Peterhead Port Authority (PPA) has issued a statement on the initial results of its informal consultation on possible moves towards the introduction of an electronic auction. The move, first proposed last year, was put on hold after several merchants and…
The new 14.99M vivier crabber Genesis H 37 was lowered into the river Esk on Saturday, 28 October. Built by Parkol Marine Engineering for Genesis Fishing Ltd, the new vessel will be skippered by George Robson, who currently takes the…
Engine manufacturer Cummins will be visiting Fraserburgh and Peterhead this week as part of its ‘Scotland Trailer Tour’. The company will be in Fraserburgh on Tuesday, 6 June, and in Peterhead on Wednesday, 7 June, and is inviting skippers to…
Shetland’s restored Fifie Swan is set to retrace her past by visiting five ports significant to the historic and present-day herring industries as part of a 10-night trip from 8 to 18 June. As part of the tour, ‘On the…
An industry workshop in Peterhead explored plans to extend the use of the BATmap bycatch avoidance tool in Scottish fisheries By Tara Marshall, senior lecturer in the School of Biological Sciences at the University of Aberdeen Once participating skippers had…
Work has begun on a major new £30m mackerel and herring processing facility and cold-store upgrade for Denholm Seafoods in Peterhead, reports Paul Scott. The investment, one of the largest ever undertaken by a wild-caught fish processing company in Scotland,…
The Peterhead-based Scottish Maritime Academy (SMA) has announced the appointment of experienced mariner and trainer Chris Bell (pictured above) as its new centre manager, reports Paul Scott. Part of North East Scotland College (NESCol), the Scottish Maritime Academy provides training…
A delegation of buyers from Thailand visited Peterhead and Grimsby at the end of October as part of a trip designed to boost exports of UK seafood. They were shown around Peterhead fishmarket before meeting with different vendors and attending…
Laeso Scotland is inviting prawn fishermen across the UK to an open day at its processing centre in Peterhead on Friday, 26 August, to learn more about the services the company can provide to support fishermen in obtaining premium prices…
Andy Read reports on training innovations at the Scottish Maritime Academy I visited the Scottish Maritime Academy in Peterhead last month whilst one of the ‘hybrid’ sessions for the Class II ticket was taking place. Linda Hope, manager of the…
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