Fisheries in the Wash are being squeezed out of existence. John Worrall reports Once upon a time, life was straightforward. The Wash yielded cockles, mussels and shrimps, which fed birds and the fishing communities at the hearts of Boston and King’s Lynn. 1.…
A distinguished old lady has returned to the Wash after a facelift, some fetching changes to her topsides and other surgical reconstruction. John Worrall reports Lynn Princess – or some of her – is 50 years old. Built in Holland,…
Inshore fishermen on the west and north-west coasts of Ireland are facing a bleak winter due to the failures of both the shrimp and velvet crab fisheries, reports Pauric Gallagher. This was compounded by the failure of brown crabs to arrive in any quantity inshore on the north-west…
A new type of shrimp gear, claimed to have far less impact on the seabed, has arrived in the Wash, reports John Worrall. Above: The SeeWing beam maintains a lower trawl front-end profile. The SeeWing has been acquired in a…
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