Aberdeenshire Council has announced that the night watchman service at Macduff Harbour will continue to operate. The service had been earmarked for closure, as part of a review to look at the structure and responsibilities within the harbour’s service, with…
Asteria BRD 250, a design of 19m twin-rig trawler built by Macduff Shipyards in its fabrication hall at Buckie, for the father and son skippers Alasdair and Andrew Montgomery and the Asteria Fishing Company of Portree, Isle of Skye, was…
Aberdeenshire Council has delayed its contentious decision to scrap night watchmen at Macduff harbour, following widespread opposition from local fishermen, the Harbour Advisory Board and the Scottish White Fish Producers Association, reports David Linkie. Above: Reliance II landing 450 boxes of…
Politicians in northeast Scotland have called on the chief executive of Aberdeenshire Council, Jim Savege, to reconsider proposed plans to axe night watchmen at Macduff harbour. Both Banff and Buchan MP Dr Eilidh Whiteford and Banffshire and Buchan Coast MSP…
An agreement has been reached between Macduff Harbour and Marine Scotland to relax designated port status regulations, which have been in force for more than a decade. Above: Increased landing flexibility will benefit Macduff Harbour and the large number of vessels…
