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TURN TO PAGE 2 FOR THE FULL STOCKS ON THE RISE REPORT Mooney Boats to deliver new pair- trawlers for Castletownbere skippers Computer images of Vestværftet ApS, the sisterships will The wheelhouse packages will come the 31m pair-trawlers have an LOA of 31m, 8.7m of beam and from Barry Electronics. Eilean Croine S 238… a draught of 5.8m. Of round bilge hull The new builds will replace the present form, the hulls will be built at the Stal-Rem boats of skippers Donal O’Neill and Eric shipyard, Gdansk, Poland, before being Murphy, the 33.4m Sparkling Star D towed to Killybegs in the spring of next 437 and the 33.3m Eilean Croine S 238, year for full machinery installation and which were built at Hakvoort shipyard, internal fit-out by Mooney Boats. Monnickendam, Holland in 1974 and 1980. Both boats will feature ABC main engines, Heimdal gearboxes, 3,400mm-diameter VP propellers and two Scania auxiliary engines. SeaQuest Systems of Killybegs will supply the hydraulic deck machinery for each boat. This will include two split trawl winches (28t), lifeline and tail-end winches (28t) and three net drums (38t and 28t), together with deck cranes, fish pumps and hose reels. The vessels’ five RSW tanks will be served by refrigeration systems installed by the KER Group. Castletownbere skippers Eric Murphy vessels, Eilean Croine and Sparkling Star, This Killybegs company will ‡ … and Sparkling Star D 437, which Mooney Boats is and Donal O’Neill have signed contracts in early 2022, reports David Linkie. also manufacture the vacuum scheduled to deliver to Castletownbere skippers Eric for Mooney Boats Ltd to deliver two new Designed by Ove Kristensen of landing equipment. Murphy and Donal O’Neill in early 2022. ‘Wear a PFD – for your family’s sake’

On the fourth anniversary of the Daniel Willington’s body was together, Flowing Tide II, and the loss of her husband and son, Gail never found. two of them sailed her back from Willington has called on fishermen The MAIB investigation the Outer Hebrides to Milford to wear personal flotation devices concluded that both men probably Haven. They ran a successful for the sake of the families and went overboard while shooting gear shellfish fishing business with friends they might leave behind. in the vicinity of Ramsey Island. Gareth’s help and support. All Gareth and Daniel Willington Gail Willington said: “I feel I three of them had skipper’s tickets. were lost from the 11.6m potter must try to reach the hearts of all “Following this, as Nick had Harvester M 999 in Abereiddy fishermen and their families. other work commitments, Gareth Bay, North Pembrokeshire on 28 “My husband Gareth – known as and Daniel carried on the business April, 2016. When the Harvester Spike – had been shellfish fishing successfully. was found grounded, a search and for 30-plus years. “On the day in question, they rescue operation was launched, “My son Daniel had been fishing went out to check pots by Ramsey and the body of Gareth Willington for approximately 10 years. Six Island, and Gareth said they would was recovered three miles away. or seven years previously, he and be back around lunchtime. That a good friend from school, Nick was the last time we spoke.”

‡ Gareth and Daniel Willington. Howells, bought their first boat Continued on page 3 2 NEWS Visit us at fishingnews.co.uk and on Twitter @YourFishingNews 21 May 2020 Stocks and recruitment rise as effort falls All indicators show NE Atlantic stocks in good health Most fish stocks in the North East that began around 20 years ago. “It also confuses consumers who, Atlantic are healthy and increasing, We’ve known from ICES that because of aggressive campaigns according to a new report from the there has been a trend of reducing from these organisations, may think EU Commission, reports Tim Oliver. mortality and increasing stocks that the oceans and fish stocks are in It shows that fishing pressure for the past two decades – the a dire situation and that consuming has been reduced by almost half in turning point was the year 2000. fish would contribute to harm the the period 2003-2018 for the stocks The question this raises is how environment, when it is totally the assessed and is at an all-time low, long the NGOs’ narrative based opposite. and that most stocks are at MSY on overexploitation and decline “The reality is that in the last 10 level. Fish populations have been can be maintained, in the face of to 20 years, no industry has made increasing significantly, reaching the evidence? It stands up in the so many efforts and commitment levels in 2018 that are 50% higher Mediterranean, but certainly not in towards sustainability as the than in 2010. the North East Atlantic.” European fishing industry.” The annual report on the Daniel Voces, managing director Europêche argues that part of the performance of the CFP is from of EU fishermen’s organisation problem lies with the fact that the the EU Commission’s Scientific, Europêche, said: “The news on main EU fisheries law introduces Technical and Economic Committee sustainable fisheries is unequivocally targets and objectives which go for Fisheries (STECF), which good. The majority of fish stocks in against scientific advice and the provides independent scientific the North East Atlantic are healthy fisheries reality. In this sense, even advice to the Commission. and thriving. That’s thanks to many though scientists acknowledge that it It shows overall positive trends years of sacrifices being made by is not possible to achieve MSY levels for many stocks in the North East the EU fishing fleets, and intensive for all stocks at the same time, this is Atlantic, where the proportion of collaboration with scientists and an actual objective of the CFP. overexploited stocks was reduced public authorities to improve fishing Daniel Voces concluded: almost by half compared with 2007 practices and fisheries management. “Incredible accomplishments to figures. The proportion of stocks Overfishing in the EU is at an achieve sustainability in our waters outside safe biological limits shows all-time low.” have been made in a record time, to a similar downward trend over the Europêche said it regretted the point that almost 100% of the same period. that radical environmental NGOs landings from EU-regulated stocks “Kinda ironic... more fish in the sea than for over 20 years, and Another healthy indication is continue to launch ‘gloom and doom come from catches fished at the that recruitment figures show that studies’ trying to prove how terrible MSY levels. we’re stuck in here with the bloody pub shut!” the number of young fish entering things are in European waters, by “However, the introduction of the stocks has been consistently analysing the number of fish stocks unachievable policy objectives in the “If 2020 is an atypical year between the scientific advice increasing since 2012. or tonnes overfished in the past. CFP, reform after reform, unfairly in terms of fishing patterns and and well-informed management Industry spokesmen welcomed “It really upsets the industry that gives the impression to citizens and activity, how is that going to be decisions. As we move towards the the report, and said it raised the some NGOs do not recognise the consumers that the fishing industry taken into account in the science autumn negotiations, along with question of how environmental good progress made in the past 20 is not sustainable. Policies need to be and the management measures for everything else that’s going on, it’s NGOs could continue to portray years,” said Daniel Voces. ambitious, but rational at the same 2021?” he asked. one of the things we’ll have to take to the public a picture of declining “It frustrates the efforts of our time.” “I’m hopefully not jumping to into account.” stocks and overexploitation of companies that invest in sustainable Barrie Deas questioned how the conclusions, but it’s certainly not The graphs from the STECF fisheries, in the face of such evidence practices and want to do things dramatic fall in fishing effort and going to be normal. The concern report illustrate the increase of – at least for the North East Atlantic. better. It generates an ambience changes in fishing patterns in 2020 would be that the scientific models biomass (Figure 1), the significant NFFO chief executive Barrie of mistrust, jeopardising the due to the Covid-19 virus would be work by looking backwards and reduction of fishing pressure (Figure Deas said: “The STECF report collaboration of the industry with reflected in the scientific advice for projecting forwards, and I suppose 2) and recruitment (Figure 3) in the confirms the positive stock trends scientists, governments and NGOs. fishing opportunities in 2021. this is where the difference lies North East Atlantic.

