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TURN TO PAGE 2 FOR THE FULL SNP ‘NO’ TO FISHERIES BILL REPORT Leigh fisherman elected Shetland midwater trawlers chairman of town council land herring at Lerwick

‡ New Leigh-on-Sea Town Council chairman Paul Gilson (left) hoists the Red Ensign on Merchant Navy Day on 3 September with Southend deputy mayor Mark Flewitt.

Leigh-on-Sea fisherman Paul Gilson has just been appointed chairman of Leigh Town Council, reports John Periam. A lifelong fisherman, Paul was also an RNLI volunteer for 29 years, serving as senior ‡ The Whalsay midwater trawler Serene… helmsman at Southend for 20 years. He has been elected chairman of the town council after just A succession of Whalsay midwater before finding good fishing close two and a half years as a councillor. trawlers landed herring to the to hand north of Orkney, which The role of chairman will give Paul the Pelagia Shetland processing factory facilitated short trips and prime- opportunity to do what he does best: at Gremista in Lerwick last week, quality fish. communicate. “I am used to public speaking, reports David Linkie. When Serene returned to sea as well as meeting people from all walks of life. Skipper Bobby Polson and the on Wednesday morning, she was Rest assured, in my new role I will make sure crew of Serene LK 297 were the first replaced at the landing berth by that the powers that be hear first-hand about the to land MSC-accredited North Sea Antares, followed by Research and concerns that I and other fishermen share about herring at Lerwick after sailing from Zephyr. ‡ … was the first of four Shetland fishing in the Thames estuary, and the issues that Symbister, Whalsay. A feature on the previous Serene’s pelagic vessels to land herring at surround it, linked to the work of the governing Most of the Shetland pelagic fleet second trip, fishing herring on the Lerwick last week. (Photos: Sydney bodies associated with the UK fishing industry.” left harbour on Sunday and Monday Turbot Bank, begins on page 10. Sinclair) Continues on page 4 Reliance III and II together at Whitby

Banff skipper John Clark’s Engineering for skipper Macduff, Reliance II new twin-rig trawler John Clark in 11 years. arrived at Whitby two days Reliance III BF 800 was The first, the 19m before her successor was scheduled to be launched Reliance II BF 800, was scheduled to be launched. at Whitby as Fishing News launched in May 2009. The 19m Reliance II went to press on Thursday, Reliance III is equipped has been bought by 3 September, reports with Mitsubishi main Waterdance Ltd and will David Linkie. and auxiliary engines be converted for whelk Of 20.4m LOA and 7.7m and Thistle Marine deck potting. beam, Reliance III is the machinery, as was her Further details of the second SC McAllister- predecessor. Reliance III launch will ‡ Reliance III being prepared to be lifted into the water at Whitby, ahead of designed vessel to be After landing a be in Fishing News next her predecessor Reliance II. (Photo: Gareth Sparks Tolip) built by Parkol Marine successful last trip at week. 2 NEWS Visit us at fishingnews.co.uk and on Twitter @YourFishingNews 10 September 2020 SNP votes against crucial fisheries bill ‘We want to rejoin EU and reform CFP’ The Scottish National Party voted organisations will no longer be Conservative leader Douglas Ross against the new fisheries bill that recognised in the EU. We will said that the sense of ambition will establish the post-Brexit not have control of our waters. and enthusiasm from fishermen fisheries management regime in Whitehall will be taking over some in his constituency about the UK waters, reports Tim Oliver. of the responsibilities and powers opportunities ahead for their Scottish Conservative leader of the devolved administrations. industry was palpable, and that he Douglas Ross slammed the Landing requirements will be ‘hated to think’ what they would SNP’s refusal to back the bill as imposed from Whitehall, and the make of Deidre Brock’s speech. It ‘unforgivable’ and ‘insulting’, and whole mess will be impossible to was ‘insulting and condescending’ said that the party had ‘betrayed’ understand.” to an industry that means so much the industry. She added: “I have never been to Scotland. Speaking during a debate on able to understand why anyone He said that the SNP’s position the second reading of the bill last thought Brexit would bring was ‘very confusing’. It wanted to week, Deidre Brock, the SNP benefits for fishing communities, separate Scotland from the rest shadow fisheries spokesperson, but I now cannot comprehend of the UK, rejoin the EU to be said that MPs should decline how anyone thinks that there is governed by Brussels, and then to give a second reading to the anything other than disaster in reform the CFP, which had not fisheries bill before it was clear this. been reformed for decades. “That what kind of deal would be made “I cannot support the bill. It is fanciful and is simply not a with the EU after Brexit. does not provide a framework for credible argument,” said Douglas “Well, what do you think of yir wee pal Nicola now... efter her She said that the bill also failed fisheries after Brexit. It does not Ross. to secure a long-term sustainable protect our fishing communities. He quoted the SFF as saying that voting agin’ the fisheries bill?” future for the industry balancing It does nothing to make things the fisheries bill presents ‘a once- the interests of the environment, easier for those communities. It is in-a-generation opportunity for the Buchan and in Angus?” he asked. ocean of division’. “For the SNP, the consumer and the producers in an empty shell of a thing, and we UK fishing industry to learn from “If they ever get their way, the it is always ‘Britain bad, Brussels the industry. should not be supporting it.” the mistakes of the past’. future of Scottish fishermen will good’,” he said. She said: “We will leave the EU; She said that the SNP Scottish “Why are SNP members going be back in Brussels rather than “They would rather Scottish we will no longer have access to government is ‘keen on rejoining to troop through the lobby tonight, with the UK government, who will fishing was on its knees at the the markets that are so important the EU at some stage, but of course against the advice of representative deliver on our pledge.” He added whims of the parliament in Brussels to our seafood and fishing reforming the CFP’. bodies and against the wishes of that ‘only the SNP could take a sea than that we had control of our industries. Our fisheries producer Moray MP and Scottish fishermen in Moray, in Banff and of opportunity and turn it into an own waters. That is unforgivable.” Powers needed regardless of Brexit deal ‘Don’t surrender Introducing the debate, may not use. through the prevention for every one job at sea, so on Brexit’ DEFRA secretary of state “The ability to control and charging scheme.” landing more fish in Britain is a During the debate, SE Cornwall George Eustice said that the manage access to our waters Plymouth MP Luke Pollard, jobs multiplier.” Conservative MP Sheryll Murray powers in the bill would be will be crucial to ensuring that the Labour shadow fisheries He called for a fairer share thanked George Eustice and needed irrespective of whether a fairer sharing arrangement spokesperson, said that the of quotas for the inshore the UK negotiators for ‘holding there was a Brexit deal or not. prevails in future.” government was rejecting fleet, ‘the backbone of British firm’ against the EU’s access It would put sustainability He said this would also sustainability amendments fishing’. “With just 6% of the demands. ‘at the heart of a new mean an end to the ‘historic tabled by Labour that would quota, the small-boat fleet has She told MPs: “All UK framework for managing our injustice in the sharing generate more jobs in coastal two-thirds of the jobs, and I fishermen are looking forward fisheries’, and would end arrangements set in stone communities. think it could have more quota. to the end of the transition automatic access to UK waters under relative stability’ and “Labour’s jobs in coastal Reallocating quota along social, period with much optimism. for EU vessels. that foreign vessels would have communities amendment, economic and environmental My message is clear: do not Explaining the measures to to comply with UK technical which passed with cross- grounds, even if just 1% or surrender to the unacceptable control access by individual measures to conserve stocks. party support in the Lords, 2% of the total catch were to demands of the European Union. foreign vessels to the UK’s “We will make science would establish a new national be reallocated, could increase It may be worth reminding exclusive economic zone and sustainability a core landing requirement, whereby what small boats can catch by them that they already have the (EEZ), George Eustice said: component of our approach,” two-thirds of fish caught under 25%.” mechanisms in place to adapt “This includes the power to said the minister. “We remain a UK quota must be landed in He said that Labour their collective fleet to their stipulate, through a vessel committed to ending the UK ports,” he said. would support the bill while much-reduced resource. licence, firstly where in our wasteful discarding of fish at “That would mean more jobs proposing and defending the “History has shown the EEZ a vessel may fish, when it sea, and we will use a range of created in Grimsby, Plymouth, necessary improvements. impact of decommissioning on may fish there, what fish it may tools to ensure that the landing Newlyn, Portavogie, Brixham The fisheries bill will now the United Kingdom fleet over catch whilst there, and what obligation works in practice, and Fleetwood, to name but a go to the committee stage in the past 40 years, and it is time type of fishing gear it may or as well as in theory, including few. There are 10 jobs on land parliament. to redress that balance.” MCS urges sustainability in fisheries bill As the fisheries bill enters its fisheries and how they are should do so. a year for the industry, and over become a global leader. The crucial parliamentary phase, a managed,” she said in a blog. 5,000 new jobs timing has never been better for leading green group has stressed “The UK government must • Fish populations are key to a • In the 2019 Conservative real change as we start to map out that sustainability must be at its use this opportunity to create healthy ocean and need to be manifesto, the government our post-Covid recovery plan heart. policies that contribute to healthy maintained at strong levels to promised a ‘legal commitment to • We are facing twin nature Alice Watson, public marine ecosystems, prosperous prevent permanent damage. A fish sustainably’. Without keeping and climate emergencies, and affairs assistant at the Marine fishing fleets and thriving coastal sustainable fisheries bill will fuel sustainability as the prime sustainable fishing can really Conservation Society, said that communities. Sustainability must ocean recovery objective of the bill, it will fail to make a difference. Countries such the House of Lords had added remain at the heart of the fisheries • Thriving fish populations deliver on this promise as Australia and the US have put an important amendment to bill if we are to achieve this.” underpin thriving coastal • The fisheries bill may be the last the environment first and are the bill to make environmental She called on MPs to support communities and provide long- chance in a generation to really leading efforts to end overfishing sustainability its prime objective. the retention of the amendment term financial security to the UK improve fisheries management for good. The UK now has a “This will make sure that an during the Commons and fishing industry for present and in the UK. If the government chance to follow their example environmental lens is cast over committee stages of the bill, and future generations. We could see chooses to retain the sustainability and put sustainability centre- all future decisions concerning set out five reasons why they an increase of more than £244m amendment, the UK could stage. 10 September 2020 Join Fishing News on Facebook http://on.fb.me/fishingnews NEWS 3 MPs: ‘Ban supertrawlers after Brexit’ MPs called for a ban on Labour shadow fisheries and plundering the very habitats for completion of the work, but industry after Brexit. He told ‘supertrawlers’ fishing in UK spokesman Luke Pollard said that Britain regards as special. assured MPs that ‘we take this George Eustice: “They enter this waters, and in particular in MPAs, that Labour would be tabling an I hope that would be an easy issue very seriously’. country, or this industry, under a during the fisheries bill debate in amendment to ban supertrawlers decision, but we will have to see. He said: “We do want to very opaque system that almost the Commons last week, reports that are ‘pillaging Britain’s “Ministers should have strengthen the economic link. That pretends they are not there. As a Tim Oliver. marine protected areas’. He said acted already, and there is an is likely to include requirements result, they have no rights and are DEFRA secretary of state a number of ministers had signed opportunity to put this in law on vessels to land more of their often abused in the workplace. George Eustice said that the the Greenpeace campaign on here.” catch in UK ports. However, we “After Brexit, can we ensure reason the supertrawlers are in this issue but ‘sadly, not a single George Eustice also assured have to proceed with some caution that we work with the fishing UK waters at the moment is that DEFRA minister’. MPs that the government will be because the right economic link industry and other regulatory they are allowed to be under EU He said: “Labour will table an reviewing and strengthening the will vary depending on the species mechanisms to ensure that these law. amendment to ban supertrawlers ‘economic links’ conditions that of fish. It is important that we do people are properly cared for and “Some of them are registered of over 100m fishing in marine foreign-owned, UK-registered not inadvertently deny fishermen we have a robust visa system?” in countries such as, for instance, protected areas. Britain has not flagships have to comply with. the ability to sell their fish at the George Eustice said he was Lithuania,” he said. “Under EU one supertrawler of over 100m, He said that the fisheries best possible price by requiring aware of the issue, which was ‘very law, they are allowed to fish in so ministers and Conservative white paper had made clear that them to land everything in the UK. much one for the Home Office our waters, and there is nothing members have an easy choice to the economic link conditions in That is why some balance has to be and for future immigration policy’. we can do about it. If the House make – whether they are on the England would be reviewed. “This struck.” “But of course, as an independent passes this bill, we will be able to side of British fishers or foreign- work is underway, and we will be Conservative MP Sir Edward country, we are free to make exclude those vessels if that is our owned industrial supertrawlers, consulting the industry on it.” Leigh called for better conditions changes that we deem necessary or choice.” harvesting huge quantities of fish He was not able to give a date for non-EEA workers in the fishing appropriate,” he said. Uproar as Irish penalty MMO to launch Data points legislation enacted The Irish fishing industry is when they were in opposition. enraged that taoiseach Micheál We are not against a penalty Driven initiative Martin, acting as minister points regime since it is an EU The Marine Management operations at the MMO, said: for agriculture, food and the requirement, but there must Organisation (MMO) is “The data that we get from Data submission marine, has signed the highly be an equitable manner of launching an initiative to work fishers and merchants through controversial penalty points administering this. with fishermen and merchants logbooks, landing declarations deadlines at a glance legislation into law, despite “Page 82 of the current to put data at the heart of their and sales notes has always been Logbooks and landing having stridently opposed it while Programme for Government plans for fishing from next year. vital. The more precise and up to declarations he was in opposition, reports commits to ‘implement a fair When the UK takes full date it is, the more effective we • Over-12m vessels – Pauric Gallagher. EU points system in order to responsibility for its waters from can be in our decision-making, e-logbook within 24 hours This is the fourth attempt protect fish stocks and ensure 1 January, 2021, catch and sales whether that is around managing • 10-12m vessels – paper to introduce a penalty points the release of suspended EU data will play a vital role in fishing opportunities or grant logbooks on landing and system in Ireland. Since 2014, funding’. This signing of the enabling fishermen and seafood funding. landing declaration within 48 Fine Gael has brought forward SI by the taoiseach has come businesses to make the most of “Now that we have taken sole hours three statutory instruments (SIs) completely out of the blue and, the new opportunities created by responsibility for our seas, it • Under-10m vessels – on to try to bring the EU penalty putting it mildly, is neither fair nor becoming an independent coastal will be important that all parties landing points system for fishermen reasonable and runs contrary to state, says the MMO. work together to make a success into Irish law, but all were the Programme for Government It is therefore reaching of the opportunities that leaving Sales notes deemed excessive and unfair to of introducing a fair system. out to fishermen, merchants the EU offers and ensure that • Merchants with annual fishermen. “Our industry is simply and seafood processors with superb UK-sourced fisheries turnover of €200,000 or more Irish fishermen say that the apoplectic. The SI must be support to help them continue products take their rightful place must submit electronic sales new SI – no. 318 of 2020 – amended and the offending parts to consistently submit logbooks, in competitive international notes within 24 hours of sale contains the same constitutional removed, such as the burden of landings declarations and sales markets.” • Merchants with annual flaws as the previous SIs, which proof to be changed to beyond notes accurately and on time, to The MMO will be writing to turnover of less than have all been struck down by reasonable doubt, no right of demonstrate that UK-sourced sea all fishermen and merchants to €200,000 in first-sale fish may decisions by the High Court and appeal to High Court except on a fisheries produce is high quality offer support on data submissions submit electronic or paper Supreme Court. point of law, and incredibly, even and sustainably sourced. and explain how it uses the sales notes within 48 hours In 2014, the High Court found if the fisherman is successful in The rich picture of fishing information to benefit the the government’s first SI to be the High Court, the penalty points activity that can be provided by industry. unconstitutional and out of line would still remain on the licence.” these legally required returns also An example is provided by the within days of the scheme going with fair procedures. This was Another senior industry enables individual fishermen to recent Fisheries Response Fund, live. By mid-May, the department upheld by six Supreme Court representative said: “It looks like create track records for funding delivered by the MMO to provide had issued some £4.7m in judges. In 2016, the government Mr Martin was duped into signing or grant applications, as well as financial support to fishermen funding to these businesses, with brought forward a new SI, this SI into law. It is believed that supporting licensing decisions during the Covid-19 pandemic. further payments following in effectively a carbon copy of the he is livid with officials who may on pressured stocks such as bass, The £9m scheme was launched June and July. previous one. have misled him into signing the says the MMO. in April 2020 and directly Another example is that In 2018, after heavy criticism SI, and that he was only told The clear evidence it provides contributed towards the fixed proper supply of landings data and with no fishing industry about the issue of the fishery helps the MMO to improve costs of catching and aquaculture meant that fishermen who had engagement, minister for the penalty points after he received stock management, and may businesses adversely impacted routinely complied with data marine Michael Creed brought complaints from representatives enable improved local fishing by the downturn of the domestic submission regulations went forward a new SI. Again it failed of the Irish fishing industry.” opportunities through exemptions and export markets for fish and through a simple process to to follow fair procedures, and it The Irish government is under from wider species conservation shellfish. retain their licence when the only allowed for an appeal to the pressure from the EU to introduce measures where the data makes The data that the MMO had MMO recently conducted a High Court on a point of law. It a penalty points system, in that possible. collected from the industry review of those fishermen who was voted down in the Dáil. order to fulfil its obligations And critically, richer data proved timely and valuable in appeared not to be actively Seán O’Donoghue, CEO under Council Regulations (EC) provides the MMO with the helping to quickly evidence the working at sea. of the Killybegs Fishermen’s no. 1224/2009, also known as information it needs to make current situation and identify Some fishermen who had not Association, said: “This is, the Control Regulation, which evidence-based decisions that where financial support was submitted landings details, or quite simply, a scandalous and established an EU control system balance the immediate economic most needed. By drawing on kept clear or accurate records of a very misguided step by the for ensuring compliance with the needs of fishing communities, information previously submitted landings or when the vessel had taoiseach. We have made our rules of the CFP. longer-term stock sustainability by fishermen, the MMO changed hands, had their licence point regarding the penalty The Commission is also and conservation of the marine identified and contacted almost categories changed because they points measure on numerous withholding EMFF funding from environment. 1,200 eligible fishing businesses, could not demonstrate that they occasions, and we were fully Ireland until a penalty points Phil Haslam, director of and made its first payments were actively fishing. supported by Fianna Fáil system is introduced. 4 COMMENT/NEWS Visit us at fishingnews.co.uk and on Twitter @YourFishingNews 10 September 2020 COMMENT EDITORIAL Fisheries bill must not be watered down EMAIL: FISHINGNEWS.ED@ The new fisheries bill that is now well-organised green groups will be It will be difficult for the KELSEY.CO.UK going through parliament is critically lobbying MPs intensively during the Westminster government to prevent important to the future regime that bill’s progress through parliament another referendum, and if there is a Kelsey Publishing Ltd, UK fishermen will operate under to ensure that their amendments are yes vote, which seems highly likely, it The Granary, Editor when we become a fully independent not watered down. If they prevail, would only be a matter of time before Downs Court, Yalding Hill, Dave Linkie coastal state on 1 January, 2021. the danger for UK fishermen is that an independent Scotland applied to Yalding, Maidstone, email: [email protected] As well as determining the system the industry will end up with a ‘lame rejoin the EU and CFP. Kent, ME18 6AL 01434 607375 under which UK fishermen will duck’ fisheries bill that will prevent The return of Scottish waters operate, it will also set out the rules this or any government delivering the to Brussels would have serious with which foreign vessels fishing in benefits that the industry hopes to see implications for English and UK waters will have to comply. in the post-Brexit era. Northern Ireland fishermen who But it is by no means guaranteed Even more worrying for Scottish fish in Scottish waters, as well as for that it will usher in a golden future fishermen is the position of the SNP Scots. for the industry. Environmental government in Scotland in relation The SNP says its policy would groups have ensured that to Brexit. The party’s declared policy then be to ‘reform’ the CFP to give amendments to the bill were tabled is that it is strongly against Brexit Scottish fishermen a better deal. This in the House of Lords that would and wants an independent Scotland is pie in the sky. The CFP cannot be Managing editor mean all fisheries policies must be to rejoin the EU – which inevitably reformed without huge constitutional News correspondent Gaby Bartai Tim Oliver email: [email protected] subject to overriding environmental means rejoining the CFP as well, and and legal changes in the EU, and we email: [email protected] considerations. giving back control of Scotland’s are already seeing the determination The House of Lords agreed to waters to Brussels. of EU fishing nations not to give an these amendments, and they must This is not a flight of fancy. Scots inch in the Brexit negotiations. Why now be debated in the Commons voted by a large majority against would they change their stance once and in committees. But despite the Brexit, and first minister Nicola having secured Scotland’s rich government’s 80-seat majority, it Sturgeon unveiled plans last week to fishing grounds again? cannot simply overturn the Lords publish legislation before the Scottish Brexit may produce a amendments – it must negotiate and elections in May next year setting out downside for many fishermen Lincolnshire, East Anglia and agree on the final bill with the Lords. the terms and timing for a second as well as benefits when the Cornwall correspondent Essex correspondent The influential, well-financed and independence referendum. dust has settled. Phil Lockley John Worrall email: email: [email protected] [email protected] 07748 644971 Leigh fisherman elected chairman of town council 01326 340372 Continued from page 1 from being given an opportunity to live the potential closure of the local wet fish Leigh Town Council is a parish council, where they work. Paul said: “A fellow shop was one such case. but one of the biggest in the country, fisherman told me about a London He said: “It is going to be an with over 25,000 residents based around businessman who purchased one of the interesting 12 months for me, and I will the fishing port at Leigh. It is cockle old cockle cottages as a second home. see my workload increase – but most Sussex, Kent, Hampshire and country, and many of the local vessels He then made a complaint to the council important of all, I feel it will open more Dorset correspondent John Periam belong to dedicated fishing families that the fishing boats starting up at three doors and give me an opportunity to help Art editor email: periam.photojournalist@ connected with cockle fishing. Many in the morning woke him up, and could the UK inshore fishing fleet by making Nick Bond btopenworld.com have strong connections to London, that be stopped? Needless to say, the sure that their concerns are not ignored. email: [email protected] 01243 584718 living ‘under Bow Bells’. 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Many coastal resorts are seeing properties being purchased as holiday homes that remain empty for a lot of the www.kelsey.co.uk year, preventing local fishing families ‡ Leigh-on-Sea fisherman and new town council chairman Paul Gilson. 10 September 2020 Join Fishing News on Facebook http://on.fb.me/fishingnews NEWS 5 Cockle fisherman loses hislife in river Dee tragedy A shellfisherman died in a ‘freak we thought at first he had broken “When we first found the boat, dad and grandad, we’re all so A spokesperson for Natural accident’ while returning from down,” said Mr Nicholas, who is we could see that something thankful for what you have done Resources Wales said: “On cockle beds in the river Dee from Llanelli. serious had happened, and felt for us. I can’t get over that you’ve Saturday, 29 August, a body of a in North Wales, reports Geoff “We could see the engine was in terrible for his family,” he said. gone. It’s the hardest thing ever… local fisherman was found in the Abbott. the water and hanging off the back Plant mechanic and former you were such a hardworking man Dee estuary. Named locally by friends and of the boat by the control cables. shellfisherman Lee James said and did everything for everyone.” “This came following a report colleagues, Chris Mossman, 52, The console had broken loose and he had known Mr Mossman A spokesperson from North of an empty boat found in the from Flint was returning to the was caught on the transom, but we for 35 years, and that the whole Wales Police said: “Emergency estuary on Friday, 28 August. fish dock in Greenfield on Friday couldn’t see Chris. community was shocked by the services searching for a man “As a response to this incident, evening, 28 August, when the “We wondered what had tragedy. reported missing from his boat the statutory harbour authority tragedy happened. happened to him, and called up “Chris was a great character, and on the river Dee off Greenfield for the Dee estuary, Natural Several boats had already the other boys to come over and had always worked on the cockles docks in Flintshire at around Resources Wales, is working returned to the dock, and the days’ to check if he was with one of the and mussels as far back as I can 6.30pm on Friday, 28 August, have with North Wales Police, the catches were being unloaded when other boats. remember, and he knew the river sadly recovered a body from the coroner and the Marine Accident Mr Mossman’s boat was found. “We had the co-ordinates for the very well. He often worked with river this afternoon (Saturday, 29 Investigation Branch, and will be Richard Nicholas said he was dinghy, and there were another 10 his son Chris and nephew Kane, August). carrying out an investigation into also returning to Greenfield dock to 12 boats who joined us to search and I feel very sorry for his family,” “No formal identification has the probable cause of the incident with another boat owner when the area. he said. taken place, but the family of the in due course. they saw Mr Mossman’s empty “We searched for hours, and Mr Mossman’s son Chris missing 52-year-old local man “Our thoughts are with boat. then the Coastguard and RNLI posted a message on social media has been informed. The North the family and friends of the “We saw Chris’ boat floating and took over, and found him the next describing his father as his ‘hero’ East Wales coroner has also been deceased during this difficult drifting, and when we went over, day. and saying: “You were an amazing informed.” time.” Fisherman found Remote MSC assessments and audits to continue The Marine Stewardship Council considers that a health risk is and traceability of seafood. (MSC) is continuing to permit involved. Initial assessments “We want to reassure those remote assessments and audits of fisheries and supply chains engaged in our programme dead off Donegal where Covid-19 restrictions for businesses that do not yet that we recognise the local prevent on-site audits. have a certificate will require constraints on many partners, An investigation has James Byrne’s boat was This decision is based on the additional risk assessments and and we will do what we can to been launched after a spotted on the rocks. MSC’s close monitoring of the reviews. Remote assessments support our partners through fisherman was found Following a large-scale effect of previous derogations have proven effective since their these unprecedented times. dead in the water after search, his body was for fisheries and chain of custody implementation in March. However, we must maintain his boat was washed found in the water nearby holders, and is effective from 28 Chain of custody certificate the integrity of our global onto rocks off Teelin by a local boat at around September until 27 March, 2021. holders who are required to certification programmes for in Co Donegal on the 11pm. It is understood An unprecedented initial undergo independent labour the long-term benefit of all evening of 26 August. that he was wearing a six-month automatic extension audits still have until 28 March, partners.” He has been named lifejacket. to the usual timelines for MSC 2021, or until the second audit in Details of the temporary locally as lifelong An investigation into assessments and certifications the revised standard (whichever changes to assessment and fisherman and father the circumstances has came into effect on 27 March, is later), to complete these. certification processes are of five James ‘Dearg’ now been launched, 2020 and will end on 27 Chief science and standards available via the MSC website. Byrne, from Cashel, and his vessel has been September. officer at the MSC Rohan Currey The MSC team will be Kilcar, who was in his removed for forensic MSC certificate holders said: “Many fisheries and supply contacting fisheries, conformity early 70s. examination. Malin Head may continue to use remote chains continue to be affected assessment bodies and partners Members of the Coastguard, which assessments and audits in by the impacts of the pandemic. in the sustainable seafood supply Coast Guard, local co-ordinated the search, place of the usual site visits Certificate holders must continue chain with further information RNLI lifeboats and the said that Mr Byrne was for another six months where to meet the requirements of the in the coming days. Other MSC Rescue 118 helicopter last seen putting down national or local Covid-19 MSC Standards. We recognise activities, such as the licensing were alerted to the scene lines close to the shore restrictions apply, or where this may require alternative of products, will carry on as at around 9pm, when at around 6pm. the independent assessor measures to ensure sustainability normal.

