South Wales

Brixham smashes record with £60m sales
17th January 2023
Brixham fishmarket saw a record-breaking £60.8m-worth of fish auctioned during 2022, reports Paul Scott. The amount smashes its previous record of £43.6m, set in 2021, and includes a first- ever £2m week for the market, recorded in September. Barry Young,…
Angle lifeboat launched to injured fisherman
10th January 2022
On 29 December, the crew of Angle RNLI in South Wales were paged just before 6pm to assist a 23m trawler 32 miles southwest of St Ann’s Head. A fisherman onboard had suffered a traumatic hand injury. A Coastguard helicopter…