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TURN TO PAGE 2 FOR THE FULL CREWING BREAKTHROUGH REPORT Killybegs hosts international blue whiting fishery Local midwater trawlers, together with for being replaced by a new 62.6m Danish, Norwegian and Scottish vessels, vessel. The new Antarctic is currently are currently fishing blue whiting some nearing completion for owners Eamon 200 miles west of Ireland and landing into and Teresa McHugh at Karstensens Killybegs, where catches are going for shipyard, and is scheduled for delivery both human consumption and fishmeal in July. production, reports David Linkie. Following the succession of severe A Looking Back fishing feature, gales when the first Norwegian boats documenting a blue whiting trip started to fish blue whiting towards the west of St Kilda on the former Lunar end of last month, conditions improved Bow, starts on page 12 at the start of March to give a brief period of more consistent fishing. More severe gales last week, with wind speeds of up to 50 knots, again restricted fishing activity, apart from brief windows of more suitable conditions. By coincidence, vessels landing at Killybegs last week included three boats built as Lunar Bow PD 265, including the present 80m vessel and her 69m predecessor Endre Dyroy. The third was the 51m Killybegs-owned midwater trawler Antarctic D 97, which was derigging after making ‡ The local midwater trawler Father McKee waiting to land blue whiting, moored outside her last landing of fish, ‡ Beinur going alongside her fellow Danish trawler the Scottish vessel Pathway and the Norwegian midwater trawler Birkeland, and astern of having fished from Killybegs Gitte before landing blue whiting on the new pier at the Norwegian boat Brennholm. (Photos: Ryan Cordiner) for 15 years, in preparation Killybegs.

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\\EINSTEIN\marketing\Advertising\Fishing News\Lous\2021\Feb 2021.doc 2 NEWS Visit us at fishingnews.co.uk and on Twitter @YourFishingNews 18 March 2021 Easier to employ foreign crew with new rules Home Office accepts fishermen are skilled workers