Another new Irish minister Can you make hot tea at sea? for the marine appointed TeaMate is the safe way to provide crew and passengers with hot drinks at sea, straight from the batteries. Keep warm and Donegal TD Charlie commissioner for trade Phil wide awake without running a generator or inverter. We are McConalogue has been Hogan. appointed minister for Charlie McConalogue comes Europe’s leading supplier of this unique and proven product. agriculture, food and the marine, from a farming background reports Pauric Gallagher. in Donegal. Taoiseach He is the fourth minister to Micheál Martin said that CALL US TODAY hold this position so far this Mr McConalogue would year, and the third minister to immediately, and throughout TEL take on the role since the current the government’s term, ‘face a +44 (0)1794 523999 Irish government came to power number of urgent challenges, in June. which are central to securing the Email: Mr McConalogue was long-term future of rural Ireland, favourite for the position as and the industries which are at [email protected] he served as Fianna Fáil’s its heart’. Web: spokesperson on agriculture, Mr Martin said: “We must food and the marine during the prepare for whatever the post- www.whispaire.co.uk previous government. Brexit trade situation brings. He succeeds Dara Calleary, ‡ Charlie McConalogue. We must negotiate a final CAP who resigned after just 30 days [Common Agricultural Policy] in office, amid a huge political at the event, including several which serves the interests of controversy after he attended other political figures. This our communities. And we must an Óireachtas Golf Society breached government guidelines redouble efforts to achieve a event in Clifden, Co Galway. on Covid-19. The event also sustainable and prosperous rural There were 81 people present led to the resignation of the EU economy.” 6 NEWS Visit us at fishingnews.co.uk and on Twitter @YourFishingNews 10 September 2020 FLEET SURVEY DIARIES 2020 Fleet Survey: virtual but vital Kirsten Milliken, economics project manager at Seafish and the Fleet Survey manager, talks about her involvement with the project over the years, and why the survey looks a little different this year

I began my career in the seafood from a fishing trip. every year since 2014. More recently, your survey pack yet, or if you have industry as a Fleet Survey researcher The annual Fleet Survey is a I’ve managed our team of researchers changed your address recently, get with Seafish in 2014. That summer, vital opportunity for skippers and as they head to all corners of the in touch with us and we’ll send I spoke to fishing vessel owners the vessel owners to tell us about their UK to collect data, but that’s not the you a new one, or arrange a phone length and breadth of the country. businesses, what’s going on, how case this time. When the Covid-19 interview. They told me about their fishing they’re being affected by changes, pandemic emerged and lockdown A lot has changed since I started businesses, the challenges and and what concerns they have for the began, we realised that we’d have to working with Seafish, but one thing opportunities they faced, and the future. The economic data we collect do the survey differently this year. has stayed the same: the passionate, changes they had seen happen in the through the survey means that we can All UK fishing vessel owners determined and stalwart attitude of industry over years. measure the health of the industry, should have received a survey pack the industry, proved as they worked Born in Shetland and raised in and show how fishing businesses and in the post and an invitation to take tirelessly throughout the lockdown Kirkcudbright, I’ve always been close communities are adapting. This year, part in the survey. While this isn’t to feed the nation. The Fleet Survey to fishing communities, and it was a ‡ Kirsten Milliken. Covid-19 has brought unprecedented the same as being able to speak to is your chance to help us to tell your joy to be back amongst it, clambering challenges to the industry, so now someone face to face, our researchers story. (rather ungracefully) onto fishing and a chat. Everywhere I went, people more than ever, insight from the from last year – Joe, Oscar and For more information or to take boats in the rain to do a survey with gave up their time to speak to me, fishing industry is crucial to the Carlos – are back to work on the part in the survey, contact Kirsten the skipper, or being invited into whether at 4am before heading out success of the survey. project. They are available for a phone Milliken at: kirsten.milliken@seafish. fishermen’s homes for a cup of tea to sea or at 11pm after coming back I’ve worked on the Fleet Survey or video chat. If you haven’t received co.uk Dogger scallop closure Brexit trade deal ‘vital to extended to October protect shellfish sector’ A UK inshore fishermen’s leader He said that as an ex-fisherman The suspension of king scallop “Consultation has been an establishment of the group, has spelled out to the UK’s Brexit he could testify to the impact of fishing in the North Sea around important part of decision- to discuss king and queen chief negotiator the need for a the CFP on UK fishing interests Dogger Bank is to continue making, and the SICG scallop fisheries management trade agreement to avoid severe over the years, and that ‘there is until 11 October, reports Tim welcomes the extended objectives and Western damage to the inshore shellfish no one keener than me to see a Oliver. closure to 11 October, and Waters effort controls. These sector, reports Tim Oliver. rebalancing of fishing opportunities The fishery has been actually has now called to meetings have moved to a In a letter to David Frost, NUTFA in UK waters for UK interests’. suspended since 12 July to keep the fishery closed until virtual setting in 2020 as a director Jerry Percy emphasised But he pointed out that the enable scientific analysis of March 2021, which the FAs are result of Covid-19 regulations, ‘the potential for immense export supply chain depends on the stock to be undertaken, so currently considering.” which added a number of disruption to European supply ‘seamless and speedy transport of that management decisions A survey by CEFAS this unique challenges. chains and markets unless a live shellfish across the Channel, can be made in consultation month demonstrated that He told Fishing News: “As reasonable agreement is reached without pause or delay’. with the industry. scallops in the closed areas well as the full SICG meetings, in the current negotiations’. Any hold-ups on either side of “These decisions seek to are currently either spawning the SICG management He told David Frost that the the Channel would create a risk of balance sustainability and or about to spawn. Evidence working group has held under-10m sector makes up 79% high mortality rates for the shellfish the economic needs of the from other areas suggests the ongoing discussions with the of the overall fleet by number – and financial losses to producers, shellfish industry,” said the spawning will continue until devolved administrations since 4,760 vessels out of a total of ‘many of whom would become MMO. late autumn. late 2019, focusing on the draft 6,036 – and provides over 50% of bankrupt overnight in the absence The four UK fisheries The MMO said that the scallop fisheries management catching-related employment in of markets for their catches’. administrations (FAs) decided extension of the closure until plan that the industry the country. He told David Frost: “I recognise to extend the closure following 11 October will protect the formulated and tabled. The Around 80% of these vessels that you have a difficult path to a second public call for stock during spawning and industry has proposed a use passive gears – nets, pots tread, to on the one hand regain evidence for a further closure. allow time for a further survey number of changes and and lines – and the majority target much of what we lost after joining Jim Portus, chair of the to be done that will increase innovations that are believed shellfish, notably whelks, lobster, the EU and through being tied to Scallop Industry Consultation understanding of the state of would lead the sector into crab and langoustine. relative stability markers, but at Group (SICG) and chief the stock. calmer, more profitable and While the main market for the same time seeking to ensure executive of the South The closure covers ICES sustainable waters, for the whelks is the Far East, the that European markets are still Western FPO, welcomed the rectangles 37F1, 37F2, 37F3, long-term future benefit of all vast majority of other forms of available for our produce and that decision to extend the closure, 38F1, 38F2, 38F3, 39F1 and concerned in the entire supply shellfish are sold live to markets the current supply chain scenario and said that the SICG had 39F2 in the Dogger Bank. chain.” in continental Europe, primarily of seamless transport remains in fact asked for it to be Fishing licences will be varied He said that science was the France and Spain. intact.” extended until March 2021. to reflect the situation. basis for sustainability, which Jerry Percy told David Frost: He noted that the profit margins He said: “When the king Three organisations the SICG is actively promoting. “You will have heard from the of the UK’s larger-scale whitefish scallop fishery emerged on the responded to the FAs’ second Another SICG subgroup has organisations that represent mainly fleet are among the highest in Dogger Bank this summer, the call for evidence, including the been funding scallop science larger-scale interests of the ‘sea of Europe, whereas the smaller-scale SICG members called for the SICG. All three agreed that the and data collection in the opportunity’ that awaits us post- sector operates at much tighter initial closure to allow stock closure should be extended English Channel and southern Brexit, and indeed the secretary of margins and is therefore far more assessment surveys and data beyond 29 August. North Sea, to ensure that any state George Eustice promised us vulnerable to the loss of markets. collection to be conducted by “The FAs remain committed management decisions can be many thousands of tonnes more “I would therefore implore you CEFAS. to working with the scallop made with full regard for the fish as a result of Brexit.” to find a balance that provides “Using this data and the industry throughout the evidence. This was fine for those who rely benefits to all, but does not data collected and analysed closure and on future “Even in 2020, when the on finfish, but ‘potentially not such undermine the thousands of fishing by CEFAS during the closed management of the fishery,” fishery was down substantially good news for the shellfish sector’, businesses reliant on European period to 11 October to said the MMO. due to Covid-19 and almost he said. “It is also a fact that many markets and risk substantial help the decision-making Jim Portus said that the halted during the worst three shellfish boats simply do not business failure, especially as so processes ensures the vital SICG has been promoting months of the pandemic, have the finfish resources in their many of these vessels operate and valuable king scallop sustainable scallop fisheries the industry has made sure immediate area that they could in areas where there are few resource can be well managed since being formed in early that the scientific surveys change to pursuing in the event of if any alternative employment and harvested sustainably in 2013. Quarterly meetings continued with the help of a loss of markets for their current opportunities,” Jerry Percy the future. have been held following the DEFRA,” said Jim Portus. catches.” concluded.