Figure 1 Figure 2 Figure 3

‡ Figure 1: Trends in the indicators of stock biomass (median values of the model-based estimates relative to 2003). Three indicators are presented: one for the North East Atlantic (53 stocks considered, blue line); one for the Mediterranean and Black Sea (41 stocks, black line); and one for data-limited stocks (ICES category 3, 73 stocks, green line). Figure 2: Trend in F/FMSY (based on 46 stocks). The figure shows the indicator values since 2016 close to 1, which means that over all stocks, on average, the exploitation levels are close to FMSY. The dark grey zone shows the 50% confidence interval; the light grey zone shows the 95% confidence interval.Figure 3: Trend in decadal recruitment scaled to 2003 in the North East Atlantic (based on 53 stocks). IS&WFPO chief: NGO claims ‘disappointing’ The STECF report follows a on them, but failed to highlight the when the meeting is over, they go fisheries, but is conscious that climate safe for the following year, are not number of misleading articles in the actual state of stocks and the sacrifices out to the public and say something change is having a massive effect on being targeted. mainstream media claiming that EU made by the fishing industry to entirely different. stocks, and because the scientists don’t “The STECF report clearly shows member states have overfished by achieve MSY levels for most stocks. “They know the information, but have the set of data yet to see where that most stocks are now sustainable, millions of tonnes over the past two Patrick Murphy, CEO of the Irish some of them choose to use negativity, the changes are happening, they yet we still see an awful lot of money decades, reports Pauric Gallagher. South and West Fish Producers’ instead of having all their questions won’t commit themselves to making and resources being put in to address The articles were based on an Organisation, told Fishing News: addressed by the scientific community, a comment on it. They will use the misconceptions in the marine NGO environmental report that “It’s very disappointing what some by the member states and by the precautionary approach instead, industry, while there are so many manipulated certain figures to present NGOs are currently doing. At fisheries industry, and that’s the problem. which means that many stocks that other deserving causes all over the a scenario of impending doom for fish meetings, we all sit around the same “The industry is moving, as much could have a lot more fish taken from world that would benefit greatly from stocks and the communities that rely table and come to a consensus – but as is possible, towards sustainable them, and would be sustainable and the funding.” 21 May 2020 Join Fishing News on Facebook http://on.fb.me/fishingnews NEWS 3 Covid-19 hammers landings volume and value Figures released by the MMO show • The quantity landed by English greatest decrease in value, at 43%, Tom McCormack, CEO of government’s £10m support a stark decline in fishing activity vessels was up 16%, driven by and a reduction in quantity of 29%. the MMO, said: “We’ve acted package. and landings due to the effects of large-volume late-season mackerel to provide the most up to date So far, in three weeks, the MMO the Covid-19 virus. landings. Despite this increase in The MMO said it had published fishing data during this challenging has distributed £4.6m in Fisheries The figures compare UK fishing quantity, value was down 6% the figures two weeks earlier than period. This is vital information Response Fund payments to almost activity between March 2019 and • The number of fishing trips by usual in response to the pressures for the industry to understand the 1,000 fishing vessel owners, and March 2020. The April data will be UK vessels was down by 33% to currently faced by the UK’s fishing full picture of fishing activities, £1m is currently being allocated to released on 26 May, with further 8,906 trips industry. They include additional including catch quantities and aquaculture businesses. releases monthly. • Smaller vessels saw the greatest data to help the industry as it species of fish landed.” A £1m fund to support projects Key points for March include: percentage decrease in value and tackles the impact of Covid-19. The MMO has further that enable and encourage the sale quantity. Landings value from the In June, the statistics will be supported the industry with and consumption of locally caught • UK vessels’ landings by volume under-10m and 10-12m fleets fell by released a month earlier than guidance on government and fish and shellfish has received over were down 17% to 59,027t and by 47% and 60% respectively normal, to help provide a more up welfare support available, 170 applications, which are now value by 26% to £46,563,000 • By species group, shellfish saw the to date picture. and is also administering the being considered. Voluntary tie-up scheme announced for Irish fleet A voluntary tie-up scheme has review on a monthly basis, and announcing today will support management periods, in continuing level of fishing by been introduced for vessels in should markets improve, it may the fixed costs incurred by order to adjust the supply of our fishing fleet. However, the polyvalent, beam trawl and be closed before the next tie-up owners of fishing vessels while fish coming onto a currently to temporarily facilitate the specific segments of the Irish period comes into operation. tied up. The scheme is designed depressed market and protect industry to better match fishing fishing fleet, reports Pauric To qualify for the scheme, to complement the Covid-19 quota availability for later activity with market demand, I Gallagher. a vessel must have carried wage supports and loan in the year. Any vessel not am now putting in a temporary The scheme was announced out fishing activities at sea arrangements already being receiving support to tie up scheme to support a portion by minister for agriculture, for at least 120 days over the provided by government to the in any particular month may of our fleet who voluntarily food and the marine Michael two-year period 2018-19, and fishing sector, and indeed other continue to fish to underpin choose to tie up, while others Creed and will be implemented have made a first sale of fish to sectors of our economy. the government’s policy of continue fishing.” under Ireland’s EMFF a minimum value of €5,000 in “The supports to fixed costs ensuring that the food chain is The scheme is designed Operational Programme the calendar year 2019. will range from €6,000 per maintained.” to support the fixed costs 2014-20, co-funded by the A maximum of 66% of the month for a maximum of two He added: “There are still incurred by vessel owners government of Ireland and the number of vessels in each of months for the very largest markets open both domestically while tied up in port, such as EU. eight vessel length categories vessels over 24m, to €500 per and internationally, and it is vessel insurance, loan interest, Eligible vessels will be will be approved for support month for a maximum of two important that we continue harbour charges, legal fees and supported to voluntarily tie for any one-month period, months for the very smallest to supply these markets to accounting fees. up for one or two of the next ensuring that some vessels are vessels under 6m in length. maintain food supply, service The fixed costs for different three months, from 1 June to always available to fish and “The voluntary scheme our established customers, vessel lengths across the fleet 31 August, and availability continue to supply the market. will operate over the calendar and be in a position to take have been calculated from will be extended to the inshore Minister Creed said: “The months of June, July and advantage of increased demand figures returned to BIM each fleet and to larger vessels. The new Covid-19 Voluntary August, to coincide with as markets open up. To that year as part of the EU Data scheme will be kept under Fleet Tie-up Scheme I am the monthly fisheries quota extent, we want to see a Collection Framework. Irish industry ‘disappointed’ by tie-up scheme ‘Wear a PFD – for The Irish government’s “As an industry grouping, governments that they your family’s sake’ voluntary tie-up scheme has we are actively engaging with could relax state aid rules aroused a mixture of anger the minister, asking him to to compensate vessels for Continued from page 1 and son would want me to do this, to and disbelief among whitefish revise the scheme and make voluntary tie-ups, and also “Daniel had been married for three try to prevent other families being left skippers and vessel owners, necessary amendments. aquaculture operations,” he years, and had two daughters, aged widowed and childless. reports Lorna Siggins. Until then, we cannot publicly said. five and nearly two, and they were “It only takes a minute to stop and ‘An insult to our intelligence’ comment further.” “The EU recognised expecting a baby in December. The think what you are leaving behind. and ‘completely unworkable’ One east coast vessel the cost to vessels which five-year-old has been badly affected Gareth and Daniel were on a routine were among initial responses owner, who tied up voluntarily have to tie up, yet our as she was so close to her Daddy and fishing trip, but never returned. after marine minister over a month ago, said government seems to be Grandad. The two-year-old was too “Put photos of your family or loved Michael Creed made his that the scheme did not treating it as if vessels young to understand – and obviously ones in your wheelhouse, or even on announcement on 8 May. acknowledge the efforts want to be given a paid the newborn never got to meet her your lifejackets. Four Irish producer of those skippers who holiday. It is a fundamental Daddy or Grandad. “It is a small price to pay. If you organisations have written to recognised that this was the misunderstanding of how a “This is why I want to try to get wear a lifejacket, it could save your life Mr Creed to seek changes only course of action to keep whitefish vessel’s operation commercial fishermen to please wear – or if an accident happened, at least to the scheme before giving all vessels in business in the works.” lifejackets. Gareth and Daniel did not your body would be found. an official reaction, having long term. The scheme, drawn from have their lifejackets on, as they always “I had no idea, until this happened, discussed it at an online “When markets close – as Ireland’s EMFF allocation, said they were too bulky, but now there that if a body is not found, you have meeting on 11 May. many did from March – the is operational from 1 June are smaller thinner ones. Gareth’s body no access to bank accounts and “Obviously we are very only place to store fish is in only, and offers support to was found, but I still wait for Daniel. insurance, and you have to wait seven disappointed,” Irish South the sea, not in cold storage,” ‘eligible’ vessels, which can “I visited the Houses of Parliament, years until a death certificate can be and East Fish Producers’ said the vessel owner, who did tie up for one or two of the arranged by our local MP Simon issued. Organisation chief executive not wish to be named. three months from that date. Hart, to see if we could get legislation “I urge all of you who are involved Hugo Boyle told Fishing News. Another fisherman based Support ranges from €500 passed to make it compulsory to wear in this dangerous occupation to please “We in the industry in the south, who was also per month for vessels under lifejackets. However, at that time it was wear your lifejackets. recognise that the minister reluctant to be identified, 6m to €6,000 per month for said that this could not be policed.” “Coming to terms with the loss has taken steps to publish said that it seemed that the vessels over 24m. Since the end of 2018, all of a loved one is devastating – but a scheme which would help Irish marine department “That sort of money would commercial fishermen have been not knowing where a loved one is is the whitefish fleet through the had no understanding of the barely cover insurance legally required to wear a personal something you never come to terms Covid-19 pandemic, but we wider European dimension to costs,” the east coast skipper flotation device or use a safety harness with. are extremely disappointed keeping food supply chains said. “And it is telling those when on deck, unless the vessel has a “So please, when you go on your that this scheme as he has open. of us who took the difficult documented risk assessment to show next trip, take a moment to think of outlined does not address the “The EU reacted very decision to tie up that we that risks of going overboard are loved ones, family and friends. Wear problems,” Mr Boyle said. quickly in signalling to were fools to do so.” controlled in another way. your jacket and think: family first, Gail said: “I know my husband fishing second.” 4 COMMENT/LETTERS Visit us at fishingnews.co.uk and on Twitter @YourFishingNews 21 May 2020 COMMENT EDITORIAL Greens should change their tune EMAIL: FISHINGNEWS.ED@ It is ironic, to say the least, that at a time advisory committee on fisheries has reported manager, has to take into account other KELSEY.CO.UK when all indicators show fish stocks are the that North East Atlantic fish stocks are the factors than the purely biological. 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Downs Court, Yalding Hill, Dave Linkie Covid-19 virus. upward trend for most species, and most This, in many cases, inevitably means Yalding, Maidstone, email: [email protected] The pandemic has hit the entire industry species are being fished at MSY levels. that the scientific advice – which in any Kent, ME18 6AL 01434 607375 and supply chain hard, and caused a wholesale Fishing effort is steadily reducing, a process case is not holy writ and is subject to loss of markets throughout Europe, and poor that will be turbocharged by the effects of the interpretation and error – is not followed to moderate prices for whatever fish is landed. Covid-19 pandemic on EU fleets. to the letter. The figures just published by the MMO Yet in the midst of this steadily improving There is nothing wrong with demonstrate the effects on the UK fleet all picture, the environmental movement environmental campaign groups in too clearly – and these figures relate only to continues to peddle to the mainstream principle. They are a necessary counter to March, before the full effects of the crisis media and general public its picture of doom curb the worst excesses of exploitation of all were felt. and gloom and alleged overexploitation natural resources, including the oceans. Landings values were down by more than of fish stocks. There are problems in the But the failure of the marine NGOs ever a quarter compared with the previous year, Mediterranean and other fisheries around the to acknowledge the progress that has been, Managing editor and the number of trips was down by a third, world, but the North East Atlantic is a well- and is being, made to rebuild fish stocks to News correspondent Gaby Bartai Tim Oliver email: [email protected] with under-10m and under-12m vessels and managed region, as the continually improving their current healthy levels is disappointing email: [email protected] the shellfish sector hit particularly hard. What stocks demonstrate. and damaging. Their relentless portrayal of the overall effects will be when the full year is Every year, the environmental NGOs fishing – the provision of a nutritious and over remain to be seen, but it will inevitably complain that the Commission and ministers healthy food – as an environmentally destructive result in a seismic loss of earnings and untold have set TACs above the scientific advice, and activity is perverse, and sends the hardships for thousands of fishermen and this year, after the setting of the 2020 TACs, wrong signals to consumers. their families and communities, as well as one group threatened to take legal action over They should carry out a merchants, processors and retailers. the issue. fundamental reassessment of their It is therefore frustrating that all this is But the scientific advice is just that – stance, at least in relation to the Lincolnshire, East Anglia and happening when the Commission’s scientific advice. The Commission, as the fishery North East Atlantic. 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The industry can also take The FRF, announced on 17 April, is sector met via webinar to discuss the administering the Fisheries Response advantage of UK-wide schemes such intended to support fishing and aquaculture support measures put in place to help Fund and the Direct Seafood Supply as the Job Retention Scheme and businesses impacted by the Covid-19 the UK seafood industry during the Scheme. “The MMO has expanded its the Self Employment Income Support pandemic. coronavirus pandemic. grants team and extended its opening Scheme.” Around £1m of the FRF has now been Representatives from Seafish, hours to evenings and Saturdays When asked how the public could allocated for payments towards aquaculture the MMO, Marine Scotland, DAERA to help advise on these grants,” he support UK fishing, all panellists businesses’ operating costs. Grants of up and the Welsh government all gave added. “We are in regular contact were in agreement: buy local. “Take to £10,000 per trout or shellfish farm will presentations. Sheryll Murray MP, with industry representatives to the time to buy locally caught directly contribute to ongoing production chair of the APPG, gave the opening keep them up to speed with the help seafood, either from your high-street costs. remarks, before handing over available.” fishmonger or via the range of direct Tom McCormack, chief executive of to David Duguid MP to chair the Allan Gibb, head of sea fisheries at delivery online platforms available,” the MMO, said: “The MMO has mobilised session. Marine Scotland, said: “In Scotland, said Aoife Martin. This might involve quickly to deliver three financial support “Our focus in recent weeks has there are two hardship schemes branching out into consuming less schemes. been to collaborate with industry to covering over- and under-12m familiar species. “Developing a “In the last two weeks, we’ve actioned help keep the fabric of the seafood vessels, focusing mostly on the domestic market for species of fish all Fisheries Respond Fund applications supply chain intact during the shellfish fleet, where the market and shellfish not traditionally eaten by received from the catch sector (so far, coronavirus crisis, so that when impact has been the most severe. the UK public would certainly help,” making payments directly to over 1,100 this situation passes, the seafood These funds allow businesses to said Mike Dowell. fishing vessel owners with a value of nearly sector will be able to recover,” said meet their fixed costs and enable The event was recorded in its £4m), launched the new £1m Domestic Aoife Martin, director of operations owners to keep their business afloat.” entirety and will be available to view Seafood Supply Scheme to support projects at Seafish. 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Social Distancing half page.indd 1 05/05/2020 10:06 6 NEWS Visit us at fishingnews.co.uk and on Twitter @YourFishingNews 21 May 2020 Talks ongoing on Scots whitefish support Talks are continuing with the UK species, were really volatile, but in say the proportion of that has and Scottish governments to try the last few days things have been certainly gone up. People are to get some financial support a little bit better. The eight-day looking at more creative ways of for the Scottish whitefish sector, tie-up has had an effect as well. how to get food. reports Tim Oliver. “As businesses begin to open “We have a weekly call with Marine Scotland has provided up, both at home and on the the Scottish government, and two support packages for the Continent, I hope we’ll see some the retailers are generally in on under-12m and over-12m shellfish encouraging signs. But we have that call, and they say the online sectors of the fleet, which have to recognise that it’s highly demand is huge.” lost almost all of their markets. unlikely that restaurants and She said it was also But so far, there has been hotels will be able to operate at encouraging that some nothing for the whitefish fleet, anything like the same capacity supermarkets were beginning to which has also been hit by loss for some time yet. reopen their fish counters, and of markets, particularly export “I’m very much not expecting that the reopening of schools and markets, and falling prices. this to be a V-shaped recovery. colleges would also help. Whitefish vessels are currently I don’t think we’re going to be She added that Seafood tying up for eight days during the bouncing back quickly to the Scotland, Seafish and other month of May, to try to reduce situation we had before. But bodies also had a lot of initiatives supplies to match reduced ‡ SFF chief executive Elspeth Macdonald: “There are some vessels we certainly hope and expect underway to promote Scottish demand. out there that are facing hardship, and that we consider merit some to see a sustained recovery as and British fresh seafood, and to The SFF and other industry support.” economies start to open up both show people how to cook it. organisations are in regular at home and abroad, and the Ms Macdonald said it was contact with DEFRA and the the Scottish government, and “The government did act quickly sorts of businesses where we sell important to get to the recovery Scottish government, including we continue to make the case to support the seafood sector our products start to pick up.” phase, and plan to get back to through weekly telephone that there are some vessels out and we certainly appreciate that, Ms Macdonald said that a normal supply chain. Although conferences. there that are facing hardship, although there are certainly some Seafish figures showed that the there was ‘no sign as yet that Elspeth Macdonald, chief and that we consider merit some businesses that will still need home market was quite small, that’s picking up in any shape or executive of the Scottish support,” she told Fishing News. some support.” but it had grown in the past few form’, everyone hoped that by the Fishermen’s Federation, said “It’s an ongoing discussion, and In terms of the market situation, weeks with the increase in home end of the year, all markets would that some whitefish boats were I think the Scottish government the SFF chief said it was too deliveries and mobile van sales. be recovering. managing to keep fishing, albeit will want to see what the UK early to talk of ‘green shoots of “Fish vans, and anybody who’s Until then, she said, the at much reduced levels of activity government is going to announce recovery’, but there were some in the home delivery of food, are challenge for the government was and for some ‘pretty volatile in terms of ending the furlough encouraging signs. doing well. They will still probably to put in place measures that keep prices’ for their fish. scheme, and its wider package of “We had a few weeks where the take a relatively small fraction the economy going, but also keep “We’re continuing to talk to support for businesses. prices, particularly for the export of volume, but I think it’s fair to the virus under control. 87% survival rate for plaice in seine-net fishery BIM has released a report on a trial in this area. Quotas are also tight in 95m to 109m. Ireland’s southwest and west coasts southwest and west coast, so it conducted in the Irish seine-net VIIb and VIIc, with 63t allocated to Catches were landed directly into in the commercially important relocation is not an option. fishery to see how well plaice can Irish vessels in 2020. a holding hopper, and once the seine-net fishery using the Scottish “A survival exemption would survive being caught and then The trial was conducted over a seine was redeployed, they were seine (SSC) method. greatly assist the Irish SSC fleet returned to the sea, reports Pauric three-day period towards the end placed on a conveyor belt, sorted by “Given the specialised nature in dealing with low plaice quotas. Gallagher. of last year on the 24m vessel Róise species and sampled. Plaice were of the fishery, SSC vessels are Fish survivability in bottom seines On the Irish coast, plaice Catríona T 100, on fishing grounds put in 50-litre tubs of seawater prior extremely limited in their options is likely superior to bottom trawls. is primarily taken as by-catch, approximately five hours’ steaming to assessment. to avoid unwanted plaice capture. Underwater camera observations predominantly in coastal shallow south of Castletownbere in areas Sampling showed that most plaice They are generally restricted to have shown that the majority of fish sandy areas where it generally VIIj and VIIg. were in excellent condition and had targeting mixed demersal fish herded by seine ropes enter the belly constitutes less than 2% of landings. The vessel targeted mixed an estimated survival rate of 87%. species, and incapable of switching and codend sections in the closing With a 30t by-catch allowance demersal fish using a bottom seine Several high-survivability to Nephrops and benefiting from phase of the seining operation. in 2020, Irish plaice quotas are constructed from polyethylene exemptions have been implemented a suite of selective gears available Hence, the actual fishing time may particularly restrictive off the twine with rope ground gear and for plaice in otter trawl and Danish to Nephrops trawlers to reduce be as short as 15 minutes… with southwest coast in areas VIIh-k, a 100mm T90 codend. A total of anchor seine fisheries in the Celtic unwanted fish catches… Also, fish subject to physical stressors making plaice a key high-risk choke 10 hauls containing plaice were and North Seas. The report states: fishing grounds suitable for SSC in the codend for much shorter species under the landing obligation completed at various depths from “However, plaice are also caught off operations are mainly off the periods compared with trawling.” LED lights ‘halve unwanted catches’ A technique to ‘illuminate the elimination of unwanted catch LEDs. They found that the enhance selectivity,” said the repel them away from gear, or exits’ in trawl nets can almost in mixed species fisheries is selectivity of the gear differed researchers. However, they to manipulate their behaviour so halve by-catch, according to new technically challenging given depending on water depth. In added: “The results also highlight they can escape from the net. research from Bangor University. the complexity of fish behaviour shallow depths of 29-40m, using species-specific and site-specific “We decided to attach the The research, published in the within nets. Most approaches to the square mesh panel was differences in the performance lights to the escape exit to try and Journal of the Marine Biological date have employed technologies effective, reducing the by-catch of by-catch reduction devices, guide fish towards it.” Association of the United that modify the nets themselves of whiting and haddock by 86% and hence a more adaptive She said that the discovery Kingdom, inverts the old fishing or use physical sorting grids and 58% respectively. However, approach to reduce by-catch is that existing by-catch reduction technique of shining a light on within the gear. There is currently in deeper, darker water (45-95m), probably required to maximise devices stop working at greater water to attract fish into a net. increasing interest in the use no change in catch was observed performance.” depths, and at night, was ‘very The study tested the effect of of artificial light to either deter using the square mesh panel Lucy Southworth, the lead worrying’. lights in reducing the number of fish from entering the net, or to alone – but when LEDs were author of the study, said: The research team believes haddock and flatfish caught in a enhance their escapement from added to the panel, haddock and “Traditionally – and this goes that the LED solution could prove queen scallop fishery off the Isle within the net.” flatfish catches were reduced by back decades and maybe even popular because the lights are of Man. Attaching LED lights to Their research evaluated the 47% and 25% respectively. centuries – fishers used lights to relatively cheap, and can be square mesh panels in the trawl differences in catch retained in “These findings demonstrate attract fish. easily applied to existing nets nets dramatically reduced the a standard otter trawl, relative the potential to improve the “We are turning that on its and reconfigured for different numbers of non-target species to the same gear fitted with performance of by-catch head to try and manipulate the environments. caught. a square mesh panel, or to a reduction devices through the behavioural responses in fish You can read the research The researchers said: “The square mesh panel fitted with addition of light devices to and other animals, to either paper at: bit.ly/2WKNGXF 21 May 2020 Join Fishing News on Facebook http://on.fb.me/fishingnews NEWS 7 Donald John Macdonald Harris man with a lifelong passion for herring drift-net fishing

