With the launch of a third call for applications, Fishing News is taking a closer look at some of the projects already supported by the UK Seafood Innovation Fund (SIF). This week’s featured project is a South Devon trial aiming…
Seafish fleet researcher Joe Cooper reports from the Dorset and Devon coast I’ve not yet heard of any sightings of prehistoric paddle-finned plesiosaurs or giant marine crocodiles, but still I appreciate why fishermen choose to live and work across the…
Co-management is a current buzz-word – but on the Devon coast, it’s nothing new. The South Devon Inshore Potting Agreement is a longstanding exemplar of what can be achieved by fishermen working together, reports Holly Kaiser The south coast of…
Joint-funded by the Blue Marine Foundation and Dorset and East Devon FLAG, a new storage facility for live lobsters will soon be in operation at Axmouth harbour in East Devon. Phil Lockley reports Officially opened on 14 January, the lobster…
– East Anglia future plan – Endeavour V & Ocean Challenge launched in Poland – ‘Manage quotas locally to save North Devon fishery’ – Wales launches its first plan for marine management – Eastern IFCA recognised for best practice –…
Refit of the legendary Devon crabber Excel DH 17 Last but not least in my current review of inshore refits is the famous Devon crabber Excel DH 17. Built by J Hinks & Son of Appledore in North Devon, construction…
Brixham Trawler Race, the most famous and longest-established event of its type, took place on Saturday, 15 June, when the South Devon port hosted the 57th annual race. Martin Johns reports, and captures the race action from Angel Emiel A…
Substantial legal expenses leave defendant with no option but to put scallop boat up for sale Four Devon scallop fishermen were fully acquitted in Gloucester Crown Court last week of 48 charges laid against them by Devon and Severn Inshore…
The first public screening of ‘Guardians of the Reef’, a Storylines project documenting some of the history of the South Devon shellfishing industry and local ways of life, recently took place at the Cricket Inn in Beesands in Start Bay,…
Mashfords boat yard at Cremyll, near Plymouth, is making good progress on a new-build steel scalloper for a Cornish fisherman, reports Martin Johns. Above: The nearly completed framework of the new scalloper’s bulbous bow in position on her ballast keel. The…
