Boat of the week, taken from Fishing News Name: Amethyst BF 19 LOA: 20.25m Built: Mooney Boats Ltd, Killybegs (2020) Type: Twin-rig trawler Home port: Fraserburgh Got some pictures of your own to share? It can be an image of anything…
The early-year mackerel fishery is continuing to give good results, including a steady succession of landings to the three processing companies at Peterhead, reports David Linkie. The Pelagia Shetland processing factory at Lerwick also received mackerel from a combination of…
Gardenstown midwater trawler makes her mark fishing mackerel Skippers Matthew and Alexander West and the crew of Resolute BF 50 have quickly started to showcase the fishing capabilities of their new vessel, reports David Linkie 01 Resolute leaving Fraserburgh for…
Boat of the week, taken from Fishing News Name: Helenus FR 121 LOA: 26.61m Built: Campbeltown Shipyard 1987 Type: Pair-seiner Home port: Fraserburgh Got some pictures of your own to share? It can be an image of anything related to…
Twin-rig trawler from Macduff Shipyards A number of innovative features, most of which are relatively minor when viewed singly, have dovetailed into the overall design for maximum benefit on the new 24.5m Fraserburgh twin-rig trawler Jacqueline Anne FR 243, reports…
– Export red tape fears – Low-key start to Manx king scallop fishery – Resolute arrives at Fraserburgh – Threat of 48-hour delays to move fish – Eleventh-hour Brexit talks continue – Wash Fishery Order replacement consultation –…
Each week we bring you the boat of the week, taken from Fishing News Name: Artemis BF 60 LOA: 64m Built: West Contractors, Ølensvåg, Norway 2003 Type: Midwater trawler Home port: Fraserburgh We’ll be back next week with our latest boat focus.…
As the 2020 North Sea seasonal herring fishing gathers momentum, David Linkie looks back 13 years to a trip on the new Fraserburgh midwater trawler Chris Andra FR 228 With the 2007 summer herring season drawing to a close, Chris…
David Linkie looks back 20 years to a six-day trip on Amethyst II BF 19 that marked a significant milestone for the Scottish prawn fleet Four weeks after Macduff Shipyards completed the 19.9m twin-rig trawler Amethyst II, skipper David West…
David Linkie looks back 23 years to a five-day trip on the Fraserburgh twin-rig prawn trawler Opportune BF 19 Eight hours after throwing off the ropes, on the ‘back o’ Sunday night’ at the Broch, Opportune settled her gear in…