New immigration rules will make being added to the UK’s Shortage was key to this approach. It really it easier for skippers and vessel Occupation List – which specifies didn’t take the team there long to owners to employ foreign crews to which jobs have insufficient resident conclude that given the skill-sets help overcome crewing difficulties, workers – foreign fishermen deckhands must possess to pursue a reports Tim Oliver. working on vessels of over 9m career at sea, this was a profession The Home Office has accepted will become eligible for skilled that should be classified as skilled. the Migration Advisory Committee worker visas, which should make It really was a no-brainer. (MAC) recommendation that recruitment from abroad easier. “The industry’s historic deckhands on fishing vessels To qualify, they must be arguments on this issue have always of over 9m, with three or more sponsored by an employer, who been sound, and we were presented years’ experience using their skills, must offer a salary of at least with the ideal opportunity by should be included in the list of £25,600, in line with other government to repeat them again.” occupations eligible for skilled non-shortage occupations. worker visas. If the deckhand is a ‘new entrant’ Important step Kevin Foster, UK minister for – mainly those under the age of Alan McCulla, chief executive of future borders and immigration, 26 – a lower salary threshold of ANIFPO, said: “This classification confirmed the new arrangements, £20,480 will apply. In all cases, the is clearly a very important which reflect many years of pay must also be at least £10.10 per step in the right direction. Of lobbying by the industry, on hour. The changes take effect from course challenges remain, in not Thursday, 4 March. 6 April. only complying with the UK’s In November last year, the The NIFF and SWFPA have immigration rules, but in promoting Home Office said it would delay been leading on this important a career with the fishing fleet. making a decision on the MAC issue for some time, and last year “All our fishermen are valued, recommendations, announced last commissioned the consultancy Pye and we really want to see this October, until it had assessed the Tait to benchmark the skills needed decision result in a new approach effects of Covid-19 on the labour to serve as a deckhand. across government to support the market. With input from Seafish and training, recognised qualifications But renewed political lobbying Darren Stevenson at McGill & Co and welfare of all fishing crew.” from the Northern Ireland Solicitors, the Pye Tait submission Mike Park, chief executive of Fishermen’s Federation (NIFF – the was made to the MAC last the SWFPA, said: “Some of us “You can have a berth if you’re from anywhere but Anglo-North Irish and Northern summer, as part of its commission in the sector have been working Europe and have an HND in guttin’ wee haddies.” Ireland FPOs) and the Scottish into reviewing the UK’s Skills relentlessly on this issue for many, White Fish Producers’ Association Classification System and Shortage many years. There have been many (SWFPA), including meetings with Occupation List. frustrations, but this decision by the fishermen don’t always reach that NE Scotland, said the decision Home Office ministers, resulted Welcoming the decision, Harry Home Office comes at a crossroads quite high target,” he said. was good news for the Scottish in last week’s decision to classify Wick, chief executive of the NIFPO, for the sector that has felt let down “The government are willing, whitefish fleet and represented deckhands as skilled workers. who led the project with Pye by government over Brexit. There is but they haven’t quite got the grasp ‘the fruits of close co-operation The decision to accept the Tait on behalf of the fishermen’s an opportunity here for government of how this industry works, and I between government and industry’. recommendations means that organisations, said: “Pye Tait’s to do something positive for the think there will have to be some He said: “We have listened to although deckhands are not experience with other sectors fishing fleet at national and regional modification to the scheme.” concerns that crewing problems level. He said he was due to meet have been particularly acute “It’s a big issue for boats Scottish fisheries minister Fergus here, with some boats unable to operating out of Scotland’s western Ewing later in the week and would fish within 12 miles of the shore Carmichael: ‘Victory archipelago, some of which face be raising the matter with him. because of visa restrictions on issues with being forced to operate UK government minister for their vital deckhands. The new outside the 12-mile limit. It’s a big Scotland David Duguid, who arrangements should quickly ease for fishermen’ deal for them, and for getting crew is MP for Banff and Buchan in these difficulties.” Orkney and Shetland MP Alistair deckhands have been a vital part ashore for rest.” Carmichael said: “This change of of the industry for years and Simon Macdonald, chair of the course is a victory for fishermen, appreciated in our communities. Scottish West Coast Regional who have been let down by Home If we want the industry to Inshore Fisheries Group, welcomed Key points document ‘soon’ Office rules for too long. expand further in the coming the change, but expressed “The change should have been years, then demand for further reservations over the salary/wage The industry leaders said it has been a focus on fishing made months ago, but I am worker support will not be going requirements of the immigration is important that everyone being recognised as a skilled glad that we have finally made away.” rules. understands the requirements of occupation to help non-UK the government see sense. In He added: “This is also about He pointed out that most the new immigration rules, and on fishermen comply with the UK’s future, ministers need to listen protecting fair and equitable fishermen are paid on a share basis, behalf of the NIFF and SWFPA, complex immigration rules, being to skippers first, rather than working conditions for all fishing and said the salary levels specified solicitor Darren Stevenson is recognised as a skilled sector dictating to the industry on their workers. Creating a clear route in the rules were ‘pretty high’. preparing a document explaining carries with it a kudos that should own priorities. for non-UK deckhands will “We welcome anything that’s the key points and requirements help develop and deliver a range “While we should encourage prevent unfair practices and going to attract new employment, from the decision, which will be of opportunities for all deckhands local uptake in deckhand jobs ensure that the job market works but the salary thing is the big available soon. serving on fishing vessels over 9m as much as possible, non-EEA for all fishermen.” stumbling block, because boats They said that whilst there in length. work on a share basis and Liferaft from missing Nicola Faith recovered The liferaft from the Nicola Faith, Branch (MAIB) as being from the underwater search experts to cover equipment on the liferaft had been was expected back at Conwy by which went missing with three men Nicola Faith. It has been taken to a wide area, including all of the used. midnight on 27 January. The alarm onboard off Conwy in North Wales MAIB headquarters in Southampton vessel’s historic operating area. “That answers one question – was raised at 10am the following on 27 January, has been recovered. for further investigation and analysis. The lost men were skipper Carl we know that they weren’t on the morning, and a major search It was found off the coast of The investigation into the causes McGrath, 34, Alan Minard, 20, and liferaft out in the sea trying to get operation was launched, but with Kirkcudbrightshire, around 90 and circumstances of the vessel’s loss Ross Ballantine, 39. All three were help for days. no trace of the missing vessel or nautical miles from where the vessel is ongoing, and the search for the from the Conwy area. “But this news has made the three men having been found, was last seen, by HM Coastguard, vessel, which is being co-ordinated Lowri Taylor, sister of Ross everything very real again. it was called off on the evening of and has been positively identified by by the MAIB, is continuing. The Ballantine, told the BBC: “We’ve Everyone is extremely upset.” the second day ‘pending further the Marine Accident Investigation MAIB has been working with been told that none of the The 10m Nicola Faith BS 58 information’. 18 March 2021 Join Fishing News on Facebook http://on.fb.me/fishingnews NEWS 3 Cash help for catchers scheme opens A scheme to provide cash support The MMO aims to make the To qualify, vessels must be under winter period (December, January, Northern Ireland will be given to UK fishing and aquaculture majority of the payments by 31 40m and registered and licensed February and March) in the years under the EU temporary state aid businesses hit by exporting March. in the UK and with the MCA. 2017 to 2021. framework. problems and market downturns If you believe you meet the The scheme does not apply to the Vessels may continue to fish, Further information can be due to Covid has opened. published eligibility criteria, but Crown Dependencies (Channel and may also qualify to receive found at: bit.ly/3l6btxk The MMO launched the Seafood have not been contacted by the Isles and Isle of Man). payment in addition to other The Seafood Response Fund Response Fund (SRF) last week. MMO by 21 March, you will be Vessels must have had sales of government assistance, including telephone helpline, available from It is an extension to the catching able to submit your details and £10,000 or more, recorded on the business loan scheme, self- 9am-5pm Monday to Friday, and aquaculture sector part of evidence of meeting the criteria via sales notes supplied by registered employed income support scheme is: 03300 416579, or you can the £23m scheme that opened in a link that will be published on the buyers and sellers of fish, between and other benefits. email: UKFisheriesSupport@ February to help exporters (Fishing page announcing the scheme on 1 January and 31 December, 2019. Funding to businesses in marinemanagement.org.uk News, 4 March, ‘Cash help for the MMO website, between 22 and They must also have evidence catchers’). 26 March. of landing fish caught over the It will directly contribute towards the fixed business Payments – aquaculture sector costs of approximately 2,500 eligible fishing and shellfish Payments – catching sector To qualify, businesses must involved only in the processing aquaculture businesses, and will operate an active shellfish of shellfish or seafood products, be administered by the MMO on Payment is calculated from the bank accounts to cover fixed aquaculture farm in the UK, and aquaculture farms that behalf of DEFRA. average fixed business costs costs over the three-month cultivating and harvesting produce anything other than Businesses that have applied to for the size of the vessel, as period from January to March shellfish for consumption, and shellfish (i.e. salmon or trout the Scottish Seafood Resilience published by Seafish in its 2018 2021. be authorised by their local fish farms or lobster pools). Fund (SSRF) may still be eligible if economic survey. The payment will vary health inspectorate. Payment is set in bands they received less than they would Eligible vessel owners will according to the overall length Businesses that do not based on validated full-time have been paid from the SRF. receive a single payment of the vessel, up to a maximum qualify are shellfish hatcheries equivalent (FTE) employee These businesses will be contacted directly into their business of £10,000 per vessel. or businesses involved only in numbers. Payment will be up directly, and any sum received the supply of juvenile shellfish to a maximum of £10,000 per from the Scottish scheme will be Vessel length Average fixed Total payable for aquaculture, businesses farm. deducted from the SRF payment. costs (monthly) The MMO is contacting eligible 0-5.99m £800 £2,400 Shellfish farm size Monthly costs Total payable businesses directly, in phases, by covered email. The email will include a 6-7.99m £1,200 £3,600 <0.5 FTE £1,388 £4,164 link to the online system where 8-9.99m £2,600 £7,800 individuals can provide their 0.5 to <1.5 FTE £2,776 £8,328 10-11.99m £4,400 £10,000 details. If you have used the MMO 1.5 to <2.5 FTE £5,552 £10,000 online system before, there will 12-14.99m £7,700 £10,000 2.5 to <3.5 FTE £8,238 £10,000 be no need to re-register. If this is 15-23.99m £13,200 £10,000 your first time using the system, 3.5+ FTE £10,000 £10,000 you will need to register for an 24-39.99m £26,900 £10,000 account using your email address. £1.3m support for Welsh seafood sector No deal in sight yet The Welsh government has The qualifying criteria will be they made to our fishing and launched a new £1.3m scheme similar to those for the 2020 Welsh aquaculture sector. to help the Welsh fishing and Fisheries Grant. “In addition to the support on TACs and access aquaculture sector following the The second part of the scheme provided via the scheme, the Negotiations on TACs and any further – that might be twin hits to businesses caused by will see support provided to remaining European Maritime and access between the UK, EU and on TACs, or more likely the Brexit and the Covid-19 pandemic. aquaculture businesses, including Fisheries Fund will target Covid-19 Norway continued last week, but conditions attached to TACs; or The sector in Wales, whose those trading in live bivalve recovery, offering fishers the with no indication of agreement, a breakdown, with no deal and largest export trading partner is molluscs. opportunity to add value to their reports Tim Oliver. both sides setting autonomous the EU, has been hit hard by the Businesses will be able to catch. There is a view that the end TACs for 2021. UK-EU Trade and Co-operation apply for a grant for the first three “The new approach to the of March is a ‘make or break’ “I think the money would Agreement. Welsh fishers have months of 2021, to provide half programme should start in June, date for the talks, but with access be on some kind of partial suffered severe trade disruption, of the average of their monthly with further details due from Rural to the talks by industry leaders agreement, but that’s only and many aquaculture businesses gross revenue for each month, at a Payments Wales.” limited because they are being speculation.” trading in live bivalve molluscs have maximum cap of £40,500. Last Thursday, the Welsh held online, the progress of the A partial deal might include seen a total cessation of trade. The scheme will be open for government also announced talks is ‘opaque’, said NFFO chief agreement on bass, Celtic Sea This disruption has exacerbated applications from 17 March and the launch of the Small Scale executive Barrie Deas. management and technical what was already a critical close on 31 March. Coastal Infrastructure Scheme “There is very little detail measures that would have situation for the Welsh seafood Lesley Griffiths, Welsh minister – a £1m fund available to all port coming out,” he said. “The EU side previously been part of the TACs sector following the closure of for environment, energy and rural authorities and coastal local is continually stressing continuity and quotas regulation. “If they hospitality markets due to Covid-19 affairs, said: “While I welcome authorities to make improvements and convergence, and the UK is can’t get agreement on that, then restrictions. the support provided by the to ports and harbours, providing pushing back against that. it’s regulatory autonomy,” said The new Welsh Seafood Sector UK government via its Seafood the infrastructure needed as “The UK says it wants Barrie Deas. Resilience Scheme will support Response Fund, it only gives partial businesses transition towards co-operation, but both sides have He said there was ‘a very seafood businesses through two support for Welsh fisheries and environmentally sustainable to recognise the right of the other wide gap’ on some issues where elements. aquaculture businesses. As such, I operations. to regulatory autonomy and to go the UK wants to demonstrate its The first part of the scheme will felt it was vital that we give seafood The scheme will provide their own ways.” independence. Both sides were see a targeted one-off grant made businesses the support they need grants of up to £100,000 for He said the talks were also ‘very conscious that what’s available to eligible Welsh vessel- during these difficult times. capital investment into ports ‘pretty much there’ in terms of signed for 2021 will to some owning fishing businesses, with the “The support provided will and harbours, allowing for agreeing North Sea joint TACs, degree set a precedent’. grant equivalent to three months’ help those eligible to cover their environmental, operational, safety but Norway won’t sign the “We might learn a lot more vessel costs, capped at £10,000. costs during this difficult time, and security improvements. three-way deal between the UK, if we were in the same building The payments will be based on and ensure we have a competitive Lesley Griffiths added: “As EU and Norway until it knows or just down the road from the vessel size. seafood sector once this crisis has trading businesses look to the outcome of the UK-EU and negotiations, as we normally While similar to the UK passed. the future and recovery, well- UK-Norway bilateral talks. would be.” government’s Seafood Response “We were promised we would maintained infrastructure is key to “There are three possible Talks between the UK and Fund, the qualifying reference not receive ‘a penny less’ after allowing them to succeed. outcomes,” he said. “A Faroe are also taking place, period for the Welsh scheme will leaving the EU. Clearly this deal “The Small Scale Coastal comprehensive agreement; a which are separate from the be longer, providing support to has been broken. I will continue Infrastructure Scheme will allow partial agreement, where they UK-EU-Norway talks but are more Welsh fishing businesses to lobby the UK government to for improvements at ports and agree where they can, and about the same issues of access that need help. come good on the commitment harbours across Wales.” then recognise they can’t go and quota shares. 4 COMMENT/NEWS Visit us at fishingnews.co.uk and on Twitter @YourFishingNews 18 March 2021 COMMENT EDITORIAL EMAIL: [email protected] Fishing at last recognised as skilled work Kelsey Publishing Ltd, The Granary, Downs Court, Yalding Hill, Yalding, Maidstone, Kent, ME18 6AL The Home Office decision to classify succession of Home Office ministers and promote recognised qualifications. fishermen as skilled workers will be officials that experienced fishermen are These are clearly desirable aims, but welcomed throughout much of the fishing skilled workers, and should be recognised will require a significant change of mindset industry. as such in the immigration rules. both in government and the industry. Crewing has been, and continues to The Migration Advisory Committee Few young people other than those born be, a major problem in several regions, eventually took onboard the industry’s into fishing families and communities and there has been a heavy reliance on detailed evidence and recommended to are likely to opt to work in an industry foreign crews from outside of the European the Home Office that fishermen should be that is dangerous, requires hard and Economic Area (EEA) for some years. included in the list of occupations eligible uncomfortable work in unsocial hours, For bigger boats working outside for skilled worker visas. and offers no career path, job or income Editor Managing editor Dave Linkie Gaby Bartai the 12-mile limit, the problem has been This was a major breakthrough, but security, or benefits such as sick pay and a email: [email protected] email: [email protected] addressed by the use of transit visas the industry’s relief was short-lived when pension. that have allowed non-EEA crews to be the Home Office put all the MAC’s Many young people today are also employed. recommendations on the back burner environmentally aware, and are regrettably But for boats that work inside 12 miles, while it assessed the impact of Covid on influenced by the relentlessly negative view the employment of non-EEA crews has been the labour market. It has now evidently of fishing and its allegedly damaging effects banned. This creates acute problems for accepted that the industry genuinely needs on the marine environment peddled by some skippers, particularly in the Irish Sea foreign workers. environmental groups. and on the west coast of Scotland, where But while this development is welcome Greenpeace’s latest high-profile boulder geography dictates working inside 12 miles and long overdue, it raises the more dumping stunt is an extreme example of for much of the time and working outside of fundamental question of why foreign crews this, but sadly appears to have a lot of Online editor News correspondent Rachael Harper Tim Oliver 12 miles often raises safety issues. are needed, and why crews cannot be support from a public that knows nothing email: [email protected] email: [email protected] Finding suitable crews has been possibly found from the UK population. of the practicalities of fishing, which in the most pressing issue for vessel operators As the industry organisations that have reality has a low environmental footprint. in these regions, and is a general problem lobbied so hard for the change point out, The industry and government throughout the industry. challenges remain in promoting fishing as must do everything in their power Credit must go to the industry an attractive career for young people. They to oppose this damaging portrayal organisations and representatives, as well call for a new recognition of the value of of fishing, which does nothing to as their legal advisors, who have worked all fishing crews, and for the government encourage young people into a relentlessly for many years to persuade a to support their training and welfare, and career in the industry. Cornwall correspondent Lincolnshire, East Anglia and Phil Lockley Essex correspondent email: John Worrall [email protected] email: [email protected] 07901 943041 07748 644971 Death of NI stalwart Roy Shaw Northern Ireland’s fishing community (NIFPO), and even as a young man fisheries, and is credited with opening lost one of its leading lights on 1 he took a keen interest in improving up as much as half the ground used March with the peaceful passing of industry standards for his peers. He by the local fleet at the time. Sussex, Kent, Hampshire and Dorset correspondent lifelong Portavogie fisherman Roy sat on the NIFPO board for 16 years In the 1960s, Roy was a member John Periam Shaw. and was chairman for eight of those, of the Chequer Boys, a popular and email: periam.photojournalist@ Art editor btopenworld.com Nick Bond He started fishing shortly after helping to guide the industry through highly rated local band as famous for 01243 584718 email: [email protected] leaving school, targeting herring on some of its most turbulent times. their black and white chequered suits MANAGEMENT as they were for being Portavogie’s the Scarlet Thread, and enjoyed a full As a fisherman, he was renowned Chief Operating Officer: Phil Weeden career before retiring at the age of 70 for the pride he took in the craft, answer to the Beatles. 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The NFFO chief, who spent 15 years as 10 18 March 2021 Join Fishing News on Facebook http://on.fb.me/fishingnews NEWS 5 Shadow fisheries minister: Industry has ‘lost trust and confidence in DEFRA’ Labour’s fisheries spokesman ‘had hoped to get closer to two months on, the problems “The transfer is equivalent George Eustice said that fish has told DEFRA secretary of a zonal attachment sharing were continuing, and the to 25% of the value of exports are ‘currently running at state George Eustice that the arrangement in that first multi- government’s compensation the EU’s historic catch in about 85% of normal volumes’. fishing industry has ‘lost trust annual agreement’. But, he fund was ‘clearly insufficient’. UK waters, worth £146m “Given coronavirus and the and confidence’ in the actions said, the Brexit Trade and She pointed out that the delivered over five years. lockdown in the EU, we think of DEFRA, and has called on Co-operation Agreement (TCA) Environment, Food and Rural All fisheries administrations that is probably about the right the minister to apologise for the had brought ‘a significant Affairs committee was told will have regulatory control, level, given the stress to the Brexit deal, reports Tim Oliver. increase in quotas – 25%, worth earlier in the week that ‘in the giving Scotland powers over markets in the EU,” he said. “For all the broken promises, some £146m’. medium term, we will see a lot the largest part of the UK’s He rejected claims of fishing businesses have closed He told MPs: “As we have more of the smaller companies exclusive economic zone.” three-day delays at the border, and others will follow,” shadow left the single market and the stopping trade in Europe, and it SNP spokesperson Deidre and said the situation was fisheries minister Luke Pollard customs union, there are some may ultimately be their demise’. Brock said that some Scottish ‘improving’. “Well over half of all told the minister in a Commons new administrative processes She asked George Eustice if businesses still faced three-day consignments now clear border questions session. in place. That was challenging he still agreed with what he had waits to get their fresh fish to control posts within an hour, “Fishing boats are tied up, and for the fishing sector during said in 2016: “From the point EU markets. She called on and typically in 45 minutes. fish exporters are tied up with January, which is why we of view of the fishing industry, the government to accept that Over 90% are clearing them red tape. Fishing was promised opened a fund to support it. the case for leaving the EU is it has ‘got it wrong’ and to within three hours,” replied the a sea of opportunity, but the “Looking to the long term, overwhelming.” admit that the ‘taskforces and minister. reality is that many fishing however, we have regained George Eustice said that he other sticking plasters are not He told Blackpool MP Paul businesses are on the verge of control of regulations in our did still believe that. The UK enough’. Maynard he would be ‘more collapse. waters, which enables us to ‘has secured tariff-free access She asked the minister: “Will than happy’ to meet fish “Much of the so-called extra do conservation measures on for fisheries products and a it get back to the negotiating processors in his constituency, fish may not even exist, or be places such as the Dogger Bank substantial transfer of quota table with the EU, eat some which includes Fleetwood, and able to be caught by British that were never possible as an from the European Union, humble pie and accept whatever confirmed that the new £100m boats. The fishing industry feels EU country. benefiting fishing communities regulatory alignment and other fund to develop the fishing betrayed.” “It has also enabled us to ban across the UK, including measures are necessary to save industry and infrastructure will He said there was ‘no apology pulse trawling in our waters. Scotland’, he said. the industry?” be open to fish processors. and no sense of reality’ from These are all things that could the minister, but that ‘he cannot not be done while we were wriggle out on this one – the net shackled to the CFP.” is closing in on him’. Wendy Chamberlain, Liberal He called on the secretary Democrat spokesperson for FISHING NEWS AWARDS 2021 of state to apologise to the Wales and Scotland, highlighted fishing industry for the Brexit the effects of the TCA and deal, and asked: “What will exports problems on Scottish he do to fix the mess that this fishing businesses. MAKE YOUR NOMINATIONS NOW! incompetent government has She said that at the beginning created for fishing communities of the year, the secretary of The Fishing News Awards is going nationwide?” state had told members that George Eustice said he had difficulties with EU exports were been clear that the government just ‘teething problems’, but virtual in 2021, shining a spotlight on the achievements, expertise, and ‘Eustice knew about molluscs ban’ innovation of the UK and Ireland’s In a fisheries debate in the House understanding, which is that the commercial fishing industries in 2020. of Lords, Baroness Jones, European Commissioner made it Labour spokesperson on the clear that this was an acceptable Environment, Food and Rural trade. CATEGORIES RANGE ACROSS THE WHOLE OF COMMERCIAL FISHING Affairs committee, claimed that “We were most surprised to ★ Demersal Fisherman of the Year ★ Fish Processor of the Year George Eustice had known about hear that the export of live bivalve ★ ★ the EU ban on the import of Class molluscs from Class B waters Pelagic Fisherman of the Year Service Company of the Year B live bivalve molluscs for a year, would not be accepted. We think ★ Shellfish Fisherman of the Year ★ Fishing Port of the Year but had done nothing about it. that that is not well founded ★ Young Fisherman of the Year ★ The Sustainability Award She said that in February 2020, in law, and we have sought a ★ Trainee Fisherman of the Year ★ Lifetime Achievement Award the secretary of state had written meeting with Commissioner ★ to the EU commissioner on health Kyriakides on this matter.” New Boat of the Year – Demersal and food safety, raising concerns In the Commons debate, ★ New Boat of the Year – Pelagic And introducing two new categories! about the EU’s decision to ban fisheries minister Victoria Prentis ★ New Boat of the Year – Shellfish ★ U10 Fisherman of the Year the imports. told MPs that the government ★ Indep. Fresh Fish Retailer of the Year ★ Product of the Year But only in a subsequent was seeking ‘an urgent resolution’ letter to food exporters, dated to the dispute about molluscs 10 December, 2020, was it from Class B waters. confirmed that exports of live She said there was no bivalve molluscs would be justification for the ‘completely NOMINATE YOUR FAVOURITES NOW ONLINE AT prohibited. unacceptable’ ban. The “Why did the secretary of government was willing to provide state claim in a parliamentary additional reassurances, but ‘we FISHINGNEWS.CO.UK/AWARDS statement this January that he ask the Commission to recognise had only recently been made the existing high standards and aware of the situation, when, long history of trade between us’, The winners will be announced virtually at 7pm seemingly, he had known and she said. done nothing about it for a year?” Totnes MP Anthony Mangnall on 17 June 2021 on fishingnews.co.uk. asked Baroness Jones. said that solutions such as UK Lord Gardiner, DEFRA depuration plants were ‘sizeable spokesman in the Lords, replied: operations’ and that businesses Follow us on Twitter @YourFishingNews and “I will look into this, because ‘need all the support they can that is entirely contrary to my get’. Facebook https://bit.ly/37ZQgj7 6 NEWS Join Fishing News on Facebook http://on.fb.me/fishingnews 18 March 2021 Exports improvement – but worries when volumes increase Red tape and delays are still resolve continuing export issues, which brings the danger of more “We need to streamline and absolutely everything.” affecting fish and seafood exports, and that the paperwork should be hold-ups. digitalise the whole paper-chase. He said he would be taking up although there are signs that the digitised to speed up border checks. “Groupage is still the big The trucks could be in transit the issues with Scottish fisheries situation is improving, reports Tim He added that the volume of stumbling block, and I think always while the digitised version is being minister Fergus Ewing at a meeting Oliver. UK exports to the EU overall were will be.” processed. You would just scan he was due to attend later last week. However, groupage is still a down by 68% compared with He said that before Brexit, one the barcode and wave the lorry He added that the industry was problem, and as volumes of export pre-Covid/Brexit volumes. lorry would go into Europe with through, which would speed up the still waiting for details of the £100m traffic pick up, there are fears that “Seafood exports are down a one piece of paperwork – a delivery whole process enormously.” the government has announced delays will build up again because lot, and there are some companies note to the customer. But now each He said the technology to digitise will be made available in the new of the large amount of paperwork that are still holding fire,” he told separate consignment on a lorry the paperwork does exist, but the financial year to regenerate the that still needs to be checked. Fishing News. requires five sheets of paper per processes and IT have to be agreed industry. Simon Macdonald, chair of the “With Easter coming up, which consignment. on both sides of the Channel. “The industry needs this money, West of Scotland inshore fisheries is always a very busy time, places “If you’re carrying 100 “The government here and the and we want to know the details, group (WCRIFG) said that the are starting to look at relaxing consignments on your truck, that’s Commission have really got to but I think we could be waiting a situation had improved ‘a lot’, but lockdown a little as well, so it’s 500 pieces of paperwork – you’re sit round the table and sort these long time for it. the volume of product going into shaping up to be a good busy Easter starting to get to the stage where things out, but for some reason “The government has said it will Europe was still well below normal. period this year. you need another truck behind the UK government seems rather be available in the next financial He said the UK and EU needed “But that means higher volumes carrying all the bits of paper!” he resistant to talking to the EU. We year, but that could be any time to sit down and work together to of traffic trying to get through, said. do have to talk – communication is within the next 12 months!” Major rescue off Cornwall Vertrouwen skipper goes on trial The skipper of the scalloper onboard. The paths of the two and skipper David Marr, on saves vessel and six crew Vertrouwen DS 11 has gone vessels met at 12.26am on 6 watch on the Vertrouwen, on trial in Sussex, three and a August. The court heard that was using his mobile phone The lives of six crewmen were to cut her engines. This slowed half years after the vessel was the Vertrouwen was steaming and laptop. It also found that saved by emergency services the ingress of water slightly involved in an incident in which straight towards the James 2 at the James 2, a Norman 18.5, when Ocean Pride FH 24 and was just about keeping her three anglers died. 7-7.5 knots. was not adequately prepared started taking on water eight afloat.” Skipper David Marr, from The Vertrouwen struck the or equipped to go to sea; it nautical miles off Porthcurno on The lifeboat was joined by Peterhead, has pleaded not James 2 with a glancing blow on had inadequate freeboard, its the Cornish coast. Coastguard rescue helicopter guilty to the charge of failing its starboard quarter. Neither navigation lights did not meet The Newlyn gill-netter 924 from Newquay, which to maintain a proper lookout, vessel sustained any damage, but the standard required, and basic issued an emergency call just managed to winch down more reported Brighton and Hove the James 2 was swamped by safety equipment was either not after 4pm on Friday, 5 March. salvage pumps to stem the flow News. the wash from the larger vessel carried or not worn. However, Penlee RNLI’s reserve lifeboat of water, and then remained Lewes Crown Court was told and sank within two minutes. MAIB findings do not create a Volunteer Spirit reached the on scene to provide top cover that anglers Mircea Ilie, 43, Unaware of the incident, the presumption of fault or liability. scene in around 25 minutes, during the tow. Irinel Popovici, 41, and Traian Vertrouwen steamed on. At Lewes Crown Court, where the container vessel The Ocean Pride was towed Dumitrache, 51 died when their The four anglers tried to David Richards, prosecuting, Mirror was standing by. slowly back to Newlyn and, vessel, the 5.6m James 2, sank a swim for the shore, but they claimed that ‘Mr Marr wasn’t A Penlee RNLI spokesperson on arrival, the reserve inshore mile and a half from Shoreham were not wearing lifejackets, paying sufficient – if any – told The Packet: “On arrival, lifeboat Tabby Cat was waiting harbour after being swamped by and three of them drowned. attention to keeping a lookout the situation was critical for the to act as a brake to bring the wash from the 26m Vertrouwen Elvis Cojocariu managed to stay from his wheelhouse’, reported crew of the Ocean Pride – she vessel safely into harbour. on 6 August, 2017. The only afloat by clinging to a buoy, and Brighton and Hove News. was taking in water through her The rescue operation was survivor from the angling party was rescued by a fisherman five “If he had, he would have stern tube at such a rate that the first shout for Penlee RNLI was Elvis Cojocariu. hours later. seen the James 2. At or near the the four or five onboard pumps emergency coxswain Neville The Vertrouwen, owned by The MAIB investigation time of the collision, Mr Marr could not keep up with the flow. Pittman. He told Planet Radio: Macduff Shellfish (Scotland) found that neither vessel was was attending to other matters. “The lifeboat immediately “It was a critical first shout for Ltd, had departed Shoreham for keeping a proper lookout, He was unnecessarily distracted went alongside the Ocean me to cut my teeth on! Salvage Grimsby just before midnight because the anglers on the from his duty.” Pride, attached a tow rope, and pumps, helicopters, towing, the on 5 August, with four crew James 2 were focused on fishing The trial continues. crew member James Roberts lot. My comprehensive RNLI managed to scramble onboard. training certainly kicked in! FH 24 is a very high-sided “The lifeboat crew did a vessel, so this was no mean feat! very professional job – this was “Another salvage pump was definitely a vessel and six lives Disabled beamer towed set up, allowing the Ocean Pride saved.” 50 miles to Newlyn On 7 March at 5.30am, HM 7.45am. Steady progress was made, her owners, who manoeuvred her Skye MPA to protect Coastguard Falmouth tasked with the vessels arriving at the into the safety of Newlyn harbour. the Sennen Cove Tamar-class approaches to Newyln harbour at The lifeboat returned to Sennen lifeboat, having received a call 4.55pm – a tow of just over nine Cove, where she was recovered flapper skate nursery for assistance from the 32m hours. up the long slip at 5.50pm and beam trawler Billy Rowney PZ The City of London III passed refuelled after a round trip of over Scottish ministers have designated initially be in place for a period 532, which was disabled about the Billy Rowney into the care of 100 miles. an ‘urgent’ MPA in the Inner of 12 months. Full stakeholder 40 miles NNW of Pendeen Sound of Skye to protect a flapper engagement, impact assessment lighthouse. skate nursery, reports Tim Oliver. and public consultation will The all-weather lifeboat City of The site is the Red Rocks and be undertaken during the London III launched at 5.50am Longay MPA, and management development of permanent under the command of second for the site will come into force protection proposals.” coxswain Dan Shannon. With on 17 March. Simon Macdonald, chair of good visibility and a relatively calm The Scottish government the West Coast Regional Inshore sea, the lifeboat made best speed, said: “The site is of national Fisheries Group, said: “This is the arriving on scene around 7.30am. importance for the critically most significant flapper skate egg A line was passed to the Billy endangered flapper skate. nursery area in the country, and Rowney, and a tow was established The Scottish government has must be totally protected for the using new-issue towing equipment therefore chosen to prohibit all future of the species.” that the RNLI volunteer crew had activities with the potential to The designation order, only been trained to use on their adversely impact the skate egg Marine Conservation Order and most recent exercise launch. nursery area. supporting documentation can be The lifeboat started towing “Interim protection will viewed at: bit.ly/3tanB2U the beamer to her home port of Newlyn, over 50 miles away, at ‡ The Billy Rowney under tow to Newlyn. 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Dear Editor, pressure on the available stocks in EU fishing boats, or one-quarter by the largest annual input to the delivered by the Gulf Stream Do the Shetland Islands Council what fishing grounds are left. value.” Shetland economy, as is shown in the annually provide a precious bounty (SIC) and Scottish government A 751km 2 area is proposed to “These figures suggest that the following details from an economic around the Shetland shore, which presently view the Scottish and be auctioned off for wind farm overall yield of fish and shellfish from report compiled by the NAFC in is sustainably shared between the Shetland fishing fleets and associated development in the hypothetical the ‘Shetland EEZ’ (landings per unit Scalloway (bit.ly/2N1F3Y0). fishing industry and the multitude of communities as expendable, in the Shetland Exclusive Economic Zone. area) was approximately double that “Shetland’s economy is dominated various types of whales and wildlife same way as Edward Heath in the This will create a no-fishing zone, the from the rest of the UK.” by maritime industries, and in that are seen feeding all around the 1970s, when he signed away our loss of which might double in size if These estimated figures do not particular by seafood industries: Shetland coastline. fishing grounds to the EEC? EU-owned vessels surround the area include landings by Norwegian and fish catching, aquaculture and How much of what has sustained At a time when Scottish fishing with the lines and tangle-nets they Faroese vessels. In one week in 2010, seafood processing. Seafood the Shetland economy for hundreds communities are still trying to have been using that have prevented Norwegian vessels sold over £50m of industries contributed some £310m of years comes from the area that come to terms with the regulations UK-owned vessels’ access to large mackerel on the Norwegian auction, to Shetland’s economy in 2010/11 is proposed to be taken from the they face after the Westminster swathes of Shetland’s traditional all logged in from within 60 miles (when the last detailed analysis of fishing industry and sold off to wind government’s adoption of a Brexit fishing grounds in recent years. of the Shetland coastline. Their fleet Shetland’s economy was carried out) farm developers is not known, but agreement that still allows the EU The NAFC report at: bit. was still working in that area over a – more than one-quarter of the total there is no doubt that the area in fleet to take the lion’s share of the ly/3nx09KF highlights the month later. value of the local economy and more question is an important natural fishery resources in UK waters, the importance of the Shetland fishing Will the fishermen be compensated than half of the non-service sector.” wildlife feeding area and a part of Scottish government appears to be grounds to the industry. The for the loss of those fishing grounds “Other maritime sectors of the some of the most prolific fishing intent on heaping more pressure following quotes were copied from to the wind farm project? Has the economy (ports and harbours, sea grounds in Europe. on Scottish fishing communities, this report. SIC given any consideration to the transport and marine engineering) The marine environment and the as they are presently auctioning off “It is estimated that an average detrimental effect this will have on contributed a further £53m, bringing communities that are sustained by it enormous areas of precious fishing of just under 450,000t of fish and Shetland’s fishing industry before it the total value of Shetland’s maritime should not be sacrificed in a claimed grounds to wind farm developers shellfish, worth some £370m, were backed the project? I doubt it. economy to £363m, one-third of the quest to save the environment, or (see: bit.ly/3buySFp) and are landed from the ‘Shetland EEZ’ by Fishing and aquaculture appear total, or two-thirds of the non-service for financial gain to the government. creating massive Marine Protected UK and EU fishing boats annually to be forgotten industries when sector.” There are more economical and Areas which prohibit fishing from 2016 to 2018.” decisions and dictates are made by “In contrast, the oil industry environmentally friendly places to activities. “That represented about one-third the SIC executive committee, who contributed just £7m to the local site wind farms onshore. This will concentrate the fishing (by weight) of all the fish and shellfish appear to operate in ignorance of the economy (7% of the total).” William Polson, effort in other areas, putting more landed from the UK EEZ by UK and fact that those industries still provide The plankton-rich waters Whalsay

