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23 January 2020 Issue: 5498 fishingnews.co.uk TURN TO PAGE 2 FOR THE FULL BREXIT TRADE-OFF DANGER REPORT New Amethyst arrives at Fraserburgh from Killybegs REGIONAL NEWS Amethyst leaving Killybegs earlier Pathway lands first mackerel this month. of 2020 at Peterhead The local pelagic vessel Pathway PD 165 landed the first mackerel of the year at Peterhead on Friday, 10 January, reports David Linkie. Having sailed once a severe northwesterly gale moved east across the North Sea to give a small window of more favourable conditions, Pathway joined an international fleet of boats fishing north of Shetland, before returning to Peterhead 48 hours later. The Fraserburgh midwater trawler Unity followed Pathway to Peterhead to land a few hours later. Although good marks were reported, fishing was quickly halted again at the start of last week by storm-force southerly gales, which forced those boats on the grounds to seek shelter around Shetland.

The new 20.25m twin-rig prawn trawler Amethyst BF 19 arrived at Fraserburgh earlier this month following her delivery passage from Killybegs, reports David Linkie. Designed by SC McAllister & Co Ltd, Amethyst was fully built and fitted out by Mooney Boats Ltd for Gardenstown skipper Ralston Johnston and Westward Fishing. While severe southerly gales and spring tides curtailed fishing activity in the North Sea last week, skippers Ralston and Roy Johnston and Amethyst’s crew prepared for their maiden trip while the necessary paperwork was finalised. Amethyst is powered by a Mitsubishi S6R2- Pathway landing the first mackerel of the year at T2MPTK-3 main engine (480kW @ 1,800rpm) driving a Peterhead. (Photo: Ryan Cordiner) 2,100mm-diameter propeller housed in a matching nozzle through a Reintjes 7.09:1 reduction gearbox. ‡ Amethyst berthed in Fraserburgh harbour under the loom continues on page 3 of Kinnaird Head lighthouse. REGIONAL NEWS FISHING NEWS AWARDS 2020 MAKE YOUR NOMINATIONS NOW! The Fishing News Awards shine a spotlight on the achievements, expertise, and innovation of the UK and Ireland’s commercial fishing industries in 2019 CATEGORIES RANGE ACROSS THE WHOLE OF COMMERCIAL FISHING ★ Demersal Fisherman of the Year ★ Service Company of the Year NOMINATE YOUR FAVOURITES NOW ONLINE ★ Pelagic Fisherman of the Year ★ Fishing Port of the Year ★ Shellfish Fisherman of the Year – ★ New Boat of the Year AT FISHINGNEWS.CO.UK/AWARDS Sponsored by Peterhead Port Authority ★ Trainee Fisherman of the Year – ★ Independent Fresh Fish Retailer Sponsored by Sunderland Marine The winners will be announced at a gala dinner with of the Year ★ Young Fisherman of the Year – ★ Fish Processor of the Year Sponsored by Seafish live entertainment, held in Aberdeen on 14 May 2020 ★ The Sustainability Award – Sponsored ★ Lifetime Achievement Award – by The Fishmongers’ Company’s Fisheries Sponsored by The Scottish White Fish Charitable Trust Producers Association Ltd 2 NEWS Visit us at fishingnews.co.uk and on Twitter @YourFishingNews 23 January 2020 EU chief voices fsheries/City trade-off plan Financial services protection in return for access floated An EU chief suggested last week that the UK will have to allow EU feets to keep their existing fshing rights in UK waters in return for the EU offering a fnancial services deal, reports Tim Oliver

Trade commissioner Phil for completion of the fsheries Hogan, a former Irish minister agreement is 1 July, 2020, to allow now in charge of Brexit trade it to be used to determine fshing negotiations, told the Irish opportunities in 2021 when the Independent: “There certainly transition period ends. will be trade-offs, particularly at Phil Hogan’s comments on a the end of the negotiations. The fsheries and City trade-off came EU will be seeking concessions as EU diplomats were presented on fshery access and the UK with the main principles of the will very probably be seeking free trade agreement on Monday. concessions on fnancial This includes that negotiations ‡ EU trade commissioner Phil services.” on access to waters and quota Hogan has suggested that the The UK’s fnancial services shares would be made ‘within UK will have to grant extensive sector will lose its automatic the context of the economic fishing rights for EU fleets in right to operate in the EU partnership’. return for access to the EU’s “There are, of course, interesting ramifications between EU single market at the end of the While offcials and diplomats financial markets. (Photo: EPA) access to Sweaty Betty and the financial services aspects transition period in December, behind the scenes have that this involves... I see this one going to the wire.” and the EU will demand access suggested that there will be trade- quota-free trade. for its feets in return for a deal offs between different sectors in She said that while Britain is waters as UK vessels fsh in EU make any concessions until ‘the to maintain the City of London’s the Brexit negotiations, the trade a friend of the EU, it will have to waters.” It added: “The scene is very last minute’. She said: “I current fnancial relations with commissioner’s specifc linkage decide ‘how close to, or distant set for a dramatic trial of strength.” think it would be crazy for the the EU. Financial services of fshing rights to access to EU from, the biggest single market Commenting on the UK to make the concessions exports to the EU are worth fnancial markets for the City is in the world they want to be’. forthcoming negotiations, Sarah now because that would create around £26bn a year to the UK believed to be the frst time a Britain’s position on this would Barnard, a professor of EU law at time for a protest. It may be that economy. senior offcial has publicly made determine the progress of the Trinity College, Cambridge, said concessions are made at the Meanwhile, senior EU such a suggestion. negotiations. that the UK would be unlikely to very last moment.” fgures have warned that the By linking fshing rights to The NFFO said that the two EU will maintain a united front fnancial markets access, the EU sides will enter the negotiations to strongly defend its interests trade commissioner departed holding ‘polar opposite positions’ ‘Politically sensitive’ negotiations in the Brexit negotiations, and signifcantly from Brussels’ stance – radical change in the case of the Further evidence of the that the challenge ahead is have also warned of the need to on future trade talks up until now. UK versus the status quo for the diffcult negotiations ahead ‘unprecedented in scale’, with avoid confrontations at sea (see Ursula von der Leyen, the EU. came last week from the EU around 100 TACs on shared below). European commission president, It said: “The EU may have the Commission’s Task Force stocks to be negotiated. Negotiations on the future said in Luxembourg that the strongest hand of cards to play on for Relations with the UK “The European Council relationship between the EU UK would also have to sign up trade because of the sheer size (UKTF). will demonstrate particular and the UK will start soon after to commitments on state aid of its economy. On fshing, the In an internal presentation vigilance as regards the UK offcially leaves the EU and environmental and labour situation is reversed. EU feets fsh on 14 January to the EU safeguarding the rights on 31 January. The target date standards to allow tariff-free and around six times as much in UK Council working party on and interests of citizens, preparatory discussions the necessity to maintain on the future fsheries ambitious level playing feld ‘Complex’ talks and need to avoid ‘skirmishes’ at sea relationship with the UK conditions, and to protect EU leaders have warned that the Brexit after Brexit, the UKTF said fshing enterprises and withdrawal negotiations this year will be that the negotiations would coastal communities,” says ‘complex’ and ‘diffcult’, and have hinted at the be ‘complex’ and ‘politically the document. possibility of confrontations at sea over fshing sensitive’, with the possibility Negotiations on fsheries access and quota rights, reports Tim Oliver. of a ‘cliff edge’ on 1 January, will take place within the Senior offcial Charles Michel, president of the 2021. context of the overall Council of the European Union, said that the EU It said that ‘in the overall economic partnership, and respected the UK’s decision to leave the EU but context of the FTA [free include a direct link with stressed that the EU will defend the interests of trade agreement], existing negotiations on trade in EU citizens. reciprocal access to fshing goods under the ‘ambitious He was speaking at a press conference after waters and resources should free trade agreement’. a meeting in Zagreb with Andrej Plenkovic, be maintained’. The aim will be to It said that a fsheries conclude and ratify the deal the prime minister of Croatia, which holds the ‡ European Council president Charles Michel agreement is a priority, and by 1 July, 2020. rotating presidency of the EU for the frst six (left) and Andrej Plenkovic, prime minister months of the year, when the crucial fsheries of Croatia, which will head up the Brexit negotiations will take place, and will head up the negotiations. (Photo: AFP) talks. Charles Michel said that the frst priority of the His comments referred to the notorious ‘cod presidency will be to implement the withdrawal wars’ between the UK and Iceland in the 1970s, New Amethyst arrives at agreement. when Iceland extended its fsheries limit to “It will be complex. It will be diffcult,” he said. 50 miles and then to 200 miles between 1972 Fraserburgh from Killybegs and 1976. The small country harassed British “And we will be very loyal in these negotiations. continued from page 1 But we will promote and defend the European trawlers with gunboats, cutting their gear, and was renamed El-Shaddai FR interests. The level playing feld will be very the UK distant-water feet was forced to leave Two Mitsubishi auxiliary engines 285 six months ago (Fishing important for the European companies, for the rich Icelandic grounds for good. provide power for the vessel’s News, 12 September), Amethyst the European citizens, for the competitiveness An indication of what could occur if EU hydraulic and electrical systems. is expected to fish six- to in Europe.” He added that unity between the fshermen are not happy with the way talks Insured by Sunderland seven-day trips before landing member states was an ‘important priority’. are going has been the violent clashes in the Marine, Amethyst features a full into Fraserburgh, using boxes Croatian prime minister Andrej Plenkovic said Channel in recent years between UK and French package of EK Marine hydraulic supplied by Box Pool Solutions. that the team of negotiators who will head up scallop fshermen over the Baie de Seine fshery. deck machinery. Premier Refrigeration the Brexit talks – which will start soon after 31 Brussels is demanding that the status quo Fraserburgh netmaker Faithlie installed the fishroom chilling January – will push for continued access. He on fsheries access and quotas must remain Trawl supplied Amethyst’s system and a Geneglace 1t ice said: “We want to avoid any fsheries skirmishes as a condition of the trade deal, but the UK customised twin-rig prawn machine. in the Atlantic. We have seen them before – we government and industry insist that fsheries and trawls. A detailed feature on don’t want to see them again.” trade negotiations must be kept separate. Built to replace the previous Amethyst will be included in 19.05m Amethyst BF 19, which Fishing News next week. 23 January 2020 Join Fishing News on Facebook http://on.fb.me/fishingnews NEWS 3 Fighter for salmon netsmen steps down An industry champion who has highest levels of government to lobby at least 20 years ago. resource, you have successfully my job much easier than it would fought to save the salmon netting restrict, and ultimately close, the “As a result, this well-managed called it out’. have otherwise been. industry for three decades is fshery. fshery has continued to support Barrie Deas said it was most “Fighting the cause for as long retiring from his front-line role, He got his frst salmon licence livelihoods on the North East impressive how Derek had won as you have, against all the odds, reports Tim Oliver. in 1964, and fought his frst public coast for many more years than over many people who might be is bound to take its toll, so I hope Derek Heselton of South inquiry into the salmon fshery on might reasonably be expected, regarded as natural opponents of that you now take the opportunity Shields has told the NFFO that behalf of commercial netsmen in given the forces arrayed against the commercial salmon fshery. to enjoy yourself and take a well- he is to step down as chairman 1968. He was awarded an MBE it.” “Throughout all this, you have earned rest from salmon politics, of the federation’s salmon in 1993 for services to the salmon He said that Derek’s been a steadfast supporter of although I know that you will be committee, a position he has fshing industry. leadership of the NFFO salmon the NFFO, recognising that if busy in other felds.” held for around 30 years. But Paying tribute to Derek’s committee had been ‘an example fshermen stand together and The commercial salmon he said that while he is retiring unfagging efforts on behalf of of dedication, commitment, work intelligently, our industry can drift-net fshery is now closed from the chairmanship of the salmon netsmen and his political and where necessary, savvy withstand immense pressure,” he altogether, with no drift nets salmon committee, he would not skills, NFFO chief executive manoeuvring’. He said he had wrote. operating. The T and J net fshery be giving up his work in fsheries Barrie Deas told him, in a letter built up ‘an impressive network’ Adding his personal thanks can operate, but on a catch of politics entirely. acknowledging his work: “There of friends and supporters within for this support, he told Derek: sea trout only, with no salmon or Derek, now aged 75, began is absolutely no question that and beyond the fshing industry “Throughout all the public grilse to be retained. fshing at the age of 15, and had it not been for your single- – in the science community, in enquiries, reviews, departmental Refecting on his long battle combined fshing with a virtually minded determination and skill, government and in politics. and ministerial changes, reports to save the fshery, Derek said: lifelong battle to save commercial the drift-net and T and J net He added that where ‘sham and provocations, you have “When your living impinges on salmon netting from the powerful fsheries in the North East of science has been deployed generously shared your expertise someone else’s pleasure, that’s and wealthy salmon angling England would have succumbed to justify a grab of a scarce and advice, and that has made where you get the problems.” interests who relentlessly used to pressure from the powerfully their political infuence at the connected and funded angling New lobster storage facility in East Devon A new storage facility capable Built bespoke and aided by Greens defend their role of holding over 500kg of live members of the East Devon lobsters was officially opened on Fishermen’s Association, the 14 January at Axmouth harbour lobster storage facility was in EU advisory councils in East Devon, reports Phil joint-funded by Dorset and An environmental NGO that the MSY advice by 2015, but Lockley. East Devon Fisheries Local is a member of the North Sea where following the scientific Axmouth harbour, at Action Group and the Blue Advisory Council (NSAC) has advice ‘could jeopardise the Seaton, serves a small fleet of Marine Foundation (facilitator responded to criticisms of the socio-economic sustainability inshore boats, many of them of the Lyme Bay Fisheries and attitude of the NGOs on the of the fleet, this deadline could potters, and the project is a Conservation Reserve). council that were voiced by the be postponed to 2020 at the step towards finding extended Further details will appear in chief executive of the NFFO, latest’. A multi-annual plan for markets for their catch. Fishing News soon. reports Tim Oliver. North Sea demersal stocks – Around 20 local fishermen, businessmen and shellfish † Axmouth assistant harbour Barrie Deas was chairman including cod – adopted in 2018 master, local fishermen’s leader of the demersal working group stipulated that stocks should be traders battled against high and skipper Angus Walker at the of the NSAC for many years, exploited at MSY levels. “So, winds and driving rain to attend newly opened lobster storage but has resigned from the any recommendation to exploit the official opening. facility. council because of what he said the North Sea cod above the in his resignation letter were MSY would not be in line with the ‘obstructive, legalistic and the current regulations,” said New draft legislation for Irish penalty points system underway increasingly confrontational Oceana. positions’ adopted by the green It added: “The main role Fresh plans to introduce a industry accepts that the EU the Supreme Court following the NGOs on the NSAC (Fishing of the advisory councils is to controversial penalty points penalty points system needs to state’s failed appeals.” News, 9 January, ‘NFFO chief provide advice on the best way system for Irish fshermen be implemented in Ireland, but it He added: “Minister Creed has blasts greens’ obstruction’). to implement the CFP, and not who breach EU fshing rules refuses to accept the continued stated that Ireland, as a member Green NGO Oceana thanked to provide advice on how to are underway, reports Pauric attempt to apply penalty points state, will be subject to fnes and Barrie Deas for his work on avoid the implementation of the Gallagher. to a vessel’s licence even after fnancial penalties arising from the demersal working group, CFP.” The EU system aims to apply the vessel is cleared of all its failure to bring forward and and said that while it respected The NGO said that the penalty points to fshing licences wrongdoing. pass into Irish law the legislation the opinion he expressed in his EU advisory councils have ‘a for serious breaches of EU Patrick Murphy, CEO of required to introduce the novel resignation letter, it did not share strong potential to generate and fsheries legislation. Since 2014, the Irish South and West and highly punitive concepts it. provide useful recommendations Fine Gael has brought forward Fish Producers’ Organisation inherent in the European Council The group said in a statement to the European Commission three statutory instruments (SIs) (IS&WFPO), told Fishing News: regulation, but to date has failed that his resignation ‘could be and member states on fisheries to try to bring this EU system into “Our organisation has been to consider what is the price of interpreted as an opportunistic topics’. Irish law. consistent in its acknowledgement justice for one’s citizens! call of attention’, because once But it said that there is still In 2018, SI No 89 was voted of Ireland’s obligation to “A state that fails to protect the UK leaves the EU, no UK a lot of room for discussion ‘on down as it was deemed excessive implement a new administrative its citizens through an equitable organisation will be allowed to how to manage and channel and unfair to fshermen and law system for the regulation and fair system of justice is bad be a member of the EU advisory the diversity of opinions’ in the failed to provide an appropriate of sea fshing through the enough, but for this to be shown councils, so he would have been advisory councils, and that the appeals mechanism; it also introduction of penalty points not just once, but twice to Minister asked to leave the NSAC in the chairs of the working groups focused too much power with against fshing boat licences. Michael Creed in our courts, only next few months. have a responsibility for that. the Sea-Fisheries Protection “We believe the penalty points for him to ignore it in the context Nevertheless, Oceana said “The diversity of opinions and Authority. system that minister Michael of the newly proposed legislation, it would have preferred for the collective expertise is what Two successful High Court Creed is once again trying to is unforgiveable. NFFO chief to have remained as provides more strength to the challenges to the penalty points introduce is a complete hybrid “Instead of engaging with chair of the demersal working ACs,” said Oceana. system were made by Irish in Irish law that was introduced the fshing industry with a view group ‘until the very last It added that it is the NGOs fshermen. A successful appeal by previously without suffcient to coming to an equitable, fair moment’. that usually denounce the fshermen was also taken to the thought or consultation with the and reasonable system for the On the issue of the ICES malfunctioning of the advisory Supreme Court. fshing industry. implementation of penalty points, recommendation for a 61% councils, and complain about the A further attempt to implement “Two separate actions were Minister Creed is once again trying cut in the North Sea cod TAC, lack of representation of other the legislation is now being made. commenced in the High Court to introduce this fawed legislation Oceana said its position has interest groups on the councils. Minister for agriculture, food and in 2015, by individual members through the houses of our been to follow the scientific Oceana said that because the marine Michael Creed is set of the IS&WFPO, challenging the parliament without consultation, advice, although ‘decision- fishing industry representatives to bring the General Scheme of validity of a previous statutory discussion or consideration by makers finally agreed to reduce occupy 60% of the seats on the the Sea-Fisheries (Amendment) instrument that purported to and with the fshing industry.” catches by 50%’. executive committees, ‘most Bill 2020 to the Joint Oireachtas implement this punitive penalty Until Ireland brings in a penalty Oceana said that the CFP of the decisions/outcomes are Committee on Agriculture, Food points system. Judgements in points system, the EU has (Article 2.2) requires that biased in the interest of the and the Marine for pre-legislative both of these cases were issued suspended payments to Ireland catch limits be set in line with fishing sector’. scrutiny before it is drafted. in favour of the plaintiffs, and from the European Maritime and In principle, the Irish fshing these judgements were upheld by Fisheries Fund. 4 COMMENT/NEWS Visit us at fishingnews.co.uk and on Twitter @YourFishingNews 23 January 2020 COMMENT EDITORIAL Financial trade-off Brexit danger EMAIL: FISHINGNEWS.ED@ It would be easy to dismiss EU calls absolute minimum. period must not extend beyond KELSEY.CO.UK for access to UK waters and quota Trade commissioner Phil Hogan’s the end of 2020. 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January, 2021. £26bn to the UK economy, the EU With shares of around 100 TACs to All the public comments from EU has enormous leverage to make be sorted out as well as all the other officials, MEPs and industry leaders unacceptable demands on fisheries issues, this will be a tall order. in the EU member states in the access and quota shares. The UK Given the EU’s track record of fisheries alliance (EUFA), as well as has all the legal cards in its hands taking negotiations down to the wire, off the record briefings by diplomats in terms of being an independent it is inevitable that a deal will not be and officials, leave no doubt that coastal state with the right to control struck until the very last minute. Acting managing editor maintaining the status quo is the EU’s fishing inside its EEZ, in line with This will be the moment of greatest News correspondent Gaby Bartai Tim Oliver email: [email protected] objective. international law. But we will be danger for the UK industry. If the email: [email protected] Of course they must realise that constrained by political and financial government caves in at the 11th hour there cannot be no change whatsoever realities when it comes to the nitty- to make sure a deal goes – for example, the UK’s 9% share of gritty of the negotiations. through that protects the City the Channel cod TAC is indefensible. Time will be another important of London but betrays the But we should be in no doubt that the element in the talks. Boris Johnson fishing industry, there will be EU will aim to keep any surrender has painted himself into a corner by nothing the industry can do. of its current fishing rights to an repeatedly vowing that the transition It will be a fait accompli.

