In a break with tradition, this year’s Colchester Oyster Feast was held away from Moot Hall for the first time in more than a century. The annual event, held on the last day of October each year following the official…
Saturday show dropped in favour of new weekday timing for the Skipper Expo Mara Media, the organiser of the Scottish Skipper Expo, has confirmed the dates for the 2024 show. In a change which it says reflects ‘overall majority’ exhibitor…
Back in 2018, few would have believed that it would be the last time a fish festival filled the quays in Newlyn, reports Laurence Hartwell. Previous Newlyn Fish Festivals have drawn thousands of visitors to the town. The following year,…
The Scottish Oyster Shucking Championships have made a successful return following a two-year Covid-enforced break, reports Paul Scott. Competition judge David Jarrad, chief executive of the Shellfish Association of Great Britain, with Alexander Wallace, this year’s shucking champion. The competition…
Grimsby’s maritime heritage was celebrated last month with the return of the town’s Festival of the Sea, reports Paul Scott. Grimsby’s Festival of the Sea returned to the town last month. The event, produced by Grimsby-based events organisation The Culture…
The biennial Mousehole Festival, cancelled in 2020 because of the pandemic, got underway once again over the weekend of 1 to 3 July, reports Mike Smylie. It is otherwise known as ‘Sea Salts and Sail’, and there was, indeed, plenty…
Scottish Skipper Expo 2022, which will be held at the new venue of the P&J Live arena in Aberdeen, is set to take place on Friday 13 and Saturday 14 May. Sponsored by the Scottish Fishermen’s Federation, this will be…
Fish International 2022, which was scheduled to take place in Bremen in February, has been postponed until September. The new dates – Sunday 4 to Tuesday 6 September, 2022 – have been announced in response to industry feedback, say the…
The unique heritage and coastline of Portsoy have been celebrated around the world with the Aberdeenshire town’s first-ever digital boat festival gaining an international following. The Ahoy Portsoy virtual collection of the best of the Scottish Traditional Boat Festival has…
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