Send your letters and comments to: [email protected] or to: Fishing News, Kelsey Publishing Ltd, The Granary, Downs Court, Yalding Hill, Yalding, Maidstone, ME18 6AL. Have your say! Please include your full name and postal address (we will only print the town/area from the address). Letters may be edited. Study finds pollution threat to south coast sea life Irish algal bloom research shows potential damage to shellfish industry A University of Portsmouth study has found that an New research has shown that the “Harmful algae usually bloom increase in water pollution impacts of climate change are during the warm summer season could be affecting fertility in already evident in Irish waters, or when water temperatures are shrimp-like creatures off the with the patterns of harmful algal warmer than usual. As human- south coast of England, reports blooms changing in recent decades. induced climate change continues John Periam. The research, undertaken by the to impact our ocean, we must The researchers found that Marine Institute, also indicates that remain vigilant to the stress and in Langstone Harbour, a Site the ocean off South West Ireland damage this is having on marine of Special Scientific Interest off will likely become warmer and less ecosystems.” Portsmouth, the creatures had salty by the year 2035. Researchers at the Marine 70% less sperm than those in Naturally occurring blooms of Institute also developed computer less polluted locations in the microscopic algae can sometimes models to investigate the regional study. Researcher Professor ‡ IFCA surveys to monitor shellfish stocks take place on a harm ocean health, producing oceanic climate off the South Alex Ford said that they were regular basis along the south coast. (Photo: Geoffrey Lee) chemicals that can be passed on West of Ireland. These indicate ‘the canary in the mine’, via filter-feeding shellfish, and that under future projected highlighting potential male been monitoring the situation Strategy alongside the vision occasionally make these shellfish medium and high greenhouse infertility in other animals, in the region and around the for wild-harvest fisheries set unfit for human consumption. They gas emissions, the ocean off the including fish and birds, higher coast. out in Seafood 2040. These can therefore cause substantial southwest coast will become up the food chain. AIFCA chief officer Robert strategies rightly highlight the damage to the shellfish fishing and warmer and less saline by 2035. The findings, published in Clark said: “Our coastal importance of the seafood aquaculture industries. These results are consistent with Aquatic Toxicology, show that shellfish beds are under sector and the potential for By investigating harmful algal other climate models. in addition to contamination pressure from both ‘point’ (i.e. growth of the industry. bloom patterns in Irish marine “Our ocean and climate are from storm-water run-off, the effluent) and ‘diffuse point’ (i.e. “This ambition can only waters over a 20-year period, inextricably linked,” added Mick creatures may be exposed to run-off) sources. To improve be realised if the effect of Marine Institute scientists have Gillooly, director of ocean climate contaminants from sewage, the current situation, as an the storm-water discharges discovered that the timing of these and information services at the old landfill sites and chemicals association we believe that and certain agricultural blooms have changed. Two species, Marine Institute. “Small changes such as those in anti-fouling it’s essential that the value of practices are modified to take Karenia mikimotoi and Dinophysis in the marine ecosystem, such as paints. shellfisheries is considered into account their possible acuta, show a clear recent changing harmful algal bloom Professor Ford said: “It may when planning sewerage effects on our valuable coastal increase in their average monthly patterns, could have a big effect on not be the same pollutants, but infrastructure improvements fisheries. Significant ecosystem abundances. The data from recent our shellfish industry, economy and it is all chemicals that are being when adapting upstream services are offered by their years also shows a notable increase marine environment over the next released into the environment. practice. This work is essential low-impact nature, and bivalve in the number of weeks these decades. It is not being stopped and, if we are to ensure that the mollusc production acting as organisms are present each year. “Adapting to a changing climate more importantly, the effects industry can grow and the a carbon and nitrogen sink “By looking at the data on is one of the greatest challenges are not being properly shellfish businesses that rely on as well as a water ‘cleaner’. harmful algal blooms over the facing society, and scientific monitored or understood.” good water can develop. Around the country, IFCAs past two decades, we can see knowledge is essential to forecast The Association of Inshore “England has spectacular are working to promote the that climate change is already changes in our oceans, so Ireland Fisheries and Conservation bivalve shellfisheries resources, importance of shellfisheries having an impact on our marine can effectively respond to, mitigate Authorities (AIFCA) has also and we fully support the newly and the benefits of improved environment,” said Dr Caroline and adapt to those changes in our shared its concerns, and has published English Aquaculture water quality.” Cusack of the Marine Institute. ocean and climate.” 18 March 2021 Join Fishing News on Facebook http://on.fb.me/fishingnews NEWS 9 One week left to nominate in the Fishing News Awards 2021

With just over a week to go the continuing challenges improving sustainability? recognition for the notable to nominate outstanding everyone is experiencing as a Our Sustainability Award, role my company has representatives of the fishing result of the Covid pandemic sponsored by The played in helping our fishing community, now is the and the Brexit trade deal, Fishmongers’ Company’s community continue to be time to ensure you get your and wanting to recognise and Fisheries Charitable Trust, sustainable custodians of the nominations in for the Fishing celebrate the many and varied rewards a unique and sea, and for it to be at the News Awards 2021. achievements of fishermen innovative response to a clear forefront of the international Conscious of the throughout the UK and Ireland and compelling environmental plastic recycling circular importance of giving the over the past difficult year, the sustainability issue within the economy story.” industry some respite from Fishing News Awards 2021 UK or Irish fishing industries. Also included in the will build on the success of Last year, this was awarded categories is the Lifetime last year’s virtual format. The to Odyssey Innovation in Achievement Award, winners will be announced Newquay. “Having lived sponsored by the Scottish at 7pm on 17 June, ensuring in Cornwall my whole life, White Fish Producers’ that people from all over I’ve come to recognise and Association, which is given to the country can take part in respect the indispensable an individual who, throughout recognising the collective relationship between the their career, has been a true achievements of the industry. fishing industry and the champion of UK or Irish ‡ Sam Lambourn with his Categories for the Fishing quality of life here, and commercial fishing. Last year’s Lifetime Achievement trophy. News Awards 2021 range how integral it has been winner was Sam Lambourn from Demersal, Pelagic, to our culture, history and from Newlyn, who said: “I am years.” Shellfish, U10, Trainee and county pride,” said Odyssey both surprised and delighted It’s now time to nominate Young Fisherman of the Year, Innovation founder and to receive this award, and it is the people, companies, boats, to Demersal, Pelagic and managing director Rob a special honour to have been ports and products that Shellfish New Boat of the Thompson. “It is my privilege nominated by those I have you felt proved outstanding Year, to Independent Fresh to receive this award as worked with for more than 30 during the tough year that Fish Retailer of the Year and was 2020. Go to the Fishing Processor of the Year. There’s News website or follow us on also the chance to vote for Facebook and Twitter to make your favourite fishing port, your voice heard and find out product and service company more. ‡ Odyssey Innovation founder in the awards. Nominations close on 26 and managing director Have you spotted an March – go to: fishingnews. Rob Thompson with the outstanding innovation co.uk/awards to nominate Sustainability Award. or achievement towards now! New exhibition to explore Drifting Spanish-owned trawler healing power of the sea towed to Dún Laoghaire and detained A British-registered, Spanish- the Welsh coast. The owners later Postgraduate students from the St Andrews owned trawler has been towed organised a tow, hoping to have of museology – the community about how into Dún Laoghaire after drifting the trawler brought to their base study of museums – the sea has influenced for days in the Irish Sea following in Pasajes in Spain. However, that from St Andrews have their lives. engine failure, RTE reported. proved impossible, so an Irish tug, collaborated with the “We are immensely Onboard were 15 Spanish and Trojan, towed it to Dún Laoghaire, Scottish Fisheries proud of how our Indonesian crew members. RTE reported. Museum to curate an students have adapted in An official from the International Because Magan D is British- exhibition on oceanic these uncertain times to Transport Federation reportedly registered, it has been heritage and wellness demonstrate resilience called to the ship, but was unable detained by the Maritime and entitled ‘By the Seaside: and creativity in curating to make contact with the crew. Coastguard Agency, and must Heritage, Healing and such a meaningful topic The trawler, Magan D, was first now be inspected and declared New Horizons’. for the Fife coastline and reported to be experiencing engine safe before it can leave Dún Originally meant to that the sea has served its residents during the trouble when 27 nautical miles off Laoghaire. focus on blue space in as a means of both pandemic,” added Dr Scotland and coincide leisure and livelihood’, Karen Brown, museum with VisitScotland’s said Mattea Gernentz, and gallery studies Year of Coasts and the project’s writer and director at St Andrews. Rainwater harvesting webinar Waters programming interpretation lead. Through the exhibition, throughout 2020 and The exhibition, due the team say they hope 2021, the exhibition to open in April at the to encourage reflection for Irish seafood businesses took on a new relevance Scottish Fisheries on how the sea has been due to the restrictions Museum should influential in lives across BIM is hosting a rainwater harvesting we understand the potential risks and shared sense of restrictions allow, aims Scotland. webinar for Irish seafood processing to seafood businesses and identify isolation resulting from to explore humanity’s The exhibition’s digital businesses, which will examine sustainable solutions to this significant Covid-19, the group interconnectivity with opening event, on the the benefits of adopting rainwater issue.” said, which lead to them water, through physical evening of 20 March, will harvesting systems onsite and The live-streamed event will concentrating on the and digital means. It include keynote speaker opportunities for improving water include speakers from BIM, water ocean’s ability to heal will be enhanced by a Dr James Grellier from management and reducing costs. management specialists and members and inspire. variety of innovative the University of Exeter, The free webinar will take place on of the seafood processing sector. The exhibition digital content. For best known for his 25 March at 1pm, and all seafood It is one of a series of sustainable ‘simultaneously directs example, the show’s EU-backed BlueHealth processors are welcome to attend. resource management webinars our gaze outwards podcast Sound Project of 2020, among “Water is a shared natural resource, which BIM’s Green Seafood Business and inwards, urging us Waves interviews wild other panellists and a and is essential to everything we Programme will be hosting over to consider how blue swimmers, artists, musical performance. do in the seafood sector,” said the coming year. Other areas to spaces have impacted fisherfolk and others For more information, Martina O’Brien, green programme be addressed are the efficient our creativity, growth, from the Fife community, visit the exhibition co-ordinator at BIM. “However, its management of energy, waste and and wellbeing, as well while the website’s blog website at: bit. supply is limited, and this will pose emissions. as pointing out ways includes perspectives ly/2OFFfwM a major challenge in the coming To register for the webinar, go to: decade. We must act now to ensure bit.ly/30AisEZ 10 NEWS Visit us at fishingnews.co.uk and on Twitter @YourFishingNews 18 March 2021 Lawyers, boulders and money A future in which fisheries policy is driven by vigilantes and litigation? The NFFO charts a damaging split between the industry and green NGOs that threatens to derail future fisheries management

n an important and disturbing this change. Atlantic, were doing all right. The management in the UK. But it North Sea would lead to a 1,300% change, environmental The NGOs, co-ordinated by early 1990s are best described is largely a legal framework. A increase in the number of static INGOs have now apparently Pew, were hugely successful in as a basket case, but a turning huge amount of work lies ahead nets. Nobody thinks that is a good abandoned any pretence of shaping the CFP reform. The point had been reached by 2000. in designing and implementing idea, and this is unlikely to be the working collaboratively with the Lisbon Treaty radically altered By 2013, we still had some way fisheries-specific management result that Greenpeace seeks. fishing industry. With one or the EU legislative landscape, and to go, and a few stocks bucked plans and making the notion of Unintended consequences like two honourable exceptions, most the EU landing obligation, along the positive trends, but right- co-management work in practice. this are, however, very common have embarked down the road of with a rigid interpretation of sizing the fleets in the 1990s had when fisheries management confrontation and litigation. MSY, was enshrined in EU law. been the primary driver behind Trouble ahead is reduced to pulling remote Greenpeace’s recent vigilante These two legislative changes a dramatic reduction in fishing If hit-and-run vigilante actions legislative levers in the naïve activity in the Channel pressure from the turn of and litigation (actual and belief that good outcomes can be and Dogger Bank, If hit-and-run vigilante the century. threatened) by environmental achieved without engaging with supported by Charles Fish stocks responded NGOs are to be the norm as the people affected by the rules. Clover and Hugh Fearnley- actions and litigation are to to lower fishing pressure. government and the fishing Whittingstall, is but the Some, like Western hake and industry work on sustainable Conclusions most extreme symptom of be the norm, we are in North Sea plaice, responded fisheries management plans, It is difficult to see where we this change in direction. for a rough time. Positions quite spectacularly, with we are in for a rough time. go from here. Well-designed Less directly reckless, but biomass levels above Positions can only become fisheries management plans and toxic nonetheless, is the can only become entrenched anything seen in the historic entrenched. In such a context, can co-management offer a viable and hovering threat of judicial record. We were on the right co-management survive, never attractive way to make fisheries review against management have worked their black magic track. mind thrive? management effective and deliver authorities by environmental ever since. So when, in 2005, Charles Urging government to move its objectives. NGOs. The fishing industry was simply Clover published his catastrophe further and faster in their The question must be whether Vigilantism and legal terrorism outgunned and outclassed, narrative The End of the Line, preferred directions is what co-management is viable within a signal a dramatic alteration particularly in the European or when, in 2012, the Pew environmental NGOs do, and context where government policy in approach. Both fisheries parliament. Foundation plotted the reform holding the fishing industry to is unduly responsive to the green regulators and the fishing The 2013 reform did of the CFP, they were vote, where green vigilantes industry will now have to adapt include one positive element Johnny-come-latelies. The Unintended consequences operate under an umbrella of and respond to this new hostile – decentralisation of fisheries heavy lifting had already apparent impunity, and where operating environment. policy. Regionalisation, however, been done, and the big are very common when green lawyers hover, searching Gone is any pretence of was quickly swamped by having picture was one of fleet for a weakness to use as a legal working with fishermen. Anyone to deal with the populist but capacity in balance with fisheries management is baseball bat. in the industry who thinks that unworkable landing obligation. available resources, and reduced to pulling remote Trust is a vital ingredient for Greenpeace will stop at a ban A new wave of NGOs joined steady improvement in co-management to work, and it on bottom-trawling is deluded. the EU advisory councils after the status of the stocks. legislative levers has been badly strained by the Even fishing passively for crabs 2013, bringing with them a terms of the TCA. Add to that with pots is now in the spotlight dogmatic mindset and an intense The UK as an independent account is a legitimate activity. the constant threat of litigation for possible contravention of focus on procedural/legal detail coastal state The difficulty arises when in the complex area of fisheries environmental legislation. rather than substance and The UK-EU Trade and confrontation (legal or vigilante) management and the road leads to Having effectively destroyed outcomes. Co-operation Agreement (TCA, gets in the way of steady progress entrenched positions, insecurities, the European advisory councils The advisory councils began or Brexit deal) keeps the UK tied and co-operation. Mutual respect a brake on honest dialogue and as functional representative to die at that point. Even the into an exploitative and toxic and dialogue are thrown out of a focus on legislative texts rather organisations through entryism European Commission stopped relationship with the EU, but it the window. Evidence is used than real-world outcomes. tactics, NGOs are moving on to pretending to pay them anything does formally recognise that the selectively to bolster partisan Despite our differences over deal with Brexit. other than lip service. UK is an independent coastal positions. pathways to sustainability, the But where will these The 2013 reform was a turning state with regulatory autonomy There is no sign that the flow fishing industry and environmental confrontational and litigious point for the worse rather than to manage the fisheries within its of money into the environmental NGOs share common ultimate tactics take us? for the better. EEZ. NGOs is drying up. There is no objectives. A functioning This poses a problem sign, either, that the NGOs are ecosystem is a precondition It wasn’t always like for those green NGOs interested in co-operation. for the high-yield fisheries that this There is no sign that the which had abandoned the industry desires. Instead Until 2012, it could be flow of money into the collaboration and consensus Careful trade-offs of working together to achieve said that the green NGOs in 2012 in favour of Fishing – the form of food these objectives and supporting were broadly interested in environmental NGOs is top-down EU legislation to production with one of the lowest an industry crucial to the food working with the fishing achieve their goals. Except carbon footprints – is currently security of the country, we have industry. drying up – or that they are as temporary EU retained the focus of much green attention. been set on a collision course. A But 2012, and the run-up law – with a potentially All fishing methods have an fork in the road occurred in 2012. to the 2013 reform of the interested in co-operation short shelf-life – CFP environmental footprint, and our It remains to be seen if there is any CFP, marked a watershed legislation no longer applies job is to minimise those impacts as way for those divergent pathways change, driven by money. The Lisbon Treaty introduced to the UK EEZ. far as possible, whilst still putting to merge. Billionaires with money to co-decision into fisheries – an The passage of the UK food on the plate. This requires Closing the gap will require the burn directed large sums of emphatic and, in retrospect, Fisheries Bill through NGOs to step away from the money into shaping fisheries retrograde reassertion of the the Westminster Despite our differences over well-remunerated trajectory policy. This was done in the top-down, command and control, parliament therefore that they have been on since naïve belief that a combination of prescriptive micro-management became the stage for pathways to sustainability, 2012. It will also require the top-down legislation and tough that was a principal reason why a lobbying campaign fishing industry to have the enforcement provides an effective the CFP under-delivered so by the environmental the fishing industry and maturity to understand that way to manage complex multi- spectacularly. lobby with the aim of environmental NGOs share environmentalists and fishers dimensional fisheries towards This important development reinstating the essence of ultimately have the same goals, sustainability. prepared the ground for a change the CF P. common ultimate objectives and that the future lies with Large amounts of money from in the environmental lobby’s The government’s co-management, despite the charitable foundations were tactics and approach to fisheries 80-strong majority and a lot close work with the scientists, and not-insignificant hurdles in its pumped into the NGOs to shape policy. of parliamentary work by the close attention to the evidence path. the outcome of the CFP review. NFFO ultimately saw off the base. It also requires balance and That largesse has continued to Johnny come lately most damaging amendments. careful trade-offs. This is an edited version of a post flow. In fact, by 2012/2013, European The Fisheries Act 2020 therefore For example, the EU on the NFFO website. The full The US-based Pew Foundation fisheries, along with most provides a reasonable framework Commission has calculated that version can be seen at: nffo.org. took pole position in facilitating fisheries in the North East for the redesign of fisheries a ban on bottom-trawling in the uk n 18 March 2021 Join Fishing News on Facebook http://on.fb.me/fishingnews BOAT OF THE WEEK 11 Name: Kelly of Ladram BM 800 LOA: 19m 2009 Engineering, Whitby, Marine Parkol Built: Type: Whelker Home port: Brixham 12 BLUE WHITING Visit us at fishingnews.co.uk and on Twitter @YourFishingNews 18 March 2021 FISHING THE BLUES: TRAWLING ALONG THE DEEPWATER EDGE WEST OF ST KILDA With a number of Scottish boats joining the blue whiting fishery off the west of Ireland this month, David Linkie looks back to a trip in 2012 on the former Lunar Bow PD 265 he possibility of gear was therefore put aboard documenting a blue whiting Lunar Bow, following skipper Ttrip was initially raised in Alex Buchan’s much-appreciated the first week of 2012, and while offer of a trip. the best-laid such plans often go Having fished blue whiting in awry, on this occasion everything the preceding two weeks before fell into place. landing shots in the region of As I was preparing to head to 550t, Alex Buchan was looking Glasgow for Fishing 2012 for a slightly smaller catch to towards the end of March, the complete Lunar Bow’s quota for forecasts for the week ahead, 2012. which showed a developing large Usually targeted in February area of high pressure, suggested and March, from the Porcupine that it would be wise to put a Bank 200 miles off the west coast sleeping bag and the necessary of Ireland and northwards along safety equipment into the car in the edge of the deepwater addition to a suit. towards St Kilda, down to 450 This thinking was confirmed fathoms, the blue whiting fishery during a brief chat with skipper has long been recognised as being Alex Wiseman, chairman of the potentially the most difficult Scottish Pelagic Fishermen’s pelagic fishery to work. Association, within an hour of the In the years running up to exhibition opening, and another 2012, skippers and processors in the following morning with North East Scotland, Ireland and Peterhead skipper Georgie Norway had worked diligently to Buchan. develop new markets for blue A couple of text messages early whiting, with catches being on the Saturday afternoon processed for human resulted in a foggy drive across consumption rather than ‡ Lunar Bow passing St Kilda, 20 hours after leaving Peterhead. (Photo: Andrew Ritchie) Scotland to Peterhead, rather fishmeal. At a time when the than a return to North East annual TAC had been drastically Although a number of England. The initial plan was to reduced, following unregulated Norwegian vessels had started to go aboard Kings Cross 30 hours fishing due to a previous lack of fish blue whiting west of the later, but with some blue whiting international fisheries Porcupine Bank in both EU and still to land, the decision was management agreement, this international waters in the second made for Kings Cross to delay highly significant development week of February, Scottish sailing, to avoid the possibility of was enabling greater financial skippers had waited five to six three boats waiting to land to benefit to be realised from weeks until the fish had moved Lunar Ltd later in the week. My minimal impact on stock levels. considerably closer to the Outer

‡ The Fraserburgh-based Challenge landing blue whiting to Denholm Seafoods Ltd at Peterhead.

‡ The Norwegian midwater vessel Haugagut arriving at Peterhead to land blue whiting caught west of St Kilda.