fishing boats – their builders, herring, were landed at Stockinish. owners, original and later engines, Keeping seven boxes for local and how their skippers fished – was distribution, the remaining 37 were extensive and accurate, and he was sent by lorry to Stornoway for sale an outstanding raconteur, as this that day, and made, as the settlement much shortened version of one of his sheet shows, £1,037 – a good gross stories shows. for a night’s work for a 24ft Fifie, Visiting Stornoway as a boy, just even today. after the Second World War, he On another occasion, if not quite remembered seeing Sandy MacLeod, the Scriptural ‘one hundred and by then retired. He had been fifty and three’, he had a ‘miraculous skipper of the last sailing drifter, draught of fishes’ at the mouth of the magnificent Zulu, Muirneag a river, not a hundred miles from SY 486, which finished fishing just Ullapool. As dawn was breaking, before war broke out in September the heavily laden boat took the 1939. bottom on the ebbing tide, and Donald told me of how Sandy lay just within sight of an angling held the record for a passage from hotel. There was nothing else for Lowestoft to Stornoway under sail Donald and his crew to do but alone – just 50 hours. Though 80ft lie low in the bottom of the boat, long, the Muirneag had no auxiliary praying that the hotel guests had not engine, nor a wheelhouse to shelter been abstemious the night before. the helmsman. Keen to take Prayers were answered, the miracle advantage of a strong but favourable occurred, and unchallenged and ‡ Donald and Rachel Macdonald in their garden at Ullapool in 2017. breeze, carrying all the canvas he freed by the flood tide, they sailed could in such weather and keeping for home. he late Donald John he first did a couple of trips on a spade, a spade’ – or something in her lee deck midships a plank and In 1976, while working for the Macdonald – ‘Big Donald’ to Weather ship, west of the Hebrides, Gaelic, at least! A few examples a half under water, as he liked, Herring Industry Board, Donald was Tfolk in Ullapool, and ‘Caley but sunnier climes beckoned, and of his mastery of the ‘soundbite’ Sandy steered for most of the way. drafted to Uig in Skye, to oversee Donald’ to east coast fishermen – Donald spent 16 years in the Blue follow. “It was said,” Donald remarked, “by some landings of mackerel, and was a friend of mine for over 40 Funnel Shipping Company of Refuelling a Greenpeace vessel those that were around at the time, there he made the catch of his life; years. Liverpool – the ‘Blue Flue Line’, as in Ullapool one day, he was talking that two of the crew left the vessel he was introduced to Rachel Mary When Rachel, his wife, emailed it was called. to the master about what seals when they reached Stornoway.” MacKinnon, born in Skye, but of me to say that he had passed away, Often he would quote the couplet ate, particularly their fondness for (They ‘packed up’ – my words.) To Harris parentage. They married in I immediately thought about the in which Alfred Holt, the owner, salmon. The master dismissed his sail with Sandy MacLeod required 1977, moved to Ullapool, and had 43 day, years ago, when I stood in allegedly gave his orders to his argument that seals were a threat nerves of iron, if not steel. years of happy married life, the bond Kilmore kirkyard in Skye looking builders and skippers: “Make my to fish stocks in general, not only to Donald himself was no mean between them obvious and strong. at the epitaph on the gravestone funnels tall and blue, And one man salmon. “What do the seals feed on skipper, with his own 24ft yole Rival Rachel survives him, together with of Captain Duncan ‘Squeaky’ do the work of two.” then?” said Donald. “I do not see SY 274, creeling or drift-netting for his four sons John, Neil, Finlay and Robertson, MacBrayne’s most Ashore or afloat, Donald was them wandering up the mountains herring off Harris, where holidays Ruairidh; sadly, their youngest child, famous skipper. a grafter, and doing the work of to graze like sheep!” were generally spent in his Ullapool their daughter Jane, died in infancy In Gaelic it said, ‘Bha gaol mor two came naturally to him. He had He would say, in his rich years. Although not his biggest shot and was laid to rest in Luskentyre aige air a mhuir’ – ‘Great was his a sharp and retentive mind, and Hebridean brogue, of a certain fish of herring, one catch, in 1986, made cemetery in Harris. love of the sea’. an encyclopaedic memory; gifted buyer with whom he had a long- the most money. There, on 23 April last, Donald Donald John loved the sea; born with words, he could have been an running dispute: “He had waan On the evening of 25 June, and was laid to rest beside her. beside it in a thatched cottage in excellent and down to earth Free more twist than Harry Lauder’s with a crew of three on Rival, The Gaelic poem ‘An Atairachd Stockinish in Harris, he spent Presbyterian minister. Instead, he walking stick – and it had 12!” Donald anchored five drift-nets at Ard’, with its haunting melody, tells much of his life fishing or in the became manager of Caley Fisheries Donald and I were talking on the mouth of Loch Geocrab, Harris, of a Hebridean, after many years in merchant navy; even home on leave, in Ullapool. the pier in Ullapool when the once near his home. Returning early exile, returning to his birthplace. he worked his own boat or happily Dave Linkie said, in his earlier graceful purse-seiner Lunar Bow, next morning, they found the buoys He is saddened by the changes, for crewed on Harris drifters. Having tribute, that Donald was forthright; by then renamed Eschol, came in, heavy, and a good ‘strag’ of herring crofts are empty and friends have trained to be a wireless officer, he certainly was, and ‘called a just back from the shipyard where in the nets. (‘Strag’ is an east coast gone; unchanged only is the sound a shelterdeck had been fitted, and drifting term, meaning ‘the quantity of the sea. His dying wish is to be her purse net bin heightened – an of herring in each net’, derived from buried within ‘An Atairachd Ard’ – unbelievable transformation. “Look the Gaelic ‘strac’ – ‘full to the top the sound of the ceaseless surge of at her now,” said Donald, “a cross and level’.) the sea. between a Chinese junk and the Forty-four boxes of ‘throttled Donald was born, and now rests, Golden Hind.” Perfectly put. silver’, as the poet Norman MacCaig within the sound of the sea he loved. His knowledge of Hebridean memorably called drift-caught Andra Noble

‡ … netting £1,037 for a shot of drift-net-caught herring taken at the mouth of Loch Geocrab ‡ The crew of the Harris drifter Constant Friend ‘reddin’ doon’ their ‡ The 65-year-old 24ft Fifie Rival SY 274, on which Donald Macdonald near Stockinish, as shown by the nets before going to sea. Drift-netting for herring was Donald’s favourite achieved his biggest grossing in 1986… salesman’s sheet. method of fishing. 8 NEWS Visit us at fishingnews.co.uk and on Twitter @YourFishingNews 21 May 2020 MCA: ‘Don’t risk a collision’ he Maritime and Coastguard • Always transmit an AIS signal Agency (MCA) has issued a – It is important for navigation, Tcall to fishermen to pay more helping to keep your vessel, crew heed to safety at sea, following and others safe from collisions at the publication of its recent sea. It should never be switched guidance restating and updating off in UK waters for commercial the responsibilities of skippers and reasons. Though competitors owners, reports John Periam. may be able to see your activity, The dangers of collisions at sea safety always comes first, and the were illustrated recently when law will always apply, without a fishing vessel with seven crew exception. onboard, and with its Automatic • Don’t risk a collision – Failing Identification System (AIS) to transmit an AIS signal has turned off, had an extremely close been a contributory factor to a call when involved in a collision number of collisions and near in the Humber with a very large misses, putting lives at risk. In commercial vessel. All onboard January 2020, a UK skipper were lucky that the fishing vessel received a prison sentence for did not capsize – which, had it failing to transmit an AIS signal been a broadside collision, it could prior to a collision. Don’t let this well have done. be you! A further example occurred • Don’t break the law – Under when, in July 2019, a fishing vessel the Merchant Shipping (Vessel was involved in a collision in the Traffic Monitoring Reporting English Channel. A contributing Requirements) Regulations factor was that it was not 2004 (as amended in 2011), transmitting an AIS signal, so its fishing vessels of 15m or more in course, speed and distance were length overall, UK-registered or ‡ Fishermen working on deck, keeping a visual watch to complement their wheelhouse equipment. (Photos: not picked up by the other vessel. operating in UK waters, must be Geoffrey Lee) The skipper was sentenced to 26 fitted with an approved (Class A) weeks’ suspended imprisonment AIS (regulation 8A). look to take positive action on for not transmitting AIS. every report of non-compliance.” Since 2011, it has been a legal Legal implications The Royal Navy’s Fishery requirement for AIS to be fitted If you’re an owner of a vessel that Protection Squadron vessels on all fishing vessels of 15m or requires AIS, you’re committing operate around the UK more. The MCA is now calling on an offence if you don’t comply coastline, and have onboard fishermen to remember: with the regulation and install AIS communications systems to monitor such incidents. Commander Simon Pressdee, commanding officer of the squadron, said: “We work with all agencies involved in protecting our shores. Our fishermen work hard, and the last thing we need to see is loss of life due to an incident that could have been avoided by using AIS.” Fishing News has run several ‡ Modern wheelhouse electronics are a key feature of vessel safety. recent features on the role of the MCA. “This is nice to see,” said on your vessel. This could result Maritime and Coastguard Agency, a senior spokesperson from the in a fine or prison sentence if you said: “Transmitting on AIS is MCA media team. “It is important are found guilty. mandatory for all UK fishing that those at sea are made fully If you’re a skipper of a vessel vessels of 15m or more, length aware that we are there to help. fitted with AIS, as required, you overall. AIS for commercial Switching AIS off gets no one must ensure that the system ‘is vessels is required as part of our anywhere – other than rescue maintained in operation at all maritime safety regime in the UK, services being put at risk to save times’ (regulation 9). On each and this technology has helped others.” occasion you fail to operate or to reduce accidents. The MCA’s You can read the latest MCA ‡ A busy time in Lyme Bay, as seen on screen in the Coastguard transmit the AIS signal, you’re maritime investigation team will guidance at: bit.ly/2zAhxtZ n National Maritime Operations Centre at Fareham. committing an offence, with legal implications. Even if the offence is committed by the skipper, if a vessel is regularly failing to transmit an AIS signal and the owner has been warned, the owner too could be prosecuted and get the same punishment for aiding and abetting the offence and/or unsafe operation of the vessel. Recently there have been incidents reported in the Channel of some foreign vessels switching their AIS off for short periods so they can fish in areas outside their agreed fishing zones. UK fishermen who have witnessed this have made a concerted effort to report it to the Coastguard, and other fishermen are encouraged to do likewise. ‡ The well-staffed and equipped bridge on a container vessel as ‡ Two fishing boats in the Solent, close to the main shipping lanes into Neil Cunningham, head of it enters Southampton Water to dock. Visual checks are also of Southampton, where AIS is vital. maritime enforcement at the paramount importance in safe vessel navigation. 21 May 2020 Join Fishing News on Facebook http://on.fb.me/fishingnews EXPERT ADVICE/NEWS 9

FISHING WITHIN THE LAW HEALTH AND SAFETY AT SEA In this monthly series, barrister and fisherman Tristan Harwood shares inside information on how to navigate the regulations ovid-19 has left many vessels This leaves aside the effect that poor tied up and crew ashore, so health and safety practices may have Tristan Harwood, a barrister with the specialist marine law firm Cthis is a stressful time. This on an insurance claim or civil legal Bartons, is a qualified new-entrant fisherman and represents and the following two articles in this liability following such an incident. fishermen, owners and fish producers in MMO, IFCA, MCA or series aim to suggest practical and The MCA started with a light- HSE interviews and investigations. He has an MSc in health, worthwhile things that boat owners touch/advisory approach to safety safety and the environment, majoring in marine safety. or skippers can do while your vessel onboard, but in other marine sectors Bartons is an award-winning marine law firm that also is not at sea. it is beginning a drive towards specialises in fishing-related personal injury matters and in the The Health and Safety Executive prosecution of skippers and owners. sale and purchase of fishing vessels. To discuss any fishing- (HSE) and the Maritime and It is very likely that in the next few related legal issues, please call Tristan Harwood or the team on: Coastguard Agency (MCA) work years the fishing industry will see the 01752 675740. Further details can be found at: bartons.co.uk/ together to produce, review and MCA boarding vessels, checking marine-law enforce health and safety regulations safety procedures and prosecuting aboard fishing vessels. The MCA where an injury or death has is responsible for ensuring the occurred. re-enforcement of careful routines policy/safety management system policy/SMS for your vessel. The final application and enforcement of by the skipper and crew. Some risks (SMS) you should aim to have in instalment of this three-part series health and safety legislation aboard What can you do? cannot be avoided, but if you can place for your vessel, go to: bit. will aim to give you a list of practical fishing vessels while at sea. Understanding simple risk think of ways of making a hazardous ly/3bqVpzs steps that you and your crew can What prompted this article was assessments is the best place to task safer to perform, this is a great Now that I have covered the take to make your work safer. the recent guidance, published on start. The table on the right is a start. basics of risk assessment, my Along with a wide choice of other 29 April, restating and updating the risk assessment chart to help you You do not have to eliminate all next article will look at the different useful material, Seafish offers its responsibilities of the skipper and evaluate the level of risk posed by an risks, but the regulators expect that aspects of a vessel and work Safety Awareness Course, which owner in the application of safety activity onboard. you should do all that is reasonably onboard, in conjunction with the HSE provides training in risk identification at sea, which you can read at: bit. You will know your work and practicable to reduce a risk to the risk assessment charts and MCA and assessment. This can be ly/2zAhxtZ vessel better than anyone else, and lowest possible level. The process policy SMS guidance. It will aim to completed through an approved The sheer volume of MGN you will know that there are some of thinking about hazard and risk will assist you in building a useful risk provider or online. For more details, notices, advisories and general talk risks that will always be present. A gradually change the way you and assessment and health and safety go to: seafishonlinetraining.co.uk of health and safety can seem like a good starting point in addressing your crew manage your vessel for blur of rules, facts and figures, and health and safety is to get into the the better. this can discourage some people mindset of thinking about hazards Among other health and safety from taking the initial basic steps and risks. To do this, it may help material, the HSE produces a towards practical safer working to get a pen and paper, think up a template risk assessment that can be practices. However, the density of list of things that have happened applied to any type of business. The text or a lack of keenness to read the onboard – ‘near misses’ that could HSE also produces guidance on how guidance will not stop the regulators have led to injury – and work out to create a health and safety policy from enforcing the law when an what the causes were. In just running for your vessel, as does the MCA. A accident aboard occurs. through the list, you will think of health and safety policy is something Health and safety offences other hazards. Once you have a list that contains your risk assessments carry stiff penalties, including of hazards, you can evaluate the and all the measures that you are imprisonment. Where fines are risks posed by each using the risk taking to control risk onboard, as imposed, they are based on turnover, assessment chart. well as all the information that should and a recent instance saw a fine Think about all the different be available to crew and any other of £2.7m and prosecution costs of areas on your vessel. Even crew person coming aboard your vessel. £188,000! While this is exceptional, quarters are hazardous where a For a template risk assessment, go an owner of a vessel with a turnover kettle is boiling at sea, or there is a to: bit.ly/2WOWM5L Print out the of £1m could be fined £450,000, or lack of hand-holds in rough weather. file, and apply your details and the possibly more, where a death occurs Many high risks onboard can only risks you have identified. as a result of poor health and safety. be managed with training and For MCA guidance on the sort of ‡ Risk assessment chart.

Seafish to fund new remote learning opportunities Online skipper training One of the consequences of Covid-19 lockdown, Seafish is also “This increased support means trialled in Ireland the Covid-19 pandemic is the subsidising the cost of e-learning that fishermen can continue suspension of face-to-face training. for workers in the onshore sectors learning vital information that BIM is piloting an online course Ian Mannix, BIM’s skills In response, Seafish is extending of the seafood industry. Funding will keep them safe at sea, and to allow fishermen to gain the development services manager, said: its support for online learning is available to support online and those working onshore can qualifications to become skippers, “We felt it was important in the opportunities for those working in remote learning courses in food access funding for essential reports Pauric Gallagher. current difficult circumstances that fishing and seafood businesses. hygiene and health and safety, training in food hygiene and safe This decision was taken in order students should have the option to Thanks to funding from the with an exam by video conference working practices. The funding to allow fishermen to complete continue their training, supported Maritime and Coastguard Agency allowing learners to secure is also open to furloughed their studies this year, despite the by BIM and embracing new and Trinity House, fishermen recognised qualifications. These employees or those recently Covid-19 restrictions. technologies and teaching methods. who sign up for courses in courses are also open to fishermen made redundant from seafood The online Skipper Full We are actively looking at what navigation, engineering and interested in getting into direct businesses, providing them with Certificate of Competency course other programmes we can introduce stability awareness on the Seafish selling. Taught courses in bivalve an opportunity to build their from the National Fisheries College online to support our students.” online training platform will be purification and principles of food knowledge and gain nationally of Ireland in Castletownbere, Co Shane Begley, college principal able to access free online tutor authenticity can also be delivered recognised qualifications.” Cork started last week and will be at the National Fisheries College support and assessments from remotely by video conferencing. To find out more, go to:bit. conducted as a nine-week online of Ireland, Castletownbere, said: Seafish’s network of approved Simon Potten, head of safety ly/2AoYKCx course, followed by three weeks in “Currently we have four students training providers. These courses and training at Seafish, said: Fishermen looking to access Castletownbere once the college enrolled on the pilot programme, have been selected for funding “We know businesses across navigation, engineering and is permitted to open for the new and I’m heartened to see how because they make up some of the seafood sectors are facing stability courses should contact: academic term. quickly they have adapted to online the requirements for the voluntary unprecedented challenges right [email protected] The course delivers practical learning.” under-16.5m skipper certificates. now. We’re looking to create Individuals or businesses training in a range of core Those looking to participate in Fishermen who successfully opportunities for individuals to wanting to enquire about food navigation and safety skills that the full-time course must have at pass an online end-of-course access training at this difficult hygiene, health and safety, bivalve will allow successful participants least 12 months at sea and already assessment will be issued with time, to help maintain the fabric purification and principles of to become skippers of commercial hold a Second Hand Full Certificate Seafish certificates. of the seafood industry going food authenticity training should fishing vessels. of Competency. As a special measure during the forward. contact: [email protected] 10 TRADITION AND UBIQUE Visit us at fishingnews.co.uk and on Twitter @YourFishingNews 21 May 2020 TRADITION AND UBIQUE: HARD GROUND PAIR-TRAWLING FROM BRIDLINGTON In the third instalment of this occasional series, David Linkie looks back on fishing trips – some of them in fisheries now sadly consigned to history – that he has experienced over the past 30-plus years

The Bridlington pair-team Tradition…

od lying on hard ground from Brussels escalated with off the Yorkshire coast drastic effect. Csustained generations This first instalment of a of fishermen and their families. three-part feature, compiled Daily supplies of prime-quality from trips made over 25 years cod caught by a variety of ago, focuses on a day with fishing methods, including skipper Dennis Jewitt and long-lining, netting and the crew of Tradition H 232, trawling, met consistently high pair-trawling with Ubique KY demand from fish and chip 28 off Flamborough Head, in shops in the South Yorkshire September 1995. industrial conurbations of As Tradition’s Flamborough Sheffield, Barnsley, Doncaster crew of John Stephenson, and Rotherham, as well as John Scotter and Richard many smaller towns closer to Stephenson cast off the ropes the coast. at 4am on a Sunday morning, For many coble and keel skipper Dennis Jewitt set boat fishermen at Staithes, a northeast course to clear Whitby, Scarborough, Filey, Flamborough Head on a two- Flamborough and Bridlington, hour steam to grounds known cod was an intrinsic part of locally as the Back of the well-established seasonal Ridge – an extension of the fishing patterns, as well as hard ground running southeast their lives. In less than a from Filey Brigg. generation, this tradition – Fresh sea winds had together with several others – prevailed for several weeks, has been consigned to history, when – as usual in these as the restrictions on fishing conditions – catch rates had opportunities emanating dropped. Now the wind was ‡ … and Ubique. 21 May 2020 Join Fishing News on Facebook http://on.fb.me/fishingnews TRADITION AND UBIQUE 11 TRADITION AND UBIQUE: HARD GROUND 4 PAIR-TRAWLING FROM BRIDLINGTON 1

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1. Ubique’s crew lower the four-panel Seastar trawl over the starboard side.