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Inset: A wreath was laid at the memorial by onboard the MFV Solway Harvester, and our thoughts are the current and former chief ministers of the Isle of Man. with their friends and families on this sad anniversary.” www.kelsey.co.uk 23 January 2020 Join Fishing News on Facebook http://on.fb.me/fishingnews NEWS 5 Gerda Marie berths at Peterhead 50% survival for sole in BIM trial A recent Bord Iascaigh Mhara (BIM) study onboard the 11.64m Karen Mary DA 127 set out to discover how well sole can survive being caught and then returned to the sea, reports Pauric Gallagher. A demonstration of a high post- capture survival rate can be used to apply for an exemption from the landing obligation. Although one of the most valuable of species, sole on the Irish coast is usually only a by-catch in mixed fisheries, apart from some small-scale directed fisheries. Around 185t of ‡ Gerda Marie berthed in her former home port. (Photo: Ryan Cordiner) sole are caught annually by Irish vessels. Less than two months the end of which Gerda Marie The trial was led by Martin after being sold to Norway landed 830t of mackerel in Oliver and Matthew McHugh, in and renamed Gerda Marie Egersund. collaboration with the owners of H-365-AV, the former Rigged for purse-seining the Karen Mary. It took place in Peterhead pelagic vessel Kings and midwater trawling, Kings September when the air and water ‡ A haul coming up on deck during the trial onboard Karen Mary. Captured Cross PD 365 made a quick Cross was built at Karstensens temperatures were at their highest. sole were immediately transferred to bins of seawater. return to her former home port Shipyard in 2016 for the Lunar For the trial, the Karen Mary Approximately 160 sole were fishery in the North Sea, where earlier this month, reports Fishing Company and the fished an otter trawl in single-rig stored onboard the vessel in fish an observed survival rate of 46%, David Linkie. Wiseman Fishing Company. configuration with a 120mm bins with continually flowing and a predicted survival rate of Now owned by the Following the end of the square-mesh panel and an 80mm seawater before going ashore to a 43%, were obtained. Norwegian fshing company North Sea mackerel fshery cod-end. A total of eight hauls recirculated seawater fish-holding High water temperatures Gerda Marie AS, the 78.65m in November, Kings Cross – four test and four control – system at Galway and Mayo are associated with mortality of vessel berthed on the Sir Albert returned to the Karstensens were completed over four days’ Institute of Technology. flatfish species, and because of the Quay ahead of her sistership yard at Skagen for some fishing in ICES division 7b on the Mortality assessments were timing of this study, it provided Pathway for a few hours minor modifcation work West of Ireland and Aran fishing conducted over a seven-day a worst-case survival scenario. to transfer some midwater before joining the Norwegian grounds. Trawling operations period. Mortalities were observed It is highly likely that a greater trawl gear and pick up three registry as a replacement for were completed in outer Galway to stabilise on day five, and no survival rate would be obtained ex-crewmen, before returning the owners’ previous 1986- Bay, within two and a half hours’ mortalities were recorded on if the study was repeated during to sea to fsh her frst trip under built Gerda Marie, which they steaming time to Ros a’Mhíl days six and seven. The study the winter months. Also, the water her new skipper and crew, at owned from new. harbour, where the collected sole showed that 50% of the sole had temperatures in Galway Bay are samples were landed daily. survived being caught. The rate higher than those in the Celtic Hauls averaged around of survival in this study compared and Irish seas, suggesting that three hours, and catches were well with a previous study on captured sole survival is likely to Safer shucking to landed and sorted on the deck. sole survivability in an otter trawl be greater in those areas. safeguard scallop sector Scottish fshing family delighted with The Sea-Fisheries Protection These naturally occurring toxins Authority (SFPA) is urging those do not harm the shellfish, but they working in the Irish scallop industry can cause human illness. Due to Osprey trawl doors from Morgére to familiarise themselves with the their physical size, scallops can correct steps for processing or be eviscerated or shucked, which The Lovie family, who fsh shucking scallops, reports Pauric is highly effective in removing out of Kinlochbervie with Gallagher. the majority of any biotoxin their two demersal trawlers The authority has provided contamination that may be present. Endeavour IV and Venture II, detailed instructions for those “Shucking correctly involves the have been achieving good intending to shuck scallops before extraction of the adductor muscle results with their new Osprey selling them, so as to remove or (white meat) with the attached trawl doors from Morgére. minimise the risk of food illness from gonads or roe only from the shell. The boats had previously marine biotoxins in these shellfish. Adductor muscle rarely tests above fshed with Exocet and The guidance, available on the the EU regulatory limit for marine PV3 doors supplied by SFPA website, provides step-by- biotoxins in live bivalve molluscs, Morgére, but the Lovie step instructions on safer shucking, while the gonad only occasionally family made the switch including the food hygiene measures exceeds the limit. However, routine to Osprey last year and handlers should take, the safest and analysis conducted by the Marine have been delighted with most effective ways to handle the Institute shows that whole scallops its performance. The new knife when shucking in order to landed by Irish fishermen frequently Osprey is a semi-pelagic avoid injury, and the washing and contain multiples of the regulatory trawl door, and its special inspection of scallops that should limit.” design ensures there is lower then take place. Dr Susan Steele, chair of the drag, which in turn reduces The SFPA said: “With Ireland’s SFPA, said: “Ireland’s seafood sector fuel consumption. growing reputation for producing continues to grow apace, with the Skipper David Lovie, who ‡ Osprey trawl doors from Morgére are now performing well on quality, healthy seafood, scallops sector successfully targeting new works with his father Peter Endeavour IV. continue to be one of the most business opportunities at home and on the 29m Endeavour, said: popular shellfish both at home and abroad. The quality and safety of “There is defnitely a fuel challenging fshing conditions. Morgére for over 20 years, for export. Purification or cooking Ireland’s seafood produce to the saving from using Osprey, The Lovie family say that and the service they offer of the shellfish does not remove the consumer is integral to the continued and they spread very easily, one of the attractions of is second to none, and that risk of food illness, whereas correctly expansion of the sector, and it is which is important to us. using Morgére trawl doors helps ensure we get the shucked scallops are a low risk, and essential that those working in the They are also easy to shoot, is the excellent before and maximum performance,” said the SFPA is urging the industry sector continue to take every step to and come up well.” after sales service provided skipper David Lovie. to familiarise themselves with the ensure that only produce that is safe Endeavour IV, and the by the company. With their Michel Dagorn said: correct steps to follow. to eat is put on the market. 30m Venture II, skippered recent purchase of Osprey, “We are proud of our long “Phytoplankton, upon which “In the case of scallops, correct by Mark Lovie, target a wide this included director association with the Lovie the shellfish feed, are occasionally shucking will minimise the food range of groundfsh species, Michel Dagorn travelling to family, and are delighted that blighted by blooms of plankton safety risks to consumers and as well as cod and haddock, Fraserburgh to help in the sea they fnd our doors suit their species that produce marine safeguard that reputation.” on grounds to the west and trials of the door. requirements and deliver toxins, which the bivalve molluscs The full guidance can be viewed north of Scotland, often in “We have been using great fshing performance.” accumulate in their digestive tract. at: sfpa.ie 6 NEWS Visit us at fishingnews.co.uk and on Twitter @YourFishingNews 23 January 2020 Final report into Irish Coast Guard SAR helicopter crash delayed The fnal report into the loss were members of IALPA. The with our obligation to avoid Navigation Regulations 2009 the minister if the re-examination of four Irish Coast Guard bodies of their winch team commenting on any aspect of allows for a re-examination of proceeds. search and rescue aircrew in colleagues, Paul Ormsby and the fnal report’. ‘any fndings and conclusions An air navigation and March 2017 has been delayed Ciarán Smith, are still missing. The €500m Irish Coast Guard in that report that appear to transport bill, which will transfer by a request for a review The Dublin-based crew had SAR contract is due to expire refect adversely on the person’s air navigation functions from into ‘specifc fndings and been tasked to provide ‘top in 2022 – though an extension reputation or on the reputation the Irish Aviation Authority (IAA) conclusions’, reports Lorna cover’ support to the Sligo- could be allowed to 2025 – and of any person, living or dead, to a new Irish Air Navigation Siggins. based Rescue 118 helicopter work has already begun on whose executor, administrator or Authority, is in danger of ‘sliding Ireland’s transport minister for a medical evacuation from a preparing a new tender. other representative he or she is’. down the legislative agenda’, Shane Ross has granted the British-registered fshing vessel The Department The AAIU has informed all said IALPA president Captain review, which the Irish Airline off the Irish west coast. of Transport said that parties of the review request, Evan Cullen. Pilots’ Association (IALPA) has CHC Ireland, which holds the arrangements are being made and says that it will continue to “This bill includes vital reforms described as ‘unprecedented’. Irish Coast Guard SAR contract, for the review of the draft handle submissions on the draft to aviation regulation which are The pilots’ union, which has declined to comment on document, which was released fnal document. essential to bring Ireland into line earlier this month said that whether it sought the review, to interested parties last autumn The review board’s chair must with European aviation safety the factors leading to the fatal which is permitted under the for comment. The review will be be a barrister or solicitor of no norms,” he said, urging the helicopter crash ‘still exist’, has Air Navigation (Notifcation held in private, with the applicant less than 10 years’ standing, or government to make it a priority. expressed fears that the further and Investigation of Accidents, given 21 days’ notice. a person who, in the minister’s “The aviation industry in delay in publishing the report, Serious Incidents and Incidents) The Irish Air Accident opinion, has ‘aeronautical or Ireland should be a cause and the Irish general election Regulations 2009. Ireland’s Investigation Unit (AAIU), which engineering knowledge or other of pride. However, Ireland’s on 8 February, may set back Department of Transport also does not seek to apportion special knowledge or experience aviation regulator remains an ‘urgent reform’ of Irish aviation said that it could not confrm liability or blame, has already of air navigation or aviation’. The outlier in terms of its corporate regulation. which ‘party’ requested the found in its preliminary report minister may appoint one or structure. The framework of Captain Dara Fitzpatrick review. that the four crew were fying a more technical assessors with the IAA is so outdated that and Captain Mark Duffy, two CHC said it ‘continues state-of-the-art Sikorsky S-92A similar specialist knowledge, it is undermining Ireland’s of the four aircrew who died in to engage fully with the aircraft with inaccurate charts and the review board has all the reputation for upholding safety the crash off the north Mayo investigation and remain and faulty satellite locators. powers of an inspector. standards. This needs to be coastline on 14 March, 2017, committed to complying Regulation 15 (1) of the Air A report is then compiled for urgently addressed.” ‘Dysfunctional’ SFPA and sensational headline threaten Irish crab industry Irish exporters of brown crab to and implemented by both the Food communities. China are outraged at the portrayal Safety Authority of Ireland and the Other European countries of their industry by a recent article European Food Safety Authority. exporting brown crab to China in a Sunday newspaper, reports The Irish crab industry is completely include Norway, the Netherlands, Pauric Gallagher. compliant with EU regulations France, Portugal and the United The article, in the Irish Business regarding levels of cadmium, Kingdom. Brown crab from those Post of 8 December, made several the heavy metal in question, so countries is biologically identical misleading and erroneous claims consumers are not exposed to to Irish brown crab, with the same in a story highlighting internal any cadmium-based health risks physiological properties. Those problems at the Sea-Fisheries – something the article failed to countries continue to export their Protection Authority (SFPA), mention. crab to China unhindered by their without any regard for fishermen or In 2017, Ireland and China regulatory authorities, and their the companies that have invested agreed a monitoring plan to assess product is welcomed by their heavily to develop this supply chain, levels of naturally occurring Chinese customers. which can deliver live crab from cadmium in brown crab in Irish The fear is that competitor a remote harbour on the Atlantic waters. This formed the basis of countries will soon take the coast to a Beijing restaurant in the specific SFPA health certificate opportunity to buy Irish crab on prime condition. needed for exporting live brown what is now a falling market and The article used a sensationalised crab to China. The industry is export it to China under their own and very misleading headline: satisfied that it complies with all flag, causing irreparable damage to ‡ Live crab exports from Ireland to China were worth almost €16.5m in 2018. ‘SFPA accused of letting cancer- requirements for contaminant the Irish industry. linked crabmeat be exported to testing as stated on that health Norah Parke of the Killybegs News, the National Inshore move to this new regime, but are China’. It claimed that the Business certificate. Fishermen’s Organisation told Fishermen’s Association described waiting to see how and if it will Post had obtained a confidential Ireland’s exports of brown crab Fishing News: “The industry is the Business Post article as ‘reckless actually work in practice. We note submission which ‘revealed how to China have grown exponentially determined to keep working with and written in a sensationalist commentary by many experienced staff in the SFPA were directed by in recent years, and were worth the SFPA to resolve this problem, tone’. “It appears to pertain to operators in the crab sector that it is management to give the go-ahead to almost €16.5m in 2018. The and continue the good working some internal issues the SFPA are simply unworkable, particularly for Irish crab exports to China despite positive impact of this trade has relationship we have had up to now. reportedly having, but focuses on live crab exports. concerns about the presence of been experienced directly by small- We know there are solutions, and one example regarding cadmium “The fundamentals here are cancer-causing heavy metal’. boat fisheries along most of the are determined to find the best way levels in Irish crab. That said, it straightforward enough. Irish crab is In fact, Irish brown crab Irish coast, but particularly on to maintain the very valuable trade fails completely to outline many of a high quality, and has no issues meets very rigorous health the Atlantic coasts, where it has in China built up in recent years.” facts surrounding this issue, such regarding compliance re cadmium standards, which are approved injected new life into small fishing In a statement sent to Fishing as there being no issue regarding in almost all jurisdictions including compliance of Irish crab re EU and the EU. There is significant demand other standards in the context of for Irish crab in China. Brown crab cadmium levels. was Ireland’s fifth most valuable New film on Grimsby’s trawlermen “Whatever internal issues staff species landed in 2017 in financial A comedy about Grimsby are also planning to flm in have a family to provide for of the SFPA may be experiencing, terms; this was largely due to trawlermen in the port’s heyday Immingham and Cleethorpes.” would spend all their earnings airing them in such a reckless exports to China. Given that there will start production this Three Day Millionaire, before reboarding their ship, manner that is likely to cause undue are an estimated 700-odd vessels summer. which has a £1.2m budget, otherwise it would sink – that’s and unwarranted collateral damage involved in catching brown crab, The flm, Three Day follows three fshermen who something they would believe, to the inshore fishing sector is highly not to mind the jobs they support in Millionaire, will be shot in land in Grimsby and set about anyway. inappropriate and shouldn’t go the processing and other ancillary Grimsby, and is being directed spending their earnings in three “So they’d go on a three-day without reprimand. It’s a further sectors, brown crab is likely to be by 22-year-old Jack Spring, days – only to then be told that bender to spend up all their indictment of the self-proclaimed the most important species and reported GrimsbyLive. they are not going to be taken money.” dysfunctionality of the authority. fishery to Ireland from a socio- Jack Spring said: “When I back on their boat. Strapped for He added: “We have some One could be forgiven for thinking economic perspective. was reading through the script, cash, they set about planning a huge names, including BAFTA- we now have a control authority that “The onus is now on the relevant I could picture exactly where heist to rake in more money. winning actors, but I’m unable is indeed out of control of itself. authorities and agencies to find a I wanted to flm in Grimsby Jack Spring said: “Back to say who these are as yet.” “In relation to the new regime workable long-term solution to this – around the docks, the ice then, fshermen would spend 21 It is hoped that the flm’s regarding the issuing of health issue as a matter of priority. Failure house, and near the terraced days out at sea and then three premiere will be at Parkway certificates for brown crab exports to do so in a timely manner could houses by Blundell Park. We days on land. Men who didn’t Cinema, Cleethorpes. to China, we understand the well result in a crisis in the inshore rationale behind the decision to sector of unprecedented levels.” 23 January 2020 Join Fishing News on Facebook http://on.fb.me/fishingnews BOAT OF THE WEEK 7 Fraserburgh Good Hope FR 891 Twin-rig trawler Macduff Shipyards Macduff Ltd 2019 26.5m Type: Type: Home port: Name: LOA: Built: 8 COLIN JENKINSON Visit us at fishingnews.co.uk and on Twitter @YourFishingNews 23 January 2020 FILEY, FISHING AND FAMILY NAMES Veteran Filey fisherman Colin Jenkinson reflects on his 72-year career – and centuries of Jenkinson fishing heritage. John Worrall reports olin Jenkinson has retired. them Jenkinsons. and ’58 I was in her. After nearly 72 years of Colin started in the summer of “Then, in 1960, I went into the Cfshing for a living and just 1948 in his school holidays. Margaret Jane, owned by Thomas turning 85, another member of “I went as fourth hand in the Jenkinson Mainprize, known as the Filey – and, by extension, coble Rosemary, owned by Castle Denk, and I married his daughter, Scarborough – Jenkinson fshing Mainprize, lining and potting from Rachel, that year, on her birthday clan has called it a day and Scarborough. He put me on a – diamond wedding coming up sold his last boat, which was a quarter share, and my best week this year. I worked for her dad for Kingfsher 24. was £15, which was a lot back two or three years, trawling and “Yup, I’ve retired now. We’re then, when some Scarborough occasionally on the herring, going up to the MMO on Thursday fshermen were going labouring but there was a dispute to swap the paperwork over to the for the council at a fver a week within Rachel’s family new owner.” because the fshing was poor.” and so, in 1963, we There’s an air of wry satisfaction He started full-time on the bought our own about him when he says that, as Rosemary when he left school in boat, our frst, though thinking of all the work and 1950. which was the the fear and the fun over that many “My dad, Charlie, was on her Courage SH years, and having come out the too, and he’d said that I weren’t 106.” other side, and being able to retire going fshing; he wanted me to Courage ‡ Colin may have left the sea, but he still has a in the warmth of all the things he get a trade. But I said I were, was a wheelhouse, complete with wheel and sea dogs. did. and I did. And I’ve no regrets. wooden boat Because he has done what During my frst winter, fsh was built by Walter In 1963, Colin and Rachel bought their first scores – more likely hundreds – of still on controlled price after the Reekie, who boat, the Reekie-built Courage SH 106, which they Jenkinsons have done over the war, with cod fetching about six had yards at renamed Margaret and William SH 142. past couple of centuries: make a bob a stone and haddock four Anstruther and St living from the sea. Several other shillings and sixpence. But the Monans. by Mablethorpe potting. So we bought a 33ft fast big fshing clans have worked – next winter, it came off control, “We renamed her inshore, and we did boat called Shannon SH 268. still work – from that part of the and we were getting a quid a stone Margaret and William after our well there. After her, two years later, we built Yorkshire coast, but dig into the for cod, which was a fortune. The two children, and renumbered her “And then we sold her and another U10, Our Sharon SH 7, fshing history of Scarborough lads who’d been labouring were SH 142. She cost £1,200, of which built Our Rachel SH 97, in 1972. and then also had Pisces FD 512, and, more particularly, Filey, and straight back to fshing.” Rachel’s Aunt Alice lent us £500, And we kept her for quite a while, which was a scalloper, and Bill Jenkinsons come up more than He worked on the Rosemary and we worked her from ’63 to ’67, because we then built one called took that – but he then became most. The family tree goes all the until 1953 or 1954, and then Castle when we sold her and built a steel Our Heritage SH 237, in 1976 – ill. He died of cancer two and a way back to William Jenkinson, Mainprize – he of another big local trawler, Our Margaret SH 137, at another trawler – and we worked half years ago. But his son – our who died in 1762. fshing clan – bought a keel boat Knottingley.” them together, with our son Bill, grandson – Will is fshing with But not all of them served a full from Tarbert. Their fshing pattern had been who’d been fshing since he left Our Sharon, although when he term. St Oswald’s lining in winter, with school, taking Heritage. They was a boy, he always wanted his churchyard in Rachel skeining were 55/56-footers. All our boat granddad to keep Our Pride until Filey has many My dad had said that I weren’t and baiting the lines registration numbers had a seven he was 17 or 18, so he could take headstones for with mussels, and in them, except for Margaret and her.” Jenkinsons taken going fishing; he wanted me to a combination of William which was SH 142 – but In between all this, for a few by the sea, and trawling and potting that’s two times seven, making 14. years after the turn of the century, they are only the get a trade. But I said I were, in summer, when “And then we built the Our Pride Colin left fshing and had a 46ft ones who were Rachel would run a SH 77, a 60-footer, at Macduff in passenger boat, the Endeavour, found. In the age and I did. And I’ve no regrets crab stall, selling to 1984, again a trawler. We’d have which he worked from Whitby. But of sail, winter visitors. But after they up to six crew on her, landing to then he went back to fshing with gales from the northeast quarter “He brought her through got Our Margaret in the 1960s, it Scarborough or Grimsby. Around an U10 trawler, Marie Kelly OB 2, put many a fshing boat – and the Forth and Clyde canal, and was mostly trawling, and they did ’86 or ’87, we started fshing on the which he bought from Ireland. He collier and barquentine – onto a renamed her Marian after one of very well. gas and oil pipelines, towing with worked her for a couple of years lee shore. And even in the days his daughters, and I worked on her “It was a boom time for trawling the pipe right between the two before selling her in 2012 and of steam, things weren’t always for a while. at Scarborough, Whitby and Brid. doors, so that you were right on buying Ennis Lady PZ 50 – the shipshape, as evidenced by the “Then I went to a 50ft keel That real hard winter of ’62/63 top of it. The pipes were very good Kingfsher 24 that he’s just sold. case of the drifter Research – a boat called the F and S Colling, a started it. There were plenty of for cod, perhaps because there “So I’ve done the full circle in ‘poor affair, worn out’ – which sank potter/trawler, although she was cod for a long time after that, was always food around them – types of fshing, and come back to in 1925 off Flamborough Head mostly trawling. She was built in perhaps because the water was sand eels particularly.” potting to fnish up with.” with the loss of all nine crew, fve of ’56, and so it would have been ’57 colder. There was good fsh down “After that, Bill wanted to go But then, in amongst all that,

