The first sprats from the traditional localised niche fishery were landed at Mallaig earlier this month. David Linkie looks back to a night aboard skipper Robert Summers’ Rebecca Jeneen in December 2012, pair-trawling for sprats with Willie John McLean’s Caralisa…
Each week we bring you the boat of the week, taken from Fishing News. Name: Primrose CY 233 LOA: 16.25m Built: Gerrard Bros Arbroath 1968 Type: Scalloper Home port: Mallaig We’ll be back next week with our latest boat focus. Got some…
The West Highland harbour of Mallaig has a longstanding fishing tradition, playing a prominent role in the Scottish industry. Above: A typically busy scene at Mallaig in the late 1960s with local and visiting ring-netters landing herring in traditional wooden boxes…
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