8 NEWS Join Fishing News on Facebook http://on.fb.me/fishingnews 10 September 2020 Yorkshire Marine Research Centre opens in Bridlington commercial fisheries manager, said: “Through the East Coast Projects Fund, HFIG and Ørsted are fast becoming the centre of excellence for crustacean fisheries and wind farm development research. Through scientific collaboration such as this, we are able to fill data gaps and feed into the knowledge of impacts which can be shared around the global markets. “It is hoped that the research undertaken through the East Coast Projects Fund will provide significant value in easing fishermen’s concerns about offshore wind developments.” Dr Terschak said that the hatchery allowed eggs to hatch ‡ Bridlington lands 310t of lobster each year. in controlled conditions and ‡ The state-of-the-art facilities at the new laboratory will allow scientists enabled the laboratory to carry to investigate early-life stages of lobster and crab. manager and facility marine other sea users, and we’re keen to out investigations as the lobster scientist, said: “The YMRC, continue making improvements to larvae grow. olderness Fishing Industry on ecology, marine science and being a quayside laboratory, the way we work as our projects “It allows us to ask questions Group (HFIG) opened a fishery biology. complements the at-sea progress. that would be impossible to study Hstate-of-the-art community In a collaborative approach, programme taking place aboard “The partnership between out in the wild – so we can look at laboratory and research hatchery many of the facility’s projects have our dedicated research vessel HFIG and Ørsted has had a very things like climate change in the in Bridlington, East Yorkshire, last been suggested by fishermen who RV Huntress. Combining these positive impact on the way the two marine environment, which may week. belong to HFIG, with a number resources will allow us to conduct organisations work together. It’s impact the future of ecosystem The laboratory will conduct of the projects being funded by robust and relevant scientific fantastic to see our partnership health, but also the fishing vital research into fishing grounds offshore wind developer Ørsted investigations into the North Sea’s flourish on a project like this industry,” he told Planet Radio. in the North Sea. and its East Coast Projects Fund. ecology, biology and the extremely innovative facility. We’re both “We’re hoping to attract The building of the Yorkshire Founded in 2011, HFIG aims important fishery. hoping to better understand and volunteers from the community, Marine Research Centre (YMRC) to protect and promote the local “The results from these studies minimise impact on the North especially from fishing families, was implemented by HFIG and fishing grounds and to facilitate will make a real difference in Sea’s ecology, and the new possibly the children of our funded by the West of Morecambe co-operation and coexistence with supporting evidence-based research will show us how best to fishermen who are interested in Fisheries Fund and the European other marine sectors, including decision-making for our region. accomplish this together.” attending university.” Maritime and Fisheries Fund. The companies such as Ørsted. We appreciate the commitment While the new centre will He said that research is project aims to undertake studies Dr John Terschak, laboratory Ørsted has made through its East not be open to the public, it will expensive, but their business Coast Projects Fund to not only publicly display research findings model allows them to carry out the YMRC but also, in general, for passers-by to view. A schedule commercial work in the marine to our Holderness coast and its of live Q&A sessions with sector, and to use 100% of the people, who rely upon a healthy scientists will also be promoted proceeds to fund projects that coastal ecosystem for their throughout the year for anyone to benefit the whole Yorkshire coast prosperity.” attend. and the fishing industry. Having worked with HFIG The brand new laboratory He said that the laboratory for a number of years and with within the facility boasts the latest had outgrown its 11m dedicated four offshore wind farms located in digital microscopy, a continual research vessel Huntress, and the within the group’s remit reach, supply of filtered seawater, and next big challenge would be to Ørsted’s East Coast Projects larval rearing equipment, allowing replace it. Fund has committed to a 10-year the scientists to investigate early- “Investigations have become research sponsorship to better life stages of lobster and crab that more sophisticated, our sample understand the impacts of offshore would not be possible in the open sites are requiring us to go further wind on the North Sea ecology. sea. offshore, and the equipment we In 2013, Ørsted funded a The pioneering project will are deploying is more complex,” long-term study led by HFIG see important research being he said. fisheries scientist Mike Roach that undertaken on the precious habitat “We are always interested in examined the ecological effects of native marine species. Upon speaking with either companies of the construction and operation completion of the various studies, or private families who are just as of its offshore wind farms. Data healthy juvenile shellfish will be committed to the Yorkshire coast ‡ Benj Sykes, senior vice-president at Ørsted UK (left), and Dr John was collected within Ørsted’s released back into the sea, acting as we are, and may wish to assist Terschak, laboratory manager and facility marine scientist, discuss the Westermost Rough site. The study as a form of stock enhancement. us in acquiring a more capable new laboratory’s work. (Photo: David Lee Photography) was the first of its kind to be Courtney French, Ørsted’s vessel to do our work.” n conducted anywhere in the world, and provided reassurance for local fishermen that the wind farm development was not affecting lobster stocks (Fishing News, 30 July, ‘Research shows lobster stocks unaffected by wind farm’). Benj Sykes, senior vice- president and head of market development, consenting and external affairs for Ørsted, who attended the opening, said: “As a company that’s committed to building a clean, sustainable future for us all, it’s imperative that we listen to our moral compass when it comes to constructing and operating offshore wind farms. “We make every effort throughout the planning process ‡ Many of the community facility’s projects have been suggested by to ensure that we minimise our ‡ The laboratory’s larval rearing equipment will enable investigations that fishermen who belong to the Holderness Fishing Industry Group. impact on the environment and could not be conducted in the open sea. (Photo: David Lee Photography)

10 SERENE LK 297 Visit us at fishingnews.co.uk and on Twitter @YourFishingNews 10 September 2020 SERENE: TREND-SETTING WHALSAY MIDWATER TRAWLER FISHING HERRING Featuring a full-length forecastle deck and rigged to pump pelagic fish over the stern, Serene LK 297 was the first of her class in the world when delivered to Whalsay skipper Bobby Polson and partners by West Contractors AS of Ølensvåg, Norway in August 2009. David Linkie looks back on Serene’s second trip, fishing herring on the Turbot Bank east of Peterhead hesitant early September dawn was breaking over the ANorth Sea when Serene’s Furuno FSV-30 low-range sonar indicated the first mark of herring 1,500m fine on the port bow. It was shortly before 6am on the Turbot Bank, a traditional late- summer herring ground some 40 miles east of Peterhead. Although Serene had taken her first shot of herring – 260t of big (350g) fish – off Balti in Shetland waters five days previously, Bobby Polson, who was the only Scottish pelagic skipper at sea in early September after the other boats had caught their quota allocation, had decided to head south from where several Scandinavian boats were reported to have taken decent shots in the previous 72 hours. With the Dutch freezer trawler Atlantic Princess towing down the port side, Bobby Polson and Tommy Eunson, who was tracking the marks back to Serene using the Furuno FSV-84 medium-frequency sonar, took the decision to continue searching and give Serene’s crew a while longer in their cabins. After a few more promising marks were detected and plotted in the next 45 minutes, Serene’s crew were swiftly on deck following the ‘away to shoot’ call on the internal intercom. It was only the second time that the crew had shot the herring trawl ‡ Herring flowing from Serene’s C-Flow seawater separator towards with intent, but after the bag was the forward RSW tanks. outhauled as Serene powered round to port, it was quickly shot it was only expected to come into 1.2t toe-end weights were clipped away, as the brailler started to be play when handling bigger hauls of onto the toe ends of the trawl run off the drum following the final mackerel in poor weather, when it before the 90m sweeps were call from the wheelhouse. would be used alongside the main spooled off the lower net drum. With Serene designed for dog rope and tail line. As the toe-end weights dropped pumping pelagic fish aboard over After the main dog rope and some 6m into the water – the stern, rather than forward of tailend line were clipped onto the illustrating the significantly amidships on the starboard side, aft splitter, the colour-coded (red/ increased freeboard Serene had as the arrangement of the safety lines yellow – port upper/lower; green/ a result of its full-length forecastle on the midwater trawls was slightly blue – starboard equivalent) wings deck, from which the midwater different to those the crew had of the Selstad 1,100m midwater gear was worked through a single worked previously. The main herring net started to disappear central opening – most of the crew ‡ Serene’s crew tying off the tail and life lines as the split rope comes difference was that although a into Serene’s wake. Shooting in moved up to the boat deck under off the lower net drum. midline was in place on the brailler, only 58m of water, just one set of the trawl gantry, ready to connect the 100m 36mm-diameter Dyneema sweeps to the trawl doors with the usual combination of messengers, Y-pennants and backstrops. Serene was using a set of Polar BAT hydro-wing midwater trawl doors to spread the herring trawl. With a surface area of 13m2, the 3,300kg BAT hydro-wing doors were the first series of trawl doors designed in cross-curved shape that were supplied by Polar Fishing Gear of Iceland. In addition to the four vertical adjustments available to shackle the trawl wire to the forward inner surface of the door (the second-highest was used), the ‡ Hauling the wings onto the drum through the single stern opening ‡ Serene approaching Peterhead with 850t of herring aboard. angle of attack of the doors could on Serene’s full-length forecastle deck. 10 September 2020 Join Fishing News on Facebook http://on.fb.me/fishingnews SERENE LK 297 11 SERENE: TREND-SETTING WHALSAY MIDWATER TRAWLER FISHING HERRING

‡ Crewmen on Serene prepare to attach the tailend to the inlet of the Karm fish pump.

be increased or decreased by shown on the Furuno FCV-30 and footrope of the trawl was on the ‡ 375t of North Sea herring are hauled towards Serene’s stern as the connecting the sweeps to any one 120L 38/88/200kHz and Simrad bottom. A number of northeast tailend splitter lies slack atop the bag. of six horizontal adjustment holes ES-60 120/200kHz sounders. Scotland skippers who had been arranged along the top and bottom With skipper Bobby Polson aboard to look over Serene while edges of the doors (the third in constantly keeping an eye on the the vessel was berthed at Peterhead from the net was used). lead of the trawl wires astern to and pass over readings had assured Fifteen minutes after the tailend ensure that the net was aligned Bobby Polson that this was fine of the net was outhauled, Serene correctly, while compensating for ground, providing he did not go was towing at 4.6 knots in 58m of the fact that the Furuno CI-68 BB too far south. The net sounder was water with 80% pitch on the tidemeter (244kHz) was showing indicating a net opening of 50m x blades of the 4,000mm-diameter an S to S/W tide run at the selected 20m and a wide oval shape that propeller. The Karm 3001 depths of 10/25/40m, the fish were showed the gear to be performing autotrawl system was indicating a subsequently shown entering the efficiently. wire tension of 13t with 200m of mouth of the trawl during one A second smallish mark quickly warp shot. sweep of the Simrad FS-70 trawl followed the first into the Selstad After towing south for 15 sounder. trawl, as a result of which the first minutes back to the area where fish Towing in shallow water, the two Simrad PI32 catch sensors ‡ had been plotted earlier, the low-frequency sonar picked up a mark 2,000m slightly to starboard of Serene. Following an appropriate heading alteration, the mark was tracked back towards Serene on the display screen of the medium-frequency sonar before it ‡ Taking the tailend up to the port side of the transom. started to appear under the boat, as

‡ Starting to outhaul the bag of Serene’s 1,100m Selstad herring trawl...

‡ Pumping in full swing. ‡ … before the taper section of the nets approaches the stern. 12 SERENE LK 297 Visit us at fishingnews.co.uk and on Twitter @YourFishingNews 10 September 2020 STERN PUMPING ARRANGEMENTS PROVE HIGHLY EFFICIENT

‡ … before using the tailend line to bring the tailend towards the port quarter. ‡ 375t of herring lie in the bight of the brailler.

‡ The crew prepare to attach the tailend to the inlet of the Karm ‡ Starting to lower the fish pump over the side, while crewmen guide ‡ Starting to dry up the brailler… fish pump. the fish hose into its opening in the stern.

s Serene’s lower 111t net towards the underside of the capable of delivering up to 30t With the crane pulling the swinging the pivoted top section drum took the strain and gantry. As the aft section of of pelagic fish per minute. As the fish pump away to port clear of of the bulwark rail to port, two Astarted to dry up what the brailler followed the tailend Dyneema choker line tied just the hull side, the tailend splitter crew guided the fish hose into its appeared to be a reasonable round to the port corner of forward of the tailend splitter rope was slacked back as the rectangular opening, in which it haul of herring from the first tow Serene’s stern, the brailler rings was pulled clear, the arm bag was lowered back into the was securely located when the of the morning, the Dyneema formed a fairly tight bight astern of the Karm crane was lowered water. At the same time, the top section, which contained tailend line attached to the of Serene, which continued to go down until nearly touching the 20in-diameter fish hose was nylon guides for the hydraulic tail splitter was clipped into ahead, ensuring that the dried- fish pump, before the lifting hook wound off the hydraulically pipes used to operate the fish the messenger rope of the up section of the brailler ahead was clipped onto a short becket. operated storage reel. After pump, was locked in its closed 50t tailend winch, which was of the fish was out of the water situated aft of the split trawl and fully controlled. winch on the wider port side of Within three minutes of Serene’s boat deck. stopping to dry up the brailler Leading through a hanging with the net drum, the lifter block on the port side of the section of the brailler was trawl gantry directly above the clamped in position over the fish pump, the rope quickly 20in inlet of the new design of brought the tail/codend up Karm fish pump, which was

‡ The Karm fish pump is lowered into the sea… ‡ … and allowed to descend into the water as the fish hose is paid out. 10 September 2020 Join Fishing News on Facebook http://on.fb.me/fishingnews SERENE LK 297 13 STERN PUMPING ARRANGEMENTS PROVE HIGHLY EFFICIENT position again. yield. After pelagic fish and With 60m of 5.5mm-walled seawater entered the C-Flow fish hose wound off the storage separator just above the level reel, a short (2m) section of of the forecastle deck, the flow rubber hose was clamped in was directed upwards, during place to connect the main fish which time most of the seawater hose through the fish pump fell away from the fish. Any reel to the 40m length of 20in- remaining water was drained diameter stainless steel pipe away through the holes of the mounted under the boat deck, in stainless steel grid as fish fell which fish were pumped forward downwards into mini reception to the C-Flow separator unit. hoppers forward and aft. This As the tailend splitter rope arrangement ensured that continued to be paid out at the pelagic fish received maximum same time as the fish pump was benefit from the pre-chilled lowered by the crane winch, seawater. the codend was taken astern Hydraulically operated by Serene’s forward movement sliding flaps in the bottom of as the brailler straightened out the hoppers arranged at each again astern. end of the wide separator slides A few minutes after hydraulic allowed the engineers in the oil started to be delivered along pump control room to direct fish the hoses to the pump motor, into any combination of RSW the previously flat fish hose filled tanks. The number of tanks out as seawater started to be brought into play at any one time pumped aboard. was dependent on the quantity While adjusting the pressure of fish in the brailler, although of oil flowing to the pump, at the usually at least two tanks were ‡ Pumping underway… same time as communicating filled simultaneously. with the crewman controlling The presence of a full-length the tailend winch and crane, forecastle deck above the tank Leonard Polson quickly gave the tops meant that for the first thumbs-up when herring started time on a British or Irish pelagic to flow past the transparent vessel, crewmen responsible for inspection window arranged in checking the amount of fish in the first 1m section of the fixed the tanks, etc, could do so in the delivery pipe directly above the safety of the ’tweendeck space pump controls. above the shelterdeck, without By providing full vision of the risk of being washed around the rate at which fish were the deck of a fully loaded vessel being pumped, the viewing lying broadside to the weather section ensured that the relative while other crewmen took the positions of the pump, tailend pump back aboard. and brailler, together with the Twenty minutes after being ‡ … with herring flowing through the visual optimum pump speed, rate of lowered into the sea, the Karm inspection section of the stainless steel delivery ‡ … which was attached to the hose reel by a flow and mix of fish/seawater fish pump was being lowered pipe... short length of rubber tubing. being pumped aboard, could into its secure storage frame, be adjusted continually during after 225t of herring had been pumping to maintain maximum pumped aboard from the first efficiency and delivery rates. haul. This rate of pumping was Such relatively small ideas maintained for the next two illustrated the amount of thought hauls: 275t were taken aboard in and forward planning that 25 minutes after the second tow, the partners had put into the while the 350t third haul was development of their new vessel. delivered to the RSW tanks in Immediately on clearing less than 30 minutes. Peterhead’s breakwaters While Serene’s crew were at 11pm the previous night, fully aware that they would Serene’s engineers had pumped continue to be on a fairly steep 1,000m3 of seawater into five of learning curve for some time the vessel’s 10 RSW tanks. This before becoming totally au water was subsequently chilled fait with the different working ‡ … with herring falling into hoppers either end of from an ambient temperature arrangements, they were already the C-Flow separator system. of 13°C to the optimum catch gaining in confidence, knowing storage level of -2°C in six hours. that when put to the initial test, This rapid rate of largescale the theory was proving correct cooling showed the capability of and practical. Inevitably, fine- the two MMC Tendos ammonia- tuning in terms of adjusting based refrigeration plants, which the positioning of the splitter’s delivered 2.1mKcal of cooling tailend lines, etc, on both the per hour. herring and the mackerel trawls This ensured that as herring would be carried out over time, started to flow down the as is commonplace on any new forward section of Serene’s vessel. C-Flow fish/seawater separator The significance of the aft system before being directed pumping initiative on Serene is into two of the forward tanks, shown by the fact that similar their body temperature would systems have become the norm quickly be lowered, in order to on the majority of new midwater ‡ Crewmen monitor the flow of herring into the achieve optimum catch quality trawlers built in the past 11 ‡ Pumping in full swing on Serene… RSW tanks on Serene’s fully enclosed shelterdeck. and eventually maximum fillet years. 14 SERENE LK 297 Visit us at fishingnews.co.uk and on Twitter @YourFishingNews 10 September 2020

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1. The tailend rope runs out parallel to the brailler.