Left and right: Built at Macduff in 1984, the 60ft whitefish side trawler Our Pride was shelterdecked on the port side while the starboard side was left open for working the single-rig hopper trawls. (Photos: David Linkie) 23 January 2020 Join Fishing News on Facebook http://on.fb.me/fishingnews COLIN JENKINSON 9

‡ Colin’s grandson Will is now working with the fast potter Our Sharon. ‡ In 1967, the Jenkinsons built the steel trawler Our Margaret SH 137. (Photo: David Linkie) (Photo: David Linkie) ‡ Our Pride SH 77, seen here in family – as in Castle Mainprize, to be christened, and she named he did 13 years as lifeboat crew, her there, she was ours. But she 2001 with three generations of with whom Colin frst went fshing me after one of her ex-boyfriends.” starting in 1954. got a bit too far over, and then lay Jenkinsons – Will, Bill and Colin – which happens to be the clan of Which certainly simplifed things – There had been a disaster on 8 right on her beam end, and we – did well at trawling in the late Colin’s wife Rachel. if nothing else. December when the lifeboat ECJR had to beach her just south of the 1980s. And by Rachel’s time, things But now, Colin and Rachel turned over in a storm. It had just harbour. And then she dug into the had compounded, because she can throttle back and cruise completed one call-out and the sand, and fnished up staying there town in winter. But I think there’s already had Jenkinson as her towards their diamond wedding crew, having already been out in for four months. Put Scarborough still a decent living to be made with second Christian name – she was celebrations, and get on with the their fshing boats since the early on the map, she did.” shellfsh. There’s also still a little bit Rachel Jenkinson Mainprize – next phase – Rachel continuing hours, were having a cup of tea in And then there was the of salmoning, but that’s only two and so, when she married Colin, to take her six golden retrievers a cafe. But then a storm blew in, suspicious package. months a year now – although they she became Rachel Jenkinson to shows, Colin refecting on and six fshing boats, none with “One day in Our Pride, we did really well while they were at it Jenkinson, which sounds double- a job well done, and keeping radios, were reported overdue. trawled up a parcel, but we wanted this year.” barrelled but isn’t, and still causes an eye on the fshing from their The lifeboat found three and to keep fshing, and so we stowed So for now, the various fshing fun and games with offcialdom timber-panelled front room, which escorted them home, and after fve it and re-shot. families in Filey and Scarborough when flling in forms. is decked out like a spacious hours was lying to off continue the business, But then, what about Colin? He wheelhouse, complete with wheel. the Castle Hill when as interwoven as ever – stands out among all the Johns, You can get a favour of what she received a radio Back in 1900 there were though that interweaving Matthews, Williams, Thomases, etc it has all meant to them on the message from Whitby has produced a few – so how did Colin come about? Scarborough Maritime Heritage that the others – 10 John Jenkinsons, eight complications in the “Well, I was born in the old Centre website: bit.ly/30o43uN Courage, Pilot Me and area’s fshing history, Scarborough hospital, but my which has a fve-minute Listening Rosemary, on which Matthews, six Williams, six with the limited number mum had to stay in there, and her Project conversation between Colin was working – of surnames, and then of sister came down from Newcastle Colin and his grandson Will. had got in there. Thomases, six Georges, five Christian names. – she were a Geordie – to take me It sounds like a life well lived. ■ As the ECJR turned According to the into Scarborough Richards and four Roberts Scarborough Maritime harbour, she was hit Heritage Centre website, by two big waves and capsized, “When we got in, we landed it back in 1900 there were 10 John and although she was self-righting, at the end of the pier and asked Jenkinsons, eight Matthews, fve men were thrown into the the watchkeeper to ring the drug six Williams, six Thomases, six water, and three of them drowned. squad, and when they came Georges, fve Richards and four Colin signed up as crew straight round, it turned out to be cannabis Roberts. At virtually any time after away. which had been thrown over by a about 1850, there were at least six And then there was the time, boat being followed by the police. John Jenkinsons of fshing age. when fshing, that they just And they said: ‘What are you So families tried to simplify missed out on salvage, after the turning this in for? You should have matters by adding the mother’s 394t Fleetwood trawler Navena turned it into cash.’” maiden name to a child’s Christian started to take water 12 miles Now that Colin is out of fshing, names as a distinguishing feature, off Scarborough, and the crew what changes has he seen in and that started early among launched liferafts, but left her his time, and how does he see the Jenkinsons, with Edmond under power. the future for those still fshing – (baptised in 1811) and Castle “Everybody had got off her, but particularly the younger lads? (baptised in 1824). But Castle All is shipshape. she was heading straight for Filey “Things have changed fgures mostly in the Mainprize Brigg.” completely. The lads who were Three fshing boats, including in cobles at Filey have now got Colin in Our Heritage, tried to turn bigger boats and work out of The potter Ennis Lady was Colin’s last boat. her. Scarborough – maybe eight or 10 (Photo: David Linkie) “One of the boats had picked of them, along with perhaps eight up a liferaft, and we thought about or 10 Scarborough boats as well. using that as a fender to push It’s been about that number for a her round. But then we managed few years now, and most of them to get one of our crew aboard, are potting, because shellfsh and he got into the wheelhouse. look okay. But there aren’t any But there must have been an fnfsh. Some who’ve tried trawling emergency stop of some sort, the last couple of years have got because the engine stopped. nothing. There’s no cod. I think the “So we got a rope aboard and last really good year for whitefsh started to tow her towards Whitby. around here was about 1999.” But she was rolling about and This means that Scarborough taking more water, and getting harbour in winter is nowhere near sloppier and sloppier, and so we as busy as it was. Back in the frst made for Scarborough. But the half of the 20th century, when harbour master wouldn’t let us boats still followed the herring in, thinking she’d sink and block down the North Sea in the autumn, it – and all the time, there was a you could walk across the harbour bloke from the insurance company from one boat to the next, as you threatening us with all sorts. We could in most herring ports. were going to try to tie her to the “It was a hive of industry down end of the pier, and if we had got there. But now, it’s like a ghost 10 SAM OF LADRAM Visit us at fishingnews.co.uk and on Twitter @YourFishingNews 23 January 2020 SAM OF LADRAM: 50 YEARS YOUNG

The extensively rebuilt Sam of Ladram BM 188 leaving Brixham.

Photographer Tony Fitzsimmons reports on a week’s trip from Brixham onboard the Waterdance beam trawler Sam of Ladram BM 188, which is celebrating 50 years of fshing this year

t had been some time since was how this would affect my I was last at sea, though this photography. Iwas certainly not through Following a series of tests, choice. At the beginning of 2019 I was diagnosed with central and pretty much overnight, the retina vein occlusion, a condition vision in my left eye became generally affecting those much severely distorted, with the older than my current 42 years. central point now a pixelated It was treatable – though not swirl, the surrounding areas essentially curable. mucky and murky. It was as if Photography took a back someone hadn’t cleaned their seat over the next few months, windows for a year, and even alongside confdence and future colours seemed somewhat aspirations. This was my camera off; tomato red had become eye, after all. Even trying to beetroot purple, blues appeared remain productive by re-editing deeply dark, and everything was previous work – something I felt essentially an oversaturated could at least keep my focus mess. All I could think about away from my actual focus –

‡ The crew of the Sam of Ladram gather on deck after a stormy week at sea. Back, left to right: mate Richard, skipper Jon-Jon and deckhand Stanley. Front, left to right: deckhands Johnny and Benny.

was now done with a patch out on the blue. The company’s my condition. Thankfully, the over my left eye, so that my only feet had greatly expanded over Waterdance team were very remaining association with the the past few years, and it was understanding, and told me to sea was playing pirate dress-up. interested in updating its gallery. let them know when things were As if I couldn’t be made I couldn’t begin to describe how better. to feel any worse, I was then up for this I was, but I knew And things did get better. contacted by Waterdance there was no way I could satisfy After more than half a year of ‡ Benny repairs the port side net as Johnny looks on. regarding potential work back health and safety concerns with feeling sorry for myself, and with 23 January 2020 Join Fishing News on Facebook http://on.fb.me/fishingnews SAM OF LADRAM 11

‡ Last-minute checks are made by Stanley and Johnny before the Sam departs from Brixham harbour.

‡ Johnny (left) and Stanley check the nets prior to leaving Brixham.

‡ Johnny braves the elements as he tends to the starboard beam. my right eye now trained to do whole new lease of life. There what my left had done, a series were four vessels in the frst of injections, and apparently batch, which hopefully meant Wolverine-like healing powers even more to follow: a mix of (the doctors were amazed by my beamers and netters, all sailing quick recovery), I was given the under the Waterdance fag and green light to return to work. In the ‘of Ladram’ title – Sam, fact, my vision had improved on Nichola, Julie and Amanda, anything I could remember, and I working out of the ports of was left wondering just how bad Brixham and Newlyn. my sight had been, and for how Arrangements were soon long, and how I had managed made. Waterdance was keen to to continue winging it as a get me on the Sam frst, as a ‡ Skipper Jon-Jon (right) and mate Richard go over the charts for the photographer. production company needed week’s trip. After contacting Waterdance flm footage onboard as soon In the wheelhouse, Jon-Jon guides the nets onto the deck. with the good news, reviewing as possible. After chatting the brief for the job felt like a with the Waterdance shore manager and then with skipper knew roughly what to expect, John Joll, I headed down to there is no feeling like being Brixham on a dreary wet late- rocked repeatedly from side to October morning. side while trying to maintain a The rain and howling wind confdent balance, and getting had ramped up in just a few your head around the idea that hours, and as I arrived by this assembly of steel and wood midday, it was relentless. It was was to be home for the best part also set to get much worse. of a week. Thankfully, we were Winds for the week ahead had leaving in the evening, which been forecast as force seven meant that if my stomach did to eight, with one decent day show early signs of irritation, I nestled somewhere in the could quickly bunk down. middle. There was even talk of John Joll, or Jon-Jon as he is a nine, and possibly 10 late on more commonly known across Sunday – though hopefully we the feet, showed me around the would land before that monster Sam. The layout was as similar arrived. as it was different to every other Stugeron tablets were taken vessel I had been on. The galley and wrist bands were set in looked homely, the wheelhouse place, both elastic-tight. I was was modern and roomy, and taking no risks. I was unsure the deck gave the immediate whether I was more nervous impression that there was plenty about my eye suddenly going of space to work in while the pop again or throwing up within crew went about their business. 20 minutes of leaving port. It had I also discovered that the Sam ‡ Sam of Ladram works sets of 10m beam trawl gear with the usual stone mats, tailored for the grounds been a good while since my last used to be the Lloyd Tyler, a and the time of year. stormy trip, and even though I boat that I had seen on many 12 SAM OF LADRAM Visit us at fishingnews.co.uk and on Twitter @YourFishingNews 23 January 2020

‡ Johnny tosses scallops from the week’s first catch into a basket. occasions during my time down good to see this way. him again, Sam of Ladram is now and great 50 years old, and in 2017 to see him she underwent a massive doing well, as refurbishment, costing over I often wonder ‡ Stanley carefully winches a basket of cuttles into the fishroom below. £1.1m. I loved the idea of being about the Johnny brings in the starboard net as darkness falls. on a piece of history: names various skippers may change, crews come and and crews I have met go, but the boat goes on – a lick along the way. of paint here, a refurbishment The Sam also had two lads there – battling ever-changing from the Philippines, Johnny elements with little respite but and Benny. Johnny’s English the utmost respect from all. was excellent, and not just Once feet touched the deck, in the sense of speaking or I soon met with the crew, and understanding. His ability to to my surprise, I knew one of banter with the best of them them from my time onboard was through the roof – though the William of Ladram, during I suppose four years on the the rough week of Storm Doris Sam could do that to anyone. back in January 2017. Greeting Married with two girls, and now me with his unique charm and 24, he had been fshing out of unabashed sense of humour the Philippines since the age of was Stanley, now a fsherman eight on a variety of tuna boats. I of 20 years’ experience. It was had little knowledge of anything Sam of Ladram is now 50 years old, and in 2017 she underwent a massive refurbishment, costing over £1.1m ‡ Stanley (left) and Johnny sort through a late-night catch.

but action fgures at eight! was an immediate part of me Benny, a fsherman for seven that wanted to photograph this. years, had been on the Sam for Torn – sometimes the hardest four months. Married with one part of being a documentary boy, both he and Johnny would photographer is knowing when soon be back home to reunite to capture the moment, and with family for a few months. At when to just experience it for the beginning there was a slight yourself – I stood there. My shyness about him, but it didn’t camera continued pointing take him long to play up to the down, and I simply stared at camera. the imagery for a few moments The mate onboard was longer, and then headed back on Richard Carroll, or Brewster to deck. Some things are better left his friends. This was his third for those they are truly meant year on the Sam and his 23rd for. as a fsherman, with next year With everyone gathered perhaps his most signifcant. In around in the soaking wet, we April, Richard would undertake were given a few hours to do his ticket, making that giant leap whatever we needed to do from Riker to Picard, if you know before setting off, with my needs your Star Trek order of ranks. being a trip to the local Rockfsh As I sorted through my for a fsh supper. Sheltered and clothes in the sleeping quarters, warm by its fre, I enjoyed a full I noticed Richard’s bunk helping of cod in crisp batter opposite mine. Adorned across and chips, lost to my thoughts of his back wall was a series of what this next week would bring colourful photos of his wife as this tempestuous weather and kids. It was a beautiful continued, with the light now montage of everything he had becoming as murky as my left on dry land, and clearly what eye once was. ‡ Sam of Ladram after her £1.1m refit in 2017. drove him out here, and there For this trip and the ones to 23 January 2020 Join Fishing News on Facebook http://on.fb.me/fishingnews SAM OF LADRAM 13