2. Preparing to buckle up.

3. Hauling the codend over to Tradition.

4. Tradition closing up to Ubique at the end of a five- and-a-half-hour tow.

5. The first fish of the morning are taken aboard 8 on Tradition.

6. John Scotter retying the codline before Ubique takes a second lift aboard.

7. The first haul included a decent showing of green.

8. Selecting fish into boxes from the deck pond. 12 TRADITION AND UBIQUE Visit us at fishingnews.co.uk and on Twitter @YourFishingNews 21 May 2020

in their pair-trawls a few years Josie B, Regal Star and Katie earlier, both voluntarily and as Jane – single-boated. part of Seafish trials. When the two boats These trials, conducted a reached the selected couple of years previously, waypoint, Ubique came had shown significant alongside Tradition to pull potential, and skipper Dennis her pair trawl into the water, Jewitt questioned why the ready for shooting away in 30 government appeared to have fathoms. lost interest in the initiative. For nearly a decade, Despite the promising Tradition and Ubique had trials, it was not supporting successfully fished a Swan more research, or further Net pair trawl. This choice of development of square mesh net was the result of skipper panels, at a time when the Dennis Jewitt meeting fleet was continually being Ireland’s most famous net cut on conservation grounds, designer, Albert Swan, at and the good year classes of the FISHING ’86 exhibition in fish appearing on the grounds Glasgow, when he enquired were being endangered. about a trawl to fish for codling While quotas were just on very rough ‘catchy’ ground. about viable at the time of this At the time, Tradition trip, the biggest stumbling and Ubique were using the block for the east coast fleet popular Danish ‘balloon’ trawl, was depressed prices on Hull but while this performed fishmarket, to which most Brid well offside, the pair found boats consigned their catches. themselves being outfished ‡ Ubique towing. Earlier in 1995, best day-old by trawlers during the winter sprags had sold for as little as in murky waters on the £3.50 per stone (approximately Flamborough Head grounds. 60p per kg). These weak Albert Swan then designed prices were attributed to a Seastar long-wing trawl the continual high levels of which was to prove equally imported fish. effective throughout the Although prices had year on a wide range of recovered somewhat by grounds, and prevented the September of 1995, when this vessels having to change trip took place, cod seldom back to single-trawling in brought more than £9/st, while the winter months, with the small codling were making associated extra expense and £5.50, haddock £6.50, best inconvenience this incurred. lemons £16 and whiting £1.80 The Seastar trawl is a four- per stone. panel net with a deep wing Tradition and Ubique cover and long wing top, cut formed one of two pair teams to allow the heading to rise. that fished year-round from Featuring a heavy rig, the nets Bridlington at the time of this have 470 x 6in meshes in the trip, the other being Mick round, and are rigged with 33 Sayer’s Onward Star and x 11in-diameter floats on the Enchanter, skippered by Clive heading to give a headline Kingston. Roy Leng’s Crusader height of 3.5 fathoms. had recently teamed up Ubique’s net had 112ft of with Derek Tye’s Eagernoon. heavy ground rig, tapering The rest of the local fleet – from 16in to 12in discs, while including Ocean Reward, the net worked on the 45ft ‡ Gutting the catch on Tradition. Telesis, St Andrew, Radiant Tradition was rigged with Trust, Pamela S, Optimistic, 100ft of similar-sized ground off the land again, so better cod moved inshore to the results were hoped for. This unique North Flamborough positive thought was offset Head grounds that – given the by a mechanical failure at the right conditions and years of local ice plant, which meant hard-earned local knowledge that plans were changed to – could yield prolific runs of make it a short day, in order to green. land that night. There had been a slightly Cod continued to be better showing on some of the main species caught the inshore grounds over throughout the year by the previous couple of keel boats fishing from the years. This was thought to trawling-orientated harbours be an encouraging sign that of Whitby, Scarborough and whitefish stocks were being Bridlington. While sole could fished at a sustainable level, appear from time to time, allowing them to increase meagre quotas prevented a little. Catches in the first this species from realising half of 1995 again revealed its potential. Fishing in the a growing number of codling early summer could be fairly just below the minimum size. light, before a seasonal run This was an indication of of whiting showed up on the another good class of fish grounds to boost catches. coming through, and provided The arrival of the herring encouragement for the shoals on the 12-mile banks following year. off Whitby and Scarborough Acutely aware of the towards the end of the importance of promoting stock summer could give a better growth, Tradition and Ubique showing of cod. Good catches had been among the first usually appeared in the last east coast boats to fit 90mm three months of the year, when square mesh escape panels ‡ Preparing to pass the port end over to Ubique. 21 May 2020 Join Fishing News on Facebook http://on.fb.me/fishingnews TRADITION AND UBIQUE 13

gear. Both boats used 22ft of team turned round on the extension chains on the lower gear and continued the tow wings, which were cut short. south-southeast, heading Twenty fathoms of chain for a particularly hard piece sweeps, followed by 100 of ground containing several fathoms of 3in warp and 200 known fasteners, but which fathoms of 2in warp – giving could usually be relied on to some 80 fathoms of warp on yield the odd sprag or two. the seabed – were run off the After bouncing over winch drums and chained several fasteners late in up to the towing leg on the the tow, the shout came to transom. heave up after five and a The boats then settled half hours. The warp was down 0.16 nautical miles released from the snatch apart to tow north into the block on the aft gallows, and flood tide, at the start of John Stephenson manned what was expected to be a the low-pressure Norwinch five-hour drag, passing close – which had given 22 years to several known fasteners. of sterling service – as These were clearly shown the warp cracked onto the on the RS 2500 colour chart drums. While Ubique came ‡ Taking a good lift aboard Tradition before starting to sort the catch. plotter, which was interfaced alongside to pick up her to an RS 5310 GPS navigator. sweeps and haul the wing- Mike ‘Pip’ Sayer’s Onward ends to the gallows, skipper Star, which at the time was Dennis Jewitt manoeuvred partnered by Phil Collin’s Tradition ready to take the St Andrew, while Enchanter first lift of fish out of the was on the slip at Grimsby codend. for repairs, had shot one mile As the bag was pulled to the west, while Crusader across to Tradition, it and Eagernoon were towing revealed a slack double lift. along a parallel line to the When John Scotter released northeast. Single trawlers the codend from the first lift, were mostly working further some 10 kit of fish fell into the inshore. deck pond, consisting of a The JRC 216 colour mixture of A4 and A5 sprags sounder showed the and a smaller run of codling occasional marking of feed below the minimum landing ‡ Ubique hauling the pair trawl back aboard… and fish tight to rather stony size, plus the occasional bottom. This caused the whiting. gear to snag from time to Ubique took the second lift time, but – by manoeuvring aboard, with Tradition’s crew the boats and increasing the hoping that it would contain revs from the usual 1,300rpm a higher proportion of larger towing speed – the tow was fish, as the smaller weaker continued. fish tend to travel further As the tide eased and down the extension piece. the first of the ebb started Given that it was going to to come through, the pair be a short trip, the lads were

‡ … before taking the balance of the second tow. ‡ Selecting and boxing codling on Tradition.

‡ Ubique and Tradition landing at Bridlington.

‡ Lowering boxes down to the fishroom. ‡ Crusader running off to pair with Eagernoon. 14 TRADITION AND UBIQUE Visit us at fishingnews.co.uk and on Twitter @YourFishingNews 21 May 2020 Second Tradition The late Flamborough scarcer, skipper Dennis skipper Dennis Jewitt Jewitt and his crew began started out from Bridlington to develop other fisheries. aboard line boats fishing They successfully engaged for cod, before having the in the seasonal sprat fishery, Yorkshire coble Tradition until those shoals also built by the Whitehill yard in disappeared and, while they 1969. had been potting, greater Dennis Jewitt worked this emphasis was placed on 36ft coble, which featured a trawling. short foredeck and cuddy, Teaming up with his ‡ … and Onward Star were a longstanding from the North Landing at brother-in-law Alwyn ‡ Enchanter… Bridlington pair team. Flamborough, lining for cod Emmerson and the Danish- and dogfish and crabbing. built 54ft Industry H 443, In 1973, Tradition was Dennis Jewitt helped to sold to Whitby, when Dennis develop pair-trawling at Jewitt, in partnership with his Bridlington at the same time brother Brian and brother- as its popularity was growing in-law John Stephenson, at Grimsby. decided to order a 45ft keel Tradition was re-engined boat from Robson of South in the 1980s with a 300hp Shields. Built by Maurice Volvo unit. Her pair-trawling Brown and fitted with a partner, the 52ft Ubique KY 175hp Volvo Penta engine, 28, was built by James N the new Tradition H 232 Miller & Sons at St Monans was intended primarily for in 1974 for Bridlington lining, with a trawl winch and skipper George Edmond, in gallows being fitted only as a partnership with Bridlington £7,000 last-minute decision. Trawlers Ltd. She did well at first, lining Skippered today by for dogfish and breaking the Richard Stephenson, Grimsby landings record. Tradition has now worked However, as prices started to pots from Bridlington for over drop and the shoals became 20 years.

not too unhappy about the which were consigned for size of the first haul, although sale on the Monday market at they wouldn’t have wanted it Hull. The landing illustrated ‡ Telesis… to be any less. Crusader and that, with experience and Eagernoon had a similar catch, perseverance, there was still a while Pip Sayer reported a kit living to be made on traditional or two more from a similar run inshore grounds, given a fair of fish just to the north. share of luck – and a change With little time to steam to towards informed and sensible other grounds, the gear was government legislation. released from the gallows The scale of the change again and the southerly tow that actually transpired in the got underway over a piece next few years was difficult of ground known locally as to imagine at the time of this ‘Crunchie’. The reason behind trip. As quotas continued to be this became immediately cut year on year, to the point apparent as gear continually of being completely unviable, hung up at the start of the tow, the Bridlington trawler ‡ … St Andrew… ‡ … Ocean Reward… but the skippers managed to fleet, together with those at keep the tow going. Scarborough and Whitby, After gutting the catch, followed a similarly rapid Tradition’s crew put four kit of downward spiral. Before the sprags, three of codling and millennium, whitefish landings one of whiting down into the at Bridlington were virtually hold, before taking off their non-existent. boots for a first-class lunch of Within two years of this roast beef and Yorkshires. trip, Tradition was rigged The second and final for offshore crabbing, while tow of the day, which Ubique was sold to Port finished up heading west Seaton, as another strand of towards Flamborough Head, balance was removed. progressed uneventfully and A combination of lasted another five hours. perseverance, commitment On hauling, the bag and determination to continue surfaced to reveal a kit or earning an income from fishing two more bulk than the first saw a number of former tow. There was also a slightly trawlers, including Tradition, higher proportion of sprags, Onward Star and Ocean and a couple of monks. The Reward, converted for offshore decks were quickly cleared potting. Twenty years later, while running south under the these boats are among the Flamborough cliffs, returning modern fleet of crabbers that to Bridlington 16 hours after have transformed Bridlington sailing. into the UK’s leading static- Tradition and Ubique gear shellfish port. n together landed just under ‡ … and Pamela S were some of the single-boat trawlers that fished from Bridlington, before the total 20 kits of quality fish through Next week: Roseanne – cod demise of the local trawler fleet. Bridlington Trawlers Ltd, netting from Whitby 21 May 2020 Join Fishing News on Facebook http://on.fb.me/fishingnews QUIZ/NEWS 15 Can you master BREAK TIME these brain teasers? THE 2-SPEED CROSSWORD SUDOKU You can choose to do either quick or cryptic clues, the answers are the same. 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Flamborough May holiday tragedy remembered FishToYourDoor launches A subdued wreath-laying It was established that the Flamborough lifeboat coxswain ceremony, strictly in line with lost vessel was the coble Bob Major paid tribute to #NHSFishFridays social distancing restrictions, Carole Sandra, which had left everyone involved in the Seafood Cornwall’s from six merchants, offering over took place at the memorial in Bridlington harbour at 5am that search. He told the hushed #FishToYourDoor campaign 40 seasonal fish and shellfish Chapel Street, Flamborough morning with four crew onboard: congregation: “We did try, but it has introduced a new initiative, species from around the Cornish on 7 May to mark the 36th Peter Brigham, Guy Brigham, seemed it just had to be.” offering big discounts to NHS coast. Discounts range from 25% anniversary of a double fishing Barrie Shilton and Robert staff while also celebrating the to 50%, and affiliated merchants boat tragedy that claimed seven George Gray. best of Cornish fish. are also offering free delivery. lives, reports Paul L Arro. One of many fishing boats Responding to the impacts Louis Smart, from South Wreaths were laid by taking part in the search was the of Covid-19, Seafood Cornwall Coast Fisheries, one of the Councillor Vic Leppington charter boat North Wind III, with launched #FishToYourDoor to merchants involved in the on behalf of Flamborough a two-man crew and five anglers connect Cornish households with scheme, said: “Our NHS Parish Council, and by Martin onboard. She was struck by a fresh fish and keep fishermen workers have been working day Traves for the Flamborough large wave which swept the five at sea. Since launching in and night to care for everyone’s Fishermen’s Memorial Group. anglers overboard, and a further early March, it has gone from loved ones. We wanted to do Also in attendance were Captain wave overturned the boat. strength to strength, adding new our bit to show our appreciation, David Freeman, Flamborough Two of the anglers, the skipper merchants to a growing list of so we’re saying thank you in lifeboat operations manager, and and his son were rescued from sellers, and promoting fishers the best way we know how – a small group of local residents. the water, but three of the selling direct from their boats. The through the delivery of fresh The May Day bank holiday angling party – David Bunting, campaign has now brought over Cornish fish!” on 7 May, 1984 got off to a Stephen Burton and Brian 3,500 new customers to affiliated The scheme will run on dull, overcast start with a Charles Priestly – lost their lives. merchants. Fridays until 29 May, and the strong onshore breeze gusting The four crewmen from the Looking to support key workers only requirements are that near gale seven, together Carole Sandra were also lost. on the front line, #FishToYourDoor orders are made using an NHS with a heavy swell. When a A memorial service was has now introduced email address, and that NHS holidaymaker walking along the held in St Oswald’s Church, #NHSFishFridays as a thank customers live and work in cliffs spotted the mast of a boat, Flamborough on 27 May, 1984 ‡ Martin Traves lays a wreath on you to Cornish NHS heroes. The Cornwall. Find out more at: bit. a search and rescue operation for the seven casualties of behalf of Flamborough Fishermen’s campaign has secured discounts ly/2ArA1NY was launched. the tragedy. In his address, Memorial Group. 16 A TRAWLERMAN’S REMINISCENCES Visit us at fishingnews.co.uk and on Twitter @YourFishingNews 21 May 2020 THREE YEARS IN MALTA: 1915-1918 A TRAWLERMAN’S REMINISCENCES – PART 8 The eighth article in the series by Hull skipper William Oliver, first published in 1953/4. Photographs courtesy of Alec Gill

