Seafish fleet researcher Joe Cooper reports from the West Country I’ve spent the past three weeks on the sunny south coast speaking to fishermen from Plymouth to Newhaven, listening to accounts of how fishing has been changing on a business-to-business…
The EU fleet overall remained profitable in 2020 despite Covid, reporting healthy gross and net profit margins of around 26% and 14% respectively, or close to €1.5bn of gross profits and €800m of net profits, according to the EU Commission. …
Skippers Ian Shearer and Malcolm Reid and the crew of the latest addition to the Shetland fleet, the single-rig whitefish stern trawler Courageous LK 470, quickly started to prove the fishing credentials of their new vessel earlier this month, reports…
New grants welcomed but more needed No help for English over-24s and Scots whitefish fleet There has been general industry welcome for new support packages announced for the English under-24m and Scottish over-12m fleets, reports Tim Oliver. But some anomalies…
Ranging from 10m to 15m in length, a fleet of relatively low-powered pocket trawlers/scallopers continues to grow among the South West fishing industry. Described as ‘capable boats’ by their designer Ian Paton of SC McAllister & Co Ltd, many are…