50 years of fishing Sam of Ladram BM 188 is still Waterdance Ltd, the fshing going strong at 50, thanks to branch of the Exeter-based meticulous maintenance and Greendale Group, bought regular refurbishment by her the vessel in 2016. That year various owners over the years. saw the vessel heading to Built in 1970 at the van der Den Oever for an extensive Sande shipyard in Breskens, modernisation programme Holland as De Vrouw Maria by Machinefabriek Luyt BV, VLI-3 for Albert Goudriaan and which included the beamer’s Leen de Nooijer of Vlissingen, engineroom, fsh-handling the 26.2m vessel was originally system and catch-storage powered by a Kromhout arrangements being almost 8FAD240 main engine of completely renewed. 750hp. A new Mitsubishi S12A2- The beamer was renamed MPTK propulsion unit and Maria BR-6 in 1977 by the Masson gearbox were installed, same owners, before being alongside two new Caterpillar sold to A de Jong of Den C6.6-based generators. Oever in 1983 and renamed Other work in the Wilhelmina Jannie WR-93. engineroom included installing Later in the same year, the two new Desmi pumps ‡ Photographer Tony Fitzsimmons endured a stormy trip on the Sam of Ladram. (Photo: Alan Letcher) vessel was sold again, to and renewing the complete Tjalling Loonstra, and renamed deckwash and bilge systems in delivery chute leading to the renew the internal structures the Waterdance feet. Johanna Dieuwertje WR-42. stainless steel pipework, ftting fshroom. and fttings. Waterdance bought its A new Stork-Werkspoor a new Jensen fuel separator, The vessel’s external Below the waterline, a frst vessel in the 1960s, 6FHD240 main engine of 750hp and renewing the hydraulic appearance was also bulbous bow, designed by Ian and since then the family- was installed in 1984. Four system for the winch and bow signifcantly changed, Paton of SC McAllister & Co owned company has steadily years later, the boat joined the thruster. including fabricating a new Ltd, complete with an integral consolidated its feet. This UK feet when she was bought Similar large-scale aft shelter on the previously bow thruster, was fabricated now numbers over 20 vessels by John and Graham Perkes of improvements were carried open stern, ftting new safety and ftted, to enhance fuel including beam trawlers, Brixham and renamed Sasha out to improve the vessel’s rails to the wheelhouse and economy and propulsion netters, potters and scallopers, Emiel BM 181. catch-handling arrangements whaleback, fabricating a effciency. with the new 35m beam trawler In 2000, the beamer was on the main deck, where a new new aluminium funnel, and The vessel, now renamed Georgina of Ladram BM 100 renamed Lloyd Tyler BM 188 fsh conveyor, gutting table, renewing the capping around Sam of Ladram BM 188, nearing completion at the Luyt after being bought by Duane selection bins and fsh washer the wheelhouse. Extensive returned to Brixham in April shipyard and scheduled for Darwood. were ftted, together with a new work was also undertaken to 2017 to start fshing as part of delivery this spring. follow, I had prepared a series debacle that is Brexit, and the pushing a pen? of questions to ask those simple fact – one that seems to Some weeks before this onboard – topics very much be gravely lost on our politicians frst trip back out at sea, I had at the conversational forefront – that Britain is an island country been contacted by a student before, during and long after with a fshing industry far too with questions about how sea the conclusion of pollution affects this commission. I We want to protect our own the work of felt that fshermen fshermen, as were in an excellent way of living, same as any well as about place to give much- the negative needed insight into farmer would with his land impact they in current events. Who turn have on the better to discuss environment. the climate than someone who often used as a pawn, I wanted I’ll admit I was a little annoyed has braved the elements day to gauge the opinions of those by the latter, and what I fnd to after day over a long career at working in the industry itself. be a typical view. My feeling is sea? Surely their voices hold far more that if you have never seen or On the ongoing saga and weight than those of someone experienced the graft beyond ‡ Benny watches as the port side net is raised.

the horizon line, a little humility stemming from a variety of goes a long way. That said, the sources, some well-intentioned, lad’s overall intentions did seem some not, and some just plain mostly positive, and I hoped my ignorant. It doesn’t help when responses would continue to this is generated or amplifed by steer him in that direction. social media. What should be I do feel there is a lot of an informed discussion debated fnger-pointing currently, through facts quickly descends

‡ A view of the Sam from the bow as a weather front moves in. ‡ Thick clouds gather around the Sam of Ladram as fishing continues. 14 SAM OF LADRAM Visit us at fishingnews.co.uk and on Twitter @YourFishingNews 23 January 2020

‡ The Sam of Ladram battles the ongoing force eight storm. The rain and howling wind had ramped up in just a few hours, and as I arrived, it was relentless. It was also set to get much worse into ill-informed opinions and in his opinion, our seas are shifting blame. now in a far healthier state than For example, fshermen for many years. The Fishing ‡ Skipper Jon-Jon – in the wheelhouse – and deckhand Johnny are often the frst to be called for Litter initiative has been an discuss the latest catch. out when it comes to what is important factor in this, and washed up on our beaches, watching the crew go through ‡ Despite the weather, Johnny is despite the fact that this is each catch, depositing any still smiling as he washes down not the only industry working unwelcome materials into a large the catch. the seas. Moreover, we are white skip bag on deck, was seeing more and more vessels heartening. standing, Jon-Jon has certainly bringing back their rubbish, as As a fsherman of 40 years’ seen the climate change. well as the various plastics and “The water temperatures are suchlike that can accompany certainly warmer, and there is the catch. Those heading to more abundance of aquatic their respective ports daily with life – more species of shark, full bags ready to recycle are tuna, pilot whales, all chasing never noted, and I do think this the many nutrients of the is a shame. Times have clearly sea. Bad weather is certainly changed, and as Jon-Jon said: more frequent – though not “We want to protect our own necessarily more severe.” The way of living, same as any current week of constant force ‡ Another full basket of scallops ready for the fishroom. farmer would with his land.” As he stood by his skipper’s chair, there was a defnite sense of ‡ Skipper Jon-Jon proudly responsibility in his demeanour. wearing his Fishing for the Future Richard agreed, saying that t-shirt in the galley.

‡ Mate Richard cooking up an early evening treat. ‡ Baskets of cuttles are winched down into the fishroom by deckhand Johnny. 23 January 2020 Join Fishing News on Facebook http://on.fb.me/fishingnews SAM OF LADRAM 15

‡ Benny waves up to the wheelhouse after selecting a large turbot from the catch.

‡ In the fishroom below, Benny readies himself as another basket comes down.

‡ Stanley pauses for a moment on deck, as the weather finally allows a little respite.

‡ Scallops on ice in the fishroom. seven to eight winds, with a one- as a species overnight, and we except for how many extra day Thursday break down to a shouldn’t be made to feel guilty rounds of bread you can have! fve, underlined his point. about the fact, but we can begin The weather continued to “The water is warmer,” to make amends and fnd a build towards the treacherous Richard echoed. “Tuna. Jellyfsh. common goal to work towards. storm scheduled to hit by late Lots of jellyfsh! Blue sharks.” I’d like to think my carbon weekend. Swells grew larger ‡ Mate Richard deep in thought during the very early hours of the This did surprise me, and with footprint is low; my family grow and fercer, rocking the Sam morning. temperatures set and those inside to rise further in without care or and every journey out on deck, that I coveted for my equipment, the next decade, Who better to discuss the consideration. though had the water been silky I was able to endure what was I wondered what Dinner had smooth, this requirement would thrown at me for far longer other species climate than someone who has become a case have been no different. Jon- than previously. Having a would come to of frmly holding Jon’s views were strong when handheld GoPro on a stick as an frequent our braved the elements day after your plate or it came to safety and the lives additional option also allowed waters and bowl as you slid of those onboard, and failure to a few different angles and markets. day over a long career at sea? from end to end suit up came with few warnings approaches to my work. The obvious along the leathery before you were off the Sam. Halfway through the trip, I was change in our climate does what we can, and in the last pew. Noise was also a jarring I was feeling more prepared actually feeling quite at home. make me wonder where we as few years I have moved away constant, particularly as the to take pictures in these Stanley cooked a stunning KFF a species are heading, although from eating meat, seeing myself stern’s large propeller fercely extremes than on earlier trips. I – Kentucky fried fsh – for one there is only so much anyone as more of a pescatarian. But churned a ‘thud thud thud’ as it now came with my own oilskins, of our mid-morning flls, and it can do without going crazy. after being on deck in the cold rose out of the water, alongside a gift from my time onboard the went down an absolute treat. In the end, it should be about and wet, a force eight smacking the howling wind and the Falklands’ longliner CLF Hunter, The coating was reminiscent of balance and fnding some unabated at your chops, when swirling everything else. and while what I had was still a the Colonel’s own, though my happy medium. We can’t simply Stanley serves you up a beef The deckhands continued to far cry from the ever-increasingly weak ability to deal with even change who and what we are stew, no fuss is ever made don their lifejackets with each expensive waterproof housing the slightest spice said it was 16 SAM OF LADRAM Visit us at fishingnews.co.uk and on Twitter @YourFishingNews 23 January 2020

‡ Stanley signals up to the wheelhouse as the starboard net is raised. far hotter. There was also some debate regarding ownership of this recipe, after another individual felt compelled to contact me ‡ Congers are gutted during another dark stormy night onboard the Sam. in complete outrage after I posted a picture of my meal on Instagram. Having experienced Stanley’s fantastic culinary skills during the week, I can only give credit where credit is due. As forecast, I was fnally blessed with that one decent day and a calmer sea, as dark ‡ Baskets of cuttles on a sea- clouds broke to reveal a much- drenched deck. missed blue sky. I took the opportunity to shoot a series best cards to make a deal. As an of portrait shots, something I exporter, leaving will be better felt was missing from my frst long-term for our country.” commission with Waterdance. A glance at the radar showed I was also able to continue with a Belgian vessel beginning my questions, spending some fshing operations 22 miles time with Richard at the helm, southeast of Brixham, its with Brexit next on the agenda. intended destination with its “I’d say UK fshing is in a good catch home to Ostend. With the place,” Richard commented. “It new supertrawlers in the English is the EU that is a joke – so too Channel making the news that Brexit. They are using one of our week, one had to wonder what Even with advancements in technology, we still need crews.

Not everything can be automated ‡ Mate Richard at the helm in the wheelhouse.

our great pioneers of the seas, him about how fshing had and the many generations of changed. British fshermen and women “The industry is far more over the years, would make of controlled. It used to be small those in charge, and this almost holdings – independent people lackadaisical approach to our owning a boat or two. Now it’s waters. Something about these multi-billion-pound companies giants on our waters didn’t sit in charge of many – but that well with me, or with Jon-Jon also brings with it more modern back in the wheelhouse. I asked feets. Fishing is certainly more

Johnny (left) and Benny pose for a late-night photo on deck, as the Sam of Ladram heads back to Brixham harbour.

‡ Stanley (left) and Benny sort through another haul. 23 January 2020 Join Fishing News on Facebook http://on.fb.me/fishingnews SAM OF LADRAM 17

‡ After landing in Brixham, mate Richard (right) and Stanley work on repairing the chains, ready to return to ‡ Sam of Ladram landing the week’s catch on a wet and windy sea in a few days’ time. morning in Brixham. expensive, but then it has always been about fgures. There is a lot of stress on the skipper, and there is always an emphasis on health and safety – but that’s just how things are nowadays. It is a good thing, of course. We go out to sea, we work the weather, and you’ve got the safety of your crew to consider, as well as maintaining the equipment.” So where are we at with the future of UK fshing? Jon- Jon felt that in terms of our next generation of fshers, the situation was probably not so great. “There is too much hardship for them, they don’t like the weather – they’d rather be a YouTuber,” Jon-Jon said. “The frst question I’m asked is, ‘Have you got WiFi?’, the second, ‘Have you got deck machinery?’, the third, ‘What is my percentage?’. ‘What can you do?’ I ask. ‘Not much,’ comes the reply. ‘Well, that’s your percentage!’ Even with advancements in technology, we still need crews. Not everything can be automated.” Perhaps it was fate that my eye troubles happened when they did. Back on the water, I was able to see the changes unfold from the front lines and add my voice to that of the fshing community, though it was a voice as naïve as it was eager in many ways. ‡ Sam of Ladram heading out on another trip in more tranquil conditions. Fishing had Time to restock the boat for the next trip. become a livelihood planned, as crew onboard: skipper Jon-Jon, Channel, and how these huge respecting the environment in heavily Sunday’s mate Richard and deckhands ships would soon affect the which they worked. It seems impacted by impending Stanley, Johnny and Benny. many lives and livelihoods irresponsible for what was current events, storm had While I was glad to be heading within our fshing industry. essentially the largest hoover and with much arrived much home, I would have happily Fishing was clearly moving in history to suddenly turn uncertainty on the sooner than stayed for another week. fast with the times, but as there up out of the blue, on the horizon, I felt that the expected. My return to Back in my room, showered, is now a debate about how we blue. Looking back, perhaps next few years would be just as sea – aside from the weather, warm and dry, I began editing have handled our times, surely that student was asking the erratic as the waves we were the wintery dark hours, the away, with hot tea on tap. there must be reservations right questions about the steaming through as the Sam rough swells, the heavy winds Despite everything I had about these supertrawlers impact fshing can have on headed back to port. and the stinging rain – could come away with from this frst and where all this is heading, our environment. It was just During the very early hours not have been a more enjoyable week back at sea, my focus especially after years of UK unfortunate that his questions of Saturday morning we landed experience, and this was couldn’t seem to shift from fshermen adhering to quotas, were directed at the wrong in Brixham, a day earlier than entirely down to the wonderful that supertrawler in the English replenishing stocks and party entirely. ■ 18 READERS’ PHOTOS 2019 Visit us at fishingnews.co.uk and on Twitter @YourFishingNews 23 January 2020 READERS’ PHOTOS 2019

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† The end of an era – beamers crossing Torbay on the final leg of the last Brixham Trawler Race. (Jenny Quinell-Scott)

‡ Four-year-old Rio Beavers filling needles in ‡ Sunset off Mallaig onboard Silver Dawn OB ‡ The Spanish longliner Vera heading west round the Butt of Lewis in a Boris Nets’ loft at Fleetwood. (Shaun Doran) 333. (Angus McLean) freshening westerly. (Gordon Macrae)

