A day’s fishing with a teenage skipper, supported by a thriving family business, reveals the potential for a brighter future for inshore fishing, reports John Periam. Photographs by Geoffrey Lee An opportunity arose for Fishing News to spend a day…
HMS Clyde, one of the great workhorses of the Royal Navy’s Fishery Protection Squadron (FPS), returned to HMS Naval Base Portsmouth on 20 December after 12 years on patrol around the Falkland Islands, bringing her final voyage as a member…
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HMS Forth P 222, the first of the new Batch 2 river-class offshore patrol vessels (OPVs), is scheduled to join the Royal Navy’s Fishery Protection Squadron this month, under the command of Commander Robert (Bob) Laverty, reports John Periam The…
HMS Forth, the first of the new Batch 2 River-Class Offshore Patrol Vessels (Fishing News, 5 April), was commissioned at Portsmouth Naval Base on Friday, 13 April, 2018, reports John Periam The arrival of HMS Forth marks a significant increase…
Port demos ‘just the start’, government and MPs warned Fishermen have held mass port demonstrations in a show of unity to protest against the two-year Brexit transition period that could threaten the survival of many smaller boats, reports Tim Oliver…
Static-gear fishermen from Portsmouth and Selsey have voiced their concerns and frustration about two French trawlers that appeared to be specifically targeting bass off the south coast of England over the Bank Holiday weekend of 27-29 May, reports David Linkie.…
