Boat of the week, taken from Fishing News Name: Ocean Challenge LK 253 LOA: 28.50m Built: Mooney Boats Ltd, Killybegs, 2020 Type: Twin-rig stern trawler Home port: Lerwick Got some pictures of your own to share? It can be an image…
Boat of the week, taken from Fishing News Name: Njord LK 90 LOA: 26.56m Built: Campbeltown Shipyard, 1992 Type: Whitefish trawler Home port: Lerwick Got some pictures of your own to share? It can be an image of anything related…
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…
The newest addition to the Shetland whitefish fleet, the 28.5m twin-rig stern trawler Ocean Challenge LK 253 fished a quick fire maiden trip at the end of October before landing 400 boxes at Lerwick, reports David Linkie. Photographs by Alan…
As is customary at this time of year, when mackerel move into Shetland waters at the start of their annual migratory pattern, an extensive range of local and visiting boats have landed mackerel at Lerwick – as shown in this…
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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…
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North Sea mackerel, fished in close proximity to Shetland, was the first target species for the new Whalsay 75.4m midwater trawler Zephyr LK 394, when skipper Allister Irvine and crew started to establish the boat’s fishing credentials, reports David Linkie…