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Elementary First Aid Fri 31 January Lyme Regis at Lyme Regis, is planning Seafsh has also recently Radar – one day Fri 31 January Lyme Regis a series of new courses announced a new UK GMDSS Short-Range Radio Sat 1-Sun 2 February Lyme Regis throughout the south of government-funded scheme Safety Awareness Mon 3 February Lyme Regis England for 2020. that allows owners of Fishing College training UK-registered commercial Basic Firefighting Mon 3 February Lyme Regis manager Steve Postles said: fshing vessels to recover MCA-Approved Engine Course – four days Tue 4-Fri 7 February Lyme Regis “We are also developing £200 per item against the Stability Awareness – Experienced Fishermen Mon 10 February Weymouth a new fve-day course for cost of purchasing type- school leavers and people approved personal fotation Stability Awareness – Advanced Tue 11 February Weymouth of all age groups wishing to devices (PFDs) ftted with Basic Health and Safety Wed 12 February Poole join the industry, with local integral personal locator Elementary First Aid – STCW 2010 Thur 13 February Poole funding. We hope to have more beacons (PLBs) for their crew. Basic Firefighting Fri 14 February Poole information on this shortly, but The Fishing College can help anyone intending to join the with advice on how to get the Bridge Watchkeeping – five days Mon 24-Fri 28 February Lyme Regis industry should contact us for equipment, and help with the Bridge Watchkeeping – two days Mon 2-Tue 3 March Lyme Regis further information as soon as funding application process. Engine Watchkeeping – two days Wed 4-Thur 5 March Lyme Regis possible.” Anyone requiring further Stability Awareness – Experienced Fishermen Fri 6 March Lyme Regis Seafsh has announced that information can contact there is additional funding in Steve on: 07717 752544 or Stability Awareness – Advanced Sat 7 March Lyme Regis place to cover the industry in the bookings line on: 07802 Bridge Watchkeeping – two days Mon 9-Tue 10 March Hastings England and Scotland until the 647531. For further information Engine Watchkeeping – two days Wed 11-Thur 12 March Hastings end of March. After that, new and lots of useful links, go Stability Awareness – Experienced Fishermen Fri 13 March Hastings projects may be introduced, to: fishingcollege.co.uk or: but possibly not until the sfita.co.uk Stability Awareness – Advanced Sat 14 March Hastings 20 NEWS Visit us at fishingnews.co.uk and on Twitter @YourFishingNews 23 January 2020 UK Young Seafood Chef of the Clyde fishermen to host Year competition launched Burns Night in Glasgow Michelin-starred chef Mark sourced seafood provided by Join the Clyde Fishermen’s A hearty three-course meal Sargeant will lead the team Young’s Seafood. Trust for a Burns Supper not including haggis, neeps and who will judge the fnal of the Mark, who is passionate to be forgotten in Glasgow on tatties and a complimentary nip UK Young Seafood Chef of about getting youngsters into Saturday, 25 January. of whisky will be served. Dinner the Year 2020, to be held in the industry, said: “As a young An exceptional group of well- will be followed by a ceilidh Grimsby in June. chef I was lucky enough to known and well-loved Scottish dance. Mark discovered a win a few competitions, and performers, including Joyce Doors will open from 6.40pm passion for cooking at a the skills and confdence I Falconer, Nicola Roy, Brian for 7pm at the Function Room, young age and won the UK gained through competing O’Sullivan, Andy Clark and Kirsty Alea Casino Waterfront, Hospitality and the Restaurant was fantastic. I met some McDuff, will deliver an evening Springfeld Quay, Glasgow G5 Association Young Chef of fantastic chefs who were of quality musical and dramatic 8NP. the Year in his early career. so encouraging, and I want performance directed by the Tickets (£40 per person, or He worked with Gordon to give back something to acclaimed Tony Cownie. special discounted rates for Ramsay, and now operates the young chefs out there. The organisers expect an tables of 10 people) are available the Rocksalt restaurant in Seafood is an essential action-packed night of high at: clydefishermenstrust.com/ Folkestone, as well as recently commodity, and we need to spirits dedicated to the Bard, who other or by emailing: contact@ having added three new pubs learn how to respect and cook hailed from the Clyde. clydefsh.com to his portfolio. it properly.” ‡ Chef Mark Sargeant will head The UK Young Seafood Each team will be judged the judging team in the competition Chef of the Year competition, by a panel of professionals, final. sponsored by Seafsh and including a regional chef. run by the Grimsby Institute, The judging will be headed £1,000 voucher for Russum’s always attracts a high by Ben Bartlett, Master Craft catering equipment for their standard of entries. Now in its Guild of Chefs and Seafsh college, as well as £500 each. 24th year, it seeks out aspiring ambassador, and include Nikki Hawkins, trade events chefs and encourages them to Emma McKeating, master manager at Seafsh and a cook with seafood. fshmonger and Seafsh competition judge, said: “The The chefs, all under the ambassador, who will judge UK Young Seafood Chef of the age of 25, will compete in one the flleting. Year provides opportunities of three regional heats, to be Nine teams will go through to connect the industry with CKP1001 held at City College, Norwich to the grand fnal at the colleges and young chefs, (1 May), Sunderland College Grimsby Institute on 12 June ensuring quality seafood is on (15 May) and Coleg Llandrillo where they will cook a three- menus for years to come.” Cymru, North Wales (22 May). course seafood menu, while The deadline for entries They will work in teams of two being judged on their flleting is Monday, 1 April. 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Find us on Twitter Join the fnd us on Join in the conversation £3.25 Fishing News 26 July 2018 Join Fishing News on Facebook http://on.fb.me/fishingnews TRANQUILITY FISHING FEATURE 9 group 8 TRANQUILITY FISHING FEATURE Visit us at fishingnews.co.uk and on Twitter @YourFishingNews 26 July 2018 £3.25 28 November 2019 – follow this link Issue: 5491 @YourFishingNews £3.25 1 4 5 December 2019 TRANQUIL FIRST TRIP FOR TRANQUILITY Issue: 5492 fishingnews.co.uk 14 November 2019 http://on.fb.me/fishingnews Join the THE NEW WHALSAY FLY-SHOOTER TRANQUILITY LK 63 FISHED HER MAIDEN Issue: 5489 Fishing News group TRIP LAST MONTH, IN THE BURRA HAAF ON THE WEST SIDE OF SHETLAND There was a tangible buzz of anticipation as the crew gathered in Tranquility’s forward messdeck a few minutes into a Saturday – follow this link Visit us online for morning, in preparation for the start of their maiden trip, reports David Linkie £3.25 news, features and http://on.fb.me/fishingnews Find us on Twitter Tranquility heading in to land at nostalgia Scalloway, with Fitful Head in the 14 November 2019 distance, after a two-day maiden Issue: 5489 trip in the Burra Haaf. ACCESS QUESTIONS DODGED £3.25 Join in the conversation 28 November 2019 TURN TO PAGE 2 FOR THE FULL REPORT U10 E-CATCH ROLL-OUT Issue: 5491 @YourFishingNews DISCARDS POLICING TURN TO PAGE 2 FOR THE FULL REPORT TOUGHER £3.25 TURN TO PAGE 2 FOR THE FULL REPORT 5 December 2019 Issue: 5492 fishingnews.co.uk 5 1: Taking the end buoys onto the net drum, before clipping in the port rope. New 14.65m crabber Dalwhinnie arrives at Stonehaven 2: Hauling the wings of the net onto the starboard drum. ACCESS QUESTIONS DODGED 3: The Burra Haaf delivers yet again. The new Stonehaven crabber Dalwhinnie A 913 was New Brixham beamer launched in Holland 4: John Johnson prepares to release the codline. given an early opportunity to prove her seakeeping The hull of the new Brixham beam trawler Georgina TURN TO PAGE 2 FOR THE FULL REPORT 5: Another haul of prime-quality whitefish, caught less than 15 Skipper Ian Mathieson berthed of Ladram BM 100 was lifted into the water at Ibis miles from harbour. U10 E-CATCH ROLL-OUT 6: Fishroom man Robbie Jamieson weighing cod released from qualities during the 700-mile delivery passage from Margaret of Ladram sets new Brixham record Dalwhinnie in Stonehaven harbour for TURN TO PAGE 2 FOR THE FULL REPORT Tranquility’s automated VCU catch-handling system… Kilkeel to Aberdeenshire, reports David Linkie. Shipyard, Burgum on 31 October, before being pushed the first time last week following a through the Prinses Margriet canal to Den Oever, 7: … before adding it to the vessel’s catch-management system. Skipper Ian Mathieson reported that the vessel TOUGHER DISCARDS POLICING New 14.65m crabber Dalwhinnie arrives at Stonehaven 8: The first box of fish in Tranquility’s fishroom. stormy delivery trip from Kilkeel. 9: The first day’s work nears an end. handled extremely well when crossing the Irish Sea in where the 35.25m vessel will be completed by main TURN TO PAGE 2 FOR THE FULL REPORT The new Stonehaven crabber Dalwhinnie A 913 was contractors Luyt BV, reports given an early opportunity to prove her seakeeping 2 … on first trip back after Rugby aWorld SE force 6-7, before steamingCup from Kyle of Lochalsh David Linkie Skipper Ian Mathieson berthed . qualities during the 700-mile delivery passage from Dalwhinnie in Stonehaven harbour for The Waterdance -owned beamer Margaret of Ladram E to Cape Wrath in a heavy northerly swell. Of 8.70m beam and a moulded depth of 5.2m, Kilkeel to Aberdeenshire, reports David Linkie. New Brixham beamer launched in Holland the first time last week following a 6 8 Skipper Ian Mathieson reported that the vessel the Brixham record landing for a single trip last Margaret of Ladram leaves Brixham Georgina of Ladram was designed by Luyt BV stormy delivery trip from Kilkeel. 199 broke Powered by a Doosan V158TI main engine driving The hull of the new Brixham beam trawler Georgina handled extremely well when crossing the Irish Sea in in collaboration with Marimecs Marine Design & ith the summer solstice wheelhouse equipment, before , auctioned on the market fishmarket after landing her record- Margaret of Ladram sets new Brixham record a SE force 6-7, before steaming from Kyle of Lochalsh month when 7.5t of Dover sole of Ladram BM 100 was lifted into the water at Ibis less than two weeks calling Lerwick port control for , grossed £125,630. breaking catch. Engineering for Waterdance Ltd. to Cape Wrath in a heavy northerly swell. Waway, the ‘simmer dim’, clearance to leave harbour, as the floor by Brixham Trawler Agents Shipyard, Burgum on 31 October, before being pushed Powered by a Doosan V158TI main engine driving for which Shetland is renowned, crew prepared to throw the ropes Margaret of Ladram skipper Adam Cowan-Dickie Georgina of Ladram is the second new fishing through the Prinses Margriet canal to Den Oever, meant that the sky over Lerwick off. … on first trip back after Rugby World Cup was still grey, rather than jet Ten minutes later, the fash of – whose son Luke plays rugby for England and Exeter vessel to be built for Waterdance by Luyt BV, which where the 35.25m vessel will be completed by main black. Bressay lighthouse slipped astern Bow view of earlier this year delivered the 14.95m vivier-crabber David Linkie. The Waterdance-owned beamer Margaret of Ladram E After Chris Shearer started to port as Tranquility headed due Chiefs – turned the boat around and went straight back contractors Luyt BV, reports 199 broke the Brixham record landing for a single trip last Tranquility’s Mitsubishi S6U south, parallel to the east coast Dalwhinnie, Margaret of Ladram leaves Brixham Bow view of (680kW @ 1050rpm) main engine, of Shetland, retracing the route Nichola of Ladram E 1. Of 8.70m beam and a moulded depth of 5.2m, month when 7.5t of Dover sole, auctioned on the market Dalwhinnie, the sound of which was barely driven four hours earlier on the to sea, without even waiting to see what his record catch which is based fishmarket after landing her record- floor by Brixham Trawler Agents, grossed £125,630. which is based discernible in the wheelhouse, way north from Sumburgh airport The Luyt group will now begin installation of Georgina of Ladram was designed by Luyt BV breaking catch. had made. on a Buccaneer on a Buccaneer skipper Stuart Anderson to Lerwick. Georgina of Ladram’s engineroom and deck in collaboration with Marimecs Marine Design & Margaret of Ladram skipper Adam Cowan-Dickie carried out a quick check of the Fishing News had been unable The record-breaking trip was his first after returning 46 hull, fitted – whose son Luke plays rugby for England and Exeter 46 hull, fitted 3 Engineering for Waterdance Ltd. out by G Smyth out by G Smyth Chiefs – turned the boat around and went straight back from watching Luke Cowan-Dickie play for England Georgina of Ladram is the second new fishing to sea, without even waiting to see what his record catch Boats. during the recent Rugby World Cup in Japan. Boats. vessel to be built for Waterdance by Luyt BV, which had made. 7 Skipper Adam Cowan-Dickie said: “I’ve been The record-breaking trip was his first after returning 9 An unusual view of Georgina of Ladram passing over a dual carriageway while earlier this year delivered the 14.95m vivier-crabber from watching Luke Cowan-Dickie play for England managing my sole quota and my days at sea for the being towed to Den Oever. Nichola of Ladram E 1. during the recent Rugby World Cup in Japan. past 11 months, just so I could try and break this record. The Luyt group will now begin installation of Skipper Adam Cowan-Dickie said: “I’ve been managing my sole quota and my days at sea for the I found this little patch of good fishing just before the Georgina of Ladram’s engineroom and deck past 11 months, just so I could try and break this record. World Cup started, but I was unable to fish it because I found this little patch of good fishing just before the ‡ … before starting to run the port rope. World Cup started, but I was unable to fish it because of bad weather. I obviously couldn’t miss the chance to to be in Whalsay the previous as the skippers and crew fnished presented a unique opportunity of bad weather. I obviously couldn’t miss the chance to weekend, when Tranquility arrived rigging out their new boat at too good to miss, providing travel watch my son playing in the World Cup, so I was keeping a 1,350mm-diameter propeller through a PRM 4.17:1 of Kilkeel, Dalwhinnie features a number of interesting ‡ The 35.25m beam trawler Georgina of Ladram BM 100 in the Prinses Margriet canal, An unusual view of Georgina of Ladram passing over a dual carriageway while watch my son playing in the World Cup, so I was keeping home from Denmark, where the Lerwick. arrangements could be made. my fingers crossed while I was away watching Luke my fingers crossed while I was away watching Luke reduction gearbox, Dalwhinnie used just 1,700 litres of ideas in line with the owner’s requirements, including a seine-netter was built to a new in- A WhatsApp message on The tight timescale meant that route to Den Oever for completion by Luyt BV. en being towed to Den Oever. fuel during the three-day trip. refrigerated 130-box-capacity dry hold. house design by Vestværftet ApS Thursday morning – “We’re going the usual overnight ferry was (Photos: Rienk Nadema) that no one else would find it. After being in Japan for at Hvide Sande (Fishing News, 28 aff shortly after Friday midnight, not an option, but fortunately that no one else would find it. After being in Japan for so long, I ended up spending a small fortune, so I really Based on a Buccaneer 46 hull and built to a high Further details of Dalwhinnie will be included in June), so alternative options were with a 95% chance of landing on Loganair still had seats available so long, I ended up spending a small fortune, so I really en needed to land this catch! level of specification and finish by G Smyth Boats Ltd Fishing News soon. ‡ Magnus Polson putting the dahn away… discussed with Stuart Anderson Sunday. There’s a bed for you” – on the last fight of the day from machinery. This will include an ABC needed to land this catch! ‡ The 35.25m beam trawler Georgina of Ladram BM 100 in the Prinses Margriet canal, “Many people don’t realise that this was a sustainable vessel of this size, we are setting a new (Photos: Rienk Nadema) catch. I have my sole quota, which is based on what can “Many people don’t realise that this was a sustainable a 1,350mm-diameter propeller through a PRM 4.17:1 of Kilkeel, Dalwhinnie features a number of interesting 745kW main engine, a 3,200mm-diameter route to Den Oever for completion by Luyt BV. propeller and an electrically powered standard. We have worked transparently be sustainably caught, given to me in January every year. catch. I have my sole quota, which is based on what can reduction gearbox, Dalwhinnie used just 1,700 litres of ideas in line with the owner’s requirements, including a and together with Waterdance from the It is then down to me to manage my yearly quota how I fuel during the three-day trip. refrigerated 130-box-capacity dry hold. 10-drum winch manufactured by the yard. vessel of this size, we are setting a new want throughout the year. Because of 15 years of careful Shetland team effort fnd us on be sustainably caught, given to me in January every year. initial concept phase to offer a design that machinery. This will include an ABC management, the sole population off Brixham has been Jacoline standard. We have worked transparently Join the Based on a Buccaneer 46 hull and built to a high Further details of Dalwhinnie will be included in Luijt of Luyt BV said: “We are Fishing News group It is then down to me to manage my yearly quota how I meets their expectations.” 745kW main engine, a 3,200mm-diameter increasing year on year. – follow this link very pleased with the collaboration with and together with Waterdance from the assists Rosebloom £3.25 “This record wasn’t just broken by me. It was a team the massive financial investment put in from the vessel’s 14 November 2019 http://on.fb.me/fishingnews want throughout the year. Because of 15 years of careful level of specification and finish by G Smyth Boats Ltd Fishing News soon. propeller and an electrically powered Issue: 5489 Waterdance. As with Nichola of Ladram, Scheduled for completion in 2020, initial concept phase to offer a design that effort and the result of years of hard work, right from owners at Greendale, to all my crew and shore support The Avoch-owned and to sea through the north management, the sole population off Brixham has been Georgina of Ladram is the first new beam 10-drum winch manufactured by the yard. staff, as well as the team at Brixham who sold the fish for Peterhead-based 28m pair- entrance at around 1am, meets their expectations.” shortly after high water. this demonstrates Luyt’s capacity to Jacoline Luijt of Luyt BV said: “We are us to be able to break the record.” seiner Rosebloom INS 353 increasing year on year. trawler of its class to be built for the UK Scheduled for completion in 2020, was successfully refloated and Weather conditions were U10 E-CATCH ROLL-OUT the massive financial investment put in from the vessel’s develop tailor-made solutions. We look The 33m beam trawler Margaret of Ladram has been TURN TO PAGE 2 FOR THE FULL REPORT “This record wasn’t just broken by me. It was a team since the Colne Shipping Company Ltd very pleased with the collaboration with Georgina of Ladram is the first new beam towed a short distance into calm with light winds and a owners at Greendale, to all my crew and shore support forward to seeing our joint vision come the jewel of the Greendale fleet since the Exeter-based Lerwick by the local harbour moderate sea swell, with the New Brixham beamer launched in Holland Waterdance. As with Nichola of Ladram, The hull of the new Brixham beam trawler Georgina of Ladram BM 100 was lifted into the water at Ibis effort and the result of years of hard work, right from took delivery of the 42.35m St Anthony LT trawler of its class to be built for the UK company bought her from Belgium in 2012. Her new Shipyard, Burgum on 31 October, before being pushed staff, as well as the team at Brixham who sold the fish for tugs Knab and Kebister, in air temperature just above through the Prinses Margriet canal to Den Oever, into service. With the construction of a this demonstrates Luyt’s capacity to where the 35.25m vessel will be completed by main owners carried out an extensive refit, including a new main a highly co-ordinated and freezing. contractors Luyt BV, reports David Linkie. 