Skippers Peter and Willie Tait and the crew of the new Fraserburgh midwater trawler Taits FR 229 quickly started to prove the fishing capabilities of their new vessel last month by fishing blue whiting 190 miles west of Ireland, reports…
Peterhead harbour of yesteryear While Peterhead – which established a new port record of £202m in 2018 – continues to be the main fishing port in Britain by some considerable margin, this selection of photographs, all of which were taken…
Built in 1960 at the Fraserburgh boatyard of T Summers & Co, the traditional Fraserburgh yawl Amethyst has recently been lovingly refurbished at Lochaline, reports David Linkie Nearly three years ago, Malcolm Burge and Kay Nuttall fulfilled a long-cherished ambition…
Macduff Shipyards delivers third new boat to Peterhead skipper, two months ahead of schedule Peterhead skipper James West and the crew of the 21.5m twin-rig prawn trawler Westro PD 20 were expected to sail from their home port this week…
The Scottish Maritime Academy, based in Peterhead, recently piloted Knife Skills as part of the Seafish Introduction to Commercial Fishing course. Students learned about knife skills… Centre manager Linda Hope said: “Knife skills are such a crucial part of the…
This week in Fishing News you will find: – Brexit in turmoil – KFO seeks Brexit mitigation measures – Peterhead catch value exceeds £200m for first time – Public consultation on quota balancing for demersal fish stocks – Marine Scotland…
More than 20 boats berthed in Peterhead harbour are illuminating the night sky with thousands of Christmas lights, reports David Linkie As whitefish vessels landed their last trips of the year, their crews followed the lead of two midwater trawlers…
This week in Fishing News you will find: – Chokes dominate council – NFFO perspective on fisheries council – National ban on salmon netting – UK will ban electric pulse trawling – New Irish legislation for Penalty Points System on…
Skippers David Gatt and Barry Reid and the crew quickly started to confirm the capabilities of the versatile new 27.8m whitefish boat Audacious BF 83, by landing 2,000 boxes of whitefish at Peterhead from back-to-back pair-seining trips in just over…
Each week we bring you the boat of the week, taken from Fishing News. Name: Guiding Light H 90 LOA: 26m Built: Parkol Marine Engineering Whitby 2018 Type: Pair-seiner Home port: Peterhead We’ll be back next week with our latest boat focus.…
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