2. The colour-coded wings of the midwater trawl come off the drum.

3. Securing the Simrad net sounder into its 7 pocket above the headline.

4. The 1.2t toe-end weights are shot, with the lifeline clipped onto the upper starboard wing of the trawl.

5. The new style of BAT hydro-wing 3 midwater doors, supplied by Polar Fishing Gear, follow the 90-fathom sweeps as 190m of wire starts to be run off the split trawl winches.

6. A decent mark of herring is tracked back to Serene by the Furuno FSV-84 medium- 8 frequency sonar…

7. … before being picked up by the Furuno FCV-1200L sounder.

8. The density of the fish entering Serene’s trawl is sufficient to blank out the port side of the net – a good sign.

9. Serene’s Scanmar Scanbas system shows herring passing down the tunnel of the trawl. 10 September 2020 Join Fishing News on Facebook http://on.fb.me/fishingnews SERENE LK 297 15

‡ Clipping off the door backstrops as the sweeps start to be wound onto the drum ends… ‡ … before the wings… ‡ … are hauled onto the lower net drum. were triggered. With Serene’s marks, on and off the bottom sonars displaying no further around me’. activity, heave mode was selected At the same time as the Dutch on the Karm autotrawl system, as a freezer trawler start shooting away, result of which the Y-pennants Serene picked up a couple of were soon being used to transfer promising marks on what had now the strain of the sweeps from the become an extremely wet day, doors to the net drum. which later resulted in extensive Thirty minutes later, prime North flooding and road closures in Sea herring were flowing down the northeast Scotland. C-Flow separator into two forward As Serene settled into the third RSW tanks. Less than two hours tow, the crew were called to the after shooting away, Serene began messdeck to enjoy a fine selection of searching again, with the crew chunky braised chops, tatties and estimating that a ‘heavy 200t’ of fresh veg that Allen Anderson had herring had been pumped aboard. prepared and cooked in the time he Within 20 minutes, the crew was not on deck in the previous two were given further opportunity to hours. However, the appearance of familiarise themselves with the several successive marks meant that slightly different working the apple pies and ice cream arrangements on the new Serene, remained untouched, as with four as the midwater gear was smoothly eggs off, the trawl was hauled again shot away again after a bigger mark after being down for an hour. was located and plotted. It was therefore no surprise when Successfully guided into the the net drum started to dry up a mouth of the net, this mark fulfilled considerably fuller brailler, the tail expectation, as the density of end of which was smoothly hauled herring was sufficient to mask out aboard and attached to the fish the sonar beam from showing the pump. Twenty-five minutes later, port profile of the trawl. A similar skipper Bobby Polson set a course ‡ Hauling continues, as viewed from atop the trawl gantry. echo soon appeared to starboard of 283° for Peterhead. Serene on the long-range sonar, which steamed the 39 miles at 15 knots immediately led to a quick helm with 79% propeller pitch, resulting alteration. While this proved in an engine loading of 70%. sufficient to ensure that some fish After months of waiting to see from the mark were guided into the how Serene would perform on her mouth of the net, the net sonar first full fishing trip, the skipper and subsequently showed the main crew’s enthusiasm in taking the first weight of fish sliding down outside steps on the long road towards the starboard wing, after the mark proving the fishing credentials of appeared to split just ahead of the their new vessel, together with doors. their relief that much-discussed Even though it was a case of win ideas were being proved viable, some, lose some, three catch were a pleasure to experience. sensors were on, so after a Even when Serene was asked to 35-minute tow, the crew were hold her position two miles off waiting under the trawl gantry for Peterhead to the north of the leads the doors to surface astern. for almost an hour, in order to Hauling yielded slightly more allow a cruise ship to leave the (275t) than the first tow of the port, it did not dampen the spirits morning. of the crew, especially as six road Although Serene had now taken tankers were already lined up along around 500t from two hauls in just the Albert Quay. This ensured that over four hours of fishing in the Serene could start to land as soon same area, no further marks were as the fishery officers had come located when skipper Bobby Polson aboard to dip the tanks and started searching again. Having confirm a total of 850t of herring just appeared in the area, the with an average fish weight of Danish midwater trawler Ruth had 260g. shot further east, just a couple of By using the secondary discharge ‡ An unusual view of Serene starting to discharge herring into tankers waiting on the Albert Quay at miles north of where Atlantic outlet of the fish/seawater Peterhead. Princess was lying. separator and the third vacuum Calling up the Atlantic Princess tank located within the shelterdeck the night, in order to minimise Havstaal, as skipper Bobby Polson working arrangements to those skipper on the VHF resulted in as well as the main double vacuum landing time. and partners waited to take that had proved consistently Serene steaming four to five miles pumping system, Serene was able In 2017, eight years after this delivery of a new 82m midwater successful on her predecessor, with into the southeast, on hearing to land to Lunar tankers and the trip, Serene was sold to Henning trawler from Karstensens shipyard. the deck machinery again being encouraging news of ‘big and small Fresh Catch quayside pipe during Veibust of Ålesund and renamed The new build was based on similar located at boat deck level. n 16 NEWS Join Fishing News on Facebook http://on.fb.me/fishingnews 10 September 2020 HPMAs threaten viability Familiar sight at Peterhead A formerly well-known pelagic Norwegian midwater trawler/ vessel berthed at Peterhead for purser Endre Dyroy H-21-F of shellfish industry 12 hours last week to enable fished from Peterhead for eight her crew to repair a torn net, years as Lunar Bow PD 265, Chris Leftwich, chairman of the Shellfish Association of Great Britain, on the site of the port’s former before being sold to Norway in discusses the alarming industry implications of the Benyon Review fishmarket on Merchants Quay, May 2018 when Karstensens reports David Linkie. shipyard was in the early The 130-page Benyon Review circles. In 2008, when the Marine Built by Simet AS at stages of building her 80.2m into Highly Protected Marine Act 2009 was in its development Flekkefjord in 2009, the 69.3m successor. Areas (HPMAs) has recently been stages, this issue was widely published at: bit.ly/3lDHFYE discussed, and SAGB was involved The review was chaired by in these discussions. Although former fisheries minister Richard the association did not directly Benyon, along with a panel of seven participate in the parliamentary other people, of whom only one committee meetings, it was kept has a direct interest in the fishing fully informed by Seafish, which industry. Considering that it is was involved in the discussions on the fishing industry that is likely behalf of the industry. Through to bear the brunt of this review, Seafish, presentations were made should its recommendations directly to MPs and members of the be adopted by government, the ‡ Chris Leftwich. House of Lords. make-up of the panel leaves much This meant that the final to be desired. It could also be boats means that the fishermen wording of the Marine Act 2009 argued, given the make-up of the are limited in their ability to fish was the result of the democratic panel, that it is not as independent further afield, and they will feel process, and although this did of as it claims to be. particularly let down by the review. course allow for the possibility It is suggested in the review Another major concern to the to create HPMAs, it was agreed that the proposed HPMAs could SAGB and its members is that that they must be created solely be part of the existing Marine there is little mention at all in for the purpose of marine nature Conservation Zones (MCZs) the review about how this might conservation. It therefore follows network. While the Shellfish affect aquaculture such as shellfish that it must be necessary to Association of Great Britain farming. If the object of the demonstrate that conservation ‡ Endre Dyroy berthed at Peterhead last week. (Photo: Ryan Cordiner) (SAGB) is fully supportive of HPMAs is to improve ecological is of paramount importance in a marine nature conservation, the and environmental conditions, particular area in order for them to association does not think that then surely farming of bivalve be justified. this is the correct way to proceed. molluscs could only aid those SAGB is extremely disappointed What is being proposed is that the aims. However, it is not mentioned that the interests of the fish areas designated as HPMAs would at all, and many of the proposed and shellfish industry appear to Vessel owners guilty be completely no-take zones for pilot areas for the HPMAs are have been overlooked in favour industrial fishing, and recreational potentially ripe for the development of the interests of other bodies fishing would also be banned. This of this kind of aquaculture. in this review. It is suggested of safety breaches is of real concern to our members, At a time when the Covid-19 that there will be widespread who rely on the inshore sector to pandemic has demonstrated consultations before any HPMAs The company owners of two to Christopher Nicholson, make their businesses viable. the need for us to be more self- are implemented. One can only UK-registered fishing vessels the representative for both The displacement of the inshore sufficient in our food and has hope that if that is the case then that went to sea without the vessels. fishermen unable to fish locally also created a lot of uncertainty some common sense might correct certification have been On passing sentence, the could have disastrous consequences generally about jobs, the timing of prevail. SAGB will, of course, found guilty in a prosecution magistrates said: “This was for those communities, which have the release of this review does not be actively lobbying to ensure by the Maritime and a technical breach with no worked closely with government seem to make any logical sense. that it is involved in any ongoing Coastguard Agency (MCA) apparent criminal intent. over the past 10 years since the HPMAs are something that discussions, to ensure that the and fined a total of £4,000. Certificates are there for a introduction of the Marine Act have been talked about now for interests of its members are not At a hearing at purpose, and those vessels 2009. The very nature of their more than a decade in regulatory cast to one side. Southampton Magistrates that did not go out fishing Court on 28 August, without a valid certificate Philomena Trawlers Ltd and need to know it is the right D&G Seafoods Ltd pleaded course of action.” Concerns voiced about SAR tender proposals guilty to charges of offences Paul Atkins, financial contrary to regulations 5(1) investigations manager at MPs and union representatives News, 20 August, ‘‘Second- MP for Brighton Kemptown, (b) and 5(4) of the Fishing the MCA, said: “We will have raised concerns regarding generation’ SAR service begins likewise disagreed with Vessels (Codes of Practice) always investigate those who the proposed procurement procurement process’). the proposals, saying: “The Regulations 2017. Philomena disregard the regulations and process for the ‘next- It is also suggested in the obsession with profit-making in Trawlers Ltd was fined £1,000 legislation under the Merchant generation’ UK search and report that the timing of the public services needs to stop.” and D&G Seafoods Ltd was Shipping Act 1995. The rescue service, reports John plan, ‘quietly published during A spokesperson from the fined £3,000 and ordered to regulations are there to ensure Periam. the parliamentary recess’, MCA said: “The second- pay costs of £8,380. the safety of those at sea. Since 2015, the service was a deliberate ploy to avoid generation search and The court heard that the “Many events involving has been run by Bristow scrutiny. rescue aviation programme scallopers Camm Courageous casualties on fishing vessels Helicopters Ltd in conjunction Under the new plans for a (UKSAR2G) will build upon and Sea Lady, owned by are a result of compliance with the Maritime and second phase of privatisation, the successes of the current Philomena Trawlers and D&G failure, neglect and flagrant Coastguard Agency (MCA). more companies will be search and rescue helicopter Seafoods respectively, went disregard for the law. This The crews with Bristow allowed to compete, with service, which has saved to sea with invalid or expired is completely unacceptable Helicopters are some of the the potential for more than thousands of lives since it International Fishing Vessel and those who put lives at most experienced in the one company to be operating started in 2015. Certificates on 14 July, 2020. risk will be investigated and business and have gained a lot concurrently. “It will continue to serve Two days later, the MCA prosecuted where necessary. of support from those at the Mick Lynch, assistant Her Majesty’s Coastguard and issued detention notices to “We are committed to receiving end of their services, general secretary of the the other emergency responders the two companies. However, ensuring that all breaches including those in the fishing National Union of Rail, in the lifesaving work they do. both vessels continued fishing, of these vital regulations industry. Maritime and Transport “Through the innovative and on 18 July they landed at are fairly and robustly The Independent reports Workers, told the Independent: use of sophisticated sensors Shoreham with a joint catch investigated.” that ministers have been “With these plans, the on helicopters, planes and worth around £25,000. The Sea Lady has now been accused of ‘obsession’ with government is threatening to unmanned aircraft on this The MCA’s Regulatory and released from detention after free-market competition in the expose the core search and programme, we hope to be able Compliance Investigations rectifying its deficiencies and proposals for the next contract, rescue service to unacceptable to find people who need our team applied for and were paying a £30,000 bond. The which is due to be awarded commercial pressures.” help even more quickly in the granted court summonses, Camm Courageous remains in December 2022 (Fishing Lloyd Russell-Moyle, Labour future than we can today.” which were served on 20 July under detention.

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Fifty percent of potential new overcome the barriers to sons are. on’. recruits to the fishing industry women entering the industry, Dr Gustavsson said that Elaine, who works on a are being lost because women how to ‘get beyond the archaic women in the industry needed prawn trawler in Pittenweem, do not, by and large, want to system of dividing roles by to be in touch with one another, said she ‘absolutely loves it’. make a career in the industry, gender’, and how to get women and she had set up a Facebook She enjoyed the freedom of reports Tim Oliver. to engage with the industry. group to encourage this. being at sea, the sense of This was one of the Dr Madeline Gustavsson, the Women working on fishing independence it gave, and comments made in a Fathom lead researcher on a Women vessels also contributed to the the opportunity to see marine podcast that looked at the in Fisheries project being podcast. Ashley, from Wells- wildlife. role of women in the fishing undertaken at Exeter University, next-the-Sea in Norfolk, said A woman from industry. A number of women said there was a lack of for women, and there were she had worked on a fishing Newfoundland, working in involved in different aspects of knowledge about what women privacy issues. Women are boat for two years, after fishing and brought up in a the industry took part, including are doing in fishing. perceived as less able than working in an office. It was her fishing family, advised women some who worked on fishing She said it was difficult to men to carry out the heavy ‘absolute dream job’, although who wanted to go to sea to vessels. make the role of women more work associated with fishing she had taken ‘a massive risk’ ‘hone their instincts’ for self- The podcast pointed out visible throughout the supply – although they find ways to in making the move. It was hard preservation, to carry out that there is a lack of data on chain. Women were often adapt, as do weaker, smaller work and long hours, but ‘there research on the background women in fishing, which an unseen in fisheries statistics, men. It was pointed out that is no part of the job I really of skippers, and to stand up Exeter University research although there is more interest work ashore carried out by dislike’, she said. Fishing was for themselves if they had project aims to rectify. A small in the issue nowadays. women often involves heavy ‘like Marmite – you either love it concerns over issues such as number of women work on Dr Gustavsson said that work, such as lifting fish boxes. or hate it!’ work contracts and safety. vessels, but most of those who women make contributions Dr Gustavsson said But, she said, being at sea The podcast also featured are involved in the industry through their support for that there was prejudice doesn’t fit in with family life and women in a variety of other work in a support role. This families and businesses, against women in the male- children, and women needed roles in fishing, including is often helping husbands but their role was seen as dominated, masculine culture a support network. She had Beshlie Pool, who works or partners with the shore secondary to actual fishing. of fishing, where they were started on a charter angling in a representative role for aspects of running a fishing At a workshop she often not taken seriously and boat with a friendly skipper, but South Devon and Channel vessel, or in fish processing, organised, women said they were viewed with suspicion. other skippers could be ‘quite Shellfishermen, Sarah Ready, selling fish and other fish- were paid less than men and Women in fishing should be intimidating’. a fisherman’s wife and shore related businesses and that there was ‘an element of seen as ‘more natural and not She said that one way to get manager of the small family activities. invisibility’ to their work. exceptional’, she said. more women into fishing would business in Brixham, Emma The podcast set out to shed Discussing the barriers to A friendlier environment be to engage with schools McKeating, a fishmonger light on understanding women’s women becoming involved in and equal opportunities were and set up an apprenticeship from Grimsby, and Elaine role in fishing, and look at what fishing, the podcast heard that needed to encourage young scheme – something the Whyte, secretary of the Clyde could be done to make them there were still superstitions, women into fishing and fishing- Cornish PO is working on, as Fishermen’s Association. more visible and their voices such as that it is unlucky for a related businesses, as well the podcast pointed out. It also The full podcast can heard. woman to be aboard a vessel. as trying to get daughters of needed skippers with ‘a bit of be heard at: cfpo.org.uk/ It discussed how to Boats also lacked facilities fishing families involved, just as patience, willing to take girls the-fathom-podcast SUBSCRIBE TO TODAY