‡ The Type 42 destroyer HMS York, encountered on a live gunnery exercise off Cape Wrath. ‡ Pathway steaming in company with Lunar Bow. 18 March 2021 Join Fishing News on Facebook http://on.fb.me/fishingnews BLUE WHITING 13 FISHING THE BLUES: TRAWLING ALONG THE DEEPWATER EDGE WEST OF ST KILDA

‡ Straight down the middle – ‡ Good marks of blue whiting in Lunar Bow’s Simrad FS-70 trawl the dark, displayed on a Simrad sonar displays a good flow of blue ES-60 sounder. (Photo: William whiting entering a well-shaped Buchan) net. (Photo: William Buchan)

been provided in preceding weeks, when shots of blue whiting from a succession of Norwegian midwater vessels had been bought on the Norges Sildesalgslag electronic auction by companies in Killybegs and Norway, as well as by Shetland Catch and Fresh Catch at Lerwick ‡ Blue whiting as shown by the and Peterhead respectively. Scanmar Scanbas tunnel sensor. With Pathway PD 165 keeping ‡ Standing by to shoot. station on the starboard side of paralleled by Pathway. Although Lunar Bow, the two Peterhead it entailed a dog-leg of some 15 Hebrides, in order to reduce vessels rounded Duncansby Head miles, the detour was reduced by steaming time and ensure that into the Pentland Firth before skipper Alex Buchan’s decision to their catches were landed in dawn the following morning. A head out across the Minch, rather optimum condition for tranquil steam west along the top than steam south through it, as processing. Today, with bigger of Scotland on an exceptionally boats on passage to the blue boats, most participating Scottish quiet morning was interrupted by whiting grounds had done in vessels tend to operate from a message on Channels 16 and 74 previous weeks, before leaving Killybegs, thereby starting the from HMS York, a Type 42 Barra lighthouse to starboard. season earlier and fishing west of destroyer, stating: “Warship York This reflected the fact that since the Porcupine Bank. they had started to fish blue Lunar Bow departed The blue whiting fishery whiting 80 miles due west of Peterhead shortly before Killybegs two weeks earlier, midnight. Passing the has long been recognised the fish had moved steadily Norwegian midwater northwards, following the trawler Haugagut H-50-AV as being potentially contours of the continental landing blue whiting to the most difficult pelagic shelf, at the rate of 10 to 15 Fresh Catch on leaving miles per day. As a result, Peterhead harbour, fishery to work Lunar Bow and Pathway Challenge FR 226 flushing were preparing to start ‡ Checking that the net is shot cleanly. her RSW tanks while waiting for is engaging in live gunnery fire searching in the vicinity of the tide into Fraserburgh harbour, within the artillery range 10 miles 57.5°N and 9.6°W, nearly 24 and a returning Chris Andra FR northeast of Cape Wrath. Please hours’ steaming time and some 227 midway across the Moray pass to the north of our position.” 300 miles from Peterhead. Firth provided a reminder of the The two crewmen on watch, Shortly after we had enjoyed a international dimensions of this Mark Buchan and David Ritchie, bowl of Gordon Pirie’s fishery. immediately made the required homemade and very tasty Further evidence of this had course alteration, which was mushroom soup, Lunar Bow

‡ Hauling underway. ‡ Guiding the trawl sonar pocket aboard. 14 BLUE WHITING Visit us at fishingnews.co.uk and on Twitter @YourFishingNews 18 March 2021 passed the Butt of Lewis before slipped past two miles off Lunar plenty of room in the dayroom for heading southwest towards St Bow’s port side as day turned into the keener football fans onboard Kilda, the most important seabird evening, and the crew were to watch a live Sky match. breeding colony in Europe. The served a fine supper of Chicken à Within 30 minutes of skipper near-sheer sea cliffs of Stac An la King. Alex Buchan reducing the Armin and Stac Lee, at 191m and With Lunar Bow and Pathway propeller pitch and starting to 165m the highest sea stacks in scheduled to begin searching search for marks, with the Simrad Britain, together with the islands shortly before midnight, when the ES-60 sounders showing 460 of Boreray, Soay, Dun and finally boats would be some 40 miles fathoms of water under Lunar Hirta – where the St Kildans southwest of St Kilda, most of the Bow’s keel, the call of ‘away to lived, mainly near Village Bay, crew took the opportunity for shoot’ resulted in deck gear being until being evacuated in 1930 – three hours in their beds – leaving swiftly donned. On the vessel’s two previous blue whiting trips, better catches had generally been taken in daylight, but with a wide CHALLENGING BLUE distribution of light hazy marks appearing on the Kaijo sonar and ‡ Hauling the blue whiting trawl onto the drum. the Simrad sounders, the crew WHITING FISHERY prepared to shoot the midwater trawl, in the expectation of making a fairly long tow, before hauling in time to begin searching again shortly before dawn. After tracking the selected marks to verify their direction for 20 minutes, the pennants holding the sock and the first section of the brailler – which had already been outhauled in preparation for shooting – were released from the boat deck. The characteristic becket-reinforced brailler then started to disappear into the darkness beyond Lunar Bow’s stern lights. Lunar Bow was fishing a 2,048m blue whiting net ‡ The reinforcing beckets are essential to prevent the bag from constructed from nylon by blowing. Egersund Trål. The first sections of the long winged trawl lue whiting sweeps onto the net drum incorporated 32m meshes, which Micromesistius allows a crew to have greater were gradually reduced down to Bpoutassou is widely feel and control of the situation, 16m towards the belly sections. ‡ Lunar Bow’s stern lights illuminate a 460t haul of blue whiting. recognised as being – by some although even then, narrow margin – the most challenging margins prevail. The centre quarter of the bosom fishery engaged in by Scottish The rapid decompression was rigged with a chain footrope, pelagic vessels. of the fish and the resulting flanked on either side by leaded In addition to the difficulties momentum generated by the ropes. inherent in fishing in the North increased buoyancy frequently Nine years on, the new 80m East Atlantic along the edge of leads to the boat being Lunar Bow, delivered by the deepwater, one of the key towed astern. This situation is Karstensens in January 2020, challenges faced by skippers usually handled by reducing tows a custom-designed 2,048m and crews on a regular basis the pressure to the net drum, blue whiting trawl utilising can be attributed to the rapid thereby allowing the sweeps Jacinto twine in the wings, which decompression of fish brought to feed out when the strain on performed consistently well on to the surface from 250-400 them reaches a critical point the previous boat, together with fathoms. – in much the same way as blue whiting bags from Egersund The rapid expansion of an experienced angler plays a Trål. air from such a sizeable freshly hooked salmon. With shooting away proceeding concentration of fish can To restrict the meshes from smoothly – including positioning cause the bag to surface with opening too far, which would the Simrad FS-70 trawl sonar considerable violence. The result in the bag blowing, blue transducer securely in the impetus generated during whiting braillers are rigged with headline pocket – the crew hauling, however slowly it is nylon retaining beckets spaced prepared to clip on the double controlled, frequently results at 1.5m along their full length. toe-end weights (2 x 1.1t) as the in the bag almost clearing the This maximises the strength last sections of the net came off water, particularly the tail end, afforded by generally using an ‡ Taking the tail end forward. the drum, followed by 260m of which can be subject to a lash inner bag of 50mm in addition 38mm-diameter nylon-covered effect. to a heavy 80mm mesh outer Dyneema sweeps. In a worst-case scenario, cover, which itself is doubled After connecting the sweeps to when the bag blows to the on the bottom of the net where the Thyborøn Type 10 double-foil surface before the trawl doors the strain is at its maximum. trawl doors (15m2/3,700kg) and are even up, the uncontrollable Another major difficulty can retrieving the pennants, engineer strain on the gear can be such occur when, in taking a haul Alan Lawson started to release that the trawl wires break away, of some 300t of blue whiting 1,200 fathoms of 38mm trawl with the result that a complete which are nearly ready to wire from the wheelhouse fishing set of gear is lost. spawn, the bellies break due to console, as Lunar Bow started to In order to avoid this the rapid decompression, with tow the gear at 3.6-4 knots, with eventuality, and to facilitate the result that the bag drops 68-70% pitch on the Wärtsilä all-round safer handling of like a stone to put severe strain 3,800mm-diameter propeller. the gear, the normal working on the gear. Even after the fish As fouled meshes resulting in practice is for the last few have spawned, blue whiting partial gear opening is a constant hundred fathoms of wire to need to be pumped aboard risk when shooting away large be hauled dead slow, with as quickly as possible, to blue whiting trawls, a clear the boat idling in the water minimise the risk of fish still in display from the trawl sonar of for 10 minutes. Securing the the bag losing air and therefore the net opening symmetrically, doors and transferring the long buoyancy. before reaching a typical opening ‡ Using the mid-line winch to dry up the bag. of 105 fathoms by 75 fathoms, 18 March 2021 Join Fishing News on Facebook http://on.fb.me/fishingnews BLUE WHITING 15 was well received in the wheelhouse. So too was the appearance, 15 minutes later, of the first signs of fish at the mouth of the net, subsequently followed by activity from the tunnel sensor – part of Lunar Bow’s Scanmar Scanbas trawl-monitoring system. Although the tops of the marks were initially standing at 220 fathoms, the yellow and pink colours indicating greater concentrations of fish were down between 260-270 fathoms, where the gear was lying. After towing south for 20 minutes, the first Marport catch sensor was triggered. However, this positive sign was offset by a blank sonar screen, which was also reported by skipper Georgie Buchan on Pathway, which was ‡ Securing the sock to the Karm fish pump. towing on a parallel heading two miles to port. Fifteen minutes later, Lunar Bow’s sonar again started to display echoes ahead to starboard. Following an appropriate course alteration and 20 minutes of inactivity at the mouth of the net, larger quantities of fish began to appear between the wings as the water depth reduced to less than 400 fathoms, with the main concentration of blue whiting now lying at around 220 fathoms. When the fourth egg activated shortly before 3am, indicating somewhere in the region of 400t of blue whiting, the decision was taken to haul. Twenty minutes later, the doors were secured as the sweeps started to be taken ‡ Pumping underway. ‡ Blue whiting flow into Lunar Bow’s forward RSW tanks.

onto the drum. Difficulties in hauling a bag of blue whiting are relatively common, but all went smoothly this time, apart from the sweeps dipping almost vertically shortly after being unclipped from the doors – a situation that was immediately addressed by a thrust ahead and quickly hauling the slack onto the drum. Ten minutes later – during which time the 635m polypropylene 9in-diameter lifeline, which included a 30m 10in-diameter section at the bag end, was connected to the Karmøy 50t lifeline winch on being released from the starboard toe-end weights – a well-filled bag ‡ Job satisfaction – David McLean, David Ritchie and mate Mark began to emerge into Lunar Bow’s Buchan monitor the flow of fish from the C-Flow separator. stern lights. The tail end of the brailler was then quickly hauled forward by the aft purse winch, located immediately forward of the accommodation casing, at the same time as the 34t midline winch was used to dry up the bag. After taking the sock aboard and clamping it in position over the inlet, the 24in Karm fish pump, together with the fish and hydraulic oil pipes, was lowered into the water forward of the forecastle deck by the main deck crane. With the brailler floating well alongside Lunar Bow’s starboard side, while continually being dried up by the midline winch in ideal conditions, blue whiting flowed continuously into the C-Flow separator amidships ‡ Pumping continues smoothly. ‡ Half the haul aboard, as the fish pump comes steadily further aft. during the next 75 minutes, from 16 BLUE WHITING Visit us at fishingnews.co.uk and on Twitter @YourFishingNews 18 March 2021 NEW MARKETING STRUCTURE ADDS VALUE TO TRADITIONAL FISHERY n the years running up towards the end of the 1980s, fishery the biggest one in the to 2012, the combined when Orcades Viking II K 175, Atlantic – whereas the advice Iendeavours of processors Sunbeam FR 478, Christina from ICES was not to exceed and skippers had resulted in the S FR 224, Omega B FD 221, 600,000t. blue whiting fishery undergoing Ocean Way PD 465 and Altaire After the coastal states dramatic changes, with far- LK 429 were among the vessels reached agreement in reaching value-added benefits taking part. December 2005 to end the for all concerned. With an increasingly modern period of what was sometimes In 2012, six midwater vessels fleet more on a par with that of referred to as ‘Olympic’ fishing, from North East Scotland, Norway, Scottish involvement the blue whiting fishery was together with the Kilkeel-owned in the blue whiting fishery regulated under this agreement. Voyager, which operated out reached new levels towards It gave the greatest share to the of Killybegs, fished the UK’s the end of the 1990s, though EU, although Norway held the blue whiting allocation of landings were still exclusively largest annual quotas through 12,563t, all of which was landed for fishmeal. quota swaps. and processed for human Being a ‘straddling stock’ There was considerable consumption. in the North East Atlantic, irony in the fact that at a time This marked a complete blue whiting was found in when catchers and processors reversal of the fishing pattern the EEZs of the EU, Faroe, were striving to change the that had prevailed for more than ‡ Weighing and packaging blue whiting. Iceland and Norway as well as whole thrust of the fishery 35 years, since Scottish pelagic international waters. This meant towards new markets for vessels started to fish blue This favourable outcome fishmeal plants at Stornoway that international co-operation human consumption, thereby whiting for fishmeal outlets in resulted in a number of or Ardveenish in Barra, or was essential for effective adding significant catch value, the mid-1970s along the edge of other Scottish midwater into Mallaig or Ullapool to be regulation. However, until 2006, TACs started to be drastically the deepwater west of St Kilda. vessels fishing blue whiting sold for pet food. However, the first year of coastal states’ reduced. With Norwegian vessels commercially in the late 1970s. high expenses coupled with agreement on management and However, in providing an beginning to develop a large- Lacking the power for single low prices yielded marginal shares, this was conspicuous alternative seasonal fishery scale fishery in the early 1970s, boating and operating near profitability. by its absence. after the early-year western the first exploratory blue the limits of their capability, Following successful larger- During the early 2000s, mackerel and Atlanto-Scandian whiting trips by Scottish boats including in some cases having scale seasonal blue whiting Iceland, Faroe and Norway activity, the blue whiting fishery were undertaken between to use two barrels of wire each activity by the Humber-based fished blue whiting without continues to provide Scottish 1974 and 1976. Engaged by for the headline and footrope freezer stern trawler St Benedict setting a TAC, while the EU skippers, crews, processors the White Fish Authority and warps, boats like Pathway PD H 164 and the pursers St Loman set its quota share based on and port operators with an the Highlands and Islands 65, Lunar Bow PD 118 and H 487 and Grimsby Lady GY its historic catch percentage opportunity to extend their Development Board, the Vigilant PD 165, together with 430, more Scottish boats, applied to the scientific business platform for a short Peterhead pair-trawlers the newly built next-generation including Quantus, Azalea and advice. The actual catch but significant period between Shemara PD 78 and Fairweather purser/trawlers Andra Tait FR Kings Cross, joined the fishery. therefore far exceeded the TAC February and the start of the V PD 157, together with the 226, Taits FR 229 and Chris With continuing investment in recommended by ICES. North Sea herring fishery in Ayrshire purser Pathfinder BA Andra FR 221, pair-trawled larger vessels, the significance In 2003, catches of blue mid-summer, while supplying a 188, fished successfully to the for blue whiting. Catches of the blue whiting fishery from whiting reached a record high top-quality source of protein to west of Barra. were either landed into the a UK perspective increased of 2.3m tonnes, making the grateful recipients.

where they were evenly distributed into seven RSW tanks forward and aft in an equal amount of pre-chilled seawater to ensure optimum levels of catch quality. As with earlier catches from what is a 100% clean fishery, the blue whiting being pumped aboard Lunar Bow displayed uniform physical characteristics, around 300mm in length and with a weight of 180-200g. A textbook operation ended just before 5am, when after taking the fish pump back aboard and releasing the sock, the brailler was hauled back onto the drum. Skipper Alex Buchan then set the first waypoint for the ‡ Taking the fish pump back aboard. 300-mile return steam to Peterhead, with Lunar Bow having caught all of her remaining quota. After taking 150t in the dark from a haul restricted by a fouled wing, Pathway took 350t from an early-daylight tow in a similar area, when fishing alongside the Fraserburgh-based Taits FR 227. Having left Peterhead at 9pm the previous night, an outward- bound Kings Cross steamed past Lunar Bow on a reciprocal course early that afternoon just north of the Butt of Lewis. With their annual blue whiting quota now taken, Lunar Bow’s crew donned their deck gear again after dinner to clean and shoot out the bag ‡ Taking the bag back aboard after it had been cleaned midway across before hauling it back onto the ‡ Sunrise over St Kilda on a cracking spring morning. the Minch. drum, ready to be taken ashore 18 March 2021 Join Fishing News on Facebook http://on.fb.me/fishingnews BLUE WHITING 17

‡ Lunar Bow landing blue whiting at Peterhead, just 30 hours after being caught.

‡ The 75m Norwegian pelagic vessel Brennholm passes Cape Wrath on her way to carry out a blue whiting survey along the edge of the deepwater. and stored away for next year. and freezing in 20kg cartons UK’s remaining 2012 allocation After passing the 75m ahead of export to a number of of blue whiting. Norwegian pelagic vessel international locations, probably With a much larger share of the Brennholm H-1-BN at Cape including Africa, China and TAC, Norwegian vessels Wrath heading west to conduct a Russia. continued to catch blue whiting blue whiting survey, Lunar Bow Later that day, Pathway berthed well into April 2012, by which had a clear steam along the top of in Fraserburgh to land 550t of time the fish were being caught Scotland to enter the North Sea blue whiting, while Taits docked up to 100 miles northeast of St shortly before 11pm. Four and a at Peterhead later that night to Kilda, and some 500 miles from half hours later, with the ropes land a similar shot to Denholm where the first catches had been secured at the end of a 52-hour Seafoods. With Lunar Bow taken two months earlier. trip, the first blue whiting were completing landing early on the Thanks again, lads, for making being pumped ashore at Thursday morning, Kings Cross this fishing feature possible – and Peterhead for weighing, packing arrived at lunchtime to land the for your friendship. n ‡ A 20kg carton of blue whiting ready for freezing. 3 GREAT REASONS

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media news, features and Visit us online for 18 INSHORE CORNER Visit us at fishingnews.co.uk and on Twitter @YourFishingNews 18 March 2021 INSHORE CORNER with Phil Lockley BUILDING A BOAT FOR LIFE ometime during the early 1990s, I saw a mould Sunder construction at Kingfisher Boats Ltd in Falmouth – not difficult, as I lived 200 yards away from the yard. Not knowing then that the mould would deliver a huge demand for a 26ft GRP vessel – one that hit the inshore market like a storm – I wondered whether it was worth building a competitor to the Cygnus Marine GM26. However, the Kingfisher K26 was a completely new dimension, a style of GRP commercial boat that was to stir up the inshore market. For its size, it was huge in comparison ‡ The current Beryl M was completely rebuilt by Ben Eglinton and his to the GM26 and much bigger father Gary, with the involvement of several local firms. The new Beryl M than the Halfish 24, dwarfing will be similar in layout – an aft wheelhouse, a net hauler on the port side both the Holton 24 and the and a shooting door two-thirds aft on the starboard side. Treeve 25 – the Versatility 30 was its equivalent, though serious dent in orders for the craft, perfect for trawling/ leaner. original GM26; however, that scalloping, though some were Sadly, Kingfisher Boats no design had seen its day, and set built as potters. The GM33 longer exists. Its owners, Ronnie the foundations here in Cornwall design remains popular today. and Mary Coote, retired several for the best mackerel-carrying Returning to the K26, I have years ago, but the K26 mould is ‘machine’ of its day. There are lost count of the number of now in the hands of Anderson still plenty around. craft I saw built (I later did trips Marine in Peterhead. Although a smaller firm than on some for reviews in Fishing The K26 was designed Cygnus Marine, Kingfisher Boats News). It was my ‘dream boat’ by Gary Mitchell, and it became a competitor, and the then and remains high on that commanded a steady order K26 was its best weapon. In list now, though the likelihood of book. As soon as I saw the first the end, those two firms had me ever owning one is thin – I’m hull, it was clear to me that the such a range of designs that too old, and the bank manager mould would rarely be empty. ‡ Skipper Ben Eglinton aboard his present Beryl M, a Holton 24. they gave inshore fishermen a has always been a nervous The laminators worked hard wider scope, and it didn’t really person. However, fishermen to keep up with the orders. MMO/DEFRA rules, marine Gary Mitchell was behind affect the order books of either should never worry about money Kingfisher Boats had released architects like Gary Mitchell and almost all Cygnus Marine’s GRP firm. There were a lot of young – we pay the bank managers to a design that remains popular Denis Swire led the drive toward displacement boats. However, skippers with big pockets. worry for us! today. I often wonder now why bigger and better hull shapes. his skills then drew increasing The K33 is a ‘big’ U10, but Recently, it came as no such designs weren’t available Initially Denis Swire drew GRP demand from other yards like doesn’t have the ‘pushy’ bow surprise to hear a rumour that a sooner. The traditional French lines for Rob Lello at Treeve Kingfisher Boats, Halfish, and than the GM33 does. It is a Cornish skipper had taken the equivalent made in wood, Marine; first the DS16 and then then Buccaneer Boats. slightly leaner craft, and if plunge of investing in his post- inshore boats from the Breton the DS25 (known as the Treeve Quite whether the K26 was powered correctly may provide Brexit future by ordering a K26 industry which are ‘ansome’ (as 25). Later, Denis specialised in built as a competitor to Gary’s a saving in fuel consumption. It hull. That it would be fitted out they say in Cornwall) in design, steel designs. His hull style still previous GM26, I am unsure was designed at a time when at the legendary GRP yard of H are much sought after. features among the top UK U10 (not the latest GM26, and that’s fuel prices were rising. The Baumbach & Sons in Hayle in Within the constraints of MCA/ scalloper/trawlers. a fine craft). The K26 did put a Cygnus GM33 is a punchier North Cornwall seemed a likely