n August 1915, during the First she might like to come out to World War, I was skipper of Malta with the children. To my Ia Grimsby trawler, the Tokyo surprise, she jumped at the GY 167. During a routine trip, chance and, after a long and we were suddenly recalled arduous journey, arrived early in from sea, ordered to fill up with May. The coming of the family coal, water and provisions, and brought many problems for me proceed to Malta. – mainly financial ones – but we There were very few signs soon settled down for two of the of war at that time in Malta. happiest years of my life. Apart from the hospital ships Meanwhile, things had been arriving with the wounded from happening at Malta. On 26 April, the Dardanelles campaign, 1916, we were ordered out to everything seemed normal. sweep the main channel one We kept hearing of losses hour earlier than usual. Our in the fishing industry at home, senior officer was in harbour as both by mines and submarines, his trawler was undergoing refit and fishing was very much and boiler cleaning, and I, as disorganised. Skipper W senior skipper of the flotilla, was Grantham had made the first in charge. £2,000 haul. Catches were As soon as we connected increasing in value with every sweep, I saw a large battleship month that passed, but more on the horizon making for Valetta and more vessels and personnel harbour. I knew then why we had were being enrolled by the been ordered out earlier than Admiralty. Very soon, there was usual. We carried on sweeping nothing left of our fleets but the out, and I was keeping my oldest ships – except for the glasses on the battleship when ‡ Skipper Edward Spencer Rilatt the third (left) with gun crew on the HMD Dawn. Edward Rilatt was from Conan Doyle and the Admiral I saw a large cloud of smoke a well-known Hull fishing family and was one of many recruited into the RNR during the First World War. He Craddock, which were fairly mushroom from her, followed by was nicknamed ‘Mad’ because of his explosive temper – towards both the Germans and Royal Navy officers! modern vessels. These two an explosion. Shortly afterwards, remained fishing until the end. there was yet another cloud of ratings died on our deck from Hull, giving me all the latest to arrange my family’s passage I would also mention Cadet, smoke and another explosion. severe burns before we got into information about fishing home, but at last permission which was built in 1915. I immediately slipped sweep harbour. activities. In 1918, my wife’s was granted, and my wife and Zeppelin raids were fairly and proceeded at full speed After this, mines were health started to deteriorate. She family left Malta in September frequent by now, and Hull was towards her, and ordered the discovered every day for some was advised that the climate of 1918, going by way of Taranto, particularly singled out. We were rest of the flotilla to do the same. time, and we lost four more Malta was unsuitable for her and Rome, Paris, Le Havre and informed by our letters from It was HMS Russell, flagship ships – a patrol yacht, a fleet she ought to return to England Southampton, having done home that air-raid warnings were of Admiral Freemantle. She sloop and two trawlers. as soon as possible. the double journey in wartime. quite common. had struck two mines in quick In June 1916, I was The war had dragged on Whatever war medals I In February 1916, our eighth succession, and was badly transferred from minesweeping for four years, and conditions afterwards received for my child was born. Three weeks holed and sinking, with the crew and placed in charge of the were vastly different in 1918 services were better earned by afterwards, my wife was out in already abandoning ship. maintenance of the anti- to what they had been in Mrs Oliver than by me. the snow-covered street with all Our section of minesweepers submarine defences around 1916. Submarine activity had One Monday morning, 11 the children at midnight during rescued 675 officers and men Malta. It was a semi-dockyard become very marked in the November, 1918, at 11am, a Zeppelin attack. The airship in 20 minutes, before Russell appointment, and I had regular Mediterranean, and all mail I was ashore at Floriana on hovered over the defenceless turned completely over and hours, being in harbour from boats to the island had ceased. business and called in for a city for more than an hour. sank. We managed to save Friday noon until Monday In place of the P&O, a naval quick one at a bar. Suddenly I was very upset when I heard about 200, including her captain, morning every week. So I took vessel ran between Malta there was a loud clanging of the news in Malta, as we were in Captain Bowden-Smith RN, no further part in the active and Taranto in Italy, and all bells, and hundreds of Maltese safety and living in comparative the admiral’s flag-lieutenant, prosecution of the war. passengers and mails were were excitedly running along luxury. So I wrote to my wife the major of marines, the Every six months, I received dispatched by that route. the streets to church, shouting and suggested tentatively that chaplain, and many others. Six a letter from Mr McCann in It took weeks of negotiation “Spitehia guerre!”, “Spitehia

The Hull trawler/ minesweeper Owl H 801 in the river Humber…

‡ … and grounded on a reef at an unknown location, in her minesweeping role, after a terrible storm on the night of 4 or 5 February, 1915. She was refloated, continued fishing after the war, and was sold to Fleetwood owners in 1937. She was scrapped in 1956. 21 May 2020 Join Fishing News on Facebook http://on.fb.me/fishingnews A TRAWLERMAN’S REMINISCENCES 17

‡ The harbour at Valetta, Malta, in 2016 – a century after Skipper Oliver spent three years on the strategic Mediterranean island during the First World War. ‡ A crewman aboard ‡ A Christmas card depicting a flotilla of minesweepers and other minesweeper HMS Collena craft, sent home by Royal Naval reservist Jonathan Grobler from fires a rifle to try to detonate an ‘somewhere off France’. unexploded mine. TRAWLERS AND TRAWLERMEN WELL SUITED TO MINESWEEPING In 1907, Admiral Lord Charles Service employed 7,888 officers Beresford was commander-in- and men. chief of the home fleet. After a Within the first week of the visit to ports on the east coast war, 94 trawlers were allocated of England, he was the first to for minesweeping duties and recommend the use of trawlers dispersed to priority areas for minesweeping duties. including Cromarty, the Firth of He wrote: “Our fishing fleets, in Forth, the Tyne, the Humber, war, will be rendered inactive and Harwich, Sheerness, Dover, will, in consequence, be available Portsmouth, Portland and for war service. Fishermen, by Plymouth. The groups were virtue of their calling, are adept in commanded by naval officers, the handling and towing of wires some from the retired list, who and trawls, more so than are had received a brief training in naval ratings. Small naval vessels, minesweeping. if used in minesweeping, will be The trawlers were fitted out used at the expense of other with heavy guns, machine guns urgent war requirements.” and depth charges. By the end of Admiral Lord Beresford’s 1916, the Navy had requisitioned foresight eventually led to the so many trawlers, and the war formation of the Royal Naval had had such an impact on Reserve (Trawler Section) – the shipping, that the supply of fish to RNR(T). the UK was severely limited. This brought a new rank of New trawlers were also built. ‘Skipper’ RNR into the Navy List, Between 1914 and 1918, 371 and the first officer enrolled at trawlers were built in the Humber Aberdeen on 3 February, 1911. shipyards, and almost all of ‡ A crew of Royal Naval reservists, typical of the thousands of fishermen who served in the Royal Navy in When the First World War started them were taken up by the Navy the First World War, mainly on minesweepers. in August 1914, a total of 109 and used as minesweepers, skippers had joined, and 315 submarine spotters and coastal more volunteered by the end of patrol boats. the first week of October. By the Men were asked to volunteer end of 1915, the Minesweeping for the new service, and many did so. The Humber area provided over 880 vessels and 9,000 men from the fishing industry to support the war effort. At the end of the First World War, the Admiralty appointed an International Mine Clearance Committee, on which 26 countries were represented. The Supreme War Council allotted each power an area to clear, the largest falling to Britain. Some 40,000 square miles of sea needed clearing. In February 1919, a Mine Clearance Service ‡ The 12 September, 1914 issue was formed, with special rates ‡ A book to celebrate peace after of The Illustrated London News of pay and conditions of service. the end of the First World War was carried this illustration of how Members of the service wore ‡ King George V and Queen Mary inspect a minesweeping crew during the published by Hull City Council in minesweepers worked, as the war a specific metal cuff badge First World War. (Photo courtesy My Learning) July 1919. began. Minesweeping was one of and cap tally. By the end of the most dangerous jobs in the 1919, over 23,000 Allied and guerre!” – “The war is over!” I left Malta in December, the trawler I brought home. In war, and the RNR skippers and 70 German mines had been Yet, for all that I felt, and like so and after calling at Gibraltar due course I was demobilised, fishermen in ‘Harry Tate’s Navy’ swept, with the loss of half a many others, it was not easy to and Lisbon, arrived at Portland and in February went to Mr had to deal with the constantly dozen minesweepers. The express more than tired relief. on 1 January, 1919, en route McCann’s office to report, changing mine technology Mine Clearance Service was Except that at last I was going for Grimsby. Strange to say, once again, my readiness for employed by the Germans. disbanded in 1920. home. I have forgotten the name of fishing. n 18 PORTS AND PRICES Visit us at fishingnews.co.uk and on Twitter @YourFishingNews 21 May 2020 PORTS & PRICES VARIABLE WHITEFISH PRICES AT PETERHEAD In a week in which the first group of whitefish £2.90, chippers £2.25-£2.85 and metros £1- boats returned to sea after an eight-day tie- £2.60. Gutted whiting were at £3-£3.45 and up period agreed by Scottish POs and Marine round whiting £1.70-£2.50 per kg. Monkfish Scotland, and the next cohort of vessels sold at £1-£4.05, lemon sole £1.25-£5.35, remained in harbour, prices on Peterhead ling 75p-£1.70, plaice 50p-£1.20, hake 85p- market fluctuated daily across the first four £4, megrim 55p-£5.30 and coley 90p-£1.35 markets, reports David Linkie. per kg. The welcome initial stabilisation of buyer Twenty-four hours later, three boats, interest in groundfish destined for export Courage, Forever Faithful and Westro, markets seen at the end of the previous together with five consignments from week was generally maintained, although Conquest, Benarkle II, Ocean Endeavour, prices remained well below average. Cod and Vision IV and Aquarius, contributed 2,570 haddock met fairly consistent demand, selling boxes for last Tuesday’s market. This tally, the for up to £3.35 and £4.20 per kg respectively. smallest of the first four days of last week, Five boats, Tranquility (PD), Tranquility included 507 boxes of monkfish, 486 boxes (BF), Jubilee Spirit, Celestial Dawn and of megrim, 357 boxes of cod, 338 boxes of Atlantic Challenge, together with eight gutted haddock, 315 boxes of ling, 154 boxes consignments from Nimrod, Osprey, Falcon, of coley, 81 boxes of whiting (33 rounders), Sunrise, Deeside, El Shaddai, Jolanna M and 60 boxes of flatfish, 49 boxes of squid and 47 Apollo, landed 4,064 boxes to the first market boxes of hake. of last week at Peterhead. The 3,020 boxes on the market floor on ‡ The Hopeman pair-seiners Ardent and Arcturus landing for last Wednesday’s market at Peterhead. Monday’s sale included 775 boxes of cod, Wednesday morning came from six boats, (Photo: Ryan Cordiner) 727 boxes of megrim, 658 boxes of whiting Karen Ann II, Ardent, Arcturus, Budding (538 rounders), 450 boxes of gutted and Rose, Lapwing and Favonius, plus one contributed 4,480 boxes to last Thursday’s selected £2.40-£3.90, small £3.30-£3.80, The 14,134 boxes of whitefish sold three boxes of round haddock, 364 boxes of consignment. Wednesday’s market included market at Peterhead. This sale, the largest chippers £2.90-£3.25 and metros £1.25- on Peterhead over the first four markets monkfish, 359 boxes of coley, 306 boxes of 601 boxes of whiting (462 rounders), 600 of the first four days of last week, included £1.75. Large cod sold at £2-£3 per kg, sprags of last week came from 18 boats and 16 ling, 140 boxes of flatfish, 111 boxes of hake boxes of cod, 556 boxes of gutted haddock, 1,024 boxes of gutted haddock, 918 boxes £2.10-£3, medium £2.65-£2.90, selected consignments. This tally included 2,650 and 11 boxes of squid. 394 boxes of coley, 172 boxes of monkfish, of cod, 651 boxes of coley, 349 boxes of £2.50-£2.75 and small £1.80-£2.20. Gutted boxes of cod, 2,371 boxes of haddock At the start of last week at Peterhead, 166 boxes of hake, 116 boxes of flatfish, 60 monkfish, 321 boxes of ling, 313 boxes of whiting were at £1.65-£3 per kg and round (three rounders), 1,653 boxes of whiting large cod sold at £2.85-£3.35 per kg, sprags boxes of ling, 27 boxes of megrim and four whiting (215 rounders), 269 boxes of megrim, whiting £2.10-£2.90. Monkfish sold at (1,238 ungutted), 1,558 boxes of coley, £3.20-£3.70, medium £1.90-£2.65, selected boxes of squid. 108 boxes each of flatfish and squid and 99 £2.45-£3.90 per kg, megrim 35p-£3.20, 1,509 boxes of megrim, 1,392 boxes of £2.75-£3 and small £1.80-£2.75. Large/ Four boats, Good Hope, Shalanna, Victory boxes of hake. ling £1-£1.60, plaice 50p-£1.75, lemon sole monkfish, 1,002 boxes of ling, 424 boxes medium gutted haddock made £3-£3.30 per Rose and Our Lass III, plus two consignments Last Thursday morning, large/medium £1.30-£10, coley £1.15-£1.40, squid £1.55- of flatfish, 423 boxes of hake and 172 kg, selected £2.55-£3.50, small £2.75- from the Boy John/Audacious pair team, gutted haddock made £3.30-£4.20 per kg, £3.80 and hake £1.50-£5.85 per kg. boxes of squid. LARGEST DAILY MARKET SINCE LOCKDOWN IN SHETLAND BRIXHAM PRICES Monday, 11 May produced the biggest market since the Covid-19 lockdown ‘PICKING UP SLOWLY’ began in Shetland. Eleven boats landed 2,019 boxes, compared with 2,191 A steady week at Brixham and somewhat for 1s; 2s were £10.50, 3s £7, 4s £3.20 boxes from 13 boats on Monday, 23 better prices saw projected total sales for and 5s 60p. Prime lobsters were £15 March. the five days in the region of £450,000. and large £13. Monkfish 1s averaged £9, There was no market on Tuesday Demand from Europe is increasing slowly 2s £11, 3s £10.90, 4s £10.20, 5s £8.20 morning, while 822 boxes were as restrictions there ease. However, and 6s £3.50. Red mullet sold at £12/ landed by five boats on Wednesday. easterly winds through the week kept kg for 1s, £11.20 for 2s and £3.80 for 3s. Supplies increased slightly again on most of the Brixham day-boats in Octopus averaged £2.45. Thursday morning with 1,018 boxes harbour, reducing the range of species Plaice 1s averaged £3.50/kg, 2s £3.20, from another five vessels, bringing on offer. 3s £2.90, 4s £2.50 and 5s £1.20. Pollack the four-day total to 3,859 boxes from Over the first four markets of last 2s were £5, 3s £5.20 and 4s £2.90. Sand 21 arrivals. Around 1k boxes were week, bass fetched £10 for 1s and 2s, sole 1s were £7.50/kg and 2s £4.50. expected to be landed to Friday’s £9.20 for 3s, £8.20 for 4s and £7.80 Large scallops were £5.80 and small electronic auction. for 5s. Blondie wing 1s were £4.90, 2s £3.20. Dover sole 1s averaged £12/kg, At 35,454kg (including 24,900kg £4.40, 3s £3.20 and 4s £2.40/kg. Size 1 2s £12.20, 3s and 4s £12.50, 5s £12.40, of rounders), whiting led the way brill averaged £9.50/kg, 2s and 3s were 6s and 7s £12.50, 8s £12.20, 9s £10 and last week in Shetland, followed by ‡ The Burra trawler Venture making in to land whitefish at Lerwick. £10, 4s £9.20 and 5s £5.80. 10s £6.50. Large squid were £14 and 2s cod at 30,777kg, gutted haddock (Photo: Sydney Sinclair) Conger made £1.90 for 1s and 2s and were £14.50. at 19,658kg, saithe at 16,441kg, 50p for 3s. Cuttlefish averaged £1.54 for Thorny wings averaged £2.40 for 2s, monkfish at 11,597kg, ling at 7,967kg, per kg on Monday morning, when Thursday morning’s market, gutted 1s and £1.43 for 2s. Size 1 dabs were £1.80 for 3s and £1.40 for 4s. Tubs were megrim at 7,659kg, hake at 4,832kg, ling made £1.45, plaice £2.90 and haddock sold at up to £3.45 per kg, £2.50, and 2s were 90p. John Dory 1s £2.30/kg for 1s, and 2s were £2. Turbot plaice at 3,032kg and lemon sole at saithe £1.25 per kg. Top prices for while lemon sole made £9.30, megrim were £9.20/kg, 2s £9.50, 3s £8 and 4s averaged £9.50/kg for 1s, 2s £8.80, 1,410kg. hake, halibut and squid were paid on £7.10, monkfish £4.10, turbot £7.60, £3.90. Red gurnard 2s made £3.40. 3s £8.50, 4s £8.40, 5s £10.20 and 6s Top prices varied across the three Wednesday morning at £3.75, £3.10 gutted whiting £4.10 and round whiting Haddock 1s averaged £4.30/kg and £9.50. Large whiting averaged £3.40/kg, markets. Cod sold at up to £3.25 and £7.60 per kg respectively. On £2.35 per kg. 2s £3.50. Lemon sole averaged £11/kg 2s £2.30, 3s £1.10 and 4s 50p. SMALL VOLUMES BUT BETTER RETURNS AT NEWLYN One beamer and inshore boats landed 11.3t for auction at Newlyn last Monday. Highest-volume species were Wednesday’s market saw a small volume of 0.5t of top-quality fish from four of the local inshore trawlers. 0.9t of Dover sole, 0.4t haddock, 0.3t John Dory, 0.5t lemon sole, 0.6t mackerel, 2.6t megrim, 1.6t monkfish, Again, given the diminished demand due to the Covid-19 situation, reasonable prices were achieved. 0.2t plaice, 2t pollack and 0.1t of turbot. Prices and demand were steady for all species throughout the sale. For last Thursday’s auction, one beamer landed 4.3t. Notable high volumes were 0.4t Dover sole, 0.2t Due to adverse weather and tidal conditions, Tuesday’s market only had a small amount of pot-caught haddock, 1.3t megrim, 0.3t lemon sole and 0.2t of octopus. 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PETERHEAD, WEEK Avg Max Max, Max, mth ICELAND, WEEK Kg Avg Avg, Avg, 6m BRIXHAM, WEEK TO Kg Avg Avg, Avg, yr NEWLYN, WEEK TO Kg Avg Avg, Avg, yr TO 16 MAY price/kg price/kg wk ago wk ago TO 14 MAY landed price/kg wk ago ago 16 MAY landed price/kg wk ago ago 16 MAY landed price/kg wk ago ago