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Find us on Twitter Join the nd us on Join in the conversation £3.25 Fishing News group 26 July 2018 Join Fishing News on Facebook http://on.fb.me/fishingnews TRANQUILITY FISHING FEATURE 9 Fishing News 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/fishingnewshttp://on.fb.me/ shingnews 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 – follow this link There was a tangible buzz of anticipation as the crew gathered in Tranquility’s forward messdeck a few minutes into a Saturday 17 April 2015 £2.99 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/fishingnewshttp://on.fb.me/ shingnews 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 Courageous Courageous approaches Symbister harbour for the first time after trip in the Burra Haaf. Issue: 5489 ACCESS QUESTIONS DODGED being bought by a youthful Whalsay partnership (Photo courtesy £3.25 Join in the conversation Ivan Reid) 17 April 2015 £2.99 28 November 2019 TURN TO PAGE 2 FOR THE FULL REPORT U10 E-CATCH ROLL-OUT Issue: 5491 @YourFishingNews at WhalsayTURN TO PAGE 2 FOR THE FULL REPORT TOUGHER DISCARDS POLICING £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 Courageous approaches Symbister harbour for the first time after port rope. New 14.65m crabber Dalwhinnie arrives at Stonehaven Courageous being bought by a youthful Whalsay partnership (Photo courtesy 2: Hauling the wings of the net onto the starboard drum. A large number of Whalsay residents 3: The Burra Haaf delivers yet again. Ivan Reid) ACCESS QUESTIONS DODGED The new Stonehaven crabber Dalwhinnie A 913 was New Brixham beamer launched in Holland braved gales force winds and driving 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 sleet toof welcomeLadram BM the 100 latest was addition 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 at Whalsay Margaret of Ladram sets new Brixham record Dalwhinnie in Stonehaven harbour for to the local fleet, the 26.5m whitefish 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 trawlerthrough Courageous the Prinses LK 470, Margriet into 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. Symbister harbour for the first time at 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 the beginningcontractors of this Luyt month, BV, reports reports given an early opportunity to prove her seakeeping 2 … on first trip back after Rugbya SE forceWorld 6-7, before steaming Cup from Kyle of Lochalsh David Linkie Skipper Ian Mathieson berthed . qualities during the 700-mile delivery passage from David Linkie. 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. The occasion was given added A largeNew number of Whalsay Brixhamresidents beamer launched in Holland the first time last week following a 6 8 Georgina of Ladram was designed by Luyt BV Skipper Ian Mathieson reported that the vessel Margaret of Ladram leaves Brixham Powered by a Doosan V158TI main engine driving braved gales force winds and driving stormy delivery trip from Kilkeel. 199 broke the Brixham record landing for a single trip last significance by the fact that Courageous The hull of the new Brixham beam trawler Georgina handled extremely well when crossing the Irish Sea in , auctioned on the market fishmarket after landing her record- in collaboration with Marimecs Marine Design & sleet to welcome the latest addition a SE force 6-7, before steaming from Kyle of Lochalsh ith the summer solstice wheelhouse equipment, before month when 7.5t of Dover sole has been bought by four young Whalsay of Ladram BM 100 was lifted into the water at Ibis Margaret of Ladram sets new Brixham record less than two weeks calling Lerwick port control for floor by Brixham Trawler Agents, grossed £125,630. breaking catch. Engineering for Waterdance Ltd. to the Shipyard,local fleet, Burgum the 26.5m on 31 whitefishOctober, before being pushed to Cape Wrath in a heavy northerly swell. Waway, the ‘simmer dim’, clearance to leave harbour, as the fishermen, skipper Ian Shearer (24), 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 trawlerthrough Courageous the Prinses LK 470, Margriet into canal to Den Oever, meant that the sky over Lerwick off. engineer Malcolm Reid (24) Christopher … on first trip back after Rugby World Cup was still grey, rather than jet Ten minutes later, the flash of – whose son Luke plays rugby for England and Exeter vessel to be built for Waterdance by Luyt BV, which Symbisterwhere harbour the 35.25m for the vessel first willtime be at completed by main black. Bressay lighthouse slipped astern Bow view of Irvine (19)earlier and this James year delivered Johnston the (18), 14.95m in 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 the beginningcontractors of this Luyt month, BV, reports 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 partnershipNichola with of LadramLHD Ltd. E 1. David LinkieOf 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 With anThe average Luyt group age willof just now 21 begin years, installation of TheGeorgina occasion of was Ladram given was added designed by Luyt BV breaking catch. had made. on a Buccaneer on a Buccaneer skipper Stuart Anderson to Lerwick. the newGeorgina partnership of Ladram’s is probably engineroom one of and deck significancein collaboration by the fact with that Marimecs Courageous 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 the youngest on record for this class of has beenEngineering bought by for four Waterdance young Whalsay 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 fishermen,Georgina skipper of Ian Ladram Shearer is the (24), second new fishing to sea, without even waiting to see what his record catch Boats. Boats. vessel. during the recent Rugby World Cup in Japan. engineervessel Malcolm to be builtReid for (24) Waterdance Christopher by Luyt BV, which had made. 7 Skipper Adam Cowan-Dickie said: “I’ve been The four partners have all been The record-breaking trip was his first after returning 9 crew membersAn unusual on localview ofwhitefish Georgina boatsof Ladram passing over a dual carriageway while Irvine (19)earlier and this James year delivered Johnston the (18), 14.95m in vivier-crabber from watching Luke Cowan-Dickie play for England managing my sole quota and my days at sea for the since leavingbeing school,towed to with Den IanOever. Shearer partnershipNichola with of LadramLHD Ltd. E 1. during the recent Rugby World Cup in Japan. past 11 months, just so I could try and break this record. With anThe average Luyt group age ofwill just now 21 begin years, installation of Skipper Adam Cowan-Dickie said: “I’ve been aboard Defiant, Christopher Irvine on 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 Tranquility, Malcolm Reid with Arcturus the new partnership is probably one of past 11 months, just so I could try and break this record. World Cup started, but I was unable to fish it because the youngest on record for this class of I found this little patch of good fishing just before the ‡ … before starting to run the port rope. and James Johnston on Guardian World Cup started, but I was unable to fish it because of bad weather. I obviously couldn’t miss the chance to vessel. to be in Whalsay the previous as the skippers and crew finished presented a unique opportunity Angell before this boat was renamed The four partners have all been 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 ‡ The 35.25m beam trawler Georgina of Ladram BM 100 in the Prinses Margriet canal, en 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 home from Denmark, where the Lerwick. arrangements could be made. Courageous. An unusual view of Georgina of Ladram passing over a dual carriageway while seine-netter was built to a new in- A WhatsApp message on The tight timescale meant that my fingers crossed while I was away watching Luke crew members on local whitefish boats 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 route to Den Oever for completion by Luyt BV. (Photos: Rienk Nadema) 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 Continued on Page 5 since leaving school, with Ian Shearer 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 aboard Defiant, Christopher Irvine on 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 flight of the day from machinery. This will include an ABC needed to land this catch! Tranquility, Malcolm Reid with Arcturus ‡ The 35.25m beam trawler Georgina of Ladram BM 100 in the Prinses Margriet canal, en “Many people don’t realise that this was a sustainable vessel of this size, we are setting a new 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 and James Johnston on Guardian route to Den Oever for completion by Luyt BV. (Photos: Rienk Nadema) propeller and an electrically powered standard. We have worked transparently Angell before this boat was renamed 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. Courageous. vessel of this size, we are setting a new want throughout the year. Because of 15 years of careful Shetland team effort nd us on be sustainably caught, given to me in January every year. initial concept phase to offer a design that Continued on Page 5 machinery. This will include an ABC management, the sole population off Brixham has been Jacoline Luijt of Luyt BV said: “We are 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 745kW main engine, a 3,200mm-diameter increasing year on year. Fishing News group It is then down to me to manage my yearly quota how I meets their expectations.” – follow thisthis linklink 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/fishingnewshttp://on.fb.me/ shingnews level of specification and finish by G Smyth Boats Ltd Fishing News soon. Issue: 5489 want throughout the year. Because of 15 years of careful Scheduled for completion in 2020, propeller and an electrically powered initial concept phase to offer a design that The Avoch-owned and to sea through the north Waterdance. As with Nichola of Ladram, effort and the result of years of hard work, right from owners at Greendale, to all my crew and shore support 17 April 2015 £2.99 FAL 10-drum winch manufactured by the yard. Peterhead-based 28m pair- entrance at around 1am, management, the sole population off Brixham has been Georgina of Ladram is the first new beam meets their expectations.” staff, as well as the team at Brixham who sold the fish for C Courageous approaches Symbister harbour for the first time after Courageous hie seiner Rosebloom INS 353 shortly after high water. being bought by a youthful Whalsay partnership (Photo courtesy this demonstrates Luyt’s capacity to F Jacoline Luijt of Luyt BV said: “We are Ivan Reid) : ‘Te us to be able to break the record.” increasing year on year. LL trawler of its class to be built for the UK Scheduled for completion in 2020, was successfully refloated and Weather conditions were U10at Whalsay E-CATCH ROLL-OUT the massive financial investment put in from the vessel’s MPs TURN TO PAGE 2 FOR THE FULL REPORT develop tailor-made solutions. We look The 33m beam trawler Margaret of Ladram has been “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 the jewel of the Greendale fleet since the Exeter-based A largeNew number of Whalsay Brixhamresidents beamer launched in Holland forward to seeing our joint vision come Lerwick by the local harbour moderate sea swell, with the braved gales force winds and driving Waterdance. As with Nichola of Ladram, The hull of the new Brixham beam trawler Georgina sleet toof welcome Ladram BM the 100latest was addition 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 to the Shipyard,local fleet, Burgum the 26.5m on 31 whitefish 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 trawlerthrough Courageous the Prinses LK 470, Margriet into canal to Den Oever, into service. With the construction of a this demonstrates Luyt’s capacity to Symbisterwhere harbour the 35.25m for the vessel first timewill be at completed by main owners carried out an extensive refit, including a new main the beginningcontractors of this Luyt month, BV, reports reports David Linkie. freezing. David Linkie. MPssince the Colne Shipping Company Ltd a highly co-ordinated and Of 8.70m beam and a moulded depth of 5.2m, Find us on Twitter 1005 in 1999. LL TheGeorgina occasion of was Ladram given was added designed by Luyt BV us to be able to break the record.” significance by the fact that Courageous : ‘Tedevelop tailor-made solutions. We look engine and a complete machinery overhaul, and she has in collaboration with Marimecs Marine Design & Shetland team effort we w F smoothly executed operation An initial attempt by has beenEngineering bought by for four Waterdance young Whalsay Ltd. Join in the conversation hie took delivery of the 42.35m St Anthony LT £3.25 fishermen,Georgina skipper of Ian Ladram Shearer is the (24), second new fishing C engineer Malcolm Reid (24) Christopher AnT been skippered by Adam Cowan-Dickie since 2015. vessel to be built for Waterdance by Luyt BV, which The 33m beam trawler Margaret of Ladram has been FAL 28 November 2019 on Saturday, 16 November, Lerwick lifeboat, and then Irvine (19)earlier and this James year delivered Johnston the (18), 14.95m in vivier-crabber forward to seeing our joint vision come Issue: 5491 @YourFishingNews ouT partnershipNichola with of LadramLHD Ltd. E 1. Fishermen’s Association Ltd Chairman calls ono fishing industry to put pressure on MPs 1005 in 1999. Barry Young, managing director of Brixham Trawler With anThe average Luyt group age ofwill just now 21 begin years, installation of F reports David Linkie. by the harbour tugs and the the newGeorgina partnership of Ladram’s is probably engineroom one of and deck CFP’ the youngest on record for this class of the jewel of the Greendale fleet since the Exeter-based into service. With the construction of a vessel. Agents, said: “It is fantastic news that Margaret of Ladram After landing whitefish Fraserburgh seiner Faithlie, to The four partners have all been crew membersAn unusual on localview ofwhitefish Georgina boatsof Ladram passing over a dual carriageway while since leavingbeing school,towed to with Den IanOever. Shearer company bought her from Belgium in 2012. Her new has broken our longstanding Brixham port record for fish at Lerwick for consignment pull Rosebloom clear of the aboard Defiant, Christopher Irvine on assists Rosebloom ACCESS QUESTIONS DODGED Tranquility, Malcolm Reid with Arcturus and James Johnston on Guardian TURN TO PAGE 2 FOR THE FULL REPORT to Peterhead, Rosebloom soft contoured skerry proved Angell before this boat was renamed ‡ The 35.25m beam trawler Georgina of Ladram BM 100 in the Prinses Margriet canal, en 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) CFP’ Courageous. owners carried out an extensive refit, including a new main F Continued on Page 5 The Avoch-owned and to sea through the north o Fishing News machinery. This will include an ABC vessel of this size, we are setting a new grounded on the submerged unsuccessful. ouT 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 AnT 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.” we w Skipper Ian Mathieson berthed qualities during the 700-mile delivery passage from 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 FAL ChieF: ‘TethisLL demonstrates Luyt’sMPs 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 Fishermen’s Association Ltd Chairman calls on fishing industry to put pressure on MPsa 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 Barry Young, managing director of Brixham Trawler Powered by a Doosan V158TI main engine driving we wAnT ouT oF CFP’ Margaret of Ladram was successfully refloated and Weather conditions were HYGIENICAwards 2020 FURNITUREnow AND EQUIPMENT industry. is named after their late mother Margaret Carter. 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Today, the full range and endless options reports David Linkie. by the harbour tugs and the CONSTRUCTION nominations are invited across REDUCE DIRT TRAPS After landing whitefish Fraserburgh seiner Faithlie, to Fishing News full range and endless options 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 fleetthe 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 NO PORES online at teknomek.co.uk Continues on page 2 ‡ Rosebloom is towed into harbour by the Lerwick Port Authority vessels Knab and Kebister. 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Oyster Isles: read the book, get the T-shirt Bluefin tuna found in Chichester harbour In 2010, Bobby Groves founded A bluefin tuna, which was 2.2m Bobby’s Oysters, which began as long and weighed 160kg, was an oyster tastings and event service found in Chichester harbour last and has expanded over the years week, reports John Periam. to become a brand and platform for Though dead when it was found, oyster industry training, education, and it was in good condition, and connecting rural producers to markets. there were no immediate signs of Bobby’s Oysters founded the London damage that could be attributed to Shucker Alliance, a knowledge-sharing fishing gear or accidental by-catch. collective of the city’s oyster workers, The fish appears to have entered from markets to fine dining. the harbour of its own volition to In 2019, Bobby Groves published feed. It was picked up by the crew Oyster Isles, for which he completed of Sussex IFCA’s patrol vessel a 5,000-mile journey on a Triumph Watchful under the command of its motorbike around the coasts of Britain skipper Charlie Hubbard. and Ireland. Re-released last month It has been taken to the freezer in paperback, it is published by Little, unit at Shoreham-based fishing Brown/Hachette. company Monteum, run by Jim Part travelogue, part social history, Partridge, where samples will be Oyster Isles is a celebration of oyster taken from the fish by IFCA staff. culture past and present, incorporating These will be forwarded to MMO/ the themes of nutrition, reef CEFAS for analysis. restoration, environmental change and Jim Partridge said: “It is not associated history. every day we get a catch like this A celebratory tour T-shirt of the to put into our freezer – it appears motorcycle journey has now been ‡ The Oyster Isles celebratory tour T-shirt records to be a sign of the times that many produced, the proceeds from which the stops along the way on Bobby Groves’ 5,000-mile new species of fish are now being ‡ The 160kg bluefin tuna that was will go to the Fisherman’s Mission. motorbike trip around the UK and Ireland. The paperback found in UK inshore waters.” pulled from Chichester harbour. Find out more at: bit.ly/2YYT9vU edition of his book is out now. 10 September 2020 Join Fishing News on Facebook http://on.fb.me/fishingnews PORTS AND PRICES 21 PORTS & PRICES PETERHEAD SEES REDUCED WHITEFISH SUPPLIES The lowest Monday-Thursday total large cod sold at £4-£5.85 per kg, M, along with eight consignments, at Peterhead. This sale, the smallest of contributed to last week’s four-day total at Peterhead since 12 June provided sprags £4.65-£5.90, medium £4.33- contributed 6,565 boxes to the midweek the four days, included 895 boxes of of 21,106 boxes on Peterhead market. a timely reminder of the constraints £4.83, selected £2.70-£4.20 and small sale. This market, the largest of the first gutted and 56 boxes of round haddock, This total, the lowest for 12 weeks, that whitefish skippers face for the £3.57. Large/medium gutted haddock four days of last week, included 1,182 606 boxes of cod, 448 boxes of whiting included 6,925 boxes of haddock (1,869 remainder of this year, reports David made £4.52-£4.76, selected £2.88- boxes of gutted and 951 boxes of round (359 rounders), 307 boxes of monkfish, rounders), 3,092 boxes of whiting (2,288 Linkie. £4.52, small £2.68-£4.38, chippers haddock, 948 boxes of coley, 763 boxes 298 boxes of coley, 228 boxes of squid, ungutted), 2,622 boxes of coley, 1,983 Cod supplies last week were at £2.25-£2.50, metros £1.20-£1.70 and of whiting (494 rounders), 559 boxes 220 boxes of flatfish, 203 boxes of ling, boxes of cod, 1,275 boxes of monkfish, their lowest since 22 May, during the round haddock £1.35-£1.40. Gutted of hake, 459 boxes of monkfish, 447 136 boxes of megrim and 127 boxes of 991 boxes of hake, 908 boxes of ling, initial post-Covid-19 recovery period, whiting were at £1.75-£2.50 and round boxes of cod, 262 boxes of ling, 232 hake. 863 boxes of squid, 752 boxes of flatfish reflecting the steps that whitefish whiting £1.38-£1.73 per kg. Monkfish boxes of squid, 158 boxes of flatfish, Forty-one boats and 37 consignments and 547 boxes of megrim. crews are taking following the further secured £2.50-£4.80, lemon sole £1- 133 boxes of megrim and 41 boxes of restrictions on cod fishing imposed by £8.17, plaice £1.45-£3, ling £1.15-£2, mackerel. the EU. hake £1.20-£6.15, coley 50p-£1.30 and Last Wednesday morning at Unsurprisingly, given the marked squid £3.50-£11.35 per kg. Peterhead, large/medium gutted reduction in landings, cod attracted The following morning, seven boats, haddock made £4.80-£5.10 per kg, high levels of demand from buyers Leanne, Crystal River, Faithful, Boy selected £4.60-£5.35, small £3-£4.40, last week, peaking at £6.15 per kg. Andrew, Castlewood, Attain II and chippers £1.40-£2.40, metros 75p- Haddock, hake and whiting also sold Fruitful Bough, together with 14 mainly £1.25 and rounders 55p-75p. Large well, hitting respective highs of £6.50, squid-orientated consignments from cod sold at £3.80-£6.15 per kg, sprags £6.57 and £3.05 per kg. Ocean Reaper IV, Norlan, Jubilee Spirit, £3.55-£5.80, medium £3.95-£5.10, Twelve boats, Karen Ann II, Harvest Vision IV, Charisma, Amaryha, Asteria selected £3.55 and small £1.95-£2.90. Hope, Courage, Avrella, Acorn, Celestial II, Conquest, Stella Maris, Prosperity, Gutted whiting sold at £1.20-£2.25, Dawn, Accord, Shalimar II, Falcon, Transcend, Shaulora, Prevail and Fisher round whiting £1-£1.60, plaice 90p- Apollo, Zephyr and Zenith, plus six Boys, landed 5,263 boxes. This tally £3.35, lemon sole £1.25-£12, coley consignments, started last week off by included 1,839 boxes of gutted and 516 £1-£1.60, hake £2-£5.70, monkfish contributing 5,536 boxes to the first boxes of round haddock, 952 boxes of £2.90-£4.45, ling £1.35-£2.45, squid market. whiting (805 rounders), 377 boxes of £2-£12 and line-caught mackerel £1.90- This sale included 1,140 boxes coley, 248 boxes of squid, 245 boxes £2.65 per kg. of gutted and 346 boxes of round of monkfish, 208 boxes of megrim, 197 Seven boats, El Shaddai, Tranquility haddock, 999 boxes of coley, 929 boxes boxes of hake, 194 boxes of cod, 159 (BF), Boy John, Rosebloom, Sunrise, of whiting (630 rounders), 736 boxes boxes of ling and 152 boxes of flatfish. Artemis and Keila, along with nine of cod, 284 boxes of ling, 264 boxes Fifteen boats, Kathleen Ann, consignments from Ocean Rose, of monkfish, 222 boxes of flatfish, 155 Helenus, Phoenix, Emulator, Ellorah, Pathway, Asteria II, Shaulora, Just boxes of squid, 108 boxes of hake and Good Hope, Opportunus IV, Havfjord, Reward, Conquest, Chloe Ella, 70 boxes of megrim. Tranquillity, Crystal River, Faithful, Transcend and Deeside, contributed ‡ The Fraserburgh boats Kathleen Ann, Helenus and Phoenix landing Last Monday morning at Peterhead, Endurance, Acorn, Westro and Joanna 3,742 boxes to last Thursday’s market for the midweek market at Peterhead. (Photo: Ryan Cordiner) QUIETER MIDWEEK MARKETS IN SHETLAND BRIXHAM EDGES CLOSE TO £1M WEEK Last week started reasonably strongly in Shetland when A very busy week at Brixham saw projected and 60p for 5s. Ling 1s and 2s were £2 and 3s 13 boats landed 1,940 boxes for the auction on Monday sales for the full week somewhere between £1.40. Prime lobsters were £18.50 and large morning, which was the largest of the first three days. £950,000 and £1m. After the bank holiday £18. Mackerel was £6.50 for 1s, £6 for 2s and Supplies decreased on Tuesday and again on Wednesday closure, Tuesday saw a £350,000 market. £3.50 for 3s. morning with 852 boxes from 15 boats and 665 boxes from Over the first three markets last week, bass Megrim made £4 for 1s and 2s, £2.80 for 3s, four boats respectively, bringing the three-day total to 3,457 fetched £17 for 1s, £15.80 for 2s, £13 for 3s, £1 for 4s and 30p for 5s. Monkfish 1s averaged boxes from 32 boats. £10.50 for 4s and £10.10 for 5s. Blondie wing £9.20, 2s and 3s £9.50, 4s £8.80, 5s £7.40 and At 38,220kg, gutted haddock was the main species 1s were £3.20, 2s £2.50, 3s £2.20 and 4s 6s £4.80. Grey mullet 1s were £4.50 and 2s £4. landed over the first three markets last week, followed by £1.20/kg. Black bream made £10 for 1s, £9 for Red mullet sold at £14/kg for 1s, £11.30 for 2s cod (22,457kg), whiting (16,106kg, including 10,099kg of 2s, £7.50 for 3s and £4.60 for 4s. Size 1 brill and £2.50 for 3s. Octopus averaged £2.10. rounders), ling (13,685kg), saithe (12,401kg), monkfish averaged £11.90/kg, 2s £8.30, 3s £7.50, 4s £7 Plaice 1s averaged £3.80/kg, 2s £3.40, 3s (10,221kg), megrim (6,199kg), mackerel (4,069kg), hake and 5s £3.50. £2.70, 4s £2 and 5s £1.50. Pollack 1s and 2s (3,849kg), plaice (2,089kg) and lemon sole (1,191kg). Cod made £7.50 for 1s and 2s, £7 for 3s, were £5, 3s £3.80 and 4s £3. Sand sole 1s Top prices included £5.70 per kg for cod, gutted haddock £5.70 for 4s and £3.90 for 5s. Coley 1s were were £9.50/kg and 2s £6. Large scallops were £4.25, hake £5.45, halibut £11.25, lemon sole £10.05, ling £2.80, 2s £1.60 and 3s £1. Conger 1s and £8.50 and small £4.50. Dover sole 1s averaged £1.95, mackerel £1.50, megrim £8.20, monkfish £4.35, ‡ The Wick fly-shooter Boy Andrew landing to 2s were £2.20 and 3s were 90p. Cuttlefish £18.80/kg, 2s £17, 3s £17.90, 4s £17, 5s plaice £3.35, saithe £1.45, squid £10.10, turbot £13.15, the new Lerwick fishmarket for the first time. averaged £2.45 for 2s. Size 1 dabs were £4 and £14.30, 6s £13.20, 7s £10, 8s £9.20, 9s £7.20 gutted whiting £3.25 and round whiting £1.55 per kg. (Photo: Sydney Sinclair) 2s 40p. John Dory 1s and 2s were £11.70/kg, and 10s £5.80. Squid 1s were £12.40 and 2s 3s £8 and 4s £7.10. Red gurnard 2s made £3.40 £9.80. and 4s 60p. Thorny wings averaged £1.80 for 2s, £1.40 Haddock 1s were £4.20, 2s £2.30 and 3s for 3s and £1 for 4s. Tubs were £3/kg for 1s and NEWLYN BUSY AFTER BANK HOLIDAY £1. Hake made £5 for 1s and 2s, £5.50 for 3s, £2.10 for 2s. Turbot averaged £24.50/kg for 1s, For auction last Tuesday at Newlyn, were N1 red mullet £14/kg, N3 One beamer and inshore boats £5.90 for 4s and 5s, £4.70 for 6s, £2.20 for 7s 2s £21, 3s £17.80, 4s £16.50, 5s £11.40 and 6s three beamers, two netters and bass £13.51/kg and N1 Dover sole supplied Thursday’s sale with 4.4t. and 80p for 8s. Lemon sole averaged £10/kg £9.90. Size 1 whiting averaged £3/kg, 2s £2.20, inshore boats landed a volume of £19.05/kg. Best volumes were 0.4t of Dover for 1s, £9.40 for 2s, £7.30 for 3s, £2.10 for 4s 3s £1 and 4s 40p. 21.5t. Contributing to the day’s A volume of 8.6t was landed for sole, 0.3t haddock, 0.4t lemon sole, volume were 0.1t brill, 1.2t Dover auction on Wednesday. Highest- 0.3t mackerel, 1.2t megrim sole sole, 0.2t haddock, 4.1t MSC volume species were 0.3t of Dover and 0.7t of monkfish. Demand was hake, 0.3t John Dory, 1t lemon sole, 0.1t haddock, 2.8t MSC hake, again good throughout the morning FURTHER SIGNS OF MARKET RECOVERY AT LOWESTOFT sole, 1.5t mackerel, 0.4t megrim 0.2t John Dory, 0.3t lemon sole, for all species. Dover sole remained the main species at Lowestoft fishmarket where, in total, 21 boats supplied 3.3t sole, 1.9t monkfish, 4.7t plaice, 0.8t mackerel, 0.4t megrim sole, Due to high tides, all net boats of fish. This made last week the busiest week since March, despite the auction being closed on the 1.8t pollack and 0.2t of turbot. 0.6t monkfish, 0.1t plaice and were sheltering in port by last bank holiday. Bidding was keen after the bank 0.4t of pollack. Demand was high Thursday, but it was hoped they Prices for Dover sole were unchanged on the previous week, with a high of £20 per kg. Bass also holiday weekend and some good throughout the morning, and good would be away fishing again at the saw highs maintained on the week, at £12. Skate prices, while 30p lower on the week, remained high prices were achieved. Most notable money was achieved for all species. weekend. at £3, and lobster prices saw £14, down £2. 22 PORTS AND PRICES Visit us at fishingnews.co.uk and on Twitter @YourFishingNews 10 September 2020