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draw on. Ben said: “Being my family’s boat – my fiancée Natalie, two girls, Lillie (10) and Lola (8), and two boys, Hugo (2) and Hudson (11 months) – the project is a complete endeavour for all six. And as much as it’s hard work being at sea, that’s the easy bit compared to bringing up four children! “I didn’t want the boat to be too big for a port like Newquay. I wanted a boat that I can work single-handed and not depend upon having a crewman – yet if I require a crewman in the future, to have enough space to ‡ There are few K26s with an aft wheelhouse, but this one, on which I accommodate that. It was a case spent a trip whelking from Exmouth, was very successful… of looking at GRP boats in the 26ft range, perhaps a Buccaneer It wasn’t long before I had a B28 – but that’s bigger again, phone call from Ben confirming and not something to realistically that he had ordered the hull work single-handed. The K26 several months earlier, and I is a well-proven boat, so why was there to see it arrive on go against something that is RMS Boat Transport’s lorry so successful? It does carry ‡ One of the most innovative and successful K26s I know is the Peter John (rms-transport.co.uk). At the considerable weight, and that is II. Owned by Cameron and Ivor Henry of Mylor, so far it is proving to be yard and helping on current an important factor. their ‘boat for life’ – I can’t see the lads wanting anything else. refits was boatbuilder/fisherman “I did consider buying a Mike Iles. In truth, he and Alan second-hand K26, but a second- since my childhood, isn’t fair. wheelhouse in poor conditions Baumbach are two of the finest hand boat is never fitted the But that’s the current ruling – – which is all too often – GRP boatbuilders in the UK and way you want, so a new build the bass entitlement stays with you’re unable to even hold a beyond – don’t tell them that, or is the better option. The project the boat. In my opinion, it won’t cup of coffee. Also, with an it will be me buying the pasties is going to be more expensive be long before the authorities aft wheelhouse you can see next time! than buying a second-hand tighten the ruling on bass even everything that is going on – you Ben’s new boat will be the first boat, but I hope that this K26 will more. There will be greater can see the nets or pots going K26 to be fitted out in the South be sufficient for the rest of my legislation, or they will even close out; you don’t have to keep West for several years. The fishing life. It will carry the name the fishery altogether, which turning around. I’ve never owned project will be overseen by Ben, of my present Holton 24, Beryl M would bring huge losses to a forward wheelhouse boat, but his father Gary and his legendary – named after my grandmother.” Cornwall, Wales and the South I have worked on them, and it’s ‡ … with its fit-out being grandfather Ron Eglinton Though just two feet longer East. not for me. extremely safety-conscious. The alongside Alan Baumbach. than the Holton 24, the K26 will “In my opinion, having an aft “The propulsion package is whelk pots were shot through a Ben started out as a be a far bigger boat, capable wheelhouse is better for both from WaterMota Ltd, consisting side door. The new Beryl M will fisherman, and then spent 14 of having a net pound aft of the comfort and safety. There will of a Doosan L136 with 160hp, feature a similar arrangment. years in the Royal Navy, reaching wheelhouse and far more for’ard be a side-shooting door, so in though it will not work at that the high status of chief engineer, working deck space. operation I will be well out of level. It is a naturally aspirated option. But it was nothing more before returning to fishing a Ben said: “At present I haven’t the way. From the rear of the engine, mechanically controlled, than a rumour. few years ago. With his father got an appropriate licence, but shooting door, the boat will be and there are few such engines I mentioned it to Alan Gary – a time-tested and highly whatever comes – unless DEFRA completely closed off, so there is available today. Yes, it’s a big Baumbach. He didn’t react. We successful Newquay skipper – changes its rule and the bass no chance of me getting tangled engine and a lot of weight too, talked of several designs, and and his grandfather, who fished fishery is reopened – it won’t in the gear. but for the type of boat that a the conversation drifted toward well into his late eighties, Ben have a bass entitlement, which “Being in an aft wheelhouse K26 is, that’s not a problem. ‡ the Holton 24. “Like the one has a wealth of experience to for myself, having fished for bass is better. With a forward Although I will be using it at rebuilt by Newquay skipper Ben Eglinton and his father Gary,” I said. “It’s a nice boat, having its wheelhouse aft where it should be. I wonder whether Ben would like a K26?” Alan still didn’t take the bait. He knows that I have ‘dream boats’, and that each would have an aft wheelhouse. Alan replied: “If you want a good boat with an aft wheelhouse, I think that Ben’s Holton 24 might be for sale sometime next year, because yes, I think he’s ordered a K26 hull.” Banter continued, and with a typical wry smile, Alan added: “You better get your pen and notebook and grab your camera ‡ The team at Kingfisher Boats celebrating the launch of a K45 fast potter – the hull is arriving here next destined for an overseas order in November 2006. Ronnie and Mary Coote ‡ During its life at Kingfisher Boats, the K26 mould became so busy that Thursday.” are in the centre. on one occasion, two K26s were dispatched to the same area together. 20 QUIZ/INSHORE CORNER Visit us at fishingnews.co.uk and on Twitter @YourFishingNews 18 March 2021 Can you master BREAK TIME these brain teasers? 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Ben explained: “I would to become an NHO-04, which is inbuilt lobster/crab tank. like to have one bunk, but that all the same basic unit but has a far “The timescale of the project depends on the space that may more efficient rear power-roller. isn’t set, but it will take at least become available.” I have spoken to skippers who one year. Alan Baumbach As far as fishing gear is have chosen the NHO-04, and normally takes the summer off. concerned, Ben will supply most they recommend that if skippers By now he should be retired, but through his own firm, Comfish have an NHO-03, to upgrade I was lucky enough to persuade Marine (comfishmarine.co.uk), that to the NHO-04, effectively him to fit out a new boat. At his a business that he has owned providing four powered rollers. level of skills, he was the top of for several years. ‡ Ben Eglinton’s K26 hull arrives at H Baumbach & Sons’ yard at Hayle. The net hauler will be positioned our list. I will keep a regular eye on on the port side. “Alan has built so many boats the build and report back. I revolutions lower than its gearbox (reduction of 3.12:1) “A 1t Spencer Carter potting for Cornwall, and he knows the send Ben and the team my maximum, such an engine has because the warranty remains slave hauler will be installed on pounding that boats get in North best wishes for the project, and plenty of ‘grunt’ to deal with a with Doosan. The gearbox will the starboard side. A Meydam Cornwall, so it will be built like a have booked my space for a trip ground-sea if necessary. I would have a trolling valve. The shaft, net-flaking machine will also tank.” aboard what may well be Ben’s rather have a big engine with coupling and propellor will come be included in the hydraulic Electronics for the new Beryl ‘boat for life’. To ask a young a dry exhaust and work it less from C&O Engineering (SW) Ltd package. A small bow-thruster M have already been purchased fisherman to stick with just one hard than an engine with a wet in Newton Abbot. will be fitted; at some point we from Sirm UK in Scotland and boat for the remainder of his exhaust, because water ingress “In layout, the K26 will be may try small-scale ring-netting South West dealers, including fishing life is a tall order – but to the engine is always a fear. similar to the Holton 24, but the for herring. We already own a a Hondex dual-frequency it’s a good title for this Inshore “I have chosen a Dong-I aft wheelhouse will be offset to suitable net, and although it sounder, the latest Koden Corner! n 18 March 2021 Join Fishing News on Facebook http://on.fb.me/fishingnews PORTS AND PRICES 21 PORTS & PRICES LIGHT BUT STEADY WHITEFISH MARKETS AT PETERHEAD At a time when a number of vessels are whiting 30p-80p per kg. Monkfish sold 431 boxes of cod, 419 boxes of coley, tied up due to low levels of demand for at £1.35-£2.95, lemon sole £1.65-£8.15, 361 boxes of monkfish, 107 boxes of whitefish, uncertain prices and an acute plaice 55p-£1.95, megrim £1.50-£6.95, flatfish, 63 boxes of ling, 42 boxes of shortage of quota, light whitefish supplies hake 95p-£4.70, ling £1.05-£1.80, coley squid, 13 boxes of hake and eight boxes continued at Peterhead last week, when 95p-£1.55 and squid 50p-£5.35 per kg. of megrim. three 3k-plus-box sales were followed by The following morning, 10 boats, Five boats, Jubilee Quest, Sparkling a 4.5k-box market, reports David Linkie. Endurance, Leanne, Boy Andrew, Golden Star (OB), Revival, El Shaddai and Three boats, Ocean Vision, Caspian Gain, Summer Dawn II, Benarkle II, Fisher Westro, plus eight consignments from K and Endeavour V, together with six Boys, Jubilee Spirit, Steadfast Hope and Norlan, Avrella, Ocean Bounty, Our Lass consignments from Faithlie, Opportune, Gracious, together with two consignments III, Victory Rose, Sparkling Star (UL), Ocean Rose, Ocean Endeavour, Carina from Faithlie and Valhalla, landed 3,439 Carina and Vision IV, contributed 4,635 and Lilly Oak, contributed 3,662 boxes to boxes. Tuesday’s tally, the smallest of the boxes to last Thursday’s market at the first market of last week at Peterhead. first four days of last week, included 829 Peterhead. This sale, the largest of the Monday’s sale included 1,006 boxes of boxes of coley, 435 boxes of monkfish, four days, included 854 boxes of coley, gutted haddock, 546 boxes of monkfish, 427 boxes of whiting (251 rounders), 372 656 boxes of gutted and 79 boxes of 395 boxes of coley, 368 boxes of whiting boxes of cod, 299 boxes of gutted and round haddock, 640 boxes of monkfish, (120 rounders), 329 boxes of megrim, 22 boxes of round haddock, 242 boxes of 558 boxes of whiting (177 rounders), 514 321 boxes of hake, 115 boxes of cod, 108 hake, 226 boxes of megrim, 145 boxes of boxes of hake, 351 boxes of megrim, boxes of flatfish, 90 boxes of squid and 63 flatfish, 101 boxes of ling and 95 boxes 349 boxes of ling, 207 boxes of cod, 118 ‡ The trawlers Caspian K and Endeavour V landing alongside each boxes of ling. of squid. boxes of squid and 94 boxes of flatfish. other at Peterhead for last Monday’s market, having been built by At the start of last week at Peterhead, Eleven boats, Budding Rose, Sunrise, Last Thursday morning at Peterhead, Macduff Shipyards in 1997 and 2020. (Photo: Ryan Cordiner) large cod sold at £2.50-£3.80 per kg, Crystal River, Faithful, Victoria May, large/medium gutted haddock made medium £2.70-£3.85, selected £2.50- Virtuous, Karen Ann II, Shekinah, Fruitful £2.75-£3.25 per kg, selected £1.20- 70p, lemon sole 60p-£8.85, plaice 40p- total included 3,083 boxes of haddock £3.05 and small £2-£2.55. Large/medium Vine, Odyssey and Celestial Dawn, plus £3.50, small £1-£2.50, chippers 85p- £1, coley 60p-£1.25, ling 90p-£1.30, (134 rounders), 2,497 boxes of coley, gutted haddock made £1.90-£3.35, three consignments, landed 3,442 boxes £2.50, metros 40p-£1.50 and rounders hake 50p-£4.30 and squid 60p-£5.65 2,125 boxes of whiting (1,120 ungutted), selected £1-£3.50, small 70p-£2.25, to Peterhead market last Wednesday 40p. Large cod sold at £2.90-£3.15 per per kg. 1,982 boxes of monkfish, 1,125 boxes of chippers 85p-£2.25, metros 40p-£1.50 morning. This total included 988 boxes of kg, medium £2.15-£3.35 and selected Overall, 29 boats and 19 consignments cod, 1,090 boxes of hake, 914 boxes of and round haddock 50p per kg. Gutted gutted and 33 boxes of round haddock, £2.15-£2.45. Monkfish sold at 65p-£4, contributed to last week’s four-day total of megrim, 576 boxes of ling, 454 boxes of whiting were at 30p-£1.90 and round 772 boxes of whiting (572 rounders), gutted whiting 90p-£1.75, round whiting 15,178 boxes on Peterhead market. This flatfish and 345 boxes of squid. QUIET START TO WEEK IN SHETLAND HIGH WINDS KEEP DAY- The week started quietly in Shetland, when seven and four boats put ashore 731 and 760 BOATS IN AT BRIXHAM boxes respectively for the markets on Monday and Tuesday. Supplies Day-boats had to stay in for a large part of were both £25. increased on Wednesday morning last week at Brixham due to high winds. Mackerel 1s were £7, 2s were £4.40 and with 1,277 boxes from six boats, Total sales for the week were nevertheless 3s were £3.20. Megrim was £3.80 for 1s, before falling again on Thursday, expected to be in the region of £740,000. £3.20 for 2s, £2.60 for 3s, £2 for 4s, £1.70 when three boats landed 417 boxes, Over the first three markets last week, for 5s and £1.10 for 6s. Monkfish 1s averaged bringing the four-day total to 3,185 blondie wing 1s were £4.20, 2s £3.70, 3s £10.20, 2s £10.50, 3s £9.80, 4s £10, 5s boxes from 20 boats. £3.90 and 4s £3.30/kg. Bream 1s and 2s £8.50 and 6s £5.30. Grey mullet 1s and 2s At 44,961kg (including 12,219kg were £11, 3s £10.50 and 4s £5.50. Size 1 brill were £2.50. Red mullet sold at £13/kg for of rounders), whiting led the way on averaged £9.80/kg, 2s £10.60, 3s £11.30, 4s 1s, £10 for 2s and £5.40 for 3s. Octopus the four markets last week, followed £10.10 and 5s £6.80. averaged £2.40. by 24,206kg of monkfish, 12,072kg ‡ The Buckie trawler Transcend BF 61 making in to land at Cod averaged £5.20 for 1s and 2s, £4.40 Plaice 1s averaged £3.20/kg, £2.60 for 2s, of saithe, 11,078kg of haddock Scalloway towards the end of last month in poor weather. (Photo: for 3s, £2.80 for 4s and £2 for 5s. Coley made £2 for 3s, £1.80 for 4s and £1 for 5s. Pollack (of which 828kg were ungutted), Sydney Sinclair) £1.20 for 3s. Conger 1s and 2s were £1.50, 1s were £2.80, 2s £2.50, 3s £2 and 4s £1.80. 10,837kg of ling, 7,636kg of cod, and 3s were 50p. Large cuttlefish averaged Sand sole 1s were £6/kg and 2s £3.90. 6,807kg of megrim, 1,068kg of hake, included cod at £3.83 per kg, gutted monkfish £2.86, plaice £2.94, saithe £2.48 and small £2.02. Size 1 dabs were £4 Large scallops were £6.50 and small £3.30. 689kg of plaice and 425kg of lemon haddock £3.79, round haddock £1.01, £1.32, squid £4.66, turbot £13.44, and 2s 20p. John Dory 1s were £14.50, 2s Dover sole 1s averaged £7.70/kg, 2s £7.90, sole. hake £5, halibut £13.96, lemon sole gutted whiting £1.99 and round £13.90, 3s £13 and 4s £9.30. Red gurnard 1s 3s £8.50, 4s £8.30, 5s £7.40, 6s £6.80, 7s Top prices last week in Shetland £12.24, ling £1.17, megrim £7.10, whiting £1.13 per kg. made £3, 2s £2.40 and 3s 60p. £6.30, 8s £5.80, 9s £4.80 and 10s £3.90. Haddock 1s were £2.40, 2s £1.40, and 3s Squid 1s were £12 and 2s were £13. and 4s 20p. Hake 2s were £4.10, 3s £4.60, Thorny wings averaged £3.50 for 2s and 4s £4.50, 5s £3.60, 6s £2.80 and 7s £2.60. 3s, and £2.40 for 4s. Tubs were £3.20/kg for WIDE ARRAY OF SPECIES ON SALE AT NEWLYN Herring 1s were £1.20. Lemon sole averaged 1s and £2.70 for 2s. Turbot 1s averaged £12/ One beamer, one stern trawler and inshore boats supplied 0.1t of red mullet, 0.1t of turbot and 0.2t of whiting. Good £7.80/kg for 1s, £7.30 for 2s, £6 for 3s, £2.80 kg, 2s and 3s £11.60, 4s £12.10, 5s £14.40 last Monday’s auction at Newlyn with 27t. The highest- prices were achieved for most species. for 4s and 75p for 5s. Ling 1s and 2s were and 6s £12.60. Size 1 whiting averaged £2/ volume species were 1.2t of cuttlefish, 1.6t of Dover sole, Wednesday’s auction was supplied with a volume of 17.4t. £1.20 and 3s £1. Prime and large lobsters kg, 2s 80p, 3s 25p and 4s 20p. 6.5t of haddock, 0.8t of MSC hake, 0.2t of John Dory, 1.9t Contributing to the daily volume were 0.1t of cod, 0.2t of of lemon sole, 0.4t of ling, 4.1t of mackerel, 2.3t of megrim Dover sole, 2.1t of haddock, 6.8t of MSC hake, 0.4t of lemon sole, 1.9t of monkfish, 0.2t of sardines, 0.3t of plaice, 2.7t of sole, 0.6t of ling, 2.6t of mackerel, 0.1t of megrim sole, 0.4t of pollack, 0.5t of red mullet and 0.4t of whiting. monkfish, 0.2t of plaice, 2.6t of pollack and 0.1t of whiting. GOOD VARIETY AT LOWESTOFT Good prices were achieved for most species throughout Top prices from the morning were N1 lemon sole at £8.56/ Improved landings were seen at Lowestoft last size, and cod saw £3, with codling fetching the morning, with N1 megrim sole at £7.68/kg, N1 John Dory kg, N1 John Dory at £11.72/kg and LM mackerel at £4.49/kg. week, with the supplies from three local boats £1.20. Quality large monkfish made £5, turbot at £13.86/kg and N2 cod at £6/kg standing out. A volume of 12.1t was on display for Thursday’s auction, supplemented by a consignment of quality fish £13, brill £9.50 and halibut £13.20. A volume of 27.4t was landed for Tuesday’s auction from landed by two netters and one stern trawler. Notable high from North Shields. Also seen in small volumes were hake, two netters, two beamers and inshore boats. Standout volumes were 0.3t of cuttlefish, 0.1t of Dover sole, 1t of With 12 species on offer, good interest was which sold for £1, red mullet at £1.50, lemon volumes were 0.2t of brill, 0.2t of cod, 0.7t of cuttlefish, 2.4t haddock, 7t of MSC hake, 0.5t of lemon sole, 0.6t of ling, 0.1t seen from buyers, particularly at the Wednesday sole at £2, Dover sole at £9, and some small of Dover sole, 1.7t of haddock, 4.5t of MSC hake, 0.1t of John of mackerel, 0.6t of megrim sole, 0.3t of monkfish, 0.6t of auction. Eight tonnes of herring were sold, most John Dory at £2. With the conditions for fishing Dory, 1.5tg of lemon sole, 0.4t of ling, 1.7t of mackerel, 4.7t of pollack, 0.1t of red mullet, 0.2t of smooth hounds and 0.3t of at 50p per kg, with some best selected seeing deteriorating later in the week, a window in the megrim sole, 3.3t of monkfish, 0.3t of plaice, 0.9t of pollack, whiting. £1. Skate saw prices of up to £3.50 for the larger weather was hoped for early this week. 22 PORTS AND PRICES Visit us at fishingnews.co.uk and on Twitter @YourFishingNews 18 March 2021

