J-Sea Crew Rescued After Five-Hour Ordeal
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Visit us online for news, features and media nostalgia KELSEY KELSEY 11 June 202011 Issue £3.30 5518 media KELSEY KELSEY fishingnews.co.uk MORE SCOTS INSHORE QUOTA TURN TO PAGE 2 FOR THE FULL REPORT J-Sea crew rescued after five-hour ordeal The three-man crew of the Devon scalloper J-Sea was lying at and the extremely slippery plating, E 333 were rescued safely after being adrift in together with the motion of the sea, made staying the North Sea for more than five hours, after the on the upturned hull extremely challenging, with 13.95m vessel capsized in less than a minute, 75 the crew repeatedly sliding towards the stern as miles northeast of Whitby, reports David Linkie. darkness closed in. Having left Grimsby around midnight on Monday, Continues on page 3 25 May, skipper/owner Dominic Welsh, along with crewmen Geoffrey Mears and Gert Johnson, had just completed a four and a half day trip fished in fine weather. They were underway at 8pm on Saturday, 30 May to land at Whitby the following morning, when without any warning, J-Sea listed heavily towards the starboard quarter. The two crewmen on deck dived over the side. Unable to reach the VHF distress button, skipper Dominic Welsh jumped out of the wheelhouse seconds before J-Sea rolled over, within a minute of the first indication that something was wrong. The Whitby lifeboat prepares to go alongside Stella Nova to take The three men were able to off J-Sea’s three rescued crewmen. (Photo: Richard Dowson, Whitby clamber onto the stern of the RNLI) upturned hull. The angle the hull J-Sea E 333. First herring of the year at Peterhead The first North Sea herring of the year into Dutch tradition for over 600 years. the well-managed and sustainable were pumped ashore at Peterhead Known in Holland as maatjesharing MSC-accredited North Sea herring last week by the local midwater vessel (maiden herring), fish accepted for fishery. Lunar Bow, which was also landing the highly discerning maatjes market her first shot of herring, having been have to meet an exacting buyer completed by Karstensens shipyard in specification, which includes a high fat January, reports David Linkie. content and a body shape associated During a short 32-hour trip fishing with a fish that has yet to use any of its east of Shetland, Lunar Bow took body resources for reproduction. two short tows before landing a small For the past 25 years, the Peterhead shot of herring in line with market company Lunar Fishing has liaised requirements at Peterhead. closely with the well-known Dutch On sampling at the quayside, the company Koelewijn Seafood BV to early-season fish were immediately supply maatjes herring in line with approved as being maatjes herring, as niche market requirements in Holland. anticipated. This successful in-house catching, Maatjes herring are a highly prized processing and marketing association The first herring of 2020 being pumped ashore at local delicacy in Holland. The lightly is based on delivering prime-quality Maatjes herring are an eagerly Peterhead last week from Lunar Bow. (Photo: Ryan awaited annual delicacy in Holland. Cordiner) brined raw fish have been interwoven fish with full traceability from 2 NEWS Visit us at fishingnews.co.uk and on Twitter @YourFishingNews 11 June 2020 £2m extra quota for Scots shellfishermen Chance to diversify as shellfish markets lost Scottish inshore fishermen who all non-sector vessels will be depending on the region.” usually target shellfish have eligible, but will have different She said that the export been awarded extra quota to quota limits by species and area. market for live shellfish had allow them to access new fishing Licence variations for June were gone, and the domestic pub opportunities in the North Sea sent out on Friday, 29 May, and and restaurant market for and west coast of Scotland and are on the Marine Scotland prawns was not picking up. The diversify into new markets, website at: bit.ly/36UQVk6 emphasis now was on selling to reports Tim Oliver. Additional demersal quotas retailers, and there had been a Marine Scotland said that for the North Sea and West of lot more direct selling, which the package is worth up to £2m, Scotland include: the CFA was doing all it could to and is aimed at helping the support. industry during the Covid-19 • North Sea (IV): haddock “We’ve managed to secure “This move from potting to pursing to take advantage of that extra crisis. (120t), whiting (260t), saithe some grants, and the Clyde Scotland’s seafood fishing (120t), lemon sole (50t), ling Fishermen’s Trust has been 800t of mackerel needs further consideration.” sector has been one of (30t) and skates and rays (20t) supporting crews with hardship the hardest hit due to the • West coast (VI): anglerfish payments,” said Elaine Whyte. collapse of the international (15t), pollack (25t), ling (50t) Barrie Deas, chief executive shellfish