PETERHEAD, WEEK Avg Max Max, Max, mth HANTSHOLM, WEEK Kg Avg Avg, Avg, 6m BRIXHAM, WEEK TO Kg Avg Avg, Avg, yr NEWLYN, WEEK TO Kg Avg Avg, Avg, yr TO 3 SEPTEMBER price/kg price/kg wk ago wk ago TO 3 SEPTEMBER landed price/kg wk ago ago 3 SEPTEMBER landed price/kg wk ago ago 3 SEPTEMBER landed price/kg wk ago ago Catfish £2.48 £2.63 £2.67 £2.81 Catfish (1) 320 £5.28 £5.32 £4.68 Bass (1) 40 £16.46 £18.47 £18.74 Bass (3) 17 £13.65 £11.10 £16.50 Cod (A1) £5.29 £6.16 £5.62 £5.20 Cod (0) 580 £6.14 £5.45 £5.43 Bass (2) 127 £15.55 £16.91 £18.10 Bass (4) 72 £13.21 £12.13 £14.06 Bass (5) 38 £12.75 £11.17 £12.09 Cod (A2) £5.17 £5.83 £5.19 £5.23 Cod (1) 2,857 £6.53 £5.98 £5.45 Bass (3) 428 £12.83 £15.96 £15.59 Blonde Ray (L) 825 £1.51 £1.53 £2.91 Cod (A3) £4.90 £5.21 £4.62 £4.43 Cod (2) 6,208 £6.24 £5.61 £5.03 Bass (4) 1,434 £10.47 £13.19 £12.02 Blonde Ray (M) 151 £1.32 £1.51 £2.23 Cod (A4) £4.00 £4.19 £4.43 £3.97 Cod (3) 13,334 £4.69 £4.32 £3.73 Bass (5) 521 £9.96 £12.79 £10.90 Blonde Ray (S) 17 £1.52 £0.56 £1.22 Cod (A5) £3.61 £3.95 £3.75 £3.06 Cod (4) 11,961 £3.67 £3.55 £3.44 Brill (1) 895 £11.76 £14.67 £13.03 Blue Shark (9) 46 £0.70 £11.20 £0.79 Haddock (A1) £4.62 £4.94 £4.45 £3.91 Cod (5) 3,272 £3.30 £3.10 £3.06 Brill (2) 1,003 £8.16 £10.48 £9.25 Brill (1) 11 £11.76 £10.56 £12.38 Haddock (A2) £4.64 £5.36 £6.58 £4.27 Brill (2) 53 £11.06 £11.01 £12.10 Haddock (1) 9,729 £2.69 £3.03 £2.75 Brill (3) 1,791 £7.34 £9.46 £8.79 Haddock (A3) £4.19 £4.72 £4.97 £3.64 Brill (3) 114 £8.82 £9.18 £9.73 Haddock (2) 5,268 £2.16 £1.52 £2.06 Brill (4) 1,420 £6.97 £9.13 £7.46 Haddock chippers (A4) £2.11 £2.93 £2.95 £2.64 Brill (4) 26 £7.96 £8.05 £8.09 Haddock (3) 1,335 £1.20 £1.09 £1.35 Brill (5) 310 £3.20 £6.42 £4.31 Brill (5) 11 £5.94 £7.96 £7.00 Haddock metros (A4) £1.28 £1.60 £1.99 £1.66 Haddock (4) 75 £0.36 £0.36 £0.68 Cock crabs 330 £5.03 £5.64 £5.41 Claws (9) 36 £4.52 £4.72 - Hake (A1) £5.31 £5.85 £5.47 £3.57 Cod (3) 5 £7.00 £5.31 £6.20 Hake (0) 10,189 £6.21 £3.92 £4.44 Cod (2) 5 £7.55 - £5.00 Hake (A2) £4.51 £5.17 £4.19 £3.24 Cod (4) 7 £4.48 £4.26 £2.87 Conger (1) 229 £2.02 £2.29 £1.37 Hake (A3) £3.18 £4.01 £3.00 £2.34 Hake (1) 11,737 £5.02 £3.71 £3.55 Cod (5) 2 £2.00 £1.50 £3.10 Conger (2) 70 £2.17 £2.70 £1.31 Hake (A4) £2.59 £2.99 £2.00 £1.68 Hake (2) 11,662 £4.33 £2.37 £2.25 Conger Eels (1) 104 £1.50 - £0.40 Conger (3) 128 £0.69 £0.84 £0.52 Hake (A5) £1.40 £1.44 £1.46 £1.00 Hake (3) 1,828 £2.55 £1.10 £1.48 Cuckoo ray (L) 31 £3.21 - £1.29 Cuttlefish (1) 33 £4.44 £5.16 £2.87 Cuckoo ray (M) 281 £1.34 £0.52 £1.13 Lemon sole (A1) £10.86 £11.36 £6.50 £9.43 Lemon sole (1) 88 £7.82 £6.96 £5.70 Cuckoo ray (S) 238 £0.59 £0.21 £0.48 Lemon sole (A2) £5.48 £7.81 £5.57 £7.08 Lemon sole (2) 727 £6.03 £4.99 £4.74 Cuttlefish (2) 31,374 £2.40 £2.66 £2.69 Dogfish 8,521 £0.25 £0.25 £0.25 Cuttlefish (L) 92 £2.30 £3.51 £2.99 Lemon sole (A3) £2.11 £2.50 £3.18 £2.84 Lemon sole (3) 2,253 £2.27 £2.22 £2.34 Cuttlefish (S) 1 £2.00 - £2.57 Gurnard (2) 12 £3.40 £4.52 £3.60 Ling (A1) £1.59 £1.68 £1.48 £1.16 Ling (1) 4,036 £2.14 £2.07 £2.35 Dover sole (1) 73 £18.10 £15.44 £17.46 Gurnard (4) 8,826 £0.56 £0.60 £0.62 Ling (A2) £2.46 £2.52 £1.78 £1.26 Ling (2) 2,119 £2.44 £2.77 £2.03 Dover sole (2) 168 £17.90 £15.64 £18.13 Haddock (1) 1,123 £3.92 - £3.73 Dover sole (3) 497 £17.67 £15.77 £18.01 Ling (A3) £2.36 £2.50 £1.92 £1.26 Ling (3) 1,824 £1.71 £1.35 £1.79 Megrim (A1) £6.19 £7.42 £5.93 £2.39 Haddock (2) 1,216 £1.77 £6.14 £3.65 Dover sole (4) 655 £13.22 £12.54 £14.59 Megrim 100 £4.26 £3.45 £1.07 Dover sole (5) 401 £9.95 £9.36 £10.42 Megrim (A2) £4.56 £5.89 £4.67 £1.75 Haddock (3) 1,479 £0.27 £3.76 £1.19 Monkfish (1) 1,804 £4.51 £4.21 £4.73 Grey mullet (2) 3 £2.00 £2.36 £4.35 Megrim (A3) £3.22 £4.58 £3.25 £2.18 Hake (1) 6 £0.20 - £4.13 Monkfish (2) 2,249 £4.58 £4.09 £4.98 Grey mullet (3) 17 £2.25 - £3.50 Megrim (A4) £0.74 £1.33 £1.07 £0.58 Hake (2) 18 £4.86 - £3.79 Monkfish (3) 2,788 £4.46 £4.06 £5.06 Grey mullet (4) 28 £1.68 - £2.00 Megrim (A4) £2.43 £3.79 £1.88 £1.83 Hake (3) 181 £5.68 - £3.82 Gurnard and latchet (L) 75 £3.26 £2.71 £4.80 Monkfish (4) 1,738 £3.98 £3.71 £5.03 Monkfish (A1) £4.11 £4.32 £4.07 £3.82 Hake (4) 606 £5.82 - £3.71 Gurnard and latchet (M) 206 £1.57 £0.97 £2.87 Monkfish (5) 834 £2.20 £1.94 £2.96 Monkfish (A2) £4.21 £4.29 £3.96 £4.31 Hake (5) 1,513 £5.94 - £3.47 Gurnard and latchet (S) 207 £0.77 £0.65 £0.67 Plaice (1) 4,767 £3.59 £4.44 £3.47 Haddock (1) 44 £4.09 £4.16 £4.64 Monkfish (A3) £4.31 £4.99 £3.79 £4.35 Hake (6) 6,684 £4.68 - £2.94 Haddock (2) 115 £4.28 £4.03 £4.91 Monkfish (A4) £3.77 £4.09 £3.19 £4.33 Plaice (2) 9,354 £3.19 £3.45 £3.41 Hake (7) 8,089 £2.05 - £2.23 Haddock (3) 245 £3.03 £2.34 £4.93 Plaice (3) 18,709 £1.99 £2.48 £2.66 Monkfish (A5) £2.88 £3.29 £2.33 £3.91 Hen crabs 1,322 £2.13 £1.91 £1.95 Haddock (4) 134 £0.46 £0.21 £1.32 Plaice (A1) £3.06 £3.25 £3.33 £4.38 Plaice (4) 60,773 £1.75 £1.75 £2.21 John Dory (1) 221 £11.46 £13.57 £14.61 Haddock (5) 25 £1.70 £0.40 £1.11 Plaice (A2) £2.41 £2.66 £3.08 £2.63 Pollack (2) 2,372 £5.55 £5.51 £4.88 John Dory (2) 457 £11.12 £13.10 £13.91 Hake (1) 38 £4.63 £4.74 £3.36 Hake (2) 112 £4.72 £4.40 £3.41 Plaice (A3) £1.64 £1.90 £1.61 £2.13 Pollack (3) 5,331 £4.75 £4.70 £4.17 John Dory (3) 1,069 £7.87 £10.64 £11.04 Plaice (A4) £1.21 £1.81 £1.45 £1.70 Pollack (4) 1,197 £4.24 £3.45 £3.57 Hake (3) 321 £4.89 £4.51 £3.71 Lemon sole (1) 298 £9.83 £12.98 £10.45 Hake (4) 811 £4.78 £4.44 £3.20 Pollack (A1) £4.66 £4.66 £4.73 £5.00 Saithe (1) 5,841 £1.52 £1.33 £1.59 Lemon sole (2) 445 £9.26 £13.76 £10.83 Hake (5) 2,947 £4.38 £4.30 £2.53 Pollack (A2) £4.89 £5.28 £4.55 £4.35 Saithe (2) 9,878 £1.48 £1.32 £1.57 Lemon sole (3) 1,251 £7.26 £12.71 £10.24 Hake (6) 2,394 £2.33 £2.45 £1.96 Pollack (A3) £4.50 £4.50 £4.58 £4.25 Saithe (3) 13,294 £1.42 £1.36 £1.45 Lemon sole (4) 3,459 £1.91 £3.79 £2.39 John Dory (1) 22 £11.61 £11.63 £12.67 Pollack (A4) £4.80 £4.80 £4.13 - John Dory (2) 166 £11.99 £10.62 £13.74 Saithe (4) 9,221 £1.11 £1.02 £1.33 Lemon sole (5) 1,708 £0.48 £0.75 £0.56 Round Haddock £1.04 £1.11 £1.51 £1.12 John Dory (3) 219 £9.11 £8.56 £10.42 Squid 2,724 £4.35 £5.56 £3.82 Line mackerel (1) 91 £6.15 £6.73 £4.77 Whiting (A1) £2.59 £2.59 £2.86 £2.05 John Dory (4) 87 £6.16 £6.06 £8.24 Turbot (0) 60 £24.49 £20.49 £19.52 Line mackerel (2) 23 £5.87 £6.73 £3.58 Whiting (A2) £2.55 £2.74 £2.64 £2.10 John Dory (5) 51 £8.24 £3.01 £3.89 Turbot (1) 129 £21.03 £15.90 £16.18 Line mackerel (3) 90 £3.33 £4.30 £1.63 Lemon sole (1) 65 £10.73 £6.78 £10.38 Whiting (A3) £1.75 £2.02 £2.19 £1.85 Turbot (2) 156 £17.25 £16.06 £14.67 Lobster 152 £17.67 £18.07 £13.90 Lemon sole (2) 179 £10.59 £7.41 £10.58 Whiting (round) £1.53 £1.73 £1.75 £1.48 Turbot (3) 803 £11.21 £11.83 £11.33 Monkfish tails (1) 411 £8.80 £12.38 £11.20 Lemon sole (3) 377 £7.95 £7.57 £9.70 SHETLAND, WEEK Kg Avg Avg, Avg, yr Lemon sole (4) 698 £2.20 £1.87 £2.32 Turbot (4) 1,065 £4.42 £6.09 £4.96 Monkfish tails (2) 1,515 £9.11 £13.39 £11.53 TO 3 SEPTEMBER landed price/kg wk ago ago Lemon sole (5) 364 £0.42 £0.35 £0.58 Witch (1) 34 £6.96 £3.52 £3.52 Monkfish tails (3) 2,052 £9.11 £11.96 £10.95 Catfish 1,944 £1.19 £1.48 £2.98 Ling (M) 362 £1.40 £0.62 £2.83 Monkfish tails (4) 3,959 £8.64 £10.55 £10.53 Cod (2) 16,082 £2.44 £3.59 £4.02 Witch (2) 319 £3.06 £1.62 £2.16 Ling (S) 15 £1.00 £0.40 - Mackerel (LM) 398 £4.13 £4.90 £3.00 Cod (3) 7,860 £2.23 £3.50 £3.79 Witch (3) 311 £1.03 £0.64 £0.88 Monkfish tails (5) 3,481 £7.25 £9.57 £8.07 Monkfish tails (6) 1,145 £4.52 £6.67 £4.37 Mackerel (M) 1,685 £1.49 £2.91 £1.23 Cod (4) 4,040 £1.95 £2.98 £3.06 ICELAND, WEEK Kg Avg Avg, Avg, yr Mackerel (S) 463 £0.47 £0.45 £0.52 Octopus 1,486 £2.02 £2.27 £2.06 Cod (5) 912 £1.94 £2.81 £2.75 TO 2 SEPTEMBER landed price/kg wk ago ago Megrim (1) 63 £5.90 £4.63 £6.44 Cod (6) 90 £1.60 £2.65 £2.65 Blue ling (gutted) 2,010 £0.84 £0.99 - Plaice (1) 3,054 £3.76 £6.14 £4.87 Megrim (2) 179 £5.61 £3.72 £5.75 Haddock (1) 2,522 £1.98 £3.13 £3.51 Catfish (gutted) 6,789 £1.18 £0.92 £1.82 Plaice (2) 3,629 £3.25 £5.71 £3.36 Megrim (3) 261 £4.51 £2.86 £4.27 Haddock (2) 3,802 £1.98 £3.24 £3.29 Catfish (ungutted) 1,558 £0.79 £0.74 £0.46 Plaice (3) 4,567 £2.54 £5.05 £3.09 Megrim (4) 341 £3.51 £2.00 £3.57 Megrim (5) 533 £2.10 £1.23 £2.38 Haddock (3) 9,242 £1.38 £2.06 £3.38 Cod (large, gutted) 17,481 £1.82 £2.40 £2.60 Plaice (4) 3,314 £1.93 £3.51 £2.18 Monkfish (1) 102 £9.84 £4.64 £11.92 Cod (large, ungutted) 54,133 £2.33 £2.16 £2.14 Plaice (5) 9,944 £1.43 £1.47 £1.65 Haddock (4) 21,590 £0.87 £1.45 £2.76 Monkfish (2) 341 £9.33 £9.95 £11.64 Cod (small, gutted) 315 £0.51 £0.73 £0.97 Haddock (5) 13,242 £0.48 £0.99 £2.08 Pollock (1) 4 £5.01 - £5.01 Monkfish (3) 576 £9.71 £9.92 £10.85 Cod (small, ungutted) 3,898 £0.96 £0.97 £0.94 Hake (2) 1,140 £2.58 £3.79 £3.59 Pollock (2) 259 £4.99 £7.02 £5.25 Monkfish (4) 923 £9.03 £7.37 £10.56 Cod cheeks 65 £5.87 £6.35 - Hake (3) 3,230 £2.08 £2.99 £3.06 Pollock (3) 1,263 £3.78 - £4.09 Monkfish (5) 1,216 £6.82 £5.25 £6.07 Dab (gutted) 714 £0.22 - - Hake (4) 7,896 £1.33 £1.85 £2.05 Ray wings (blonde, 1) 814 £3.21 £5.29 £5.03 Octopus (M) 574 £1.88 £2.17 £2.04 Greenland halibut (gutted) 74 £2.05 £2.10 £0.07 Pilchard/Sardines (3) 61 £0.30 £0.70 - Halibut (3) 312 £5.07 £7.79 £10.06 Ray wings (blonde, 2) 2,423 £2.41 £4.15 £3.82 Haddock (large, gutted) 10,078 £1.41 £1.23 £1.64 Plaice (1) 747 £3.68 £4.25 £4.08 Halibut (4) 266 £4.64 £6.90 £9.63 Haddock (large, ungutted) 77,711 £1.53 £1.35 £2.17 Ray wings (blonde, 3) 1,425 £2.03 £4.13 £3.53 Plaice (2) 513 £3.00 £3.87 £3.48 Lemon sole (2) 320 £4.93 £6.66 £7.56 Haddock (small, gutted) 361 £0.66 £0.40 £0.50 Ray wings (small eye, 3) 22 £1.27 - £0.54 Plaice (3) 1,196 £2.80 £3.46 £3.27 Lemon sole (4) 1,240 £1.05 £1.52 £4.48 Haddock (small, ungutted) 1,164 £0.62 £0.31 £0.43 Ray wings (thornback, 2) 366 £1.43 £3.15 £2.89 Plaice (4) 1,084 £2.20 £2.01 £2.15 Ling 11,116 £0.92 £1.26 £1.91 Halibut (gutted) 1,499 £1.76 £2.10 £2.82 Ray wings (thornback, 3) 1,092 £1.24 £3.08 £2.90 Pollack, lythe (1) 95 £4.40 - £5.63 Pollack, lythe (2) 683 £4.79 £5.46 £5.79 Lythe 260 £1.73 £3.65 £4.05 Lemon sole (gutted) 6,185 £1.50 £1.38 £2.48 Ray wings (thornback, 4) 911 £0.91 £2.03 £2.15 Pollack, lythe (3) 799 £4.43 £5.38 £4.91 Mackerel 5,544 £0.72 £1.06 £1.19 Ling (gutted) 994 £1.17 £1.00 £1.34 Red mullet (1) 61 £4.66 £4.43 £3.40 Pollack, lythe (4) 493 £4.28 £3.99 £3.09 Megrim (2) 4,056 £3.38 £5.31 £3.80 Ling (ungutted) 81 £0.64 £0.86 £1.58 Red mullet (2) 28 £3.98 £4.30 £3.23 Pout whiting, pouting, bib (S) 151 £0.20 £0.21 £0.30 Megrim (3) 3,184 £2.66 £4.35 £4.05 Megrim (gutted) 223 £0.59 £1.89 - Red mullet (3) 9 £13.93 £13.70 £13.72 Red mullet (1) 41 £13.65 £13.44 £11.93 Megrim (4) 3,258 £1.63 £2.68 £3.18 Monkfish (gutted) 1,154 £3.35 £2.85 £3.31 Round pouting 8,377 £0.33 £0.30 £0.44 Red mullet (2) 57 £8.83 £9.45 £9.71 Monkfish (1) 774 £1.75 £2.69 £3.77 Plaice (gutted) 35,612 £1.73 £1.78 £2.51 Scallop (2) 3,921 £1.74 £2.32 £5.77 Red mullet (3) 11 £4.55 £8.16 £9.04 Monkfish (2) 6,410 £1.96 £2.95 £3.85 Redfish (ungutted) 9,091 £1.16 £0.79 £2.29 Red mullet (4) 13 £5.92 £6.40 £3.47 Scallop meat 1,467 £9.36 £9.43 £11.50 Monkfish (3) 8,368 £2.04 £2.89 £4.47 Saithe (gutted) 2,034 £0.86 £0.74 £0.65 Saithe (1) 243 £1.45 £1.69 £2.08 Sole (1) 1,439 £18.44 £18.66 £18.45 Monkfish (4) 4,320 £1.94 £2.64 £4.65 Saithe (ungutted) 3,639 £0.69 £0.50 £0.57 Saithe (3) 41 £1.38 £1.60 £1.47 Sole (2) 2,410 £16.91 £18.12 £19.13 Saithe (4) 83 £1.13 £0.50 £1.41 Monkfish (5) 1,400 £1.31 £2.01 £3.96 Skate (gutted) 48 £0.41 £0.10 - Sole (3) 1,917 £17.75 £19.00 £20.28 Scallops 113 £1.80 £1.35 £1.65 Monkfish (6) 654 £0.69 £0.94 £2.59 Spotted catfish (gutted) 1,746 £0.79 £0.82 £1.76 Sole (4) 2,468 £16.92 £19.00 £19.55 Sea Breams (2) 3 £7.50 - - Plaice (2) 900 £1.59 £2.51 £3.29 Spotted catfish (ungutted) 450 £1.06 £0.59 £1.66 Shagreen ray (M) 21 £1.10 £0.94 £1.21 Sole (5) 1,380 £14.20 £15.68 £16.43 Plaice (3) 1,114 £0.95 £1.61 £2.68 Tusk (gutted) 168 £0.60 £0.51 £0.65 Shagreen ray (S) 7 £0.20 £0.20 £0.55 Plaice (4) 1,600 £0.54 £0.84 £1.83 Tusk (gutted) 168 £0.60 £0.51 £0.65 Sole (6) 1,488 £13.05 £14.61 £14.67 Smoothhound (S) 74 £0.30 - £0.24 Saithe (2) 1,980 £0.67 £0.95 £1.33 Tusk (ungutted) 1,145 £0.22 £0.27 £0.22 Squid (1) 79 £12.14 £14.82 £10.45 Squid (L) 10 £1.00 £9.23 £11.42 Squid (M) 90 £9.31 £5.67 £11.54 Saithe (3) 7,852 £0.54 £0.79 £1.36 Whiting (gutted) 23 £0.08 - - Squid (2) 1,208 £9.57 £11.88 £9.40 Squid (S) 1 £3.00 £8.76 £7.77 Saithe (4) 5,162 £0.43 £0.62 - Whiting (ungutted) 87 £0.15 £0.42 £0.06 Squid (mix) 429 £6.41 £10.67 £7.82 Thornback Ray (M) 2 £2.80 £1.20 £1.05 Witch (gutted) 961 £1.55 - £1.19 Turbot (1) 78 £21.51 £24.94 £22.22 Skate 2,330 £0.26 £0.39 £0.57 Turbot (1) 28 £18.04 - £15.84 Witch (ungutted) 297 £1.22 £1.23 - Skate, mixed 190 £0.21 £0.49 £0.34 Turbot (2) 146 £19.32 £20.59 £17.51 Turbot (2) 17 £19.03 £8.00 £16.91 Skate, roker 150 £0.64 £1.40 £1.02 LOWESTOFT, WEEK Price/kg Price/kg Avg, Avg, 4 Turbot (3) 202 £16.51 £19.71 £17.51 Turbot (3) 8 £16.00 - £17.57 TO 3 SEPTEMBER minimum maximum yr ago yr ago Squid 662 £3.33 £3.96 £5.34 Turbot (4) 362 £15.29 £18.50 £14.65 Turbot (4) 40 £15.40 £15.24 £15.58 Turbot 56 £6.24 £8.67 £13.07 Skate £1.00 £3.00 £2.80 £1.90 Turbot (5) 718 £10.61 £13.92 £11.42 Turbot (5) 75 £12.87 £12.56 £13.20 Turbot (6) 81 £10.87 £11.20 £11.71 Whiting (2) 3,246 £1.29 £2.10 £2.91 Dover sole £6.00 £20.00 £19.00 £15.88 Turbot (6) 289 £9.13 £11.20 £9.20 Whiting (1) 28 £2.19 £1.76 £2.10 Bass £8.50 £12.00 £12.50 £13.50 Whiting (3) 9,832 £0.93 £1.48 £2.52 Whelks 21 £1.15 £1.95 £1.56 Whiting (2) 134 £1.45 £1.26 £2.16 Whiting, round 25,108 £0.63 £0.99 £1.12 Lobster £14.00 £14.00 £15.50 £17.83 Whiting (1) 51 £2.29 £3.66 £3.00 Whiting (3) 254 £0.40 £0.29 £0.90 10 September 2020 Join Fishing News on Facebook http://on.fb.me/fishingnews PORTS AND PRICES 23

