whelks

  • Serial offenders fined for undersized whelks

    Serial offenders fined for undersized whelks

    28th June 2023

    Manx court imposes £20k fine and 12-month ban on Fleetwood boat The owner of the Fleetwood-based whelker Julia Ann PD 5 has been fined £20,000 for retaining undersized whelks in Manx waters. This follows a £35,000 fine for the skipper…

  • Lynn Princess LN 175 – back at work

    Lynn Princess LN 175 – back at work

    22nd November 2019

    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,…

  • Boat of the Week: Winsome MT 1

    Boat of the Week: Winsome MT 1

    1st May 2019

    Each week we bring you the boat of the week, taken from Fishing News. Name: Winsome MT 1 LOA: 15.24m Built: James N Miller & Sons Ltd St Monans 1966 Type: Shrimp beamer/whelk potter Home port: Maryport We’ll be back next week…

  • Pembrokeshire inshore – the heart of the matter

    Pembrokeshire inshore – the heart of the matter

    20th July 2018

    John Worrall recently spent a morning with Welsh inshore skipper Steve De-Waine, netting for skate and rays from Neyland, on the Holton 24 Peter M Now here’s a symptom of a wider condition. Back in the 1970s and 1980s, there…

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