1005 in 1999. since the Colne Shipping Company Ltd Find us on Twitter Of 8.70m beam and a moulded depth of 5.2m, us to be able to break the record.” Georgina of Ladram was designed by Luyt BV develop tailor-made solutions. We look engine and a complete machinery overhaul, and she has in collaboration with Marimecs Marine Design & Shetland team effort smoothly executed operation An initial attempt by Engineering for Waterdance Ltd. Join in the conversation took delivery of the 42.35m St Anthony LT £3.25 Georgina of Ladram is the second new fishing vessel to be built for Waterdance by Luyt BV, which 33m beam trawler Margaret of Ladram has been 28 November 2019 been skippered by Adam Cowan-Dickie since 2015. on Saturday, 16 November, Lerwick lifeboat, and then The earlier this year delivered the 14.95m vivier-crabber forward to seeing our joint vision come Issue: 5491 @YourFishingNews Nichola of Ladram E 1. 1005 in 1999. The Luyt group will now begin installation of Barry Young, managing director of Brixham Trawler reports David Linkie. by the harbour tugs and the Georgina of Ladram’s engineroom and deck the jewel of the Greendale fleet since the Exeter-based into service. With the construction of a Agents, said: “It is fantastic news that Margaret of Ladram After landing whitefish Fraserburgh seiner Faithlie, to An unusual view of Georgina of Ladram passing over a dual carriageway while company bought her from Belgium in 2012. Her new assists Rosebloom ACCESS QUESTIONS DODGED has broken our longstanding Brixham port record for fish at Lerwick for consignment pull Rosebloom clear of the being towed to Den Oever. TURN TO PAGE 2 FOR THE FULL REPORT to Peterhead, Rosebloom soft contoured skerry proved ‡ The 35.25m beam trawler Georgina of Ladram BM 100 in the Prinses Margriet canal, en owners carried out an extensive refit, including a new main The Avoch-owned and to sea through the north landed, with a value of £126,000. Not only is Adam a very Right: Margaret of Ladram skipper Adam Cowan-Dickie... route to Den Oever for completion by Luyt BV. (Photos: Rienk Nadema) Fishing News machinery. This will include an ABC vessel of this size, we are setting a new grounded on the submerged unsuccessful. good hardworking skipper, but he’s managed to pin down Left: … and his son Luke, who played for England in the 745kW main engine, a 3,200mm-diameter standard. We have worked transparently New 14.65m crabber Dalwhinnie arrives at Stonehaven propeller and an electrically powered and together with Waterdance from the engine and a complete machinery overhaul, and she has The new Stonehaven crabber Dalwhinnie A 913 was Soldian Rock when returning 10-drum winch manufactured by the yard. initial concept phase to offer a design that Peterhead-based 28m pair- entrance at around 1am, given an early opportunity to prove her seakeeping the fish using a lot of skill and a bit of luck. Results like this Rugby World Cup final loss to South Africa. Continues on page 2 ‡ Rosebloom is towed into harbour by the Lerwick Port Authority vessels Knab and Kebister. (Photo: Sydney Sinclair) Jacoline Luijt of Luyt BV said: “We are meets their expectations.” qualities during the 700-mile delivery passage from Skipper Ian Mathieson berthed very pleased with the collaboration with Scheduled for completion in 2020, Dalwhinnie in Stonehaven harbour for Kilkeel to Aberdeenshire, reports David Linkie. Waterdance. As with Nichola of Ladram, Georgina of Ladram is the first new beam the first time last week following a Skipper Ian Mathieson reported that the vessel don’t just happen overnight – this is the result of years of this demonstrates Luyt’s capacity to trawler of its class to be built for the UK been skippered by Adam Cowan-Dickie since 2015. stormy delivery trip from Kilkeel. develop tailor-made solutions. We look since the Colne Shipping Company Ltd seiner Rosebloom INS 353 shortly after high water. handled extremely well when crossing the Irish Sea in forward to seeing our joint vision come took delivery of the 42.35m St Anthony LT a SE force 6-7, before steaming from Kyle of Lochalsh into service. With the construction of a 1005 in 1999. to Cape Wrath in a heavy northerly swell. investment and hard work from everyone involved in the Carter, who farm at Ladram Bay and Greendale, and Young, managing director of Brixham Trawler Powered by a Doosan V158TI main engine driving Barry was successfully refloated and Weather conditions were Awards 2020 now industry. is named after their late mother Margaret Carter. The Margaret of Ladram Fishing News , said: “It is fantastic news that Bow view of Dalwhinnie “This is a good sign that things are finally improving, brothers have been involved in the fishing industry Agents towed a short distance into calm with light winds and a , which is based on a Buccaneer Awards 2020 now Fishing News 46 hull, fitted and hopefully, if we manage to get a positive Brexit, things for over 50 years, starting out in the 1960s with one has broken our longstanding Brixham port record for fish out by G Smyth Right:Lerwick Margaret by the oflocal Ladram harbour skipper Adammoderate Cowan-Dickie... sea swell, with the Boats. open for nominations can only improve for us further. There has been a bit of 6m beach boat fishing from Ladram Bay. Today, the From now until midnight on category. Tuesday, 11 February, 2020, The award ceremony, at the landed, with a value of £126,000. Not only is Adam a very nominations are invited across DoubleTree by Hilton Aberdeen tugs Knab… and and his sonKebister, Luke, inwho playedair for temperature England in justthe above celebrating going on down on the quay today, but not Waterdance fleet – part of the Greendale Group of 14 categories for the Fishing Treetops hotel, promises to be Left: open for nominations News Awards 2020. another great night out, with All new boats featured in a three-course meal and live by Adam and his crew, who are already back out at sea family-owned companies – has over 20 boats, selling Fishing News during 2019 will entertainment. good hardworking skipper, but he’s managed to pin down a highly co-ordinated and freezing. automatically be entered in the More details can be found on Rugby World Cup final loss to South Africa. ‡ relevant New Boat of the Year pages 8-9. ‡ The winners of the static and mobile gear Shellfish Boats of the Year 2019 category assembled on stage. From Awards 2020 now The skipper and crew of Margaret of Ladram working hard on next week’s landing.” their catches daily via the Carter brothers’ farm shop at the fish using a lot of skill and a bit of luck. Results like this now until midnight on a 1,350mm-diameter propeller through a PRM 4.17:1 of Kilkeel, Dalwhinnie features a number of interesting celebrating their record catch. smoothly executed operation An initial attempt by category. reduction gearbox, Dalwhinnie used just 1,700 litres of ideas in line with the owner’s requirements, including a fuel during the three-day trip. refrigerated 130-box-capacity dry hold. The boat is owned by brothers Robin and Rowan Greendale, just outside Exeter. Based on a Buccaneer 46 hull and built to a high Further details of Dalwhinnie will be included in Tuesday, 11 February, 2020, level of specification and finish by G Smyth Boats Ltd Fishing News soon. don’t just happen overnight – this is the result of years of Carter,on Saturday, who farm 16 November, at Ladram Bay andLerwick Greendale, lifeboat, and and then The award ceremony, nominations are invited across at the investment and hard work from everyone involved in the reportsis named David after Linkietheir late. mother Margaretby the harbourCarter. The tugs and the DoubleTree by Hilton Aberdeen open for nominations Shetland team effort 14 categories for the Fishing assists Rosebloom industry. The Avoch-owned and to sea through the north brothersAfter landinghave been whitefish involved in the Fraserburghfishing industry seiner Faithlie, to Treetops hotel, promises to be category. Peterhead-based 28m pair- entrance at around 1am, seiner Rosebloom INS 353 shortly after high water. News Awards 2020. From now until midnight on was successfully refloated and Weather conditions were “This is a good sign that things are finally improving, at the towed a short distance into calm with light winds and a atfor Lerwick over 50 years,for consignment starting out in thepull 1960s Rosebloom with one clear of the another great night out, with The award ceremony, Lerwick by the local harbour moderate sea swell, with the tugs Knab and Kebister, in air temperature just above the All Tuesday, 11 February, 2020, a highly co-ordinated and freezing. and hopefully, if we manage to get a positive Brexit, things new boats featured in smoothly executed operation An initial attempt by to Peterhead, Rosebloom soft contoured skerry proved a three-course meal and live DoubleTree by Hilton Aberdeen on Saturday, 16 November, Lerwick lifeboat, and then 6m beach boat fishing from Ladram Bay. Today, reports David Linkie. by the harbour tugs and the nominations are invited across After landing whitefish Fraserburgh seiner Faithlie, to Fishing News at Lerwick for consignment pull Rosebloom clear of the can only improve for us further. There has been a bit of during 2019 will Treetops hotel, promises to be to Peterhead, Rosebloom soft contoured skerry proved groundedWaterdance on fleet the –submerged part of the Greendaleunsuccessful. Group of entertainment. grounded on the submerged unsuccessful. 14 categories for the Fishing Soldian Rock when returning automatically be entered in the Continues on page 2 ‡ Rosebloom is towed into harbour by the Lerwick Port Authority vessels Knab and Kebister. (Photo: Sydney Sinclair) celebrating going on down on the quay today, but not Soldianfamily-owned Rock whencompanies returning – has over 20 boats, selling More another great night out, with Continues on page 2 ‡ Rosebloom is towed into harbour by the Lerwick Port Authority vessels Knab and Kebister.relevant (Photo: Sydney New BoatSinclair) of the Year details can be found on News Awards 2020. by Adam and his crew, who are already back out at sea their catches daily via the Carter brothers’ farm shop at pages 8-9. All new boats featured in a three-course meal and live ‡ The winners of the static and mobile gear Shellfish Boats of the Year 2019 category assembled on stage. entertainment. ‡ The skipper and crew of Margaret of Ladram working hard on next week’s landing.” Greendale, just outside Exeter. Fishing News during 2019 will boat is owned by brothers Robin and Rowan More details can be found on celebrating their record catch. 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In a week in which whitefish skippers boxes of squid, 389 boxes of monkfish, 95 As the poor weather continued, only and crews endured further challenging boxes of flatfish, 53 boxes of ling, 37 boxes three boats, Steadfast Hope, Fruitful Vine conditions, this time in the form of severe of megrim and 29 boxes of hake. and Ocean Vision, landed 1,038 boxes for southerly gales, the continuing low level of At the start of last week at Peterhead, the midweek market. This tally included whitefish supplies pushed prices ever higher large cod sold at £3.90-£7.10 per kg, 390 boxes of gutted and 130 boxes of on Peterhead market, reports David Linkie. medium £3.40-£5.85, selected £2.40- round haddock, 228 boxes of whiting (77 Standout prices, most of which were £4.90 and small £2.30-£4.10. Large/ rounders), 71 boxes of squid, 68 boxes of secured on Tuesday morning, when buyers medium gutted haddock made £2.60- monkfish, 67 boxes of flatfish, 40 boxes of knew that supplies for the rest of the week £4.90 per kg, selected £3.05-£5.05, small cod, 12 boxes of ling, four boxes of coley, would be severely limited, included catfish £2.30-£4.15, chippers £1.10-£2.85, metros two boxes of hake and one box of megrim. selling at up to £6 per kg, cod sprags £7.10, £1-£1.70 and round haddock 75p-£1.75. Five boats, Castlewood, Attain II, Keila, small cod £5.40, haddock £5.50, hake Gutted whiting were at £1-£2.75 and round Boy John and Audacious, along with a £10.40, halibut £19, lemons £13.15, ling whiting 95p-£1.95 per kg. Monkfish sold consignment from the Buckie trawler £4.75, megrim £14, monkfish £6.40, plaice at £2.25-£5.60, lemon sole £2-£12.90, Conquest, contributed 4,025 boxes to last £4.40, lythe £5.60, coley £3.75, gutted ling £3.95-£4.15, plaice £1.15-£2, hake Thursday’s market at Peterhead. This sale whiting £3 and round whiting £2. £3.20-£7.75, squid £2.15-£6.35 and coley included 1,586 boxes of hake, 547 boxes ‡ The pair-seiners Sunrise and Falcon landing at Peterhead for Sixteen boats, Tranquility, Karen Ann £2.25-£3.60 per kg. of round and 419 boxes of gutted haddock, Monday’s market. (Photo: Ryan Cordiner) II, Forever Faithful, Gracious, Sunrise, Twenty-four hours later, 11 boats, 312 boxes of coley, 296 boxes of whiting Falcon, Renown, Celestial Dawn, Valhalla, Zephyr, Zenith, Tranquility, Shekinah, (151 rounders), 262 boxes of cod, 149 boxes 359 boxes of cod, 142 boxes of squid, 118 at £3.95-£6.10 per kg, megrim £6-£12.30, Ocean Endeavour, El Shaddai, Jubilee Spirit, Opportunus IV, Accord, Crystal River, Golden of monkfish, 54 boxes of ling, 54 boxes of boxes of monkfish, 68 boxes of flatfish, 44 ling £3.30-£4.50, plaice £1.30-£2, lemon Harvest Hope, Victoria May, Jubilee Quest Gain, Summer Dawn II, Faithful and Orion, flatfish, 33 boxes of squid and 29 boxes of boxes of ling, 32 boxes of hake and 22 boxes sole £6.40-£14 and coley £1.80-£2.80. and Fruitful Bough, together with eight plus three consignments from Atlantic megrim. of megrim. The 21,488 boxes of whitefish sold on consignments from Endurance, Enterprise II, Challenge, Endeavour IV and Shemariah, The closing sale of last week at Last Friday morning, large/medium Peterhead market last week came from Loch Inchard II, Good Hope, Ocean Reaper contributed 4,987 boxes for last Tuesday’s Peterhead saw 4,380 boxes on the market gutted haddock made £3.90-£4.80 per kg, 40 boats and 15 consignments. This tally IV, Carina, Caledonia III and Aquarius (BF), market. This tally included 1,205 boxes of floor from five boats, Our Lass III, Victory selected £3-£4.60, small £2.50-£4.25, included 8,374 boxes of haddock (2,837 contributed 7,058 boxes to the first market gutted and 918 boxes of round haddock, Rose, Gemma Jane, Harvester and Ocean chippers £2.35-£2.70, metros £1.10-£1.50 rounders), 2,580 boxes of coley, 2,233 of last week at Peterhead. 1,147 boxes of squid, 590 boxes of whiting Harvest, plus three consignments from and round haddock £1.20-£1.45. Large cod boxes of whiting (1,316 ungutted), 1,919 Monday’s sale included 2,064 boxes of (396 rounders), 191 boxes of cod, 158 boxes Benarkle II, Genesis and Carina. This tally sold at £5.05-£7.15 per kg, sprags £5-£7, boxes of squid, 1,692 boxes of hake, 1,487 gutted and 1,012 boxes of round haddock, of monkfish, 143 boxes of flatfish, 131 included 1,459 boxes of gutted and 230 selected £4-£4.90 and small £2.90-£4.70. boxes of cod, 882 boxes of monkfish, 427 878 boxes of coley, 637 boxes of whiting boxes of ling, 92 boxes of coley, 19 boxes of boxes of round haddock, 1,294 boxes of Gutted whiting were at £1.65-£3 per kg and boxes of flatfish, 294 boxes of ling and 108 (380 rounders), 635 boxes of cod, 526 megrim and 14 boxes of hake. coley, 482 boxes of whiting (312 rounders), round whiting £1.55-£1.80. Monkfish traded boxes of megrim. WEATHER CAUSES MARKET STORMS HALVE SALES AT BRIXHAM Total sales for the week at Brixham 1s and £1.26 for 2s. Size 2 dabs were £6.50. Octopus averaged £2. DISRUPTION IN SHETLAND were down to £562,525, in a week £1.10. John Dory 1s were £14.90/kg, Plaice 1s and 2s averaged £3.50/ Storm-force southerly gales disrupted fishing ungutted fish, whiting led the way last week, when virtually all local boats were tied 2s were £13, 3s £11 and 4s £6.80. kg, 3s £3.30, 4s £3.20 and 5s £1.65. again around Shetland last week, when for followed by 20,038kg of saithe, 18,325kg of up for at least some of the week. Of Red gurnard 2s averaged £3.80, Pollack 1s were £6.20, 2s £5.30, the second week running, only three whitefish cod and 16,709kg of haddock. The balance the beamers, only Geeske and William and 4s were 60p. Haddock 1s 3s £5 and 4s £4.20. Sand sole 1s auctions were held. included 8,228kg of monkfish, 7,431kg of ling, of Ladram managed a full week’s averaged £4/kg, 2s were £4.20 and were £9.90/kg and 2s £6.50. Large Following slightly more favourable sea 2,483kg of plaice, 1,374kg of megrim, 690kg fishing. 3s were £3.70. Hake fetched £8.80 scallops were £9 and small £4.60. conditions over the weekend, last week of hake and 643kg of lemon sole. Bass prices averaged £15.80/kg for 3s, £9 for 4s, £9.20 for 5s, £8.70 Dover sole 1s averaged £14.50/kg, started fairly strongly in Shetland when Prices were generally strongest on for 1s, 2s were £13.80, 3s £11.60, 4s for 6s, £6.50 for 7s and £4.60 for 8s. 2s £15.90, 3s £17.10, 4s £16.90, 13 boats landed 2,068 boxes to Monday’s Thursday’s market, when cod sold for up to £9.60 and 5s £10. Blondie wing 1s Lemon sole averaged £12.50/kg for 5s £15.60, 6s £13.90, 7s £12, 8s market, followed by 1,552 boxes from five £5.92 per kg, gutted haddock £4.66, halibut and 2s averaged £4.80/kg, 3s were 1s and 2s, 3s were £12.10, 4s £5 and £11.80, 9s £10.30 and 10s £9.20. boats on Tuesday morning. £14.38, lemon sole £13.62, monkfish £5.34, £4.60 and 4s £3.80. Black bream 2s 5s £1.10. Ling averaged £3.50/kg for Large squid were £10.80 and small The markets on Wednesday and Friday saithe £3.30, squid £4.53, turbot £14 and and 3s were £6, and 4s were £4.90. 1s and 2s, and 3s were £2.70. Prime £10. mornings were cancelled because of severe round whiting £1.56 per kg. Size 1 brill averaged £12.90/kg, 2s lobsters were £21 and large £20. Thorny wings averaged £3.90 for gales, and just three boats were able to land The highest prices for hake and gutted were £9.90, 3s £9.50, 4s £8.20 and Mackerel 1s were £7, 2s were 1s and 2s, and £3.20 for 4s. Large 781 boxes to Thursday morning’s market, whiting, at £8.02 and £3.33 per kg, were paid 5s £6.50. £6 and 3s were £3.10. Monkfish tubs were £3.80/kg for 1s, and 2s bringing the weekly total to 4,401 boxes from on Monday morning, while ling, megrim and Size 1 and 2 cod were £7.80, 1s averaged £14.60, 2s £15.80, 3s were £3.30. Turbot averaged £20/kg 21 boats. plaice sold for £3.18, £8.80 and £4.24 per kg 3s £6.50, 4s £5.50 and 5s £4.70. £13.90, 4s £12.50, 5s £8.10 and 6s for 1s, 2s were £18.30, 3s £16.50, At 92,400kg, including 50,807kg of on Tuesday’s market. Coley was £4 for 1s and 2s. Conger £5.10. Grey mullet 1s and 2s were 4s £14.20, 5s £13.20 and 6s £10.50. averaged £1.20 for 1s and 2s and 70p £5.60. Red mullet averaged £9.90/ Large whiting averaged £3.60/kg, 2s for 3s. Cuttlefish averaged £2.35 for kg for 1s; 2s were £9.80 and 3s were £2.90, 3s £1.90 and 4s 90p. NEWLYN BOATS BATTERED BY BRENDAN Three beamers and inshore boats Tuesday’s sale was supplied with On Thursday, 200kg of mackerel landed 14.2t for Monday’s auction 10.1t from two beamers. Top volumes was landed from the north coast hand- at Newlyn. Highest-volume species were 3t of cuttlefish, 0.3t Dover sole, line boats, with LM mackerel achieving were 0.1t of brill, 3.2t cuttlefish, 0.5t 0.4t haddock, 0.5t lemon sole, 2.4t £4.84/kg, and the M £3/kg. Dover sole, 03t haddock, 0.3t lemon megrim sole, 1.3t monkfish and 0.2t Just 1kg of bass was landed for sole, 5.7t mackerel, 1.5t megrim sole, red mullet. Demand was again good Friday’s sale, fetching £14/kg. 1t monkfish and 0.1t of red mullet. for all species throughout the morning. Boats had started to make their Demand was high for all species Due to tidal conditions and with the way back to sea by Friday, with the and good prices were achieved for arrival of storm Brendan imminent, all prospect of a few calmer days ahead, most species. Most notable were LM boats were sheltering in port. and it was hoped by all that the mackerel £6.04/kg, N1 megrim sole Wednesday saw a rare occurrence, forthcoming week would be a busier £12.37/kg and N2 pollack £4.40/kg. with no fish landed and no auction. one.