Catfish £2.02 £2.05 £1.67 £2.75 Blue ling (gutted) 46 £0.67 £0.33 £0.15 Bass (2) 23 £10.33 £10.69 £17.31 Bass (3) 22 £10.39 £12.00 £10.00 Cod (A1) £2.82 £3.16 £3.53 £2.81 Catfish (gutted) 11,481 £0.68 £0.67 £1.03 Bass (3) 249 £9.13 £9.30 £13.97 Bass (4) 41 £10.35 £8.58 £11.08 Cod (A2) £2.95 £3.27 £3.68 £2.42 Catfish (ungutted) 1,215 £0.37 £0.39 £0.59 Bass (4) 1,192 £7.74 £11.14 £10.13 Bass (5) 27 £10.19 £9.18 £10.33 Cod (A3) £2.76 £3.03 £3.41 £2.32 Cod (A4) £2.68 £2.87 £2.98 £2.46 Cod (large, gutted) 43,201 £1.51 £1.46 £2.10 Bass (5) 959 £7.25 £12.59 £9.34 Blonde Ray (L) 48 £3.93 £1.26 £2.04 Cod (A5) £2.14 £2.56 £2.35 £1.46 Cod (large, ungutted) 344,471 £1.14 £1.30 £1.84 Brill (1) 185 £9.17 £7.10 £12.98 Blonde Ray (M) 69 £2.44 £0.75 £1.82 Haddock (A1) £3.54 £3.92 £3.44 £2.68 Cod (small, gutted) 230 £0.36 £0.78 £0.66 Brill (2) 215 £9.64 £7.17 £11.03 Blonde Ray (S) 13 £1.92 £0.57 £0.69 Haddock (A2) £3.19 £3.53 £3.05 £2.35 Brill (2) 30 £6.93 £5.41 £11.11 Cod (small, ungutted) 2,953 £0.35 £0.46 £0.95 Brill (3) 441 £9.96 £7.26 £10.07 Haddock (A3) £3.05 £3.30 £2.81 £1.95 Brill (3) 32 £8.88 £5.37 £8.77 Cod cheeks 33 £5.45 £5.45 - Brill (4) 496 £9.07 £7.05 £8.53 Haddock chippers (A4) £2.65 £2.92 £2.38 £1.71 Brill (4) 14 £9.60 £5.19 £7.20 Greenland halibut (gutted) 678 £2.82 £2.77 - Brill (5) 84 £5.53 £3.22 £6.61 Haddock metros (A4) £1.59 £2.09 £1.41 £1.15 Brill (5) 10 £7.84 £5.37 £6.55 Hake (A1) £3.98 £4.40 £4.16 £4.83 Haddock (large, gutted) 38,471 £0.99 £1.36 £1.44 Cock crabs 142 £5.71 £6.28 £7.23 Cod (4) 5 £3.20 £3.46 £3.08 Hake (A2) £2.86 £3.93 £3.19 £4.51 Haddock (large, ungutted) 36,841 £1.21 £1.94 £2.73 Cod (3) 18 £6.24 £5.64 £4.00 Cod (5) 14 £3.64 £3.28 £1.90 Hake (A3) £2.64 £2.89 £2.18 £3.15 Haddock (small, gutted) 512 £0.22 - £0.99 Conger (1) 86 £1.89 £1.31 £1.82 Cuckoo ray (M) 426 £1.08 £0.66 £1.17 Hake (A4) £1.88 £2.16 £1.10 £2.25 Haddock (small, ungutted) 554 £0.16 £0.58 £0.57 Hake (A5) £1.38 £1.75 £0.83 £1.76 Conger (2) 21 £1.84 £1.65 £1.64 Cuckoo ray (S) 7 £0.10 £0.33 £0.51 Halibut (gutted) 435 £2.61 £3.07 £2.40 Halibut £6.65 £9.00 £6.87 £10.59 Conger (3) 38 £1.24 £0.80 £0.35 Cuttlefish (L) 97 £1.23 £1.55 £2.91 Lemon sole (gutted) 3,214 £1.95 £1.68 £2.04 Lemon sole (A1) £5.96 £6.52 £5.41 - Cuttlefish (1) 6,226 £1.54 £1.44 £3.15 Cuttlefish (S) 947 £1.11 £1.03 £2.36 Lemon sole (A2) £3.92 £4.32 £3.75 £5.00 Ling (gutted) 1,744 £0.67 £0.56 £0.75 Dover sole (1) 84 £10.80 £8.70 £15.79 Cuttlefish (2) 4,521 £1.43 £1.34 £2.59 Lemon sole (A3) £1.77 £2.28 £1.81 £2.50 Ling (ungutted) 4,938 £0.54 £0.63 £0.62 Dover sole (2) 139 £11.16 £8.54 £15.14 Dogfish 7,919 £0.25 £0.25 £0.25 Ling (A1) £0.73 £0.90 £0.62 £1.00 Megrim (gutted) 312 £1.17 £0.00 £0.65 Dover sole (3) 316 £11.76 £8.85 £15.77 Gurnard (2) 19 £3.25 £1.73 £4.28 Ling (A2) £1.41 £1.48 £0.98 £1.25 Monkfish (gutted) 1,391 £2.13 £2.23 £4.08 Dover sole (4) 508 £11.48 £7.69 £12.34 Ling (A3) £1.56 £1.62 £1.06 £1.15 Plaice (gutted) 33,009 £1.05 £0.88 £2.44 Gurnard (4) 4,474 £0.49 £0.54 £0.67 Dover sole (5) 166 £10.06 £7.11 £10.45 Megrim (A1) £3.17 £4.45 £6.67 £7.50 Haddock (1) 33 £4.20 £4.59 £3.10 Gurnard and latchet (L) 41 £2.37 £1.51 £4.71 Megrim (A2) £2.33 £3.17 £4.72 £5.00 Redfish (ungutted) 14,030 £1.06 £1.23 £1.34 Haddock (2) 37 £3.24 £3.67 £2.67 Megrim (A3) £1.50 £2.41 £2.18 £4.13 Saithe (gutted) 22,040 £0.44 £0.61 £0.68 Gurnard and latchet (M) 60 £2.72 £0.50 £3.08 Megrim (A4) £0.50 £1.23 £1.21 - Saithe (ungutted) 21,696 £0.34 £0.43 £0.94 Haddock (3) 34 £2.25 £0.71 £1.50 Gurnard and latchet (S) 31 £0.44 £0.35 £0.85 Megrim (A4) £1.01 £1.66 £1.50 £2.83 Skate (gutted) 91 £0.00 £0.63 £0.31 Hake (7) 5 £2.66 £1.03 £2.75 Haddock (1) 28 £5.80 £2.28 £1.97 Monkfish (A1) £2.51 £2.63 £2.16 £2.95 Spotted catfish (gutted) 2,277 £0.67 £0.51 £1.31 Hen crabs 405 £2.35 £2.62 £3.24 Haddock (2) 296 £4.13 £2.44 £1.88 Monkfish (A2) £3.44 £3.76 £3.48 £3.11 Haddock (3) 235 £3.49 £1.29 £1.10 Spotted catfish (ungutted) 458 £0.47 - £0.39 John Dory (1) 85 £8.88 £6.15 £10.08 Monkfish (A3) £3.88 £3.98 £3.82 £3.07 Haddock (4) 64 £0.56 £0.30 £0.93 Tusk (gutted) 1,987 £0.23 £0.37 £0.18 John Dory (2) 77 £9.46 £6.45 £9.60 Monkfish (A4) £3.26 £3.56 £3.14 £3.26 Haddock (5) 12 £0.51 £0.37 £0.78 Monkfish (A5) £1.82 £2.17 £2.20 £2.78 Tusk (gutted) 1,987 £0.23 £0.37 £0.18 John Dory (3) 216 £7.80 £5.24 £7.53 Hake (3) 29 £5.79 £2.77 £4.31 Plaice (A1) £1.25 £1.77 - - Tusk (ungutted) 3,692 £0.15 £0.31 £0.12 Lemon sole (1) 132 £10.64 £10.04 £10.04 Hake (4) 22 £3.80 £2.65 £3.82 Plaice (A2) £1.03 £1.23 £1.38 - Whiting (gutted) 52 £0.11 £0.32 £0.45 Lemon sole (2) 178 £10.31 £9.75 £10.17 Hake (5) 28 £4.20 £2.08 £3.59 Plaice (A3) £0.74 £0.86 £1.07 - Whiting (ungutted) 4 £0.00 £0.00 - Lemon sole (3) 406 £6.91 £8.32 £8.16 Plaice (A4) £0.58 £37.80 £0.63 £1.25 Hake (6) 59 £3.03 £1.66 £2.36 Witch (ungutted) 303 £0.84 - £0.12 Pollack (A1) £3.39 £3.39 £1.34 - Lemon sole (4) 1,215 £2.89 £2.37 £3.57 John Dory (1) 31 £7.80 £7.63 £10.39 John Dory (2) 93 £7.69 £7.16 £9.13 Pollack (A2) £3.33 £3.37 £1.43 £2.25 HANTSHOLM, WEEK Kg Avg Avg, Avg, 6m Lemon sole (5) 613 £0.52 £0.34 £2.16 Pollack (A4) £3.00 £3.00 - - TO 14 MAY landed price/kg wk ago ago Line mackerel (2) 6 £6.09 £6.03 £3.03 John Dory (3) 98 £5.87 £6.40 £6.01 Saithe (A1) £1.04 £1.21 £1.19 - Line mackerel (3) 85 £3.52 £4.72 £2.13 John Dory (4) 70 £4.06 £3.80 £4.49 Saithe (A2) £1.26 £1.34 £1.16 £1.17 John Dory (5) 68 £1.72 £1.37 £2.47 Catfish (1) 4,312 £2.48 £2.26 £2.44 Lobster 295 £14.01 £12.60 £15.79 Saithe (A3) £1.17 £1.20 £1.15 - Lemon sole (1) 58 £9.60 £7.84 £8.55 Saithe (A4) £1.08 £1.10 £1.15 £1.23 Cod (0) 880 £3.25 £2.77 £4.17 Monkfish tails (1) 47 £8.92 £7.16 £11.95 Lemon sole (2) 252 £6.14 £6.58 £8.24 Saithe extra large (A1) £0.96 £1.25 £1.25 - Cod (1) 6,881 £3.23 £2.90 £4.18 Monkfish tails (2) 257 £10.87 £8.26 £12.39 Lemon sole (3) 206 £6.53 £5.77 £6.92 Squid trawled £1.96 £3.46 £4.22 £4.67 Cod (2) 13,314 £3.26 £2.98 £3.94 Monkfish tails (3) 413 £10.83 £8.75 £11.20 Lemon sole (4) 208 £2.85 £1.62 £3.34 Turbot £6.21 £7.17 £7.27 - Cod (3) 17,291 £3.50 £3.14 £3.50 Monkfish tails (4) 1,651 £10.08 £7.32 £10.49 Lemon sole (5) 94 £0.28 £0.38 £2.03 SHETLAND, WEEK Kg Avg Avg, Avg, yr Cod (4) 8,752 £3.16 £3.07 £2.80 TO 16 MAY landed price/kg wk ago ago Monkfish tails (5) 1,080 £7.39 £6.28 £9.18 Ling (L) 5 £1.87 £1.37 £1.52 Cod (5) 7,665 £2.46 £2.56 £2.17 Monkfish tails (6) 343 £3.22 £2.65 £3.58 Ling (M) 30 £1.40 £1.14 £1.38 Haddock (1) 2,210 £2.72 £1.83 £2.31 Mackerel (LM) 251 £3.74 £1.46 £4.58 Catfish 586 £1.95 £1.31 £1.77 Octopus 572 £2.43 £2.61 £2.11 Haddock (2) 3,151 £1.93 £0.87 £1.58 Cod (2) 10,750 £2.92 £2.98 £3.15 Plaice (1) 1,319 £3.47 £3.00 £4.01 Mackerel (M) 307 £2.60 £0.88 £4.09 Haddock (3) 2,486 £1.51 £0.50 £0.88 Mackerel (S) 98 £0.46 £0.49 £1.08 Cod (3) 10,159 £2.79 £2.89 £2.96 Plaice (2) 1,610 £3.14 £2.85 £3.38 Hake (0) 6,741 £3.83 £3.96 £5.44 Megrim (1) 51 £4.98 £4.51 £4.70 Cod (4) 4,668 £2.59 £2.68 £2.41 Plaice (3) 2,243 £2.81 £2.75 £3.61 Cod (5) 2,341 £2.45 £2.54 £2.27 Hake (1) 10,760 £3.29 £3.62 £3.84 Megrim (2) 219 £4.56 £3.78 £4.81 Plaice (4) 2,126 £2.42 £2.45 £2.47 Cod (6) 1,836 £1.89 £1.56 £2.39 Hake (2) 29,988 £2.48 £2.93 £2.71 Megrim (3) 419 £3.63 £3.22 £3.91 Plaice (5) 3,562 £1.20 £1.00 £1.71 Haddock (1) 2,069 £2.56 £2.33 £2.15 Hake (3) 15,490 £1.33 £1.39 £1.76 Megrim (4) 850 £2.32 £2.61 £2.70 Haddock (2) 3,106 £2.92 £2.57 £2.63 Lemon sole (1) 650 £6.34 £5.96 £6.34 Pollock (1) 12 £4.51 £3.18 £4.33 Megrim (5) 1,585 £0.92 £2.06 £1.98 Haddock (3) 3,319 £3.21 £2.69 £2.15 Lemon sole (2) 2,862 £4.06 £4.47 £4.53 Pollock (2) 301 £4.95 £3.55 £4.29 Monkfish (1) 43 £8.13 £7.80 £8.94 Haddock (4) 5,568 £2.78 £2.60 £1.95 Lemon sole (3) 3,224 £2.26 £2.30 £3.61 Pollock (3) 310 £4.66 £3.13 £3.49 Monkfish (2) 225 £9.65 £7.55 £9.65 Haddock (5) 5,596 £1.90 £1.31 £1.38 Ling (1) 7,461 £1.78 £0.69 £1.70 Ray wings (blonde, 1) 80 £4.84 £2.79 £5.32 Monkfish (3) 339 £10.86 £8.40 £10.08 Monkfish (4) 578 £9.74 £7.72 £9.51 Hake (2) 359 £3.22 £3.02 £4.41 Ling (2) 6,981 £1.80 £0.66 £1.64 Ray wings (blonde, 2) 302 £4.29 £2.18 £3.99 Hake (3) 1,198 £2.62 £2.49 £3.28 Monkfish (5) 1,185 £5.75 £4.88 £7.39 Ling (3) 6,671 £1.68 £0.53 £1.31 Ray wings (blonde, 3) 518 £2.90 £1.43 £3.59 Hake (4) 3,275 £1.80 £1.72 £2.03 Octopus (L) 77 £2.00 - £3.29 Megrim 2,242 £1.99 £0.98 £1.83 Ray wings (thornback, 2) 729 £2.23 £1.37 £3.00 Halibut (3) 120 £8.75 £7.21 £9.50 Octopus (M) 242 £1.93 £1.97 £1.77 Monkfish (1) 2,311 £4.07 £2.75 £4.35 Ray wings (thornback, 3) 2,575 £1.69 £0.92 £3.04 Halibut (4) 196 £6.30 £5.96 £6.58 Plaice (1) 82 £3.93 £3.29 £4.36 Monkfish (2) 7,407 £4.51 £3.16 £4.13 Lemon sole (2) 286 £8.46 £7.97 £7.51 Ray wings (thornback, 4) 3,420 £1.36 £0.73 £1.63 Plaice (2) 75 £3.67 £2.85 £3.23 Lemon sole (4) 625 £2.64 £2.32 £3.22 Monkfish (3) 8,162 £4.48 £3.51 £3.83 Red mullet (1) 25 £3.28 £2.47 £3.43 Plaice (3) 96 £2.58 £2.65 £3.25 Ling 7,967 £1.20 £1.04 £1.15 Monkfish (4) 2,970 £4.26 £3.46 £3.76 Red mullet (2) 30 £2.84 £2.07 £3.13 Plaice (4) 21 £2.01 £1.70 £1.88 Lythe 1,431 £2.92 £2.02 £3.11 Monkfish (5) 355 £2.46 £2.23 £2.55 Red mullet (3) 64 £11.43 £11.26 £11.05 Pollack, lythe (2) 3 £4.20 £3.08 £4.05 Mackerel 45 £3.23 £2.82 £2.50 Plaice (1) 13,924 £2.15 £1.27 £2.42 Round pouting 6,651 £0.30 £0.30 £0.45 Pollack, lythe (3) 722 £2.59 £2.77 £3.05 Megrim (2) 3,571 £6.12 £6.39 £5.58 Plaice (2) 21,651 £2.46 £1.74 £2.50 Scallop (2) 5,393 £1.60 £1.63 £3.63 Pollack, lythe (4) 1,331 £2.17 £2.44 £1.99 Megrim (3) 1,989 £4.96 £4.88 £4.00 Plaice (3) 21,129 £2.18 £1.70 £2.43 Scallop meat 515 £9.00 £9.00 £12.37 Red mullet (1) 1 £11.60 £8.10 £11.11 Megrim (4) 2,099 £2.97 £3.00 £2.70 Plaice (4) 32,786 £1.67 £1.45 £2.18 Red mullet (2) 31 £9.54 £4.56 £10.00 Monkfish (1) 393 £1.71 £1.59 £3.24 Sole (1) 520 £11.89 £9.48 £15.47 Pollack (2) 1,517 £3.49 £2.27 £3.12 Red mullet (3) 23 £3.79 £5.33 £8.54 Monkfish (2) 3,040 £3.51 £2.63 £3.46 Sole (2) 1,054 £11.31 £9.74 £15.09 Pollack (3) 8,792 £3.26 £1.97 £2.71 Red mullet (4) 165 £4.44 £1.30 £6.40 Monkfish (3) 3,862 £3.86 £3.56 £3.75 Sole (3) 1,043 £11.97 £9.90 £16.01 Pollack (4) 1,499 £3.12 £1.49 £2.34 Saithe (1) 5 £1.90 £1.55 £1.49 Monkfish (4) 2,724 £3.81 £3.47 £3.70 Sole (4) 1,559 £12.14 £9.78 £13.33 Saithe (2) 34 £1.06 £1.14 £1.68 Monkfish (5) 799 £2.44 £2.19 £3.01 Saithe (1) 12,012 £1.37 £0.94 £1.71 Sole (5) 1,053 £12.40 £9.11 £11.10 Saithe (3) 14 £1.60 £8.20 £1.17 Monkfish (6) 779 £1.33 £1.13 £2.35 Saithe (2) 33,996 £1.37 £0.98 £1.66 Sole (6) 1,273 £12.69 £9.07 £9.07 Saithe (4) 10 £1.20 £0.62 £0.97 Plaice (2) 479 £2.46 £1.98 £2.54 Saithe (3) 155,631 £1.22 £0.92 £1.46 Squid (1) 17 £17.55 £12.92 £11.00 Scallops 306 £2.24 £1.63 £1.03 Plaice (3) 860 £1.93 £1.73 £2.36 Saithe (4) 98,351 £1.14 £0.89 £1.28 Squid (2) 13 £16.06 £14.46 £12.50 Smoothhound (M) 70 £0.90 £0.69 £0.52 Plaice (4) 1,693 £0.96 £0.89 £1.27 Squid 1,629 £1.39 £0.92 £1.94 Squid (L) 3 £8.73 - £9.07 Saithe (2) 835 £1.08 £0.81 £1.46 Turbot (0) 253 £9.19 £8.80 £14.38 Squid (mix) 33 £12.72 £12.47 £8.86 Squid (M) 5 £6.49 £3.00 £10.30 Saithe (3) 4,001 £1.08 £1.04 £1.21 Turbot (1) 103 £9.39 £9.03 £14.74 Turbot (1) 550 £8.58 £8.66 £12.03 Squid (S) 1 £4.00 £5.00 £10.28 Saithe (4) 11,605 £0.90 £0.91 £1.00 Turbot (2) 174 £8.60 £8.09 £13.25 Turbot (2) 429 £7.30 £7.96 £11.74 Turbot (2) 17 £8.00 £6.92 £15.79 Skate 777 £1.48 £1.18 £0.89 Turbot (3) 164 £8.36 £6.97 £13.25 Turbot (3) 1,019 £6.04 £6.86 £10.07 Turbot (3) 14 £9.00 £6.87 £14.33 Skate, mixed 110 £0.99 £0.67 £0.59 Turbot (4) 495 £3.95 £3.59 £6.87 Turbot (4) 407 £8.37 £6.69 £11.62 Turbot (4) 16 £9.30 £6.82 £14.15 Skate, roker 51 £0.83 £1.33 £0.78 Whiting (1) 263 £2.24 £1.73 £1.17 Turbot (5) 920 £9.92 £6.74 £10.59 Squid 2,666 £1.72 £1.33 £3.86 Turbot (5) 58 £8.32 £5.73 £11.89 Turbot 47 £6.69 £7.79 £11.01 Whiting (2) 1,637 £2.23 £1.53 £1.26 Turbot (6) 370 £9.25 £6.89 £8.69 Turbot (6) 42 £9.73 £7.18 £10.64 Whiting (2) 3,527 £3.79 £3.47 £2.61 Whiting (3) 5 £1.07 £0.00 £0.85 Whelks 777 £1.15 £1.15 £1.12 Whiting (1) 8 £1.90 £2.10 £1.76 Whiting (3) 7,027 £2.80 £2.56 £2.04 Witch (1) 1,157 £3.76 £4.36 £3.41 Whiting (1) 56 £3.20 £2.87 £2.46 Whiting (2) 15 £0.53 £1.24 £1.23 Whiting, round 24,900 £2.05 £1.90 £1.52 Witch (2) 5,561 £2.10 £1.84 £2.26 Whiting (2) 129 £2.26 £1.82 £1.87 Whiting (3) 3 £0.42 £0.45 £0.86 Whiting, round 32,646 £0.69 £1.06 £1.43 Witch (3) 3,101 £0.40 £0.42 £1.06 Whiting (3) 148 £1.01 £0.47 £1.38 Whiting (3) 148 £1.01 £0.47 £1.38 20 PORTS AND PRICES Visit us at fishingnews.co.uk and on Twitter @YourFishingNews 21 May 2020

