The ongoing strike in Faroe saw a number of Faroese landings into Scrabster last week, following on from the first landing by the former Aalskere, now named Vesturvardi, the week before. The landings come as evidence mounts that despite efforts…
£80,000 fine for ‘entirely avoidable’ accident on Scrabster vivier-crabber Scrabster Seafoods Ltd, based at Scrabster harbour, was fined £80,000 at Tain Sheriff Court on 7 June after pleading guilty to health and safety breaches that resulted in the death of…
Boat of the week, taken from Fishing News Name: Osprey WK 4 LOA: 20.25m Built: Parkol Marine Engineering, Whitby, 2020 Type: Vivier-crabber Home port: Scrabster Got some pictures of your own to share? It can be an image of anything related…
Skipper Andrew ‘Watty’ Watt berthed the 18.8m Osprey WK 4 in its home port of Scrabster last weekend at the end of a 285-mile delivery passage from Whitby, just three weeks after the vivier-crabber was launched into the river Esk,…
– Scots inshore fleet tracking – Irish Skipper Expo postponed due to Coronavirus uncertainty – Catch App users growing, says MMO – New scrabster vivier-crabber Osprey launched – Virus fears hit seafood trade – Scots industry pushes minister…
Skipper David Fraser and the crew of the Wick fly-shooter Opportune WK 171 took their last seine-net shot last month, signalling the end of an era spanning 40 years, reports David Linkie. Having mainly landed into the Caithness harbours of…
A new £1m quayside ice plant at Scrabster harbour, which is able to produce 30 tonnes of ice per day and has storage capacity of 60 tonnes, was officially opened by Scottish Cabinet Secretary for the Rural Economy & Connectivity…
Located in Thurso Bay, and sheltered by Holburn Head to the northwest and Dunnet Head to the northeast, Scrabster harbour has long occupied a fairly unique position in the UK fishing industry. Its geographical location in the Pentland Firth meant…
Scrabster Harbour is set to maintain its position among the UK’s top fish landing ports following investment from the Scottish government and the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) in a new ice plant, reports David Linkie. Above: Scrabster harbour – where UK…
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