PETERHEAD, WEEK Avg Max Max, Max, mth HANTSHOLM, WEEK Kg Avg Avg, Avg, 6m BRIXHAM, WEEK TO Kg Avg Avg, Avg, yr NEWLYN, WEEK KG Avg KG Avg TO 11 MARCH price/kg price/kg wk ago wk ago TO 11 MARCH landed price/kg wk ago ago 11 MARCH landed price/kg wk ago ago TO 11 MARCH Landed price/kg wk ago wk ago Catfish £2.00 £1.92 £3.00 £3.00 Catfish (1) 204 44.18 £5.30 £4.30 Brill (1) 595 £9.58 £8.89 £15.44 Blonde ray (2) 50 £1.71 18 £2.17 Cod (A1) £3.50 £2.56 £5.32 £5.32 Cod (0) 2,447 21.98 £2.64 £2.71 Brill (2) 449 £10.53 £9.92 £12.67 Brill (1) 63 £9.44 7 £9.87 Brill (2) 43 £9.92 5 £11.37 Cod (A2) £4.23 £2.46 £5.96 £5.96 Brill (3) 619 £11.13 £10.73 £11.38 Cod (1) 11,237 21.34 £2.56 £2.68 Brill (3) 48 £10.20 25 £5.03 Cod (A3) £3.57 £2.58 £5.21 £5.21 Brill (4) 640 £9.96 £10.60 £9.88 Cod (2) 26,737 22.91 £2.75 £2.86 Brill (5) 81 £6.53 £5.12 £7.64 Brill (4) 72 £9.26 30 £5.70 Cod (A4) £2.88 £2.26 £4.22 £4.22 Cod (3) 23,184 31.73 £3.81 £4.15 Cock crabs 269 £5.60 £5.35 £6.01 Cod (1) 25 £4.21 31 £5.50 Cod (A5) £2.74 £2.08 £3.73 £3.73 Cod (2) 68 £4.18 5 £4.80 Cod (4) 12,098 32.08 £3.85 £4.33 Cod (1) 36 £4.96 £4.99 £5.42 Haddock (A1) £3.02 £2.19 £2.96 £2.96 Cod (2) 200 £5.03 £4.41 £5.32 Cod (3) 198 £4.44 - - Cod (5) 3,651 32.02 £3.84 £3.73 Haddock (A2) £3.17 £1.35 £3.75 £3.75 Cod (3) 424 £4.14 £3.63 £4.91 Cod (4) 33 £2.58 410 £2.25 Haddock (A3) £2.24 £1.08 £2.94 £2.94 Haddock (1) 16,386 16.81 £2.02 £2.47 Conger (1) 180 £3.05 £1.92 £1.47 Cuttlefish (0.5kg+) 1,863 £2.40 33 £9.13 Cuttlefish (0-0.5kg) 282 £1.98 87 £9.16 Haddock chippers (A4) £2.24 £0.84 £2.64 £2.64 Haddock (2) 6,336 12.01 £1.44 £1.54 Conger (2) 29 £1.66 £1.76 £1.37 Conger (3) 93 £0.75 £0.28 £0.83 Dover sole (1) 245 £7.12 201 £9.30 Haddock metros (A4) £1.44 £0.40 £1.55 £1.55 Haddock (3) 3,280 8.77 £1.05 £1.03 Dover sole (2) 391 £8.08 80 £7.76 Cuttlefish (1) 33,415 £2.48 £2.33 £2.44 Hake (A1) £4.55 £2.85 £6.43 £6.43 Dover sole (3) 992 £8.41 14 £6.30 Haddock (4) 127 3 £0.36 £0.43 Cuttlefish (2) 5,522 £2.02 £1.95 £1.54 Hake (A2) £4.04 £1.98 £5.59 £5.59 Dover sole (4) 815 £6.16 2 £4.75 Hake (0) 1,682 51.86 £6.22 £7.27 Dogfish 6,875 £0.25 £0.25 £0.25 Hake (A3) £2.31 £1.13 £4.44 £4.44 Dover sole (5) 327 £5.51 3 £2.07 Gurnard (2) 173 £3.27 £2.62 £5.23 Hake (1) 3,126 31 £3.72 £4.50 Dover sole (6) 83 £4.97 - - Hake (A4) £1.65 £0.90 £2.95 £2.95 Gurnard (4) 10,045 £0.60 £0.60 £0.60 Hake (2) 4,732 27.3 £3.27 £3.60 Dover sole (7) 83 £2.08 304 £3.55 Hake (A5) £1.04 £0.81 £4.00 £4.00 Haddock (1) 2,432 £2.29 £3.24 £2.85 Haddock (1) 851 £2.54 451 £1.70 Lemon sole (A1) £8.17 £8.17 - - Hake (3) 2,388 18.15 £2.18 £2.30 Haddock (2) 1,046 £1.38 £1.97 £2.59 Haddock (2) 2,701 £1.89 13 £3.91 Lemon sole (A2) £7.84 £4.76 £8.09 £8.09 Lemon sole (1) 86 52.44 £6.29 £8.72 Haddock (3) 911 £0.21 £0.53 £1.40 Haddock (3) 2,519 £1.27 - - Lemon sole (A3) £2.85 £1.28 £5.00 £5.00 Lemon sole (2) 270 46.78 £5.61 £6.74 Hake (1) 29 £5.42 £3.25 £5.96 Hake (1) 217 £3.90 37 £4.11 Hake (2) 68 £4.04 £3.58 £5.24 Ling (A1) £1.31 £1.06 £1.67 £1.67 Lemon sole (3) 567 28.41 £3.41 £3.32 Hake (2) 552 £3.87 101 £3.55 Ling (A2) £1.63 £1.47 £2.53 £2.53 Hake (3) 333 £4.44 £3.76 £5.30 Hake (3) 1,645 £3.57 441 £3.29 Ling (1) 6,861 14.29 £1.71 £2.23 Hake (4) 1,105 £4.45 £3.66 £5.33 Ling (A3) £1.59 £1.39 £2.54 £2.54 Hake (4) 3,678 £3.37 441 £3.29 Hake (5) 2,625 £3.58 £3.85 £5.18 Megrim (A1) £5.40 £2.62 £6.48 £6.48 Ling (2) 6,644 14.61 £1.75 £2.57 Hake (5) 9,436 £2.91 351 £2.38 Hake (6) 8,151 £2.71 £4.11 £4.78 Megrim (A2) £3.09 £2.05 £4.41 £4.41 Ling (3) 2,886 14.66 £1.76 £2.34 Hake (6) 2,346 £2.34 13 £3.91 Hake (7) 2,428 £2.39 £2.77 £3.47 Hake * 217 £3.90 13 £3.91 Megrim (A3) £2.46 £1.18 £3.67 £3.67 Megrim 7,169 19.51 £2.34 £4.38 Hen crabs 97 £2.68 £2.77 £2.44 John Dory (2) 70 £12.55 29 £9.68 Megrim (A4) £1.25 £0.61 £2.81 £2.81 Monkfish (1) 2,235 35.8 £4.29 £2.90 John Dory (1) 14 £14.13 £15.79 £15.43 John Dory (3) 99 £10.90 112 £9.55 Megrim (A4) £1.83 £1.09 £3.08 £3.08 Monkfish (2) 4,200 32.03 £3.84 £3.24 John Dory (2) 21 £13.71 £15.77 £15.72 John Dory (4) 49 £5.91 34 £9.08 Monkfish (A1) £3.02 £2.25 £2.77 £2.77 John Dory (3) 20 £12.81 £14.91 £12.30 Monkfish (3) 6,186 30.95 £3.71 £3.67 Lemon sole (1) 49 £6.62 34 £7.59 Monkfish (A2) £3.10 £2.42 £2.82 £2.82 Lemon sole (1) 714 £7.56 £9.22 £11.32 Lemon sole (2) 206 £6.57 89 £4.87 Monkfish (4) 5,104 27.35 £3.28 £3.90 Monkfish (A3) £2.18 £2.36 £3.02 £3.02 Lemon sole (2) 501 £7.15 £9.10 £11.26 Lemon sole (3) 665 £5.48 23 £0.73 Lemon sole (3) 1,240 £5.85 £6.55 £9.77 Monkfish (A4) £2.75 £1.96 £2.73 £2.73 Monkfish (5) 1,262 17.56 £2.11 £2.73 Lemon sole (4) 1,667 £2.52 27 £0.91 Lemon sole (4) 4,515 £2.65 £2.89 £4.10 Lemon sole (5) 763 £0.52 211 £1.17 Monkfish (A5) £2.16 £1.20 £2.14 £2.14 Plaice (1) 565 17.78 £2.13 £3.86 Lemon sole (5) 3,158 £0.74 £0.68 £1.94 Ling (1) 437 £1.00 - - Plaice (A1) £1.95 £1.85 - - Plaice (2) 856 23.85 £2.86 £5.33 Line mackerel (1) 6 £6.78 - £5.81 Ling (2) 1,230 £1.02 - - Plaice (A2) £1.20 £1.20 £1.36 £1.36 Plaice (3) 1,046 21.54 £2.58 £4.33 Line mackerel (2) 6 £4.26 £6.24 £5.70 Ling (3) 68 £1.01 255 £5.14 Plaice (A3) £1.19 £0.66 £0.87 £0.87 Plaice (4) 3,596 13.07 £1.57 £1.76 Line mackerel (3) 52 £3.21 £3.94 £2.26 Mackerel, whole (1) 4 £4.99 2,016 £2.64 Plaice (A4) £1.13 £0.50 £1.13 £1.13 Lobster 134 £24.75 £25.74 £24.75 Mackerel, whole (2) 331 £3.90 616 £0.62 Pollack (2) 598 32.27 £3.87 £4.07 Pollack (A1) £2.08 £2.08 - - Monkfish tails (1) 21 £10.07 £9.65 £16.75 Mackerel, whole (3) 1,589 £2.03 193 £7.77 Pollack (3) 1,342 32.67 £3.92 £4.42 Pollack (A2) £2.36 £1.91 £2.50 £2.50 Monkfish tails (2) 410 £10.28 £10.11 £17.38 Mackerel, whole (4) 1,308 £0.63 369 £7.19 Megrim (1) 314 £5.56 474 £6.21 Pollack (A3) £2.06 £1.85 £1.88 £1.88 Pollack (4) 67 25.75 £3.09 £3.24 Monkfish tails (3) 1,499 £9.63 £9.65 £14.11 Monkfish tails (4) 1,523 £9.79 £9.85 £11.11 Megrim (2) 766 £4.40 530 £4.45 Pollack (A4) £2.00 £2.00 - - Saithe (1) 24,461 9.28 £1.11 £1.38 Monkfish tails (5) 1,583 £8.32 £8.31 £9.31 Megrim (3) 991 £3.64 568 £3.62 Round Haddock £24.20 £0.44 £0.97 £0.97 Saithe (2) 86,067 9.34 £1.12 £1.35 Monkfish tails (6) 496 £5.11 £5.30 £6.56 Megrim (4) 1,273 £3.10 357 £2.49 Turbot £11.25 £8.10 £9.09 £9.09 Saithe (3) 109,290 10.48 £1.26 £1.41 Octopus 2,353 £2.28 £2.07 £2.02 Megrim (5) 1,936 £1.71 - - Whiting (A2) £1.67 £1.06 £2.01 £2.01 Saithe (4) 70,568 10.36 £1.24 £1.46 Plaice (1) 444 £3.10 £3.44 £3.93 Megrim (6) 963 £1.21 31 £9.86 Whiting (A3) £0.78 £0.65 £1.99 £1.99 Plaice (2) 880 £2.58 £2.71 £3.31 Monkfish tails (1) 35 £8.94 263 £9.62 Squid 1,040 24.19 £2.90 £2.63 Whiting (A4) £1.18 £0.60 £1.54 £1.54 Plaice (3) 1,308 £1.93 £2.09 £3.05 Monkfish tails (2) 660 £9.17 524 £9.55 Turbot (1) 32 86.41 £10.37 £10.27 Monkfish tails (3) 1,240 £9.28 231 £8.37 Whiting (round) £0.85 £0.50 £1.39 £1.39 Plaice (4) 1,142 £1.71 £1.80 £2.32 Turbot (2) 34 84.59 £10.15 £12.63 Plaice (5) 5,544 £0.99 £1.10 £1.55 Monkfish tails (4) 1,199 £9.63 38 £5.35 SHETLAND, WEEK Kg Avg Avg, Avg, yr Pollock (1) 598 £2.75 £3.06 £4.71 Monkfish tails (5) 1,034 £8.39 53 £4.78 TO 11 MARCH landed price/kg wk ago ago Turbot (3) 99 81.49 £9.78 £11.70 Pollock (2) 3,225 £2.33 £2.53 £4.31 Monkfish tails (6) 296 £5.37 - - Turbot (4) 164 56.01 £6.72 £7.36 Monkfish tails (7) 192 £4.98 30 £2.64 Turbot 7 £13.44 £11.58 £14.52 Pollock (3) 3,090 £1.99 £2.23 £3.47 Octopus (2) 167 £2.45 51 £3.05 Whiting (1) 1,191 11.7 £1.40 £1.48 Ray wings (blonde, 1) 515 £4.10 £4.72 £6.34 John Dory 12 £5.87 £4.95 £7.22 Octopus (3) 20 £2.30 20 £3.25 Whiting (2) 3,381 7.82 £0.94 £1.26 Ray wings (blonde, 2) 1,405 £3.54 £3.30 £5.84 Halibut (4) 17 £12.06 £12.24 £10.79 Plaice (1) 114 £2.63 14 £4.02 Ray wings (blonde, 3) 837 £3.88 £3.12 £5.82 Whiting (3) 332 3.18 £0.38 £0.95 Plaice (2) 61 £2.25 61 £2.05 Whiting (4) 21 £0.29 £0.63 £1.63 Ray wings (small eye, 2) 11 £2.71 - £4.32 Plaice (3) 90 £1.88 30 £0.98 Halibut (3) 23 £13.68 £12.81 £13.19 Witch (1) 758 34.03 £4.08 £5.05 Ray wings (small eye, 3) 9 £1.88 £2.75 £4.55 Plaice (4) 84 £1.37 - - Lemon sole (2) 29 £11.45 £11.87 £11.26 Witch (2) 3,625 21.78 £2.61 £4.16 Ray wings (thornback, 2) 85 £3.13 £2.85 £5.01 Plaice (5) 94 £0.96 74 £2.42 Hake (2) 43 £4.88 £5.76 £5.46 Witch (3) 1,230 8.34 £1.00 £1.65 Ray wings (thornback, 3) 322 £3.20 £2.65 £4.99 Pollack, lythe (1) 134 £2.08 166 £2.19 Skate, roker 49 £1.21 £1.74 £1.43 Ray wings (thornback, 4) 961 £2.05 £2.59 £3.05 Pollack, lythe (2) 1,201 £1.98 5 £0.56 ICELAND, WEEK Kg Avg Avg, Avg, yr Red mullet (1) 969 £2.84 £4.52 £4.70 Cod (6) 52 £1.80 £1.29 £2.93 Pollack, lythe (3) 450 £2.01 74 £2.42 TO 11 MARCH landed price/kg wk ago ago Red mullet (2) 52 £3.23 £4.90 £4.78 Plaice (2) 138 £2.54 £2.87 £3.02 Pollack, lythe (4) 6 £0.23 - - Arctic charr fillets (skin on) 80 1,445kr. £8.11 £8.05 Red mullet (3) 57 £12.95 £13.04 £11.75 Pollack, lythe * 134 £2.08 - - Hake (3) 168 £4.04 £4.79 £4.46 Blue ling (gutted) 50 26kr. £0.15 £0.15 Round pouting 5,053 £0.18 £0.17 £0.38 Pollack, lythe chunks 26 £1.64 - - Plaice (3) 175 £1.45 £2.46 £2.42 Catfish (gutted) 15,318 149kr. £0.83 £1.08 Scallop (2) 9,639 £1.48 £1.38 £2.16 Saithe (2) 8 £2.00 - - Catfish 187 £2.10 £2.72 £2.84 Catfish (ungutted) 461 111kr. £0.62 £0.83 Scallop meat 850 £12.75 £12.78 £12.43 Saithe (3) 5 £2.08 - - Lemon sole (4) 235 £4.37 £5.29 £7.54 Cod (large, gutted) 79,308 308kr. £1.73 £2.08 Sole (1) 1,761 £7.51 £7.45 £13.81 Spurdog, whole (1.5-3kg) 11 £1.73 - - Sole (2) 3,219 £7.79 £7.87 £17.85 Cod (5) 299 £2.37 £2.62 £3.27 Cod (large, ungutted) 14,178 279kr. £1.57 £1.79 Spurdog, whole (3kg+) 45 £2.00 18 £0.87 Cod (small, gutted) 245 196kr. £1.10 £1.17 Sole (3) 3,297 £8.44 £8.49 £19.29 Tope, whole (1) 63 £1.43 - - Plaice (4) 376 £0.14 £0.39 £1.24 Sole (4) 5,178 £8.20 £8.28 £18.89 Cod (small, ungutted) 1,492 155kr. £0.87 £1.21 Tope, whole (2) 59 £1.09 7 £13.64 Haddock (1) 595 £3.38 £3.26 £2.72 Sole (5) 3,327 £7.25 £7.26 £15.38 Cod fillets (skinless) 92 723kr. £4.06 - Turbot (1) 35 £10.64 11 £13.60 Haddock (round) 828 £1.01 - £1.62 Sole (6) 3,499 £6.69 £6.59 £13.10 Turbot (2) 24 £10.61 6 £12.95 Greenland halibut (gutted) 345 420kr. £2.36 - Squid (1) 15 £12.78 £12.93 £11.94 Turbot (3) 34 £11.02 4 £13.33 Hake (4) 857 £1.72 £2.57 £2.91 Haddock (large, gutted) 41,661 310kr. £1.74 £1.34 Squid (2) 95 £12.45 £11.13 £11.33 Turbot (4) 50 £11.38 - - Haddock (2) 934 £3.42 £3.06 £3.06 Haddock (large, ungutted) 9,405 320kr. £1.79 £1.52 Squid (mix) 74 £10.41 £8.81 £10.03 Turbot (5) 33 £12.50 98 £2.27 Monkfish (6) 938 £0.71 £0.79 £1.52 Haddock (small, gutted) 11 10kr. £0.06 £0.92 Turbot (1) 135 £11.79 £11.15 £24.16 Whiting (1) 496 £1.57 - - Monkfish (1) 1,038 £2.31 £2.04 £3.89 Haddock (small, ungutted) 600 158kr. £0.89 £0.66 Turbot (2) 209 £11.49 £11.30 £19.27 Whiting (2) 188 £0.46 - - Cod (4) 1,199 £2.73 £4.18 £3.46 Halibut (gutted) 461 740kr. £4.15 £3.11 Turbot (3) 271 £11.45 £11.49 £19.27 Lemon sole (gutted) 1,237 625kr. £3.50 £3.22 LOWESTOFT, WEEK TO Avg Avg, 4WA Monkfish (5) 1,324 £1.64 £2.15 £3.05 Turbot (4) 475 £11.93 £11.78 £15.99 11 MARCH Price/kg price/kg mth ago yr ago Ling (gutted) 3,857 122kr. £0.69 £1.11 Turbot (5) 616 £14.27 £13.21 £13.09 Lythe 1,696 £1.92 £1.98 £3.19 Brill £8.00 £9.50 £0.00 £14.50 Ling (ungutted) 3,104 171kr. £0.96 £1.08 Turbot (6) 218 £12.54 £12.64 £10.59 Megrim (3) 1,787 £3.24 £4.83 £5.51 Cod £1.20 £3.00 £0.00 £4.75 Monkfish (gutted) 484 747kr. £4.19 £4.41 Whelks 94 £1.71 - £1.93 Haddock (3) 1,889 £2.91 £2.20 £2.90 Dover sole £5.00 £9.00 £0.00 £16.50 Plaice (gutted) 14,184 267kr. £1.50 £2.00 Whiting (1) 277 £1.89 £1.94 £3.20 Megrim (4) 2,367 £2.09 £3.92 £3.81 Hake £1.00 £1.00 £0.00 - Redfish (ungutted) 43,446 169kr. £0.95 £1.29 Whiting (2) 262 £0.69 £1.17 £2.39 Halibut £13.00 £13.20 £0.00 £13.25 Cod (3) 2,461 £3.20 £4.55 £3.87 Saithe (gutted) 9,363 132kr. £0.74 £0.98 Whiting (3) 390 £0.23 £0.57 £1.78 Herring £0.50 £1.00 £0.00 £1.01 Skate 2,560 £0.71 £1.06 £1.88 Saithe (ungutted) 2,215 141kr. £0.79 £0.76 GRIMSBY, WEEK TO Avg Avg, 4WA John Dory £2.00 £2.00 £0.00 £0.00 Saithe (2) 2,609 £0.78 £0.91 £1.71 Skate (gutted) 638 78kr. £0.44 £0.48 10 MARCH Price/kg price/kg yr ago yr ago Lemon sole £2.00 £2.00 £0.00 £7.00 Spotted catfish (gutted) 1,235 219kr. £1.23 £1.34 Monkfish £2.00 £5.00 £0.00 £4.50 Megrim (2) 2,653 £4.82 £5.87 £6.79 Haddock (450 - 650) £1.40 £1.40 £1.60 £1.60 Spotted catfish (ungutted) 7 52kr. £0.29 - Red Mullet £1.50 £1.50 £0.00 - Squid 2,792 £3.39 £1.51 £2.93 Haddock (651 - 900) £1.60 £1.60 £2.00 £2.00 Tusk (gutted) 7,478 70kr. £0.39 £0.05 Skate £1.50 £3.50 £0.00 £3.13 Cod (2) 2,831 £3.47 £4.57 £4.12 Cod (large) £2.20 £2.20 £2.00 £2.00 Tusk (gutted) 7,478 70kr. £0.39 £0.05 Turbot £11.00 £13.00 £0.00 £14.50 Haddock (4) 2,874 £2.81 £2.23 £3.01 Haddock (1351 - 1800) £2.20 £2.20 £2.00 £2.00 Tusk (ungutted) 1,385 53kr. £0.30 £0.33 Haddock (1101 - 1350) £2.20 £2.20 £2.00 £2.00 Haddock (5) 3,130 £1.06 £1.62 £1.94 SCRABSTER, WEEK TO Avg Avg, 4WA Whiting (gutted) 683 119kr. £0.67 £0.66 Cod (Xl large) £2.30 £2.30 £2.40 £2.40 9 MARCH Price/kg price/kg mth ago yr ago Saithe (4) 4,053 £0.88 £1.11 £1.60 Whiting (ungutted) 290 75kr. £0.42 £0.04 Haddock (2300+) £2.30 £2.30 £2.40 £2.40 Hake £1.00 £1.89 £5.17 £4.27 Saithe (3) 5,410 £0.93 £1.05 £1.66 Witch (gutted) 33 182kr. £1.02 - Haddock (1801 - 2300) £2.30 £2.30 £2.20 £2.20 Halibut £13.46 £13.46 £13.53 £10.95 Monkfish (2) 5,587 £2.42 £2.44 £4.44 Witch (ungutted) 191 135kr. £0.76 £1.12 Haddock (901-1100) £2.30 £2.30 £2.10 £2.10 Lemon sole (medium) £3.00 £3.00 Lemon sole £2.25 £3.57 £10.00 £6.39 Monkfish (4) 6,296 £2.49 £2.49 £4.39 NORWAY, WEEK TO Avg Avg, 4WA Plaice (large) £1.20 £1.20 Ling £1.00 £1.18 £2.15 £2.36 Monkfish (3) 9,023 £2.60 £2.58 £4.58 5 MARCH Price/kg price/kg mth ago yr ago Plaice (small) £1.40 £1.40 Megrims £0.47 £2.66 £6.25 £5.52 Plaice (medium) £1.80 £1.80 £2.00 £2.00 Monkfish £1.70 £2.32 £2.80 £4.43 Ling 10,837 £0.98 £2.44 £2.46 Blue whiting 2.33 £0.20 2.48 £0.21 Whiting, round 12,219 £0.77 £1.02 £1.52 Cod (medium) £2.00 £2.00 £1.80 £1.80 Saithe £0.80 £0.88 £1.38 - Horse mackerel 11.5 £0.97 11.5 £0.97 Cod (best small) £2.40 £2.40 £1.50 £1.50 Squid £0.50 £0.50 £2.67 £4.92 Whiting (3) 14,515 £0.93 £1.29 £2.14 Mackerel 7.65 £0.65 9.49 £0.80 Haddock (0-450) £1.00 £1.00 Turbot £10.00 £10.00 £14.59 Whiting (2) 18,206 £1.22 £1.78 £2.69 Norway spawn herring 8.06 £0.68 7.69 £0.65 Lemon sole (large) £5.50 £5.50 Whiting £0.50 £0.98 £1.60 £2.10 18 March 2021 Join Fishing News on Facebook http://on.fb.me/fishingnews PORTS AND PRICES 23

