Galathea, built for the Orkney crab fishery, arrived home to the small port of Pierowall, on the island of Westray, last month. Brothers Paul and Adam Tulloch, opting to fish for shellfish rather than follow their father Tommy, who for…
Wave energy pioneer Mocean Energy has secured over £3m in EU funding to develop and deploy a 250kW wave machine in Orkney waters. The large-scale wave energy device – named Blue Horizon 250 – will be manufactured in Scotland and…
The days of it being considered ‘bad luck’ for women to be aboard fishing boats is slipping from living memory. From Shetland and Orkney down to Cornwall, female leaders, vessel managers and fisheries scientists are a routine day to day…
Orkney and Shetland MP Alistair Carmichael shares his views on the way ahead This time last year, MPs had just finished a powerful debate on post-Brexit fisheries management in the House of Commons. Over 90 minutes, a succession of MPs…
All hands on deck as the trawl is shot away for the first time on sea trials. The latest addition to the Orkney whitefish fleet, the 28m twin-rig stern ramp trawler Westra Fjord K 193, has made a strong start…
– Green pressure on Scots – First herring landed at Lerwick – New quay for Eastbourne fleet finally underway – No-deal Brexit looms as clock ticks – Scots government blasts UK ‘hard Brexit ideology’ – Temporary sea defences for…
Each week we bring you the boat of the week, taken from Fishing News Name: Name: Carvela K 751 LOA: 19m Built: Parkol Marine Engineering Teesside 2019 Type: Vivier-crabber Home port: Stromness, Orkney We’ll be back next week with our latest boat…
This week in Fishing News you will find: – Rethink U10 e-catch reporting – New Orkney vivier-crabber Carvela – Under-12m VMS ‘vital’ to understand inshore fleet – Calls for Home Office pilot scheme to support fishing industry – Mackerel stock…
Wide-ranging debate on Scots industry future Scotland’s fishing industry is being asked to take part in a wide-ranging discussion on the Scottish government’s vision for the future of fisheries, reports Tim Oliver Scottish fisheries minister Fergus Ewing launched a national…
With regret this notice is to give Fair Warning that gear conflict incidents involving creels all around Orkney will be referred to Police Scotland and Marine Scotland Contact information to avoid conflict can be obtained from OFA www.orkneyfisheries.co.uk @orkneyfisheries fb & twitter Tel:01856871818 Email:orkneyfisheries@btconnect.com
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