ONE BOAT FOR ONE AUCTION AT LOWESTOFT Wednesday was the only trading day for the auction at Lowestoft last week, with supplies from one local boat supplemented by a consignment from North Shields. While there was a good variety of species sold, the total volume was only 300kg. Skate saw highs of ‡ The Banff trawler Norlan landing into Lerwick fishmarket earlier this £3.70 per kg, sole £15 and bass £12. month. (Photo: Sydney Sinclair) 22 PORTS AND PRICES Visit us at fishingnews.co.uk and on Twitter @YourFishingNews 23 January 2020 Megrims £8.67 £9.47 £5.69 £4.88 PETERHEAD, WEEK Avg Max Max, Max, mth BRIXHAM, WEEK TO Kg Avg Avg, Avg, yr NEWLYN, FRIDAY Kg Avg Avg, Avg, yr TO 17 JANUARY price/kg price/kg wk ago wk ago Squid £3.60 £4.40 £6.44 £7.08 17 JANUARY landed price/kg wk ago ago 17 JANUARY landed price/kg wk ago ago

Turbot £11.74 £12.41 £11.10 Catfsh £5.10 £5.17 £5.32 - Bass (1) 201 £15.28 £14.91 £10.07 Bass (2) 3 £9.50 £10.00 £10.26 Whiting £3.56 £3.56 £2.31 £1.54 Cod (A1) £5.86 £6.59 £5.77 £5.38 Bass (2) 341 £13.71 £12.92 £10.15 Bass (3) 3 £9.76 £11.44 £10.26 Cod (A2) £5.52 £6.49 £5.71 £4.73 Bass (3) 531 £11.48 £9.89 £9.62 Bass (4) 2 £6.00 £9.27 £8.97 Cod (A3) £5.07 £5.74 £4.84 £4.04 ICELAND (RSF), THURS Kg Avg Avg, Avg, 4 16 JANUARY landed price/kg wk ago wks ago Bass (4) 484 £9.43 £7.33 £7.76 Blonde Ray (L) 36 £2.59 £2.64 £1.84 Cod (A4) £4.39 £4.84 £4.20 £3.52 Bass (5) 129 £9.99 £6.38 £6.80 Blonde Ray (M) 73 £2.25 £2.04 £1.70 Cod (A5) £3.59 £4.83 £3.82 £3.44 Brill (1) 425 £12.71 £12.09 £9.24 Haddock (A1) £4.72 £5.08 £4.74 £4.44 Blue ling (gutted) 5 £1.50 £2.67 - Brill (2) 466 £9.80 £9.42 £7.60 Blonde Ray (S) 6 £0.90 £1.67 £1.05 Haddock (A2) £4.19 £5.16 £5.48 £4.87 Blue ling (ungutted) 14 £1.98 - - Brill (3) 809 £9.47 £8.78 £7.05 Brill (2) 67 £11.40 £14.14 £9.40 Haddock (A3) £3.64 £4.31 £5.11 £4.96 Catfsh (gutted) 931 £3.76 £2.80 - Brill (4) 948 £7.98 £7.64 £5.55 Brill (3) 96 £8.99 £10.48 £6.85 Haddock chippers (A4) £2.51 £2.82 £3.43 £3.80 Catfsh (ungutted) 156 £2.72 - - Brill (5) 45 £6.33 £4.48 £3.71 Haddock metros (A4) £1.34 £1.60 £2.06 £2.15 Brill (4) 41 £8.44 £8.42 £5.30 Cod (large, gutted) 8,855 £2.40 £2.38 £2.21 Cock crabs 335 £5.51 £4.97 £5.06 Hake (A1) £8.21 £9.07 £9.35 £10.59 Cod (4) 18 £6.02 £3.43 £0.82 Cod (large, ungutted) 77,144 £2.70 £3.57 £3.11 Cod (1) 20 £7.55 £6.55 £4.53 Hake (A2) £6.52 £6.43 £9.00 £10.15 Cod (3) 11 £6.25 £5.74 £4.12 Cod (5) 37 £4.03 £9.40 £2.38 Cod (small, gutted) 4,214 £1.77 £1.61 - Hake (A3) £4.92 £6.33 £6.93 £7.94 Conger (1) 430 £1.08 £0.97 £0.58 Cuckoo ray (M) 630 £1.33 £1.02 £1.08 Hake (A4) £4.04 £4.32 £4.57 £4.67 Cod (small, ungutted) 2,212 £1.60 £1.46 £1.40 Conger (2) 161 £1.15 £0.87 £0.44 Cuckoo ray (S) 24 £0.20 £0.45 £0.38 Hake (A5) £2.88 £3.52 £3.37 £3.30 Cod cheeks 33 £6.70 £5.52 £2.33 Conger (3) 220 £0.68 £0.50 £0.18 Cuttlefsh (L) 4,390 £2.28 £2.36 £3.18 Halibut £11.91 £14.04 £12.79 £17.24 Dab (gutted) 45 £0.68 - - Cuttlefsh (1) 80,357 £2.35 £2.26 £3.32 Lemon sole (A1) £12.36 £12.58 £11.29 £10.94 Greenland halibut (gutted) 301 £2.88 £2.50 - Cuttlefsh (2) 7,184 £1.26 £1.21 £1.94 Cuttlefsh (S) 1,950 £0.61 £0.76 £1.72 Lemon sole (A2) £9.77 £12.65 £9.84 £9.18 Haddock (large, gutted) 3,132 £1.82 £2.60 £1.73 Dogfsh 5,831 £0.25 £0.25 £0.25 Dover sole (1) 96 £14.54 £18.27 £13.81 Lemon sole (A3) £4.96 £5.93 £5.53 £6.35 Haddock (large, ungutted) 54,909 £2.37 - £3.16 Gurnard (2) 100 £3.72 £2.96 £1.55 Dover sole (2) 123 £16.17 £19.32 £13.85 Ling (A1) £3.59 £3.61 £2.59 - Gurnard (4) 6,832 £0.60 £0.60 £0.60 Haddock (small, gutted) 2,233 £1.32 £1.24 £0.40 Dover sole (3) 181 £17.02 £19.25 £14.72 Ling (A2) £3.58 £4.05 £3.52 £3.12 Haddock (1) 877 £3.84 £3.71 £2.82 Haddock (small, ungutted) 785 £1.30 - £0.58 Ling (A3) £4.22 £4.48 £4.04 £2.77 Haddock (2) 45 £4.46 £4.06 £2.27 Dover sole (4) 252 £14.29 £13.66 £12.21 Halibut (gutted) 28 £7.49 £3.65 - Megrim (A1) £10.93 £11.49 £9.66 £5.59 Haddock (3) 2 £3.68 £3.62 £0.70 Dover sole (5) 73 £11.12 £11.76 £10.44 Megrim (A2) £7.80 £8.92 £7.93 £3.68 Lemon sole (gutted) 714 £6.61 £6.17 - Hake (3) 5 £8.81 £6.63 £6.10 Gurnard and latchet (L) 47 £2.56 £1.56 £2.07 Megrim (A3) £5.74 £6.64 £5.80 £3.72 Ling (gutted) 1,351 £1.29 £1.99 £0.12 Hake (4) 22 £9.04 £6.81 £6.23 Gurnard and latchet (M) 509 £0.97 £0.89 £0.82 Megrim (A4) £2.99 £4.83 £2.76 £2.22 Ling (ungutted) 4,099 £1.79 - £1.44 Hake (5) 38 £9.19 £6.85 £5.82 Megrim (A4) £3.13 £4.50 £2.72 £1.24 Gurnard and latchet (S) 62 £0.67 £0.39 £0.47 Megrim (gutted) 181 £1.42 - £0.00 Hake (6) 101 £8.65 £5.84 £5.16 Monkfsh (A1) £5.33 £5.66 £5.58 £9.27 Monkfsh (gutted) 167 £4.09 £1.06 £0.91 Hake (7) 67 £6.43 £4.64 £3.11 Haddock (1) 46 £4.45 £3.41 £2.80 Monkfsh (A2) £5.59 £5.85 £5.65 £8.97 Plaice (gutted) 3,573 £2.60 £2.78 - Hen crabs 173 £2.77 £2.50 £2.97 Haddock (2) 302 £4.34 £2.95 £2.80 Monkfsh (A3) £5.16 £5.77 £5.52 £8.30 John Dory (1) 14 £14.73 £14.37 £10.38 Monkfsh (A4) £4.81 £5.10 £5.44 £7.54 Redfsh (ungutted) 1,724 £2.97 £2.60 £1.37 Haddock (3) 296 £3.48 £2.52 £2.50 John Dory (2) 15 £12.82 £13.28 £9.96 Monkfsh (A5) £3.40 £3.95 - - Saithe (gutted) 4,910 £1.14 £1.12 - Haddock (4) 42 £1.56 £0.84 £0.82 John Dory (3) 42 £10.86 £10.41 £7.77 Plaice (A2) £3.78 £3.95 £4.18 £3.02 Saithe (ungutted) 5,733 £0.86 - £0.07 Lemon sole (1) 41 £12.06 £10.61 £9.38 Hake (0) 10 £1.61 £0.50 £0.53 Plaice (A3) £2.61 £3.21 £3.25 £2.62 Skate (gutted) 93 £0.10 - £0.07 Lemon sole (2) 86 £12.39 £11.15 - Hake (4) 30 £5.87 £9.13 £5.00 Plaice (A4) £1.22 £1.80 £2.09 £1.79 Spotted catfsh (gutted) 580 £4.28 £3.57 £0.72 Lemon sole (3) 207 £12.05 £10.30 £7.89 Pollack (A1) £4.32 £5.37 - - Hake (5) 57 £5.65 £8.73 £4.27 Tusk (gutted) 315 £1.08 £1.00 - Lemon sole (4) 444 £4.90 £4.13 £4.20 Pollack (A2) £4.65 £5.01 £5.14 £6.13 Hake (6) 15 £3.53 £3.82 £3.12 Lemon sole (5) 256 £1.09 £0.98 £2.32 Pollack (A3) £4.66 £5.28 £5.20 £6.00 Tusk (gutted) 315 £1.08 £1.00 - Line mackerel (1) 1 £6.76 - £3.43 John Dory (2) 4 £14.20 £14.99 £10.23 Pollack (A4) £4.04 £4.24 - £4.95 Tusk (ungutted) 528 £0.64 - £0.95 Line mackerel (2) 3 £5.80 £5.32 £3.14 John Dory (3) 1 £8.00 £12.34 £7.81 Round Haddock £1.14 £1.44 £1.60 £1.76 Whiting (gutted) 39 £0.47 £0.50 - Line mackerel (3) 74 £3.07 £2.32 £0.70 John Dory (4) 2 £5.00 £6.23 £3.75 Saithe (A1) £2.76 £3.23 £3.03 £1.78 Whiting (ungutted) 64 £0.76 - - Lobster 54 £20.67 £22.08 £19.84 Saithe (A2) £2.98 £3.36 £3.13 £1.68 John Dory (5) 14 £2.33 £2.95 £2.11 Witch (gutted) 1 £1.49 - - Monkfsh tails (1) 21 £14.15 £15.04 £11.27 Saithe (A3) £2.92 £3.17 £3.13 £1.47 Witch (ungutted) 107 £0.99 - - Monkfsh tails (2) 238 £15.69 £14.73 £12.12 Lemon sole (1) 147 £12.49 £15.41 £9.18 Saithe (A4) £2.91 £3.06 £3.07 £1.32 Monkfsh tails (3) 216 £13.75 £13.92 £12.10 Lemon sole (2) 117 £12.40 £15.42 £9.40 Squid trawled £4.24 £6.09 £5.71 £7.16 HANTSHOLM, WEEK Kg Avg Avg, Avg, 6m Monkfsh tails (4) 685 £12.32 £11.77 £10.78 Lemon sole (3) 191 £11.69 £12.25 £8.90 Turbot £12.53 £15.91 £14.01 £18.97 TO 17 JANUARY landed price/kg wk ago ago Monkfsh tails (5) 1,573 £8.02 £7.55 £8.83 Lemon sole (4) 266 £3.20 £3.73 £4.08 SHETLAND, WEEK Kg Avg Avg, Avg, yr Monkfsh tails (6) 309 £4.94 £4.46 £3.85 Lemon sole (5) 60 £0.81 £0.45 £2.52 TO 17 JANUARY landed price/kg wk ago ago Catfsh (1) 549 £5.13 £4.75 £7.20 Octopus 9,938 £2.04 £2.08 £1.91 Cod (0) 2,509 £4.84 £6.12 £5.34 Plaice (1) 1,158 £3.41 £3.13 £3.06 Ling (M) 15 £2.48 £1.21 £2.37 Catfsh 263 £4.59 £4.48 £4.05 Cod (1) 17,524 £4.58 £6.24 £5.42 Plaice (2) 1,494 £3.41 £3.02 £2.65 Mackerel (LM) 60 £5.86 £6.97 £2.73 Cod (2) 6,606 £5.43 £5.58 £3.61 Cod (2) 54,122 £4.22 £5.32 £5.19 Plaice (3) 1,377 £3.26 £2.97 £2.76 Mackerel (M) 566 £3.26 £5.51 £1.59 Cod (3) 5,866 £5.23 £5.12 £3.22 Cod (3) 34,173 £4.31 £5.17 £4.76 Plaice (4) 1,071 £3.19 £2.57 £2.49 Mackerel (S) 5,330 £0.48 £0.41 £0.50 Cod (4) 2,308 £4.92 £4.39 £2.83 Cod (4) 21,565 £3.98 £4.58 £3.82 Plaice (5) 1,016 £1.60 £1.62 £1.64 Megrim (1) 155 £11.87 £6.53 £7.19 Cod (5) 1,000 £4.52 £4.14 £2.65 Cod (5) 5,495 £3.36 £3.63 £2.99 Pollock (1) 29 £6.11 £4.64 £3.92 Cod (6) 1,083 £4.16 £3.77 £2.49 Haddock (1) 6,347 £3.88 £3.84 £3.21 Pollock (2) 199 £5.22 £4.51 £4.08 Megrim (2) 325 £9.67 £6.17 £6.69 Haddock (1) 4,127 £3.70 £4.71 £2.76 Haddock (2) 3,562 £3.25 £3.31 £2.41 Pollock (3) 276 £4.98 £4.21 £3.19 Megrim (3) 437 £7.66 £4.58 £5.48 Haddock (2) 4,155 £4.01 £4.74 £3.08 Ray wings (blonde, 1) 190 £4.80 £3.64 £4.11 Haddock (3) 1,565 £2.16 £2.70 £1.66 Megrim (4) 787 £6.62 £2.82 £4.12 Haddock (3) 3,894 £3.44 £4.14 £2.63 Ray wings (blonde, 2) 305 £4.55 £3.36 £3.07 Hake (0) 3,107 £8.89 £11.17 £6.98 Haddock (4) 2,637 £2.65 £3.65 £2.19 Ray wings (blonde, 3) 176 £4.51 £3.43 £2.89 Megrim (5) 955 £5.73 £1.35 £3.84 Hake (1) 3,023 £6.14 £7.27 £6.86 Haddock (5) 1,896 £1.45 £2.52 £1.39 Ray wings (small eye, 3) 6 £3.65 £2.15 £2.49 Monkfsh (1) 40 £12.98 £14.31 £11.59 Hake (3) 282 £7.19 £5.78 £4.81 Hake (2) 5,056 £4.95 £5.13 £6.16 Ray wings (thornback, 2) 212 £3.83 £3.09 £2.46 Monkfsh (2) 282 £13.20 £19.85 £11.52 Hake (4) 408 £4.14 £4.25 £3.08 Hake (3) 3,307 £4.25 £3.78 £3.57 Ray wings (thornback, 3) 592 £3.85 £3.09 £2.55 Monkfsh (3) 376 £13.29 £18.91 £10.96 Halibut (3) 121 £13.50 £13.82 £11.34 Lemon sole (1) 91 £15.50 £15.76 £10.03 Ray wings (thornback, 4) 273 £3.03 £2.01 £0.57 Monkfsh (4) 554 £12.16 £14.26 £10.23 Halibut (4) 40 £11.37 £10.37 £9.98 Lemon sole (2) 400 £12.12 £11.69 £9.00 Red mullet (1) 7 £5.49 £4.04 £4.45 Lemon sole (2) 164 £12.00 £8.78 £8.38 Lemon sole (3) 424 £6.77 £6.32 £4.89 Red mullet (2) 12 £5.57 £4.09 - Monkfsh (5) 1,094 £6.63 £8.25 £7.09 Lemon sole (4) 214 £5.42 £4.25 £4.44 Ling (1) 6,163 £3.63 £3.68 £3.31 Red mullet (3) 4 £9.79 £9.24 £10.43 Octopus (L) 37 £2.15 £2.00 £1.96 Ling 7,431 £3.44 £2.84 £2.62 Ling (2) 3,921 £4.02 £4.09 £3.66 Round pouting 10,540 £0.45 £0.42 £0.40 Octopus (M) 321 £2.12 £1.90 £1.99 Lythe 1,922 £4.00 £3.96 £3.77 Ling (3) 4,710 £4.08 £3.84 £2.97 Scallop (2) 14,152 £2.16 £2.25 £3.70 Megrim (2) 670 £7.45 £7.56 £6.85 Octopus (S) 83 £2.15 £1.93 £1.00 Megrim 244 £4.17 £4.70 £3.31 Sole (1) 953 £14.55 £15.59 £13.29 Megrim (3) 274 £5.22 £5.97 £4.94 Pilchard/Sardines (1) 1 £1.00 - - Monkfsh (1) 3,585 £5.30 £5.86 £5.73 Sole (2) 1,233 £15.89 £16.35 £13.45 Megrim (4) 430 £3.92 £3.70 £3.49 Sole (3) 1,078 £17.06 £17.52 £14.49 Plaice (1) 43 £3.59 £3.27 £2.79 Monkfsh (1) 495 £4.33 £4.71 £3.94 Monkfsh (2) 6,501 £5.75 £6.56 £5.54 Sole (4) 1,255 £16.78 £16.96 £12.21 Plaice (2) 20 £3.81 £3.31 £2.56 Monkfsh (2) 1,551 £5.17 £5.66 £4.44 Monkfsh (3) 6,802 £5.57 £6.38 £5.43 Sole (5) 766 £15.53 £14.72 £10.53 Monkfsh (3) 3,688 £5.00 £5.35 £4.36 Monkfsh (4) 1,820 £5.18 £5.27 £4.92 Plaice (3) 22 £3.61 £2.71 £2.88 Sole (6) 898 £13.85 £13.66 £7.32 Monkfsh (4) 1,656 £4.63 £4.83 £4.31 Monkfsh (5) 283 £3.04 £3.40 £3.25 Plaice (4) 20 £2.32 £2.08 £2.22 Squid (1) 16 £10.44 £7.93 £6.22 Monkfsh (5) 551 £3.35 £3.81 £3.32 Plaice (1) 577 £4.05 £5.27 £4.12 Squid (2) 93 £9.97 £7.44 £5.74 Pollack, lythe (1) 3 £3.80 £5.65 £3.94 Monkfsh (6) 287 £1.41 £1.54 £2.59 Plaice (2) 914 £4.90 £5.22 £5.23 Squid (mix) 401 £8.29 £6.89 £5.19 Pollack, lythe (2) 9 £4.47 £5.71 £3.82 Plaice (2) 698 £3.65 £3.98 £2.90 Plaice (3) 2,990 £2.96 £3.43 £4.75 Turbot (1) 117 £19.85 £19.82 £18.13 Plaice (3) 821 £3.16 £3.33 £2.21 Pollack, lythe (3) 1 £3.80 £4.95 £3.47 Plaice (4) 9,018 £2.11 £2.45 £3.04 Turbot (2) 154 £18.16 £17.05 £13.40 Plaice (4) 964 £1.23 £1.43 £1.56 Pout whiting, pouting, bib (S) 150 £0.44 £0.54 £0.31 Pollack (2) 2,214 £5.48 £6.74 £6.18 Turbot (3) 131 £16.22 £14.91 £13.40 Saithe (2) 1,081 £2.71 £3.21 £1.62 Pollack (3) 4,317 £4.70 £5.36 £5.34 Turbot (4) 419 £14.03 £13.19 £12.16 Red mullet (2) 15 £9.49 £8.00 £5.30 Saithe (3) 3,755 £2.81 £2.98 £1.52 Pollack (4) 424 £4.07 £4.05 £4.48 Turbot (5) 827 £13.05 £12.04 £10.66 Red mullet (3) 42 £8.55 £10.56 £5.23 Saithe (4) 15,202 £2.42 £2.82 £1.31 Saithe (1) 8,551 £3.34 £3.67 £2.41 Turbot (6) 211 £10.36 £9.79 £7.74 Skate 413 £0.66 £1.02 £0.64 Red mullet (4) 310 £0.93 £1.09 £3.09 Whelks 505 £1.33 £1.30 £1.30 Skate, mixed 15 £0.04 £0.02 £0.26 Saithe (2) 31,788 £3.27 £3.55 £2.29 Scallops 203 £2.37 £2.29 £1.84 Whiting (1) 242 £3.40 £2.80 £2.24 Skate, roker 338 £1.66 £2.06 £0.61 Saithe (3) 31,461 £3.32 £3.44 £2.14 Whiting (2) 186 £2.85 £2.12 £1.65 Smoothhound (M) 39 £0.40 £0.56 £0.85 Squid 3,302 £2.74 £2.88 £2.95 Saithe (4) 16,804 £3.23 £3.06 £1.78 Whiting (3) 170 £1.76 £1.49 £0.96 Squid (L) 33 £7.20 £5.06 £5.55 Turbot 38 £12.15 £12.54 £13.11 Squid 1,732 £3.38 £3.61 £3.06 Whiting (2) 10,651 £3.01 £3.45 £2.86 Turbot (0) 16 £19.46 £22.97 £16.58 LOWESTOFT, WEEK Min Max Max, Max, yr Squid (M) 69 £6.85 £5.97 £5.61 Whiting (3) 22,123 £2.14 £2.80 £2.02 Turbot (1) 37 £17.28 £20.62 £16.49 TO 17 JANUARY price/kg price/kg mnth ago ago Squid (S) 20 £4.40 £3.24 £4.73

