Buckie

  • New Crystal River launched at Buckie

    New Crystal River launched at Buckie

    9th June 2021

    Specialist low-loader units were used to manoeuvre the new Fraserburgh pair-seiner Crystal River FR 178 from Macduff Shipyards’ fabrication hall at Buckie and down an adjacent slipway at low water, reports David Linkie. The trawler was then supported by shores…

  • Boat of the Week: Eternal Light FR 35

    Boat of the Week: Eternal Light FR 35

    11th December 2019

    Each week we bring you the boat of the week, taken from Fishing News Name: Eternal Light FR 35 LOA: 19.2m Built: Macduff Shipyards Ltd Buckie 2019 Type: Scalloper Home port: Buckie We’ll be back next week with our latest boat focus.…

  • New Issue: Fishing News 04.07.19

    New Issue: Fishing News 04.07.19

    2nd July 2019

    This week in Fishing News you will find: – Bid to ditch FQAs – Gove pledges support for Scottish industry – Iceland stakes claim to Rockall waters – Stock assessments central to scallop fishery management – Plans for Donegal sea…

  • Boat of the Week: Caledonia III BCK 35

    Boat of the Week: Caledonia III BCK 35

    5th December 2018

    Each week we bring you the boat of the week, taken from Fishing News. Name: Caledonia III BCK 35 LOA: 19m Built: Macduff Shipyards Buckie 2018 Type: Twin-rig trawler Home port: Buckie We’ll be back next week with our latest boat focus. Got…

  • Caledonia III

    Caledonia III

    14th September 2018

    Macduff Shipyards delivers 19m twin-rig trawler built at Buckie for local skipper Steven Clarke Moray skipper Steven Clarke and the crew of Caledonia III are now twin-rig trawling on grounds to the north of Scotland from Scrabster harbour, reports David…

  • Boat of the Week: Zara Annabel BCK 126

    Boat of the Week: Zara Annabel BCK 126

    4th July 2018

    Each week we bring you the boat of the week, taken from Fishing News. Name: Zara Annabel BCK 126 LOA: 26.248m Built: Kramer & Booy Kootsterille Holland 1968 Type: Beam scalloper Home port: Buckie We’ll be back next week with our latest…

  • New Skye build ready to be rolled out at Buckie

    New Skye build ready to be rolled out at Buckie

    30th May 2017

    Asteria BRD 250, a design of 19m twin-rig trawler built by Macduff Shipyards in its fabrication hall at Buckie, for the father and son skippers Alasdair and Andrew Montgomery and the Asteria Fishing Company of Portree, Isle of Skye, was…

  • Buckie-built anchor-seiners

    Buckie-built anchor-seiners

    1st July 2016

    John Addison summarises a succession of anchor-seiners built at Buckie boatyards, Herd & Mackenzie, Jones, and Thomsons, between 1949 and 1976 Traditional Danish-style anchor-seiners regularly worked out of Buckie harbour when fishing in the Moray Firth between October and March…

  • Boat of the Week – Transcend BF 61

    Boat of the Week – Transcend BF 61

    11th April 2016

    Each Week We’ll Be Bringing You Our Boat Of The Week Taken From Fishing News Name: Transcend BF 61 LOA: 19.92m Built: Astilleros Armon SA Navia Spain 2000 Type: Twin-rig whitefish trawler Home port: Buckie We’ll be back next week with…

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