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UK landings into UK ports (t'000) UK landings into UK ports (£m) UK landings into UK ports (£ per kg) 400 800 3.00

350 700 2.50 300 600 2.00 250 500

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0 0 0.00 Demersal Pelagic Shellfish All fish Demersal Pelagic Shellfish All fish Demersal Pelagic Shellfish All fish 12m to Jun-20 12m to Jun-19 12m to Jun-20 12m to Jun-19 12m to Jun-20 12m to Jun-19 UK landings into UK ports (t'000) 40 UK landings into UK ports (£m) UK landings into UK ports (£ per kg) 60 3.50 35 50 3.00 30 2.50 25 40 2.00 20 30 15 1.50 20 10 1.00 10 5 0.50 0 0 0.00 Haddock Cod Monkfish Hake Saithe Pollack 12m to Jun-20 12m to Jun-19 Haddock Cod Monkfish Hake Saithe Pollack Haddock Cod Monkfish Hake Saithe Pollack 12m to Jun-20 12m to Jun-19 12m to Jun-20 12m to Jun-19 UK landings into UK ports (t'000) 3.5 UK landings into UK ports (£m) UK landings into UK ports (£ per kg) 20 14.00 3.0 18 12.00 16 2.5 14 10.00 2.0 12 8.00 10 1.5 8 6.00 1.0 6 4.00 4 0.5 2 2.00 0.0 0 0.00 Sole Lemon sole Turbot Bass Brill Megrim Sole Lemon sole Turbot Bass Brill Megrim 12m to Jun-20 12m to Jun-19 Sole Lemon sole Turbot Bass Brill Megrim 12m to Jun-20 12m to Jun-19 12m to Jun-20 12m to Jun-19 UK landings into UK ports (t'000) 14 UK landings into UK ports (£m) UK landings into UK ports (£ per kg) 18 2.50 12 16 14 2.00 10 12 8 1.50 10

6 8 1.00

4 6 4 0.50 2 2 0.00 0 0 Whiting Plaice Ling Skates & Gurnard Witch Whiting Plaice Ling Skates & rays Gurnard Witch 12m to Jun-20 12m to Jun-19 Whiting Plaice Ling Skates & rays Gurnard Witch rays 12m to Jun-20 12m to Jun-19 12m to Jun-20 12m to Jun-19

UK landings into UK ports (t'000) UK landings into UK ports (£m) UK landings into UK ports (£ per kg) 100 120 1.40 90 1.20 80 100 70 1.00 80 60 0.80 50 60 40 0.60 40 30 0.40 20 20 0.20 10 0 0 0.00 Mackerel Herring Other pelagic Mackerel Herring Other pelagic Mackerel Herring Other pelagic 12m to Jun-20 12m to Jun-19 12m to Jun-20 12m to Jun-19 12m to Jun-20 12m to Jun-19

UK landings into UK ports (t'000) UK landings into UK ports (£m) UK landings into UK ports (£ per kg) 30 100 16.00 90 14.00 25 80 12.00 20 70 10.00 60 8.00 15 50 40 6.00 10 30 4.00 20 5 2.00 10 0.00 0 0 Nephrops Crabs Scallops Lobsters Squid Cuttlefish Other Nephrops Crabs Scallops Lobsters Squid Cuttlefish Other Nephrops Crabs Scallops Lobsters Squid Cuttlefish Other shellfish shellfish shellfish 12m to Jun-20 12m to Jun-19 12m to Jun-20 12m to Jun-19 12m to Jun-20 12m to Jun-19 Source: MMO 24 CLASSIFIEDS/PUBLIC NOTICES Visit us at fishingnews.co.uk and on Twitter @YourFishingNews 10 September 2020 CLASSIFIEDS INSURANCE HATCHES PROPELLERS NOZZLES & PROPELLERS FISHING EQUIPMENT NOZZLES We provide competitive quotations for fishing BT Marine Propellers vessels, charter boats, work boats, and private craft. propellerS & STerNGeAr sterngear up to 8” diameter We also offer commercial insurance for marine trades. Auto-line systems re-pitching & re-furbishment Line Haulers noZZLes & props suppLied Baiting Systems cutLess bearings from stocK Line Preparers propeLLers & shafts in stocK Marine Insurance Brokers. Lines and Hooks PROPULSIONswift industria TECHNOLOGYL units 10 CENTRE & 11, Jigging Machines greenhiBLACK LLSWAN way, ROAD, Kingsteignton, DAWLISH Tel: 01736 360808 – Email: [email protected] – www.croweltd.co.uk newtonDEVON, abbot, EX7 tq120GF 3sh Authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority No. 595866 Tel:Tel 0162601626 864378 368484 The Boathouse 20 Erith High Street • Erith • Kent DA8 1QY Tel: +44(0) 1322 346346 Morgan Marine LEADING MARINE INSURANCE PROVIDERS Fax: +44(0) 1322 347346 SEATING nsurance Email: [email protected] LICENCES FOR SALE Email: [email protected] Norsap UK www.kortpropulsion.com Tel :Norsap 0844 8000130 UK Competitive premiums for Commercial fishing vessels, [email protected] • www.norsapuk.com workboats, Charter boats, marine trades OCEAN BLUE QUOTA COMPANY Quality range0844 of 8000130 seating • Fishing Licences • Quota • Valuations Experience Call now for a quote or visit us online Tel: 01277 224440 [email protected] Contact us: where it... www.morganmarineinsurance.co.uk www.norsapuk.com T: 01779 490500 E: [email protected] Quality range ELECTRONICSADVERTISEMENTRECRUITMENT PROOF www.fishquota.net ...counts of seating RELIABLE AND HARDWORKING FOR THE 21ST NOVEMBERSKIPPER REQUIRED 19 ISSUE Considering new electronics? TO FISH 25M FREEZER TRAWLER, SOUTH Please contact FurunoFROM: Leasing ZOE WHITEHEADAND WEST COAST OF IRELAND. 2WEEKS ON, 2WEEKS OFF. MUST HAVE EXPERIENCE. Ltd at: EXCELLENT SALARY AND CONDITIONS ON Fraserburgh 01346 518300 OFFER TO SUITABLE CANDIDATE. £3.25 Date: ...... 25 April 2019 Issue: 5460 16 MAY 2019

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£40,000+VAT. Complete refit from bare hull. 120hp Ford. Solent hauler, Spencer Carter flaker widened, new liferafts, usual electrics, 89kw bass netting, no shellfish. Please call 07720 744727, Brighton. (29.09)

BUCCANEER B28 £90,000. Hull:GRP. Length:8.12m, Beam:3.36m, Draft:0.98m, £72,000. Licence plus shellfish, 61kw. Licence:Cat A under 10 with shellfish Ford 2711E 4D engine. Spencer included in price. Engine:Perkins Carter 1-ton hauler. Please call 07588 M130C. Hydraulics:Hydroslave Hauler 520681, Scotland. (26.09) 1.5 Tonne. Electronics:Furuno Radar, Furuno sounder, Furuno satellite DELLQUAY 19 compass, Sodena plotter. Simrad AP 60 Autopilot, DSC vhf, AIS, CCTV covering engine room (2 cameras) and deck (one camera). Other information: 4 man liferaft (owned) NEW 2019, MOB recovery, New 4 blade propeller £1,500. Northumberland coble. Good Aug 2019, Autopilot pump and motor solid boat. Bilge keels are off. Could new April 2019, Jabsco electric clutch do with new gunwales. Comes with a pump new April 2019, CCTV system trailer.Sold as is. Boats off the register. new July 2019. New hauler motor Please call 07908 613966, Scotland. 2018.Twin disc gearbox. Only 4200 (25.09) hrs on engine. No texts please. Please call 07836 201818, Scotland. (23.09) 17FT YORKSHIRE COBLE CYGNUS 19

£11,000. 10hp reconditioned Saab, Furuno sounder, plotter, g.p.s, v.h.f, full category a license. No bass or shellfish. Please call 07766 057921, Cornwall. (25.09)

AQUASTAR 27 1992, POA. Icom vhf, 10 inch plotter, Fish Finder 2 yuesa cargo batteries with solar charging, Volvo MD20/30,2 propellors, gator cutters, £3,200. 19 grp clinker hull. 1.5 bmc on Automatic bilge pump, Roller system the button overhaul about 4 yrs ago hauler, self shooting ramp, mackerel has prm box 2:1 grp decks has north £185,000. Trawler, potter, jigger, stripper, safety equipment, tools, 25 lift hauler not included in sale but POA. Good solid boat. Engine bed scalloper. Large 28ft all rounder. hp Mercury Mariner 4 stroke boat extra £950 it only new. Has trailer that for inboard. 15hp,4 stroke long Currenlty jigging out of Fraserburgh needs general tidy up paint, etc. No can tow behind a car, good tyres for shaft tohatsu,low hours. Please call Please email [email protected], licence. Please call 07595 091153, the road. Please call 07725 168427. 07805591055, Yorkshire. (29.09) Scotland. (26.09) Fraserburgh. (27.09) (28.09) Advertising on these pages is free for fishermen selling used boats and equipment. If you are a commercial supplier, please contact TalkMedia Sales on 01732 447008 Email your advert to: [email protected]

ENGINE & BOAT HOLTON 24 POA. Unfinished project boat, has LOOE FISHING BOAT been stripped and rebuild from the ground up to work as a creel boat. She's steel bilge keels and has a stainless steel keel strip cut to size ready to fit. The hull has been thickend, fitted with watertight tanks either side of the engine. Compartment suitable for balast, fuel tanks, etc. She's been built to be a flush deck, gunwhales have been raised 10 inches and capped in aluminium fiberglass whaleback and built to take a gunwhale roller. There's an engine available, pot haulers, hydraulics, steering, engine controls etc. available to finish her off if needed. Could work out a price for a package. Only genuine enquiries no £30,000. Boat extensively overhauled time wastes please. Please call 07811 by Amble Boatyard last month. Under 630134, Scotland. (29.09) 8mtr non shellfish licence. 55hp Yanmar. All electrics, lights, engine IP24 etc rewired last month. Hydraulics and pipes all renewed. Outside Morse control and steering. Colour plotter, furuno sounder, VHF. Pot hauler, conveyor net hauler, brand new Solent net flaker. Shooting table. Vessel rigged for whelk pots and nets. Serious enquiries only. Please call 07515 807053, Sunderland. (26.09)

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£7,000. 50hp Honda, less than 60 hours, been used for potting, has a Honda 6.5hp generator, Lawrence £30,000. The boat was completely plotter radio, two fuel tanks and re built to seafish standards and other bits. Please call 07792 616925, launched in 2018 with the intention Whitby. (26.09) of going fishing with her but a change of circumstances has forced me to HECTORIA K85 £62,000. New Sole diesel engine sell. She would take very little time 263hrs (dec 2019) derated to 40kw and effort to get her 100% as there to match license (non shelfish)Cat A is a few little jobs that need doing U10m. Rapp net hauler, sovereign net to finish her off and tidy her up. flaker, 2x Belitronic jigging machines, Has a BMC 3.8lt (65hp) engine, all Mackerel rollers and strippers, 2x brand new hydraulic hoses, pump, Raymarine C90 widescreen multi clutch etc. The net hauler and flaker function displays with 4kw radar, work However the inflatable rollers Raymarine Evo autopilot linked need replacing as they dont stay to plotter, Raymarine DSM 30 inflated. Hydraulic steering, jabsco sounder, Hondex Sonar, Icom DSC 1 1/4 deckwash belt driven pump, VHF, Diesel heater in wheelhouse, icom VHF, furuno GP33, MAXSEA Gunnals capped with aluminium, New timezero (crack copy) furuno BBDS1 aluminium gantry and rails. Survey black box ground discrimination and valuation available (done at end with bronze transducer, 1199 HD of refit at end of 2019). Open to offers. SI combo side-scan sonar and 360 Please call 07725 264113. (28.09) transducer (transom mounted) with a navionix gold card with charts of all of IP23 the uk charts, radar and pioneer car stereo with an alpine 500w amp and JBL 6x9 speakers on deck. She has an EPIRB that is brand new and still in the box not registered, two perry buoys, 3x fire extinguishers. Lots to list and i have hundreds of pictures of the rebuild. Looking for sensible offers and willing to meet up for a viewing Offers. With or without fishing license. £12,000. Registered, Ford D PRM 3 to in accordance with social distancing Over 12m. Gardner 6LXB. Please call 1. Please call 07900 402271, Wales. guidelines. Please call 07808 046484, 01856 831561, Scotland. (26.09) (26.09) Teignmouth. (29.09) Advertising on these pages is free for fishermen selling used boats and equipment. If you are a commercial supplier, please contact TalkMedia Sales on 01732 447008 Fishermen! 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Advertising on these pages is free for fishermen selling used boats and equipment. If you are a commercial supplier, please contact TalkMedia Sales on 01732 447008 SEE INSIDE! Plan to turn iconic Donegal boat into work of art In 1977, the late Donegal fisherman Eddie ‘Beag’ Gillespie towed his boat Cara na Mara ashore because she needed two planks replaced. Forty- three years later, she is still on Magheraclogher beach Cockle fisherman loses his life in near Bunbeg – and the local river Dee tragedy community is raising the money See page 3 to transform what has become a much-loved landmark into a work of art. Cara na Mara, which means ‘friend of the sea’, is now known as Bád Eddie – Eddie’s boat. Wedged in the sand and abandoned to the elements, it became a playground for a generation of children, and then a focal point in the landscape. In 1986, it was featured in the video for the song ‘In a Lifetime’ by Bono and Clannad, which Yorkshire Marine Research Centre put it on the world stage. It drew ‡ Bád Eddie, still awaiting repairs on Magheraclogher beach in Co Donegal. opens in Bridlington tourists, became a backdrop for See page 8 wedding portraits and starred know that, and it is not like we The plan is to incorporate the will be needed. A GoFundMe on the cover of Vogue. have time on our hands. wooden skeleton into a stainless appeal, launched at the end Now, however, the boat’s “The committee we have steel full-size replica that would of August with a concert on structure is deteriorating rapidly, is made up of residents, be Ireland’s first permanent the beach by world-renowned and the local community has community activists and political sculpture in the sea. local musicians, was already set up a committee to raise representatives, and what we A team from the Northern approaching the €10,000 mark funds to preserve what is left. are hoping to do is raise enough Ireland Technology Centre, as Fishing News went to press. Sonia Gillespie, a member money to get the ball rolling on based at Queen’s University The committee plans to hold of the committee and a distant a structure that will eventually Belfast, is due to visit to create an auction of paintings of the cousin of Eddie’s, said that replace Bád Eddie but that will 3D images to help design the boat that have been promised fears are growing that Bád also preserve what is left of it. steel structure. to the campaign by a number of Eddie may not survive another Our hope is that there will be a The project has the support prominent artists. winter. structure whereby you can look of Donegal County Council, The first priority, however, Serene – Trend-setting Whalsay She told Donegal News: “We through holes and laying within through which it is hoped to is to protect what is left of Bád midwater trawler fishing herring are fighting the elements, we will be the original boat.” source funding, but more money Eddie from the winter ahead. See pages 10-15 New beach clean station installed at Melvaig Ongoing efforts to tackle marine the shore, local walkers and tourists litter in the Highlands saw a new have kept the beach relatively clean beach clean station deployed at by carrying out small cleans while Melvaig beach in Wester Ross at the they are there. The Scottish Wildlife end of August. Trust’s Living Seas project maintains Following the success of a and keeps the station emptied with Concerns voiced about SAR prototype station at Dun Canna, the support of Keanchulish Estate. tender proposals residents of Melvaig contacted Noel It is hoped that continued See page 16 Hawkins, the Scottish Wildlife collaborative efforts between Trust’s Living Seas communities community groups, the fishing officer based in Ullapool, as they felt industry and the Living Seas project a similar station would work on their will lead to more of these stations site. ‡ The local volunteers at Melvaig with around Scotland’s coast to contribute Two local fishing boats, Nereus, their haul of marine litter and their new to tackling the growing amount skippered by Terry Jack, and True beach clean station. (Photo: Noel Hawkins, of rubbish in our seas and on our Vine, skippered by Sandy Mackenzie, Living Seas) beaches. This is not only unsightly offered to contribute to the costs of but also poses a serious threat to signage and setting up the station. station will allow local volunteers to wildlife, and is even entering the It was delivered on Saturday, 29 continue to keep rubbish levels under human food chain as it breaks down August, when local volunteers came control. into microplastics. out to do a socially distanced beach Two similar stations are being The Scottish Wildlife Trust’s clean. made for deployment in Coigach, and Living Seas project is supported by Peterhead sees reduced In total, over a tonne of rubbish – another has recently been delivered the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation. whitefish supplies largely plastics including ropes, nets to Staffin on Skye. For more information on the See page 21 and fish farm pipes – was cleaned The first beach clean station was project’s work, and contact details if up and disposed of with the help installed at Dun Canna near Ullapool you are interested in a beach clean of a quad bike and many hands. It in 2017. After an initial beach clean station for your area, go to: facebook. SEE INSIDE! is hoped that the new beach clean that took almost three tonnes off com/LivingSeasScotland