Pair-trawling for herring off Rattray Head In a week in which the first herring of 2020 were landed at Peterhead, David Linkie looks back on a quick-fire trip on the Fraserburgh pelagic boat Daystar BF 250, pair-trawling for herring with…
– £2m extra quota for Scots shellfishermen – J-Sea crew rescued after five-hour ordeal – First herring of the year at Peterhead – Ireland rejects zonal attachment – SFF Brexit demands restated as talks resume – Slow response from…
– 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 –…
– Minister’s no-deal warning – FFL calls for ‘clean’ no-deal Brexit – UK-Norway deal to fish as normal until 2020 – Brexit – what you need to know – Policing controls strengthened – ‘Blow’ as Seafish pulls out of…
– NS cod loses MSC label – New whitefish markets progressing well in Shetland – Climate change damaging marine life – Spain: ‘No change for two years’ if no-deal Brexit – Barnier commits EU support to EUFA – Port…
– ‘UK can’t protect EEZ’ – Sustainable fishing boosts EU fleet – Anglo-Spanish longliner remains stranded off Shetland – Mackerel as far north as Spitsbergen – French threaten Channel blockade – Agreement between vessels as Windsock reopened – Fire…
Built in 1960 at the Fraserburgh boatyard of T Summers & Co, the traditional Fraserburgh yawl Amethyst has recently been lovingly refurbished at Lochaline, reports David Linkie Nearly three years ago, Malcolm Burge and Kay Nuttall fulfilled a long-cherished ambition…
Father and son Tom and Donal Kennedy berthed their new family-owned vessel Fiona K III T 117 at Dingle for the first time towards the end of last month, reports David Linkie Being designed to fish a combination of seasonal…
Cod, herring and haddock may vanish from Scotland’s west coast waters by the turn of the century because of global warming. Above: Marine ecologist Dr Natalia Serpetti. Researchers at the Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS), near Oban, have predicted that…
The summer herring fishery in the North Sea is gathering momentum, with skippers reporting a good spread of marks across a wide area, reports David Linkie. Above: Wiron 5 and Wiron 6 landing frozen-at-sea and fresh herring to Northbay Pelagic at…
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