UK monthly demersal fish landings and prices, last two years

UK haddock landings into UK ports UK cod landings into UK ports UK monkfish landings into UK ports 4,000 2.00 3,500 4.00 3,000 4.50 1.80 3.50 4.00 3,000 2,500 1.60 3.00 3.50 3,000 2,500 1.40 2,000 3.00 2.50 1.20 2,000 2.50 2,000 1.00 2.00 1,500 1,500 2.00 0.80 1.50 1,000 1.50 0.60 1,000 1,000 1.00 1.00 Landings (t, left scale) 0.40 500 Landings (t, left scale) 500 Landings (t, left scale) Price per kg (right scale) 0.50 Price per kg (right scale) 0.50 0.20 Price per kg (right scale) - 0.00 - 0.00 - 0.00 Jan-19 May-19 Sep-19 Jan-20 May-20 Sep-20 Jan-19 May-19 Sep-19 Jan-20 May-20 Sep-20 Jan-19 May-19 Sep-19 Jan-20 May-20 Sep-20 UK hake landings into UK ports UK sole landings into UK ports UK whiting landings into UK ports 2,000 4.20 250 15.00 1,800 2.10

1.80 3.50 1,500 1,600 200 12.00 1.50 2.80 1,200 1,200 150 9.00 1.20 2.10 900 0.90 800 100 6.00 1.40 600 0.60 50 400 3.00 Landings (t, left scale) 0.70 Landings (t, left scale) 300 Landings (t, left scale) 0.30 Price per kg (right scale) Price per kg (right scale) Price per kg (right scale) - 0.00 - 0.00 - 0.00 Jan-19 May-19 Sep-19 Jan-20 May-20 Sep-20 Jan-19 May-19 Sep-19 Jan-20 May-20 Sep-20 Jan-19 May-19 Sep-19 Jan-20 May-20 Sep-20

UK saithe landings into UK ports UK plaice landings into UK ports UK megrim landings into UK ports 1,600 1.80 1,000 2.50 450 4.50 400 4.00 1.50 800 2.00 350 3.50 1,200 1.20 300 3.00 600 1.50 250 2.50 800 0.90 200 2.00 400 1.00 0.60 150 1.50 400 200 0.50 100 1.00 Landings (t, left scale) 0.30 Landings (t, left scale) 50 Landings (t, left scale) 0.50 Price per kg (right scale) Price per kg (right scale) Price per kg (right scale) - 0.00 - 0.00 - 0.00 Jan-19 May-19 Sep-19 Jan-20 May-20 Sep-20 Jan-19 May-19 Sep-19 Jan-20 May-20 Sep-20 Jan-19 May-19 Sep-19 Jan-20 May-20 Sep-20

UK ling landings into UK ports UK lemon sole landings into UK ports UK turbot landings into UK ports 800 2.40 350 7.00 100 20.00 Landings (t, left scale) 700 2.10 300 Price per kg (right scale) 6.00 80 16.00 600 1.80 250 5.00

500 1.50 60 200 4.00 12.00 400 1.20 150 3.00 40 8.00 300 0.90 100 2.00 200 0.60 20 4.00 Landings (t, left scale) 50 1.00 Landings (t, left scale) 100 0.30 Price per kg (right scale) Price per kg (right scale) - 0.00 - 0.00 - 0.00 Jan-19 May-19 Sep-19 Jan-20 May-20 Sep-20 Jan-19 May-19 Sep-19 Jan-20 May-20 Sep-20 Jan-19 May-19 Sep-19 Jan-20 May-20 Sep-20 UK bass landings into UK ports UK pollack landings into UK ports UK skate landings into UK ports 90 14.00 250 4.50 350 1.60

80 4.00 12.00 300 1.40 200 70 3.50 1.20 10.00 250 60 3.00 150 1.00 50 8.00 2.50 200 0.80 40 6.00 2.00 150 100 0.60 30 1.50 100 4.00 0.40 20 50 1.00 Landings (t, left scale) Landings (t, left scale) 2.00 Landings (t, left scale) 50 0.20 10 Price per kg (right scale) 0.50 Price per kg (right scale) Price per kg (right scale) - 0.00 - 0.00 - 0.00 Jan-19 May-19 Sep-19 Jan-20 May-20 Sep-20 Jan-19 May-19 Sep-19 Jan-20 May-20 Sep-20 Jan-19 May-19 Sep-19 Jan-20 May-20 Sep-20

UK brill landings into UK ports UK halibut landings into UK ports UK gurnard landings into UK ports 40 10.00 35 10.50 300 1.50 9.00 30 9.00 250 1.25 8.00 30 25 7.50 7.00 200 1.00 6.00 20 6.00 20 5.00 150 0.75 15 4.50 4.00 100 0.50 3.00 10 3.00 10 2.00 Landings (t, left scale) Landings (t, left scale) 50 5 1.50 Landings (t, left scale) 0.25 Price per kg (right scale) 1.00 Price per kg (right scale) Price per kg (right scale) - 0.00 - 0.00 - 0.00 Jan-19 May-19 Sep-19 Jan-20 May-20 Sep-20 Jan-19 May-19 Sep-19 Jan-20 May-20 Sep-20 Jan-19 May-19 Sep-19 Jan-20 May-20 Sep-20 Source: MMO 24 CLASSIFIEDS/PUBLIC NOTICES Visit us at fishingnews.co.uk and on Twitter @YourFishingNews 18 March 2021 CLASSIFIEDS INSURANCE TRAWLER DOORS LICENCES FOR SALE HATCHES PROPELLERS NOZZLES We provide competitive quotations for fishing BISON TRAWL DOORS OCEAN BLUE QUOTA COMPANY vessels, charter boats, work boats, and private craft. Sales:Sales 01751O ce 433039: 01751 433039 or • Fishing Licences • Quota • Valuations BT Marine Propellers We also offer commercial insurance for marine trades. Email: [email protected] propellerS & STerNGeAr or 07825 772659 Contact us: sterngear up to 8” diameter Email:Technical [email protected] Service: re-pitching & re-furbishment T: 01779 490500 noZZLes & props suppLied Marine Insurance Brokers. TechnicalJohn, home Services: tel: 01439 770219 E: [email protected] cutLess bearings from stocK John,Mobile: home 07410 tel: 01439 692988 770219 propeLLers & shafts in stocK Tel: 01736 360808 – Email: [email protected] – www.croweltd.co.uk www.fishquota.net PROPULSIONswift industria TECHNOLOGYL units 10 CENTRE & 11, Authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority No. 595866 Email: [email protected]@aol.com greenhiBLACK LLSWAN way, ROAD, Kingsteignton, DAWLISH newtonDEVON, abbot, EX7 tq120GF 3sh Tel:Tel 0162601626 864378 368484 Morgan Marine LEADING MARINE INSURANCE PROVIDERS nsurance Email: [email protected] FISHING EQUIPMENT Competitive premiums for Commercial fishing vessels, LET workboats, Charter boats, marine trades FREE! Call now for a quote or visit us online Tel: 01277 224440 SELL YOUR BOAT www.morganmarineinsurance.co.uk Auto-line systems Now you can Line Haulers MARINE & SAFETY EQUIPMENT Baiting Systems sell your boat Line Preparers Lines and Hooks and equipment Jigging Machines absolutely free Tel. Stuart Balfour 07818864265 of charge in NOZZLES & PROPELLERS Fishing News. † Don’t miss this great opportunity to showcase your boat in the UK’s premier industry newspaper. The Boathouse † All you have to do is complete 20 Erith High Street • Erith • Kent DA8 1QY Tel: +44(0) 1322 346346 the form in the READERS FREE ADS pages at the back of Fax: +44(0) 1322 347346 ADVERTISING DOESN’T COST Fishing News or email fi shing@kelseyclassifi eds.co.uk Email: [email protected] and don’t forget to include a photograph of the boat you www.kortpropulsion.com are selling. Experience † Or go to facebook “Fishing News Buy & Sell” where it... IT PAYS supplying your contact details. PLEASE CALL TALK MEDIA SALES ON 01732 445325 ...counts

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media media media TURN TO The vessel’s fuel capacity will be 50,000 TURN TO TURN TO The vessel’s fuel capacity will be 50,000The vessel’s fuel capacity will be 50,000 PAGE 2 FOR litres. A double bottom tank under the KELSEY fishingnews.co.uk PAGE 2 FOR PAGE 2 FOR litres. A double bottom tank under thelitres. A double bottom tank under the KELSEY fishingnews.co.uk KELSEY fishingnews.co.uk THE FULL fishroom floor will allow 16,000 litres of THE FULL THE FULL fishroom floor will allow 16,000 litresfishroom of floor will allow 16,000 litres of SAVESAVE £££ £££s sOFF OFF THE THE SAVE £££s OFF THE REPORT freshwater to be carried, along with 20,000 REPORT REPORT freshwater to be carried, along with freshwater20,000 to be carried, along with 20,000 litres of processing water servingFOREIGN the ice CREWS STRANDED litres of processing water servingFOREIGN thelitres ice of processing water servingFOREIGN the ice CREWS CREWS STRANDED STRANDED machines in the forepeak. machines in the forepeak. machines in the forepeak. Four two-berth cabins, together with TURN TO PAGE 2 FOR THE FULL REPORT Four two-berth cabins, together withFour two-berth cabins,TURN together TOwith PAGETURN 2 FOR TO THE PAGE FULL 2 FORREPORT THE FULL REPORT the galley, messroom and TV lounge, will the galley, messroom and TV lounge,the will galley, messroom and TV lounge, will SUPERTRAWLER INVASION be situated at main deck level. An ensuite SUPERTRAWLERSUPERTRAWLER INVASION INVASION be situated at main deck level. An ensuitebe situated at main deck level. An ensuite 700-mile kayaker raises skipper’s cabin will be positioned Georginaon the of Ladram’s maiden 700-mile kayaker700-mile raises kayaker raises skipper’s cabin will be positioned Georginaonskipper’s the cabin will be positioned of Georginaon theLadram’s of maiden Ladram’s maiden port side of the trawl deck. port side of the trawl deck. port side of the trawl deck. Galway fishermen who saved £9,000+ for Mission The new Courageous will replace the Galway fishermenGalway whofishermen saved who£9,000+ saved for Mission£9,000+ for Mission The new Courageous will replace theThe new Courageous will replace the owners’ single-rig trawler of the sametrip benefits Brixham Mission owners’ single-rig trawler of the sametripowners’ single-rigbenefits trawler of the sametrip Brixham benefits Mission Brixham Mission paddleboarders hailed as heroes ‡ … before being smoothly lowered into name, which they bought in 2015 as paddleboarderspaddleboarders hailed as heroes hailed as heroes ‡ … before being smoothly lowered‡ into… before name,being smoothlywhich they lowered bought intoin 2015 asname, which they bought in 2015 as the water. Guardian Angell LK 272. The 26.5m the water. the water. Guardian Angell LK 272. The 26.5mGuardian Angell LK 272. The 26.5m Courageous was built at Campbeltown Courageous was built at CampbeltownCourageous was built at Campbeltown reduction gearbox and a matching Heimdal Shipyard as Guardian Angell K 535 for reduction gearbox and a matching Heimdalreduction gearboxShipyard and as a matchingGuardian HeimdalAngell K 535 Shipyardfor as Guardian Angell K 535 for 2,800mm-diameter CP propeller in a high- Orkney skipper Balfour Bain and partners in 2,800mm-diameter CP propeller in a2,800mm-diameter high- Orkney CP skipper propeller Balfour in a Bainhigh- and partnersOrkney in skipper Balfour Bain and partners in efficiency nozzle. Two Mitsubishi 6D24 1992. efficiency nozzle. Two Mitsubishi 6D24efficiency nozzle.1992. Two Mitsubishi 6D24 1992. COVERCOVER PRICE PRICE ‡ A heavy-lift floating crane takes the strain as the new Whalsay whitefish trawler ‡ A heavy-lift floating crane takes‡ Athe heavy-lift strain as floating the new craneWhalsay takes whitefish the strain trawler as the new Whalsay whitefish trawler Courageous clears the stocks at Gdansk… Courageous clears the stocks at CourageousGdansk… clears the stocks at Gdansk…

