Work is underway on an ambitious five-year plan that will see Bridlington take full advantage of its position as the largest lobster port in Europe, boosting the town’s tourist trade and enhancing its reputation for supplying world-class seafood. In 2019,…
A plan is in hand to raise the profile of the East Yorkshire port of Bridlington by linking its fishing industry to tourism, reports Tim Oliver The development stems from a study carried out by Hull University, ‘Project Pincer 2’,…
– NTZ report slammed – Bridlington research lab takes first berried lobsters – Germany licenses new pulse beamer – Barnier: ‘Brexit must not destroy EU fishing industry’ – Scotland ‘frozen out’ of maritime security discussions – Investigation launched after UK…
The easing of the Covid-19 restrictions has enabled sailing to get underway again in Bridlington, with the Bridlington Sailing Coble Preservation Society (BSCPS) fleet of traditional sailing cobles back on the water, whilst crews maintain social distancing rules. Sadly, many…
In the second part of a mini-series on the major role that North Sea cod played in the lives of generations of fishermen on the Yorkshire coast, David Linkie looks back on a day spent on the Whitby under-10m netter…
In the third instalment of this occasional series, David Linkie looks back on fishing trips – some of them in fisheries now sadly consigned to history – that he has experienced over the past 30-plus years Cod lying on hard…
Each week we bring you the boat of the week, taken from Fishing News Name: Pilot Me SH 130 LOA: 11.95m Built: Hull – Audacious Marine, Ramsgate; Fit-out – Scaife Fabrications, owners and others, Filey 2019 Type: Potting catamaran Home port: Bridlington…
Bridlington teamwork delivers large-scale refit of North Shields prawn trawler The under-10m trawler Blueye BH 453 returned to North Shields on completion of a major refurbishment project carried out by two well-known Bridlington companies, electrical specialist SE Marine and JD…
Challenging weather conditions put traditional sailing cobles and their crews to the test during the fourth annual Bridlington Sailing Coble Festival, which took place over the weekend of 27-28 July, reports Paul L Arro Planning of the event had been…
– Action on North Sea cod – PM gives Brexit reassurances at Brixham – Brexit workshops for seafood businesses – West coast ‘at a tipping point’ – Brixham skipper urges by-election – France and Belgium ban pulse beaming –…
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