Tenders are invited for the supply and installation of refrigerated cold storage equipment on the fishing vessel the Northern Eagle. Further details can be obtained via e-mail from jkearneyltd@btconnect.com Tender to be received by 30th November 2021 by email or…
The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) has announced that it will accept new applications by capped licence vessels for additional quota until early December following a positive early response to its initiative. Under this scheme, which is being run in partnership…
Skipper James Third and his son AJ Third have bought the twin-rig prawn trawler Challenger FR 90, renaming her Harvest Moon FR 366 (pictured above). The vessel was built in 2010 by Parkol Marine Engineering to an SC McAllister design…
Identical 26.50m state-of-the-art pair-seiners from Macduff Shipyards are landmark reinvestment by longstanding pair-trawl skippers Stewart Buchan and David Cardno. The new Faithful FR 129 ran sea trials in the Moray Firth at the end of May… The delivery of the…
Only 12 of 47 applications granted for under-12s French officials and politicians have reacted furiously to the UK publication of a list of EU under-12m vessels that will be licensed to fish in the UK six to 12-mile zone, reports…
Rachael Harper talks to artist Henrietta Graham about her time on the Karen of Ladram, which inspired her to paint a public installation for Newlyn Harbour “The thing is, my studio is bang splat in the middle of Newlyn fishmarket!”…
Seafish fleet researcher Oscar Wilkie reports from East Anglia Spending a few days in King’s Lynn recently, it was really gratifying to see a harbour so full of boats that it would have been difficult to fit any more in!…
Ireland’s new state-of-the-art multipurpose marine research vessel, the RV Tom Crean, has reached a key milestone with the completion of the vessel’s hull. Spanish shipyard Astilleros Armon Vigo SA was awarded the contract to build the new vessel in 2019,…
Seafish fleet researcher Juan Carlos Paredes Esclapez reports from the east of England Another couple of weeks out in the field have passed, and we’ve gathered more valuable insight from fishers. It doesn’t matter what you discuss, it’s always a…
Skipper Brian Harvey and crew report excellent results from early trips Orion BF 432 has fished four successful trips to date. Macduff Shipyards Ltd signed over the 24.5m Orion BF 432 to Fraserburgh skipper Brian Harvey and his sons Andrew…
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