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UK landings into UK ports (t'000) UK landings into UK ports (£m) UK landings into UK ports (£ per kg) 450 800 3.00 400 700 2.50 350 600 300 2.00 500 250 400 1.50 200 300 150 1.00 200 100 0.50 50 100 0 0 0.00 Demersal Pelagic Shellfish All fish Demersal Pelagic Shellfish All fish Demersal Pelagic Shellfish All fish 12m to Feb-20 12m to Feb-19 12m to Feb-20 12m to Feb-19 12m to Feb-20 12m to Feb-19 UK landings into UK ports (t'000) 40 UK landings into UK ports (£m) UK landings into UK ports (£ per kg) 60 3.50 35 50 3.00 30 2.50 25 40 2.00 20 30 15 1.50 20 10 1.00 10 5 0.50 0 0 0.00 Haddock Cod Monkfish Hake Saithe Pollack 12m to Feb-20 12m to Feb-19 Haddock Cod Monkfish Hake Saithe Pollack Haddock Cod Monkfish Hake Saithe Pollack 12m to Feb-20 12m to Feb-19 12m to Feb-20 12m to Feb-19 UK landings into UK ports (t'000) 4.0 UK landings into UK ports (£m) UK landings into UK ports (£ per kg) 20 14.00 3.5 18 12.00 16 3.0 14 10.00 2.5 12 8.00 2.0 10 1.5 8 6.00 6 1.0 4.00 4 0.5 2 2.00 0.0 0 0.00 Sole Lemon sole Turbot Bass Brill Megrim Sole Lemon sole Turbot Bass Brill Megrim 12m to Feb-20 12m to Feb-19 12m to Feb-20 12m to Feb-19 Sole Lemon sole Turbot Bass Brill Megrim 12m to Feb-20 12m to Feb-19 UK landings into UK ports (t'000) 14 UK landings into UK ports (£m) UK landings into UK ports (£ per kg) 18 2.00 12 16 1.80 14 1.60 10 1.40 12 8 1.20 10 1.00 6 8 0.80

4 6 0.60 4 0.40 2 0.20 2 0.00 0 0 Whiting Plaice Ling Skates & Gurnard Witch Whiting Plaice Ling Skates & rays Gurnard Witch 12m to Feb-20 12m to Feb-19 Whiting Plaice Ling Skates & rays Gurnard Witch rays 12m to Feb-20 12m to Feb-19 12m to Feb-20 12m to Feb-19

UK landings into UK ports (t'000) UK landings into UK ports (£m) UK landings into UK ports (£ per kg) 80 100 1.40 70 90 1.20 80 60 70 1.00 50 60 0.80 40 50 0.60 30 40 30 20 0.40 20 10 10 0.20

0 0 0.00 Mackerel Herring Other pelagic Mackerel Herring Other pelagic Mackerel Herring Other pelagic 12m to Feb-20 12m to Feb-19 12m to Feb-20 12m to Feb-19 12m to Feb-20 12m to Feb-19

UK landings into UK ports (t'000) UK landings into UK ports (£m) UK landings into UK ports (£ per kg) 35 120 16.00

30 14.00 100 12.00 25 80 10.00 20 8.00 60 15 6.00 40 10 4.00

5 20 2.00 0.00 0 0 Nephrops Crabs Scallops Lobsters Squid Cuttlefish Other Nephrops Crabs Scallops Lobsters Squid Cuttlefish Other Nephrops Crabs Scallops Lobsters Squid Cuttlefish Other shellfish shellfish shellfish 12m to Feb-20 12m to Feb-19 12m to Feb-20 12m to Feb-19 12m to Feb-20 12m to Feb-19 Source: MMO Fishermen! Advertise boats, equipment and accessories, for sale FISHERMEN'S FREE ADS! or wanted, absolutely FREE! BOATS FOR SALE LOYAL FRIEND N280 ENGINES AND MACHINERY RAP FLAKER