market, causing and skates and rays (25t). of the NFFO, said he had Quota group trials delayed significant challenges for not heard of any similar families, businesses and local Access to all these quotas initiative being proposed for In March 2020, the Scottish ‘Scots quota trials’). communities in some of the will continue to be managed shellfishermen in England, government announced trials of A Marine Scotland most remote rural and island by catch limits, which will be but he said: “I understand new arrangements for managing spokesperson said: “Work on communities. adjusted on a regular basis, the report on last autumn’s quotas in Scotland. The project the quota management group This additional quota and under a continuation of conference on the future will run until the end of 2021, initiative has been overtaken by includes: otherwise normal management of inshore fishing will be and will see the establishment the Covid-19 pandemic and our arrangements for the non-sector. published soon, and I expect of new quota management support for the hard-hit fishing • An additional 800t of mackerel Any unused quota will be that the sections on how to groups that will be given sector. We will be prioritising – 500t in the North Sea and allocated later in the year to maintain the long-term viability responsibility for allocating the development of this key 300t on the west coast POs. of the inshore fisheries will quotas within their group of policy area over the coming • Additional demersal quotas, Marine Scotland said that address quota allocation issues boats (Fishing News, 19 March, months.” including haddock, anglerfish, the extra quota had come from too.” whiting, pollack, saithe, ling, two main sources. One was lemon sole, and skates and rays, the quota exchanges between for the North Sea and west of the UK government and other Scotland. EU member states at the end of the 2019 quota year, which Critical talks on Brexit deal Fisheries secretary Fergus enabled more quota to be carried Ewing said: “Fishing in our into 2020. The second was As Brexit talks reached a have to give way on its demands to lose if the talks break down, inshore waters for shellfish is 500t of mackerel that would critical point last week ahead for a fairer share of the catch in with 5,000 jobs in Boulogne a longstanding and lucrative routinely be allocated to pelagic of a summit later this month, what will be British waters after alone dependent on fishing. part of our wider fishing vessels in POs, which has been UK industry leaders said there Brexit to get a deal – which he She said that the fishing industry, but the loss of markets made available to the national must not be any extension of the thought was unlikely to happen. industry is worth about £1bn practically overnight due to non-sector pools accessible to transition period, and that the He said: “This is something of to both the UK and the EU – the impact of the Covid-19 smaller inshore vessels. There industry is ready for blockades a nuclear option. So far, there’s but in the EU, this value was pandemic has resulted in was also a ‘top-slice’ of quota by the French if there is no deal, no sign of compromise from divided between 11 member many businesses tying up their for some of the stocks involved, reports Tim Oliver. the member states, particularly states with fishing interests, vessels. according to an industry source. The two sides still remain far the member states that benefit most notably Ireland, France, “With continued uncertainty The move was welcomed apart on a number of issues, from the current arrangements, Belgium, Spain, Portugal, regarding future market access by the Clyde Fishermen’s including fishing, despite several and the EU mandate doesn’t Denmark and the Netherlands. and demand, this additional Association (CFA). Secretary rounds of talks, and time is really provide any scope for Meanwhile, the Times £2m of potential fishing Elaine Whyte said it was ‘a running out for a trade deal to compromise – what it requires reported ‘senior Brussels opportunities will provide scope welcome step in the right be agreed. is capitulation by the UK. My sources’ as saying that Britain is for some vessels to diversify, direction’, and would make A decision has to be made assessment is that that’s not expected to signal compromise and help families and businesses ‘a massive difference’ to the before the end of this month very likely – fishing remains on fisheries and ‘level playing in our coastal communities. It region’s inshore fishermen, on whether to continue to try an emblematic issue for the field’ trade rules if the EU also has the potential to ensure although she wanted to see the to reach a deal before the end government.” backs off from its ‘maximalist’ that more people in the UK get formal eligibility criteria before of the transition period, or to He said that France benefits demands on regulatory to enjoy locally and sustainably giving it unqualified approval.