduce overheads for a Macduff fishing fleet by selling direct. Via this process the Harbour Authority will recoup some of the lost income from waiving fish landing fees by applying it to fish sales, Macduff states.

Any vessels permanently berthing in MacDuff harbour will also receive an incentive via priority slipping when space and availability allows.

Macduff continues to run a 24/7 manned service with a 3m depth throughout the outer and middle basins, a re-engineered and working Ice Plant delivering 7 tonnes of flaked ice per day, two recently installed fish chillers, a 5 tonne forklift for receiving and moving cargo and hire of a fish landing table with four main ship service points for shore power on the South quay.

Ship design, maintenance and engineering is on site through Macduff Shipyards and other specialist contractors, and its 4 berth 350 tonne slipway which has recently been upgraded to allow 10m+ beamed vessels.

For details please contact Macduff’s Area Harbour Master North, Duncan Mackie on 07747 020496.