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TURN TO PAGE 2 FOR THE FULL REPORT New 14.65m crabber Dalwhinnie arrives at Stonehaven A large number of Whalsay residents The new Stonehaven crabber Dalwhinnie A 913 was New Brixham beamer launched in Holland bravedThe gales hull force of the winds new Brixhamand driving beam trawler Georgina given an early opportunity to prove her seakeeping sleet to welcome the latest addition qualities during the 700-mile delivery passage from Skipper Ian Mathieson berthed of Ladram BM 100 was lifted into the water at Ibis Margaret of Ladram sets new Brixham record Dalwhinnie in Stonehaven harbour for to the local fleet, the 26.5m whitefish Kilkeel to Aberdeenshire, reports David Linkie. Shipyard, Burgum on 31 October, before being pushed the first time last week following a trawler Courageous LK 470, into Skipper Ian Mathieson reported that the vessel through the Prinses Margriet canal to Den Oever, stormy delivery trip from Kilkeel. Symbister harbour for the first time at handled extremely well when crossing the Irish Sea in where the 35.25m vessel will be completed by main the beginning of this month, reports … on first trip back after Rugbya SE forceWorld 6-7, before steaming Cup from Kyle of Lochalsh contractors Luyt BV, reports David Linkie David Linkie . Waterdance -owned beamer Margaret of Ladram E to Cape Wrath in a heavy northerly swell. Of 8.70m. beam and a moulded depth of 5.2m, The The occasion was given added Margaret of Ladram leaves Brixham Powered by a Doosan V158TI main engine driving Georgina of Ladram was designed by Luyt BV 199 broke the Brixham record landing for a single trip last significance by the fact that Courageous month when 7.5t of Dover sole, auctioned on the market fishmarket after landing her record- in collaboration with Marimecs Marine Design & , grossed £125,630. breaking catch. has beenEngineering bought by for four Waterdance young Whalsay Ltd. floor by Brixham Trawler Agents fishermen, skipper Ian Shearer (24), Margaret of Ladram skipper Adam Cowan-Dickie Georgina of Ladram is the second new fishing engineervessel Malcolm to be builtReid for (24) Waterdance Christopher by Luyt BV, which – whose son Luke plays rugby for England and Exeter Bow view of Irvine (19) and James Johnston (18), in Chiefs – turned the boat around and went straight back earlier this year delivered the 14.95m vivier-crabber Dalwhinnie, partnershipNichola with of LadramLHD Ltd. E 1. to sea, without even waiting to see what his record catch which is based With anThe average Luyt group age willof just now 21 begin years, installation of 2 The DCO granted development consent to Doggerbank Project 2 Bizco Limited for ‘Project A’ and Doggerbank had made. on a Buccaneer the newGeorgina partnership of Ladram’s is probably engineroom one of and deck The record-breaking trip was his first after returning 46 hull, fitted the youngest on record for this class of from watching Luke Cowan-Dickie play for England out by G Smyth vessel. during the recent Rugby World Cup in Japan. Boats. Skipper Adam Cowan-Dickie said: “I’ve been The four partners have all been crew membersAn unusual on localview ofwhitefish Georgina boatsof Ladram passing over a dual carriageway while managing my sole quota and my days at sea for the since leavingbeing school,towed to with Den IanOever. Shearer past 11 months, just so I could try and break this record. aboard Defiant, Christopher Irvine on I found this little patch of good fishing just before the Tranquility, Malcolm Reid with Arcturus World Cup started, but I was unable to fish it because and James Johnston on Guardian of bad weather. I obviously couldn’t miss the chance to Angell before this boat was renamed watch my son playing in the World Cup, so I was keeping Courageous. ‡ The 35.25m beam trawler Georgina of Ladram BM 100 in the Prinses Margriet canal, en my fingers crossed while I was away watching Luke Continued on Page 5 route to Den Oever for completion by Luyt BV. (Photos: Rienk Nadema) that no one else would find it. After being in Japan for so long, I ended up spending a small fortune, so I really needed to land this catch! machinery. This will include an ABC Project 3 Bizco Limited for ‘Project B’ – two offshore wind turbine generating stations each comprising up to 200 wind 745kW main engine, a 3,200mm-diameter vessel of this size, we are setting a new PRINT & DIGITAL “Many people don’t realise that this was a sustainable a 1,350mm-diameter propeller through a PRM 4.17:1 of Kilkeel, Dalwhinnie features a number of interesting propeller and an electrically powered standard. We have worked transparently catch. I have my sole quota, which is based on what can reduction gearbox, Dalwhinnie used just 1,700 litres of ideas in line with the owner’s requirements, including a 10-drum winch manufactured by the yard. and together with Waterdance from the be sustainably caught, given to me in January every year. fuel during the three-day trip. refrigerated 130-box-capacity dry hold. initial concept phase to offer a design that It is then down to me to manage my yearly quota how I Based on a Buccaneer 46 hull and built to a high Further details of Dalwhinnie will be included in Jacoline Luijt of Luyt BV said: “We are very pleased with the collaboration with meets their expectations.” want throughout the year. Because of 15 years of careful level of specification and finish by G Smyth Boats Ltd Fishing News soon. FAL Waterdance. As with Nichola of Ladram, Scheduled for completion in 2020, management, the sole population off Brixham has been Chie Georgina of Ladram is the first new beam F: ‘Tethis demonstrates Luyt’s capacity to increasing year on year. LL trawler of its class to be built for the UK the massive financial investment put in from the vessel’s MPs develop tailor-made solutions. We look “This record wasn’t just broken by me. It was a team owners at Greendale, to all my crew and shore support forward to seeing our joint vision come since the Colne Shipping Company Ltd effort and the result of years of hard work, right from staff, as well as the team at Brixham who sold the fish for into service. With the construction of a took delivery of the 42.35m St Anthony LT us to be able to break the record.” Shetland team effort we wAnT 1005 in 1999. The 33m beam trawler Margaret of Ladram has been Fishermen’s Association Ltd Chairman ou callsT ono fishingF industryCFP’ to put pressure on MPs the jewel of the Greendale fleet since the Exeter-based company bought her from Belgium in 2012. Her new assists Rosebloom owners carried out an extensive refit, including a new main The Avoch-owned and to sea through the north Fishing News turbine generators (WTGs) and associated development in the Dogger Bank Zone and the Borough of Redcar and engine and a complete machinery overhaul, and she has Peterhead-based 28m pair- entrance at around 1am, been skippered by Adam Cowan-Dickie since 2015. seiner Rosebloom INS 353 shortly after high water. Barry Young, managing director of Brixham Trawler BOTH WEEKLY PRINT EDITION & Margaret of Ladram was successfully refloated and Weather conditions were HYGIENICAwards 2020 FURNITUREnow AND EQUIPMENT Agents, said: “It is fantastic news that towed a short distance into calm with light winds and a has broken our longstanding Brixham port record for fish Right:Lerwick Margaret by the oflocal Ladram harbour skipper Adammoderate Cowan-Dickie... sea swell, with the landed, with a value of £126,000. Not only is Adam a very tugsLeft: Knab… and and his sonKebister, Luke, whoin playedair for temperature England in the just above openQUALITY for BY nominationsDESIGN QUALITY THROUGH MANUFACTURE good hardworking skipper, but he’s managed to pin down aRugby highly World co-ordinated Cup final andloss to Southfreezing. Africa. QUALITY OF SERVICE the fish using a lot of skill and a bit of luck. Results like this smoothly executed operation An initial attempt by From now until midnight on category. Tuesday, 11 February, 2020, don’t just happen overnight – this is the result of years of Carter,on Saturday, who farm 16 November, at Ladram Bay andLerwick Greendale, lifeboat, and and then The award ceremony, at the nominations are invited across SECRET FIXINGS investment and hard work from everyone involved in the reportsis named David after theirLinkie late. mother Margaretby the Carter. The harbour tugs and the DoubleTree by Hilton Aberdeen 14 categories for the Fishing REDUCE DIRT TRAPS High quality stainless steel industry. brothersAfter landinghave been whitefish involved in the fishingFraserburgh industry seiner Faithlie, to 100% 304 GRADE Treetops hotel, promises to be is a good sign that things are finally improving, News Awards 2020. furniture and equipment. 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SOWFL has renamed Project B to Sofia Offshore every 3 months - Saving 31% TURN TO PAGE 2 FOR THE FULL REPORT A largeNew number of Whalsay Brixhamresidents beamer launched in Holland bravedThe gales hull force of the winds new Brixhamand driving beam trawler Georgina sleet toof welcome Ladram BM the 100 latest was addition lifted into the water at Ibis Margaret of Ladram sets new Brixham record to the Shipyard,local fleet, Burgum the 26.5m on 31 whitefish October, before being pushed trawlerthrough Courageous the Prinses LK 470, Margriet into canal to Den Oever, Symbisterwhere harbour the 35.25m for the vessel first willtime be at completed by main … on first trip back after Rugby World Cup David Linkie. 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We have worked transparently management, the sole population off Brixham has been 745kW main engine, a 3,200mm-diameter increasing year on year. and together with Waterdance from the “This record wasn’t just broken by me. It was a team the massive financial investment put in from the vessel’s propeller and an electrically powered initial concept phase to offer a design that 10-drum winch manufactured by the yard. effort and the result of years of hard work, right from owners at Greendale, to all my crew and shore support Sofia. meets their expectations.” staff, as well as the team at Brixham who sold the fish for Jacoline Luijt of Luyt BV said: “We are Scheduled for completion in 2020, us to be able to break the record.” The 33m beam trawler Margaret of Ladram has been very pleased with the collaboration with Georgina of Ladram is the first new beam Waterdance. 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5 1: Taking the end buoys onto the net drum, before clipping in the port rope. 2: Hauling the wings of the net onto the starboard drum. ACCESS QUESTIONS DODGED 3: The Burra Haaf delivers yet again. 4: John Johnson prepares to release the codline. TURN TO PAGE 2 FOR THE FULL REPORT 5: Another haul of prime-quality whitefish, caught less than 15 miles from harbour. 6: Fishroom man Robbie Jamieson weighing cod released from Tranquility’s automated VCU catch-handling system… 7: … before adding it to the vessel’s catch-management system. New 14.65m crabber Dalwhinnie arrives at Stonehaven 8: The first box of fish in Tranquility’s fishroom. 9: The first day’s work nears an end. The new Stonehaven crabber Dalwhinnie A 913 was given an early opportunity to prove her seakeeping 2 qualities during the 700-mile delivery passage from Skipper Ian Mathieson berthed Dalwhinnie in Stonehaven harbour for Kilkeel to Aberdeenshire, reports David Linkie. the first time last week following a 6 8 Skipper Ian Mathieson reported that the vessel stormy delivery trip from Kilkeel. handled extremely well when crossing the Irish Sea in ith the summer solstice wheelhouse equipment, before a SE force 6-7, before steaming from Kyle of Lochalsh less than two weeks calling Lerwick port control for to Cape Wrath in a heavy northerly swell. Waway, the ‘simmer dim’, clearance to leave harbour, as the Bank Teesside A and B Offshore Wind Farm page) here: https://infrastructure.planninginspectorate.gov.uk/ Powered by a Doosan V158TI main engine driving for which Shetland is renowned, crew prepared to throw the ropes meant that the sky over Lerwick off. was still grey, rather than jet Ten minutes later, the flash of black. Bressay lighthouse slipped astern After Chris Shearer started to port as Tranquility headed due Tranquility’s Mitsubishi S6U south, parallel to the east coast Bow view of (680kW @ 1050rpm) main engine, of Shetland, retracing the route Dalwhinnie, the sound of which was barely driven four hours earlier on the which is based discernible in the wheelhouse, way north from Sumburgh airport on a Buccaneer skipper Stuart Anderson to Lerwick. carried out a quick check of the Fishing News had been unable 46 hull, fitted out by G Smyth 3 Boats. 7 9

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THE ENERGY ACT 2004 NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR SAFETY ZONE SCHEME DURING CONSTRUCTION AND MAJOR MAINTENANCE OF THE HORNSEA PROJECT TWO OFFSHORE WIND FARM THE ELECTRICITY (OFFSHORE GENERATING STATIONS) (SAFETY ZONES) (APPLICATION PROCEDURES AND CONTROL OF ACCESS) REGULATIONS 2007 – STATUTORY INSTRUMENT 2007 NO 1948

Notice is hereby given that Optimus Wind Limited, Breesea Limited, Soundmark Wind Limited and Sonningmay Wind Limited (“the Project Two Undertakers”) (company numbers 07883284, 07883217, 10721881, 10722635, respectively), with its registered offices at 5 Howick Place, Westminster, London, SW1P 1WG) have applied for consent from the Secretary of State for Business, Energy, and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) as set out in the Energy Act 2004 and the Electricity (Offshore Generating Stations) (Safety Zones) (Application Procedures and Control of Access) Regulations 2007 (SI No 2007/1948) for safety zones as detailed below, for the consented Hornsea Project Two Offshore Wind Farm, during construction and periods of major maintenance. The following safety zones will be applied for: • 500 metre (m) “rolling” safety zones around any wind turbine or offshore substation (including any associated or partially constructed infrastructure, e.g., foundations) whilst work is underway at that structure, as indicated by the presence of construction vessels. • 50m pre-commissioning zones around any wind turbine or offshore substation where construction work is not ongoing prior to final commissioning. • 500m safety zones around any wind turbine, offshore substation or reactive compensation substation where major maintenance is being undertaken during the operational phase (where major maintenance is as defined under the Electricity Regulations 2007 (SI No 2007/1948)). Details of the safety zones will be provided via Notice to Mariners prior to the commencement of any construction and major maintenance operations. Further details are provided in the safety zone scheme, which may be downloaded at https://hornseaprojects.co.uk/hornsea-project-two/application-for-consents, or alternately a request can be made for a copy by email to [email protected] (referencing ‘Hornsea Two Safety Zone Application’ in the subject line). Any person wishing to make representations to the Secretary of State about the application should do so by email to the Secretary of State, Energy Infrastructure Planning Team, Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy at [email protected] stating the name of the proposal and nature of their representations, not later than 28 days from the date or latest date of publication of the notice. SEE INSIDE! Newlyn FISH Trust boosted by charity status be a welcoming community hub for local people, including those who have worked or are still involved in the fishing industry. Derath Durkin, chair of Newlyn FISH Trust, said: “The Charity Commission approving our application to become a charitable incorporated organisation is brilliant news. It was quite a lengthy and rigorous process, and succeeding has given us a real boost towards achieving our overall ambition. “The next key step is to identify a location within Newlyn for the FISH Centre. We are currently enquiring about a number of possibilities, with a view to Donald John Macdonald – Harris seeking funding for feasibility studies to man with a lifelong passion for test their suitability. herring drift-net fishing “In the meantime, we are asking people See page 7 to spread the word in order to grow interest in the FISH project, and to add to the letters and other expressions of support already received, in order to help us obtain funding to achieve it.” ‡ Newlyn FISH Trust aims to establish a centre where the town’s fishing history can be Rich Stever, secretary of Newlyn FISH recorded and celebrated. Trust, said: “We are also seeking to add to our skill base, especially in the areas A group of local residents who came demonstrations and other events.” of accounting and financial management, together last summer as Newlyn Fishing, United in their ambition to create a and fundraising, including grant writing – Industry and Seafarers Heritage (FISH) place, provisionally named Newlyn FISH but the list doesn’t end there! If you have Trust are delighted to have been awarded Centre, where Newlyn’s important and skills to offer, and have the time, drive charitable status. Their aim is: “To fascinating story can be told, the trustees and enthusiasm to join us, we would be advance the education of the public in the are supported by a wider group of pleased to hear from you.” history, culture and heritage of Newlyn, individuals and organisations enthusiastic To find out more, contact Rich Stever Cornwall, in particular but not exclusively about Newlyn’s past, present and future. on: 07943 059783 or at: newfishmu@ through the provision of exhibitions, As well as a must-see destination for gmail.com and follow Newlyn FISH Trust MCA – ‘Don’t risk a collision’ lectures, workshops, traditional crafts visitors, the aim is for the FISH Centre to on Facebook and Twitter @newfishmu See page 8 Britons urged to eat more UK seafood Stockpiling by supermarket asset bank, or simply keep your shoppers resulted in a peak 60% eyes peeled for activity from our increase in retail seafood sales in Fish is the Dish Facebook and the week ending 21 March. This Instagram accounts and share, was mostly due to increased sales like and repost to help get the of frozen and canned produce, message out there. but Seafish is now aiming to “We know there’s a lot of work convert this into sustainable long- ahead to positively shift consumer term growth in seafood buying attitudes and behaviour, but habits. the Sea For Yourself marketing Changes in shopping habits due This wave of activity represents an campaign has a nice fit with our longer- to Covid-19 mean that retail seafood opportunity for seafood businesses to term marketing efforts. We want people Tradition and Ubique – Hard sales are still above the usual levels engage with the campaign by sharing to fall back in love with seafood, so ground pair-trawling from seen at this time of year. However, the posts on social media to amplify its we’re working with industry through Bridlington closure of dining-out options means that key messages and reach even more our newly formed Love Seafood See pages 10-14 foodservice channels for seafood have consumers. To make this as easy as Group to develop our new consumer temporarily disappeared. possible, Seafish has made a range of brand platform. It will be ready for In this challenging environment, campaign assets available for businesses launch later this year, with always-on Seafish is working with DEFRA on to download for free. campaigns to change the attitudes, Sea For Yourself, the new consumer Greg Smith, head of marketing perception and culture towards marketing campaign that aims to get at Seafish, said: “While we’ve been including seafood in our diet.” more UK consumers eating more working with DEFRA on Sea For Morrisons is linking with the Sea For UK-caught seafood. Yourself for a while, the situation Yourself campaign, using the logo on its The next phase of Sea For Yourself we’re currently facing places an even UK-caught fish packaging. went live from 4 May with an greater importance on the next phase Sean Gill, senior seafood buyer at advertising campaign across Facebook of campaign activity. We’re aiming to Morrisons, said: “Customers have told and Instagram. This will be followed encourage more consumers to support us they like our new UK-caught wild by radio and podcast advertising with the seafood industry and enjoy delicious fish boxes, and sales have surpassed our content from chefs and ‘local food locally caught fish and shellfish, in a expectations. With our focus on UK fish heroes’ throughout May and June. period where usual routes to market – and the reopening of our fish counters Flamborough May holiday It will direct people to the Sea For have been significantly disrupted. with knock-out prices – we want to tragedy remembered Yourself campaign hub on the Fish is “I’d strongly encourage seafood encourage our customers to buy home- See page 15 the Dish website, with recipes and tips businesses to join us on the campaign caught seafood.” to show them how to cook UK-caught trail now, so they can benefit from the For more information and to species, and information on where to ongoing nationwide activity. You can download the campaign materials go to: SEE INSIDE! buy local fish and shellfish. download materials from the Seafish bit.ly/3cjPzRL