The new 28m single-rig whitefish stern from two sets of split sweepline winches The new 28m single-rig whitefish sternThe new 28mfrom single-rig two sets whitefish of split sternsweepline winchesfrom two sets of split sweepline winches trawler Courageous LK 470, being built (2 x 15t) located at the fore end of a full- trawler Courageous LK 470, being trawlerbuilt Courageous(2 x 15t) LK located 470, being at the built fore end of a(2 full- x 15t) located at the fore end of a full- ‡ Preparing to shoot away the starboard 12m chain mat ‡ Preparing to shoot away the starboard 12m chain‡ Preparing mat to shoot away the starboard 12m chain mat by Vestværftet ApS for a young Whalsay length trawl deck. Two split trawl winches beam trawl. by Vestværftet ApS for a young Whalsayby Vestværftet length ApS fortrawl a youngdeck. TwoWhalsay split trawl wincheslength trawl deck. Two split trawl winches beam trawl. beam trawl. ANNUALANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION SUBSCRIPTION PRICES: PRICES: UK & UKIRELAND & IRELAND £122 £122 ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION PRICES: UK & IRELAND £122 partnership, was lifted into the water at (21t) will also be mounted midway along the partnership, was lifted into the waterpartnership, at was(21t) lifted will also into bethe mounted water at midway along(21t) will the also be mounted midway along the Gdansk, Poland last week, reports David shelterdeck. The hydraulic deck machinery Gdansk, Poland last week, reports Gdansk,David Polandshelterdeck. last week, The reports hydraulic David deck machineryshelterdeck. The hydraulic deck machinery Linkie. package, which also includes two ‡ Releasing the codends on Georgina of Ladram during the beamer’s first trip. Linkie. Linkie. package, which also includes two package, which also includes two ‡ Releasing the codends on Georgina of Ladram‡ Releasing during the the beamer’s codends first on Georginatrip. of Ladram during the beamer’s first trip. ‡ Patrick and Morgan Oliver come ashore to a heroes’ welcome at Galway after the rescue. (Photos: Joe With a beam of 8.7m and a moulded depth bagging drums and a codend Gilson, was ‡ Patrick and Morgan Oliver come ashore‡ to Patrick a heroes’ and welcome Morgan Oliverat Galway come after ashore the rescue.to a heroes’ (Photos: welcome Joe at Galway after the rescue. (Photos: Joe With a beam of 8.7m and a mouldedWith depth a beam bagging of 8.7m drums and a andmoulded a codend depth Gilson, bagging was drums and a codend Gilson, was O’Shaughnessy) and the Doolin and Costello Bay The new beam trawler Georgina of Ladram BM 100 O’Shaughnessy) O’Shaughnessy) and the Doolin and Costello Bay and the Doolin and Costello Bay The new beam trawler Georgina of Ladram BMThe 100 new beam trawler Georgina of Ladram BM 100 to shelterdeck of 6.66m, Courageous will manufactured by Thyborøn Skibs & Motor. completed a successful maiden trip last week by landing to shelterdeck of 6.66m, Courageousto shelterdeck will manufactured of 6.66m, Courageous by Thyborøn will Skibs &manufactured Motor. by Thyborøn Skibs & Motor. completed a successful maiden trip last week bycompleted landing a successful maiden trip last week by landing not wetsuits. Fortunately, they had Coast Guard units. ‡ Kayaker Jack Gatacre rounds Pittenweem breakwater, with the how Georgina of Ladram performed on her first seven-day not wetsuits. Fortunately, they had Coastnot Guard wetsuits. units. Fortunately, they had ‡Coast Kayaker Guard Jack units. Gatacre rounds Pittenweem‡ Kayakerbreakwater, Jack with Gatacre the rounds Pittenweem breakwater, with the how Georgina of Ladram performed on her firsthow seven-day Georgina of Ladram performed on her first seven-day Tributes have been paid to two buoyancy aids. The Civil Defence, local local prawn trawler Winaway giving him a fishermen’snow be welcome.towed to Hvide Sande, Denmark for Catches on the new Courageous will be 250 boxes of prime fish at Brixham for Tuesday’s market, Tributes have been paid to two buoyancyTributes aids. have been paid to two Thebuoyancy Civil Defence, aids. local localThe prawn Civil trawlerDefence, Winaway local giving him a fishermen’slocalnow prawn be trawler welcome.towed Winaway to Hvide giving Sande, him a fishermen’sDenmarknow be for welcome.towed toCatches Hvide Sande, on the newDenmark Courageous for willCatches be on the new Courageous will be 250 boxes of prime fish at Brixham for Tuesday’s250 boxesmarket, of prime fish at Brixham for Tuesday’s market, reports trip, when everything went smoothly. reports reports trip, when everything went smoothly. trip, when everything went smoothly. EUROPEEUROPE £175 £175REST REST OF WORLD OF WORLD £190 £190 Galway fishermen who found and A full-scale air-sea search was His efforts have raised over David Linkie Galway fishermen who found and A full-scaleGalway fishermenair-sea search who was found and A full-scale air-sea search was His efforts have raised over His efforts have raised over David Linkie David Linkie fishermen, anglers, leisure craft engine/machinery installation and fitting out bagged over the transom on the vessel’s . Delivered to Waterdance Ltd by the Luyt Group, the fishermen, anglers, leisure craft fishermen, anglers, leisure craft engine/machinery installation and fittingengine/machinery out bagged installation over the and transom fitting on out the vessel’sbagged over the transom on the vessel’s . Delivered. to Waterdance Ltd by the Luyt Group,Delivered the to Waterdance Ltd by the Luyt Group, the Jack Gatacre has raised over In keeping with the longstanding tradition, the first box of Jack Gatacre has raised over Jack Gatacre has raised over In keeping with the longstanding tradition, the firstIn keeping box of with the longstanding tradition, the first box of rescued two young women who initiated after 10pm, co-ordinated and hundreds of shore searchers £9k for theby Mission Vestværftet to date, ApS. centreline, before being delivered to a VCU 35.25m Georgina of Ladram marks a significant milestone rescued two young women who initiatedrescued after 10pm,two young co-ordinated women who and hundredsinitiated after of shore 10pm, searchers co-ordinated and hundreds of shore searchers £9k for theby Mission Vestværftet to date, ApS. £9k for theby Mission Vestværftet to date,centreline, ApS. before being delivered tocentreline, a VCU before being delivered to a VCU 35.25m Georgina of Ladram marks a significant35.25m milestone Georgina of Ladram marks a significant milestone survived 15 hours at sea after by Valentia Marine Rescue also participated, as did pilots with £9,000 for the Fishermen’s with donations continuing to fish raised over £1k for the local Fishermen’s Mission when survived 15 hours at sea after by Valentiasurvived Marine 15 hours Rescue at sea after also participated,by Valentia Marine as did pilotsRescue with £9,000also participated, for the Fishermen’s as did pilots with with donations£9,000 for continuing the Fishermen’s to with donations continuing to fish raised over £1k for the local Fishermen’s fishMission raised when over £1k for the local Fishermen’s Mission when Courageous is being built for skipper Ian automated fish-handling/washing system on auctioned by Brixham Trawler Agents (see page 3). by being the biggest vessel to be built for Brixham, and the Courageous is being built for skipperCourageous Ian automated is being built fish-handling/washing for skipper Ian automatedsystem on fish-handling/washing system on auctioned by Brixham Trawler Agents (see pageauctioned 3). by Brixhamby being Trawler the Agentsbiggest (seevessel page to be3). built for Brixham,by beingand the the biggest vessel to be built for Brixham, and the northeasterly winds carried their Sub-Centre in Co Kerry, and Galway Flying Club, Aer Arann Mission by completing a be received. Anyone wishing port’s first new beamer of her class for 30 years. northeasterly winds carried their Sub-Centrenortheasterly in Co Kerry,winds andcarried their GalwaySub-Centre Flying Club, in CoAer Kerry,Arann and MissionGalway byFlying completing Club, Aer a Arann be received.Mission Anyone by completing wishing a be received. Anyone wishing port’s first new beamer of her class for 30 years.port’s first new beamer of her class for 30 years. paddleboards offshore, reports involving RNLI lifeboats from Aran and the Oranmore-Maree coastal daunting 700-mile Scottish to supportShearer, the cause in canpartnership do with James Johnson, the main deck. ‡ Partners James Johnson, Ian Shearer, Christopher Irvine and Malcolm SkipperReid standing Trevor Sclater and the crew were delighted with paddleboards offshore, reports involvingpaddleboards RNLI lifeboats offshore, from Aranreports and theinvolving Oranmore-Maree RNLI lifeboats coastal from Aran dauntingand the Oranmore-Maree700-mile Scottish coastal to supportdauntingShearer, the cause 700-mile in canpartnership Scottishdo with Jamesto support Johnson,Shearer, the cause in canpartnershipthe do main withdeck. James Johnson, the main deck.‡ Partners James Johnson, Ian Shearer,‡ Partners Christopher James Johnson, Irvine and Ian Malcolm Shearer, SkipperReid Christopher standing Trevor Sclater Irvine and the and crew Malcolm were delighted SkipperReid with standing Trevor Sclater and the crew were delighted with . An in-depth feature on Georgina of Ladram starts on . . An in-depth feature on Georgina of Ladram startsAn on in-depth feature on Georgina of Ladram starts on Lorna Siggins and Galway, a rotation of Irish search volunteers. kayak lap, reports David so throughMalcolm his JustGiving Reid, Christopher Irvine and LHD Ltd. Courageous will feature a Mitsubishi under the bow of Courageous, where a profile map of Whalsay is proudly depicted on page 8. Lorna Siggins and Galway,Lorna Siggins a rotation of Irish searchand volunteers. Galway, a rotation of Irish kayaksearch lap, volunteers. reports David so throughkayakMalcolm his lap, JustGiving reports Reid, David Christopher Irvineso through andMalcolm LHD his JustGiving Ltd. Reid, ChristopherCourageous Irvine will featureand LHD a MitsubishiLtd. Courageousunder will feature the bow a Mitsubishi of Courageous, whereunder a profile the bow mapof Courageous, of Whalsay is where proudly a profiledepicted map on of Whalsay is proudly depicted onpage 8. page 8. Cousins Sara Feeney (23) and Continues on page 3 Linkie. Cousins Sara Feeney (23) and Cousins Sara Feeney (23) and Continues on page 3 Linkie. Continues on page 3 Linkie. Coast Guard helicopters from page. Single-rig whitefish trawls will be worked S12R main engine, a Heimdal 11.5:1 the trawler’s stem crest. ‡ Georgina of Ladram passing Berry Head at the start of Coast Guard helicopters from Coast Guard helicopters from page. Single-rig whitefish trawlspage. will be Single-rigworked whitefishS12R main trawls engine, will a Heimdalbe worked 11.5:1 S12R main engine,the trawler’s a Heimdal stem 11.5:1 crest. the trawler’s stem crest. ‡ Georgina of Ladram passing Berry Head at the‡ Georginastart of of Ladram passing Berry Head at the start of Ellen Glynn (17) of Knocknacarra Shannon, Waterford and Sligo, Fourteen days after setting Continues on page 2 her maiden trip. (Photo: Alan Letcher) Ellen Glynn (17) of Knocknacarra Shannon,Ellen WaterfordGlynn (17) andof Knocknacarra Sligo, Shannon, Waterford and Sligo, Fourteen days after setting FourteenContinues days on afterpage setting 2 Continues on page 2 her maiden trip. (Photo: Alan Letcher) her maiden trip. (Photo: Alan Letcher) in Galway city were located by out from Pittenweem, Jack in Galway city were located by in Galway city were located by out from Pittenweem, Jack out from Pittenweem, Jack fishermen Patrick Oliver and his Gatacre arrived back at the fishermen Patrick Oliver and his fishermen Patrick Oliver and his Gatacre arrived back at the Gatacre arrived back at the 18-year-old son Morgan, some Fife harbour, where the local 18-year-old son Morgan, some 18-year-old son Morgan, some Fife harbour, where the local Fife harbour, where the local 17 nautical miles from their last prawn trawler Winaway was 17 nautical miles from their last 17 nautical miles from their last prawn trawler Winaway was prawn trawler Winaway was known position. waiting to meet the intrepid THE LAW HAS CHANGED known position. known position. waiting to meet the intrepid waiting to meet the intrepid THE LAW HAS CHANGEDTHE LAW HAS CHANGED NEVERNEVER MISS MISSAN ISSUE AN ISSUE FREE FREEDELIVERY DELIVERY DIRECT DIRECT TO YOUR TO YOURDOOR DOOR NEVER MISS AN ISSUE The two women, who had kayaker off the breakwater. Bridlington research lab takes first berried lobsters The two women, who had The two women, who had kayaker off the breakwater. kayakerBridlington off the breakwater. researchBridlington lab researchtakes first lab berriedtakes firstlobsters berried lobsters lashed their boards together Jack Gatacre’s matharon lashed their boards together lashed their boards together Jack Gatacre’s matharon Jack Gatacre’s matharon when they were unable to return effort to raise funds for the TO MAKE COMMERCIAL FISHING SAFER. when they were unable to return when they were unable to return effort to raise funds for the effort to raise funds for the TO MAKE COMMERCIALTO MAKE FISHING COMMERCIAL SAFER. FISHING SAFER. to shore, had managed to grab Fishermen’s Mission took in the to shore, had managed to grab to shore, had managed to grab Fishermen’s Mission took in the Fishermen’s Mission took in the hold of several floats attached Forth and Clyde canal, Arran, A new state-of-the-art shellfish the laboratory. delayed by funding and other problems, hold of several floats attached hold of several floats attached Forth and Clyde canal, Arran, ForthA new and state-of-the-art Clyde canal, Arran, shellfishA new state-of-the-artthe laboratory. shellfish the laboratory.delayed by funding and other problems,delayed by funding and other problems, to gear owned by fisherman the Crinan canal, Jura, the research facility that has just opened The Holderness Fishing Industry and then by Covid. Visit homeanddry.uk and make sure you get back to gear owned by fisherman to gear owned by fisherman the Crinan canal, Jura, the theresearch Crinan canal, facility Jura, that the has just openedresearch facilityThe that Holderness has just opened Fishing IndustryThe Holdernessand then Fishing by Covid. Industry and then by Covid. Visit homeanddry.uk andVisit make homeanddry.uk sure you get back and make sure you get back Bertie Donohue some two miles Isle of Mull, Fort William, Loch at Bridlington received its first berried Group (HFIG) facility is located at the There will be more details of the and make sure you get back Bertie Donohue some two miles Bertie Donohue some two miles Isle of Mull, Fort William, Loch Isleat Bridlingtonof Mull, Fort William, received Loch its first atberried Bridlington Group received (HFIG) its facilityfirst berried is located Groupat the (HFIG) Therefacility will is located be more at details the of theThere will be more details of the and make sure you get backand make sure you get back southwest of the Aran island of Inis Ness, Inverness, Aberdeen, ‡ Wendy Chamberlain, MP southwest of the Aran island of Inis southwest of the Aran island of Inis Ness, Inverness, Aberdeen, ‡ WendyNess, Chamberlain, Inverness, MP Aberdeen, ‡ Wendy Chamberlain, MP Oírr. Dundee and St Andrews. for NE lobstersFife, local Mission from local potter Perseverance fish quay on Bridlington’s South Pier. laboratory’s work in a future issue of Oírr. Oírr. Dundee and St Andrews. for NE lobstersDundeeFife, local and Mission from St Andrews. local potter Perseverancefor NE lobstersFife, local Mission fromfish local quay potter on PerseveranceBridlington’s South fish Pier. quay onlaboratory’s Bridlington’s work South in a Pier.future issuelaboratory’s of work in a future issue of By that stage, they had endured Despite encountering superintendentII on 22 Colin July, Mackay reports Tim Oliver. Jamie Robertson, chief executive of Fishing News. #HOMEANDDRY By that stage, they had endured By that stage, they had endured Despite encountering superintendentII Despiteon 22 Colin July,encountering Mackay reports Tim OliversuperintendentII. on 22 Colin July, Mackay reportsJamie Robertson,Tim Oliver. chief executiveJamie of Robertson,Fishing News chief. executive of Fishing News. #HOMEANDDRY#HOMEANDDRY a night of heavy rain, thunder and some of the worst weather and JackPerseverance Gatacre’s girlfriend II skipper Pete HFIG, said that the small laboratory is a night of heavy rain, thunder and a night of heavy rain, thunder and some of the worst weather and JacksomePerseverance Gatacre’s of the girlfriendworst weather II skipper Peteand Jack Perseverance Gatacre’s girlfriendHFIG, II skipper said that Pete the small laboratoryHFIG, is said that the small laboratory is lightning after they vanished from conditions of the summer, Janet SandersonGourlay congratulate was himpictured on Twitter with not a lobster hatchery like the one at Yorkshire port aims to be ‘lobster lightning after they vanished from lightning after they vanished from conditions of the summer, Janet SandersonGourlayconditions congratulate of the was summer, himpictured onJanet Twitter SandersonGourlay with congratulate wasnot himpictureda lobster onhatchery Twitter like with the onenot ata lobsterYorkshire hatchery likeport the aims one to at be ‘lobsterYorkshire port aims to be ‘lobster view at Furbo beach, some 10km Jack Gatacre completed on his return to Pittenweem view at Furbo beach, some 10km view at Furbo beach, some 10km Jack Gatacre completed on his returnJack Gatacre to Pittenweem completed on his return to Pittenweem from Galway city. this tremendous effort on after histhe epic first fundraising lobsters effort. landed. His vessel Padstow, for example, but was purely capital of Europe’ – pages 8-10 from Galway city. from Galway city. this tremendous effort on after histhethis epic firsttremendous fundraising lobsters effort effort. landed. on Hisafter vessel histhe epic first fundraising lobstersPadstow, effort. landed. for example,His vessel but was Padstow,purely forcapital example, of Europe’but was purely– pages 8-10capital of Europe’ – pages 8-10 The cousins had gone for a schedule. is one of a small number that have a for research purposes. The cousins had gone for a The cousins had gone for a schedule. isschedule. one of a small number that haveis one a of a smallfor research number purposes.that have a for research purposes. ‡ ‡ FN-HomeAndDry-FCBanner_AW.indd 1 ‡ FN-HomeAndDry-FCBanner_AW.indd 1 FN-HomeAndDry-FCBanner_AW.indd 1 short stand-up paddle on the ‡ The Olivers with the RNLI Galway lifeboat crew, who were out all special dispensation from the North He said it should have been up and ‡ Skipper Pete Sanderson with the first short stand-up paddle on the ‡ Theshort Olivers stand-up with the paddle RNLI on Galway the lifeboat‡ Thecrew, Olivers who were with outthe allRNLI Galway lifeboat crew, who were out all special dispensation from the Northspecial dispensationHe said from it should the North have been up Heand said it ‡should Skipper have Pete been Sanderson up and with the‡ firstSkipper Pete Sanderson with the first evening of 12 August. Both women night on the search. evening of 12 August. Both women nightevening on the search.of 12 August. Both women night on the search. were wearing swimming gear, but Eastern IFCA to land berried hens for running two years ago, but had been berried lobsters landed by Perseverance II. were wearing swimming gear, but were wearing swimming gear, but Eastern IFCA to land berried hensEastern for IFCArunning to land two berried years hens ago, for but had runningbeen two berriedyears ago, lobsters but hadlanded been by Perseveranceberried II.lobsters landed by Perseverance II. offer codeoffer code 30/06/2020 15:27 30/06/2020 15:27 30/06/2020 15:27 yourfishingnews.co.ukyourfishingnews.co.uk 0195901959 543 543 747 747 FNWP101FNWP101 Hotline open:Hotline Mon open:- Fri 8am Mon - 6pm. - Fri 8am - 6pm. Fishermen! Advertise boats, equipment and accessories, for sale FISHERMEN'S FREE ADS! or wanted, absolutely FREE! BOATS FOR SALE HALMATIC 20FT CYGNUS 21

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Advertising on these pages is free for fishermen selling used boats and equipment. If you are a commercial supplier, please contact TalkMedia Sales on 01732 447008 SEE INSIDE! Seafarers Hospital Society celebrates 200 years Though they were unable to meet in and works in close partnership with person due to the Covid-19 pandemic, statutory and voluntary agencies to CEO Sandra Welch brought staff and ensure that help is delivered as quickly trustees together on Zoom for a cup as possible. of tea and a slice of birthday cake to In 2020, the society awarded over a celebrate the milestone. “We wanted to quarter of a million pounds in grants to mark the occasion, and what could be 455 seafarers and their families, which better than sharing a birthday cake?” included 200 Covid-19-related grants said Sandra. “So we had a cake made worth just under £100,000. The grants locally, and sent individual cupcakes covered disability aids and equipment to all our guests. It was a great way to such as electrically powered vehicles, celebrate.” adapted shower facilities and riser/ Easier to employ foreign crew “Today isn’t just about having fun,” recliner chairs, as well as essential with new rules added Peter McEwen, the Seafarers household goods, clothing, payment of See page 2 Hospital Society chair. “There’s a more priority debts, urgent living expenses, serious message. The society was respite breaks, funeral costs and other established in 1821, when merchant pressing welfare requirements. seafarers returning from the Napoleonic To find out more about the Seafarers Wars were dying in the streets of Hospital Society, visit: seahospital. London with no access to medical care. org.uk “That’s where the society came in. We literally picked them up and ‡ Sandra Welch, CEO of the Seafarers took care of them, setting up floating Hospital Society, organised a virtual tea hospital ships on the Thames at party. Greenwich. And although the way we work has changed, the health and The Seafarers Hospital Society has wellbeing of seafarers remains at the Disabled beamer towed 50 miles celebrated its 200th birthday with a heart of what we do.” to Newlyn virtual tea party, including cake and The Seafarers Hospital Society See page 6 candles, with leftover cake being continues to support seafarers distributed to working and retired through hard times, providing grants seafarers at Queen Victoria Seamen’s for essential items and access to free ‡ What better way to celebrate 200 years Rest in London’s East India Dock Road. health and wellbeing services, it said, than with tea and cake? New design of prawn gear hailed ‘great success’ Last year, Swan Net-Gundry (SNG) set ensure the trawls are robust whilst about developing new and improved keeping them as light as possible. prawn gear with trawls that would be Innovative additions to this design, more robust and catch-efficient, but compared to traditional prawn gear, One week left to nominate in the also as fuel-efficient as possible. include a foot belly sheet designed Fishing News Awards 2021 The Killybegs company’s for better lifting of prawns, footrope See page 9 trawl design team developed two lengths ranging from 16 to 23 fathoms, standardised trawls, designed to suit and two varying circumferences the entire Irish prawn fleet. The SNG available in rubber or chain. 420 and 520 x 80mm IM Quad Trawls Feedback on the range of Quad Rigs are constructed using top-quality coming from vessels involved in the polyethylene compacted twines to current Porcupine Bank fishing season has been extremely positive, with SNG customers reporting that the use of these improved trawls is delivering better catch efficiency. All skippers have reported improved fuel efficiency, with some reporting that this is giving Fishing the blues: Trawling an extra two days’ fishing on their trip. along the deepwater edge west SNG also provides full Quad Rig of St Kilda Bridle Systems from 18mm to 26mm See pages 12-17 combination to cater for any vessel size and, using top-quality combination ropes and hardware, can design and produce gear to suit any size of vessel ‡ Ongoing new designs are being at very competitive prices. developed in SNG’s Killybegs Innovation is at the core of SNG headquarters. net design and manufacturing, with ongoing new designs aimed to simulation programme as well as the benefit fishermen everywhere. Over construction of scaled model trawls of decades of work, SNG has developed all of the new designs, complemented excellent customer relationships, and by the use of off-site flume tank testing is continually consulting with owners – but whilst these are great indicators, Inshore Corner: Building a boat and skippers to get feedback and create the real test is out in the open seas. for life solutions to their problems where With SNG’s Castletownbere, Union See pages 18-20 needed. Hall and Killybegs depots having a ‡ Reports on the performance of SNG’s With a newly refurbished dedicated busy start to 2021 constructing prawn new prawn trawls from the current design room at SNG’s Killybegs facility, trawls, the company welcomes all new Porcupine Bank season are extremely new models and innovation are to the and existing customer enquiries, with SEE INSIDE! positive. fore, with an onsite 3D computerised nationwide delivery.