Whiting (4) 8,819 £1.23 £1.71 £0.96 Turbot (2) 58 £16.99 £18.67 £17.59 Turbot (2) 11 £17.40 £28.00 £18.86 Whiting, round 50,807 £1.23 £1.39 £1.13 Bass £12.00 £12.00 £21.00 £12.00 Turbot (3) 362 £11.13 £13.41 £15.34 Turbot (3) 18 £15.32 £23.37 £17.21 Brill £6.00 £12.00 £11.50 £10.00 SCRABSTER, WEDS Min Max Max, Max, yr Turbot (4) 228 £6.73 £8.21 £6.65 Cod £4.00 £4.50 £5.00 £4.00 Turbot (4) 16 £14.35 £25.13 £15.61 14 JANUARY price/kg price/kg wk ago ago Whiting (1) 594 £2.82 £2.21 £1.91 Dover sole £5.50 £15.00 £25.00 £16.00 Turbot (5) 31 £12.85 £22.15 £13.23 CCod £3.70 £6.00 £5.13 £3.13 Whiting (2) 2,129 £1.99 £1.92 £1.89 Halibut £12.00 £15.00 £0.00 £12.25 Turbot (6) 11 £12.56 £22.92 £12.20 Cod roe £3.33 £5.17 - Whiting (3) 227 £1.33 £1.21 £1.52 Monkfsh £2.00 £5.00 £6.00 £4.25 Hake £7.40 £7.40 £3.89 £4.82 Witch (1) 616 £4.93 £5.97 £6.37 Whiting (1) 34 £2.54 £2.34 £2.18 Halibut £17.20 £17.20 - Skate £1.40 £3.70 £2.50 £2.25 John Dory £7.71 £7.71 £7.28 Witch (2) 2,065 £3.29 £4.09 £4.35 Squid £4.00 £6.00 £6.50 £6.00 Whiting (2) 39 £2.20 £1.65 £1.52 Ling £4.22 £4.40 £2.51 £2.01 Witch (3) 1,928 £2.17 £2.20 £1.74 Turbot £10.50 £11.50 £16.00 £12.00 Whiting (3) 19 £0.68 £0.59 £0.68 23 January 2020 Join Fishing News on Facebook http://on.fb.me/fishingnews PORTS AND PRICES 23 UK monthly pelagic and shellfish landings & prices, last two years UK mackerel landings into UK ports UK herring landings into UK ports UK sardines landings into UK ports 45,000 2.00 25,000 1.20 2,000 12.00 1,800 40,000 1.80 Landings (t, left scale) 1.00 10.00 20,000 1,600 35,000 1.60 Price per kg (right scale) 1.40 1,400 30,000 Landings (t, left scale) 0.80 8.00 15,000 1,200 1.20 Price per kg (right scale) 25,000 1.00 0.60 1,000 6.00 20,000 0.80 10,000 800 15,000 0.40 4.00 Landings (t, left scale) 0.60 600 10,000 Price per kg (right scale) 5,000 400 0.40 0.20 2.00 5,000 0.20 200 - 0.00 - 0.00 - 0.00 Nov-17 Mar-18 Jul-18 Nov-18 Mar-19 Jul-19 Nov-17 Mar-18 Jul-18 Nov-18 Mar-19 Jul-19 Nov-17 Mar-18 Jul-18 Nov-18 Mar-19 Jul-19

UK other pelagic landings into UK ports UK total pelagic landings into UK ports UK total shellfish landings into UK ports 18,000 1.00 45,000 1.80 25,000 3.50

16,000 0.90 40,000 1.60 Landings (t, left scale) 3.00 Landings (t, left scale) 20,000 14,000 Price per kg (right scale) 0.80 35,000 1.40 Price per kg (right scale) 2.50 0.70 12,000 30,000 1.20 15,000 0.60 2.00 10,000 25,000 1.00 0.50 8,000 20,000 0.80 1.50 0.40 10,000 6,000 15,000 0.60 0.30 1.00 10,000 0.40 4,000 0.20 5,000 Landings (t, left scale) 0.50 2,000 5,000 0.20 0.10 Price per kg (right scale) - 0.00 - 0.00 - 0.00 Nov-17 Mar-18 Jul-18 Nov-18 Mar-19 Jul-19 Nov-17 Mar-18 Jul-18 Nov-18 Mar-19 Jul-19 Nov-17 Mar-18 Jul-18 Nov-18 Mar-19 Jul-19

UK nephrop landings into UK ports UK crab landings into UK ports UK scallops landings into UK ports 5,000 5.00 4,000 3.50 3,500 3.00

4,500 4.50 3,500 3.00 3,000 2.50 4,000 4.00 3,000 2.50 2,500 3,500 3.50 2.00 2,500 3,000 3.00 2.00 2,000 2,500 2.50 2,000 1.50 1.50 1,500 2,000 2.00 1,500 1.00 1,500 1.50 1.00 1,000 1,000 1,000 1.00 Landings (t, left scale) Landings (t, left scale) 0.50 Landings (t, left scale) 500 0.50 500 500 0.50 Price per kg (right scale) Price per kg (right scale) Price per kg (right scale) - 0.00 - 0.00 - 0.00 Nov-17 Mar-18 Jul-18 Nov-18 Mar-19 Jul-19 Nov-17 Mar-18 Jul-18 Nov-18 Mar-19 Jul-19 Nov-17 Mar-18 Jul-18 Nov-18 Mar-19 Jul-19

UK lobster landings into UK ports UK whelks landings into UK ports UK squid landings into UK ports 600 25.00 9,000 1.60 600 6.00 Landings (t, left scale) Price per kg (right scale) 8,000 1.40 500 500 5.00 20.00 7,000 1.20 400 6,000 400 4.00 1.00 15.00 5,000 Landings (t, left scale) 300 0.80 300 3.00 4,000 Price per kg (right scale) 10.00 0.60 200 3,000 200 2.00 0.40 Landings (t, left scale) 2,000 5.00 100 100 Price per kg (right scale) 1.00 1,000 0.20

- 0.00 - 0.00 - 0.00 Nov-17 Mar-18 Jul-18 Nov-18 Mar-19 Jul-19 Nov-17 Mar-18 Jul-18 Nov-18 Mar-19 Jul-19 Nov-17 Mar-18 Jul-18 Nov-18 Mar-19 Jul-19

UK cuttlefish landings into UK ports UK cockle landings into UK ports UK prawn landings into UK ports 1,200 6.00 3,000 2.50 300 20.00

Landings (t, left scale) Landings (t, left scale) 18.00 2,500 250 1,000 Price per kg (right scale) 5.00 2.00 Price per kg (right scale) 16.00 14.00 800 4.00 2,000 200 1.50 12.00

600 3.00 1,500 150 10.00 Landings (t, left scale) 1.00 8.00 Price per kg (right scale) 400 2.00 1,000 100 6.00 0.50 4.00 200 1.00 500 50 2.00 - 0.00 - 0.00 - 0.00 Nov-17 Mar-18 Jul-18 Nov-18 Mar-19 Jul-19 Nov-17 Mar-18 Jul-18 Nov-18 Mar-19 Jul-19 Nov-17 Mar-18 Jul-18 Nov-18 Mar-19 Jul-19 Source: MMO 24 CLASSIFIEDS Visit us at fishingnews.co.uk and on Twitter @YourFishingNews 23 January 2020 CLASSIFIEDS INSURANCE PUBLIC NOTICE

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‡ Life aboard a Newlyn beamer – one of the largest in the W Stevenson & Sons fleet, Billy Rowney. ‡ The pair-seiner Budding Rose... Skipper Steve Moseley and his crewmen decided to Festive lights and spirits were increasingly evident SUBSCRIBE ride out a storm – but did they make a bigger profit? at Peterhead last week, when crews rigged hundreds of Christmas lights on their boats, after landing and scrubbing down following their last trips of the year.

‡ Crewmen from the Stornoway prawn trawlers Ambitious and Kaylana wish Fishing News readers a happy new year ‡ Sardine (pilchard) fishermen hard at work on a ring-netter, fishing a short distance from Mevagissey. from Eyemouth. The hopes and aspirations of Cornish Broadcast on BBC2 on 7 January, cameramen have captured some As the crews of the Stornoway boats negotiations were about to get other key species, is extremely worrying. fishermen to revitalise their industry the first of the six programmes superb footage of fishing in all types ‡ One of the oldest fishermen in the UK, Michael Ambitious and Kaylana, sheltering in underway in Brussels, reports David That the UK will finally leave the post-Brexit are portrayed in Frank featured fishermen at Mevagissey. of weather, to provide a positive take TALK MEDIA ‡ ... and the 79m pelagic boat Pathway dressed Batten of Penberth Cove, represents a sector of Eyemouth harbour from a northerly gale, Linkie. EU and its all-controlling CFP in 2020 overall with Christmas lights at Peterhead. Films Television’s compelling new By spending hundreds of hours at on the British fishing industry. the Cornish industry who were once the trainers joined forces to wish everyone in the While welcome, although small, provides a ray of optimism going into a TODAY CALL for youngsters looking to become the fishermen of (Photos: Ryan Cordiner) documentary series Cornwall: This sea on all types of vessels and using See page 20 for further details of fishing industry a happy new year and increases were secured for some new era. Fishing Life, reports David Linkie. the latest film technology, Frank Films’ Cornwall: This Fishing Life. tomorrow. safe fishing, what were subsequently species, the 50% cut in North Sea cod, Fishing News wishes all its readers a described as ‘extremely challenging’ together with significant reductions in happy, prosperous and safe new year. REGIONAL NEWS At sea on the Brighton inshore netter Delta Star Brighton skipper/owner Steve Eason recently started FISHING NEWS AWARDS 2020 MAKE YOUR NOMINATIONS NOW! trammel-netting off the Sussex coast with the inshore boat Delta Star R 31, reports David Linkie. The Fishing News Awards shine a spotlight on the achievements, expertise, Since being bought from Ramsgate, the vessel has been extensively and innovation of the UK and Ireland’s commercial fishing industries in 2019 rebuilt by local boatbuilder Max Munck to Steve Eason’s requirements. Large-scale modernisation work CATEGORIES RANGE ACROSS THE WHOLE OF COMMERCIAL FISHING included fitting new GRP deck beams, a Nidaplast ★ Demersal Fisherman of the Year ★ Service Company of the Year NOMINATE YOUR FAVOURITES NOW ONLINE 01959 543 747 deck, bulkheads, wheelhouse and shelterdeck. ★ Pelagic Fisherman of the Year ★ Fishing Port of the Year Delta Star replaces Steve Eason’s previous static- ★ Shellfish Fisherman of the Year – ★ New Boat of the Year AT FISHINGNEWS.CO.UK/AWARDS gear boat, the Napier Aquastar 29 Libby Lou SM 11, Sponsored by Peterhead Port Authority ★ Trainee Fisherman of the Year – which he purchased in 2006. SALES ON ★ Independent Fresh Fish Retailer Sponsored by Sunderland Marine The winners will be announced at a gala dinner with Skipper Steve Eason fishes tiers of 8½in trammel of the Year ★ Young Fisherman of the Year – nets supplied by Gillam Rigging and Supplies Ltd of ★ Fish Processor of the Year Sponsored by Seafish live entertainment, held in Aberdeen on 14 May 2020 Peacehaven. ★ The Sustainability Award – Sponsored ★ Lifetime Achievement Award – A detailed feature on the rebuilt Delta Star by The Fishmongers’ Company’s Fisheries Sponsored by The Scottish White Fish trammel-netting from Brighton Marina will be Charitable Trust Producers Association Ltd ‡ Skipper Steve Eason preparing to shoot a fleet included in Fishing News next week. 01732 445325 of trammel nets from the deck of Delta Star. ‡ Delta Star hauling trammel nets off the Sussex coast. (Photos: Geoff Lee) Fishermen! Advertise boats, equipment and accessories, for sale FISHERMEN'S FREE ADS! or wanted, absolutely FREE! BOATS FOR SALE COLVIC 28FT DS 25 CYGNUS KINGFISHER N 280

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This trip local musician Barry Nisbet will disembark in Mallaig, offering his Sessions and Sail where she will pick up for a in the isles for the first time, to Hebridean cruise which will coincide with the start of the end in Ullapool, to prepare 40th Shetland Folk Festival for a private charter with Sail – and trips to coincide with Training Shetland. Shetland Boat Week and Swan will return to the the Festival of the Sea in isles with the Sail Training Scalloway. Shetland trainees for the Gerda Marie berths at Peterhead To celebrate the start of start of August, when she See page 5 her 25th year as a sail training will take part in Shetland and charter vessel, Swan will Boat Week and Festival of take a trip down memory lane the Sea activities. Following with a herring fishery-themed this, she will head over to tour in June. The trip will Norway on a voyage inspired start in Swan’s home port of by the wartime Shetland Bus, Lerwick and end in Anstruther before taking a trip around in time for its annual Harbour the Hardangerfjord. Returning Festival. Stops along the way to Shetland at the start ‡ The fully restored sailing Fifie Swan was built in Lerwick in 1900. will include Orkney, Wick, of September, she will be Peterhead and/or Fraserburgh. available for charter by local its customers and volunteers, to learn the techniques of The trust is linking with local groups for Shetland trips. as well as an easier booking sailing a traditional sail Fifie, organisations to provide an The Trust is also pleased process. as well as being attractive to activity in each port related to announce that, for the first David Goodlad, chair of passengers, to help us earn Boat of the week – Good Hope to the herring fishery past time, passengers can book the Swan Trust, said: “Swan income to maintain the vessel. 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Colin Jenkinson – Filey, fishing Plan to revamp old Aberdeenshire harbours and family names See pages 8 - 9 Centuries-old harbours in Aberdeenshire Council At Gourdon, the council to help with fishing and Aberdeenshire could soon be has awarded Edinburgh admits that ‘the entrance leisure. revamped as a result of an consultancy Ironside Farrar to the Gutty Harbour is “These harbours are great upcoming masterplan. Ltd a £29,600 contract to rocky and can be difficult to tourist attractions, and it Aberdeenshire Council is draft the plan. The firm navigate’, and at Johnshaven, would be great to also see an planning to upgrade small will speak to fishermen and ‘a very narrow entrance increase in traditional fishing harbours in the region. It other harbour users to help through a rocky foreshore can activities. This mix shows how has made public the South them shape improvements. be difficult in winds’. harbours are growing and Aberdeenshire Harbours The council says that the Mearns councillor George evolving. Improvement Plan, which improvement plan could be Carr welcomed the project, “If we can make focuses on Stonehaven, completed by next summer. which he hopes will help improvements to the basic Johnshaven and Gourdon, Philip McKay, the council’s secure the future of these services, even something as reported the Press and Journal. head of roads, waste and traditional harbours. He simple as the water supply, The modernisation work landscape services, said: “The told the Press and Journal: then it’s important this goes At sea on the Brixham beamer will aim to improve access work follows an exercise that “We had a meeting last July ahead.” Sam of Ladram See pages 10 - 17 to the harbours, support the was conducted for the Banff which was well-attended and Aberdeen Harbour communities’ traditional and Macduff harbours, and demonstrated a great interest Board is investing £200m in fishing industry and boost we hope to achieve similar from everyone in securing improvements to the city’s SEE INSIDE! tourism. benefits with this study.” improvements to the harbour existing harbour.