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TURN TO PAGE 2 FOR THE FULL ‘LEAVE QUOTA SYSTEM ALONE’ REPORT Blueye extensively refurbished at Bridlington REGIONAL NEWS North Shields skipper/owner Colin Graham’s prawn trawler New Orkney vivier- Blueye BH 453 is now fishing from Eyemouth following crabber Carvela proving a major refit at Bridlington, reports David Linkie. its capabilities Refurbishment of Blueye was undertaken by Steve Ellis Skipper Scott Norquoy and the crew of the recently of SE Marine in conjunction completed 19m vivier-crabber Carvela K 751 are with Jimmy Dean of JD now establishing a regular pattern of landing weekly Marine. trips into Stromness, reports David Linkie. External work included Featuring three Mitsubishi engines in addition to fitting a new aluminium an emergency genset, Carvela was built for Celtic shelterdeck and bag hatch/ Dawn Fishing Ltd by Parkol Marine Engineering in reception hopper, renewing the Whitby company’s fabrication hall on Teesside. the mid-section of the main The fully shelterdecked Carvela incorporates a number of new ideas designed to enhance fishing safety and efficiency. Further details of Carvela will be included in Fishing News next week.

‡ The recently refurbished Blueye leaving Eyemouth last week to fish prawns overnight on the Firth of Forth grounds.

deck, and installing a new aluminium Blueye was also fully rewired, split net drum manufactured by and equipped with a FirePro CO² Blair’s of Dunbar. extinguishing system. ‡ Carvela’s crew starting to land brown crab last Internally, the wheelhouse was Further details of Blueye, which week, after fishing to the west of Orkney. ‡ Stern view of skipper/owner Colin completely renewed, at the same was built as Bonaventure BH 453 Graham’s under-10m prawn trawler time as a new Doosan main engine in North Wales in 1999, will be Blueye. and Dong-I gearbox were installed. included in Fishing News soon. REGIONAL NEWS

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Freephone 0800 121 4765 www.seafarersupport.org 2 NEWS Visit us at fishingnews.co.uk and on Twitter @YourFishingNews 12 September 2019 ‘Resist changes to quota system’ says SW operator Threat to investment at a difficult time A leading South West vessel operator says that moves to challenge the existing quota allocation system are wrong and should be opposed, because they would undermine confidence and threaten investment to modernise the fleet Waterdance Ltd says that amid quotas to create compliant business trading, and so fishing plans.” the uncertainties of Brexit, now is models in the fishing industry,” the Martyn Youell, quota and ‘the wrong time to be considering company told Fishing News. fisheries manager for Waterdance, any fundamental changes to the Director Rowan Carter said: “As commented: “Policies such as industry that could risk undermining quotas are a major investment in top-slicing risk undermining the confidence and lead to reduced fishing businesses, a threat to the efficiency of the UK fleet and reduce investment’. quota system seriously undermines the overall fleet’s ability to exploit the The company, which operates the ability to secure investment in resources of the waters surrounding over 20 boats based in Devon and order to modernise and grow the the UK. Changes such as top-slicing, Cornwall, including beam trawlers, fishing fleet in the UK. Against the and any further changes to netters, potters and scallopers, backdrop of Brexit, it seems to be the domestic legislation that act so as to and is a significant holder of FQAs, wrong time to be considering such undermine the FQA system, should made its comments after prime changes.” be avoided.” minister Boris Johnson’s recent The firm said that the move The fisheries bill is currently visit to Brixham. The PM visited in recent times by the devolved passing through parliament, and the port’s fishmarket and spoke to administrations to top-slice quota had gives the government powers to industry representatives, including already led to unwelcome disruption change the UK fisheries management Waterdance director Rowan Carter to FQA holders – some quotas had regime after Brexit. (Fishing News, 5 September, ‘PM: been granted to inshore vessels that One amendment to the bill that ‘We’ll prevent plundering of UK they were unable to fish, due to the has been tabled aims to end the FQA waters’’). stock occurring in deep waters. system by stopping historic catch Rowan Carter said that as “The top-slicing policy has also records being one of the criteria well as Brexit, domestic fisheries led to oversupply of quotas for used when allocating quota. FQAs legislation in the form of the fisheries inshore vessels compared to larger were introduced in 1999 to bring bill and the white paper was ‘a vessels in membership of producer stability to the quota system and have key issue’. This amounted to the organisations,” said Waterdance. been central to quota management most comprehensive legislative “For example, with respect to ever since. Trading in quotas was exercise concerning UK domestic commercially important stocks such permitted in 2002. fisheries for decades, and any as Western Channel sole (7e) and The amendment to the fisheries changes made could be of crucial South West haddock (7b-k), the bill has been tabled by green NGOs importance to the successful future inshore boats have three to four times and others who argue that the of the UK fishing industry. more quota than the members of the current system is too heavily weighted “Pssst... fancy some Channel sole quota?” Waterdance said that the Cornish and South West FPO pool towards bigger vessel operators and movement to challenge the current vessels, which plainly does not make POs, and does not give a fair share of quota allocation system should sense. quotas to under-10m and non-sector joining the industry, and that it that some sort of dual system be resisted. “The current quota “The administration of the quota vessels. enables takeover of UK quotas by may be the best way forward, with system has been hugely successful withheld as ‘currency’ for fishing trials Other criticisms of the quota foreign owners. effort control for smaller inshore in incentivising good stewardship by virtue of the top-slicing policy has system and FQAs include that they There are also powers in the vessels and quotas for bigger boats of fish stocks by the private sector, also been poor, resulting in policy concentrate quota ownership in fisheries bill to enable the government working further offshore. as increases in stocks, and so U-turns where Area 7 monkfish and the hands of a few, that speculative to conduct trials of effort control All these issues will be discussed quotas, create more commercial megrim quotas withheld for the start trading by non-active fishermen raises management measures as an at the forthcoming two-day Inshore opportunities. Many millions of of 2019 were released on 31 July, quota leasing costs to non-economic alternative to quotas. Fisheries Fisheries Conference, due to be pounds have been invested in causing disruption to in-year quota levels, that it prevents new entrants minister George Eustice has said held in London on 8-9 October. Bottom-trawling ban concern A high-powered and influential in European seas are classed as be combined with additional Conservative environmental ‘overfished’, meaning fish are capacity and capabilities to protect grouping appears to be in favour of caught more quickly than they can the UK’s fishing rights.” a ban on all bottom-trawling in UK naturally reproduce. Barrie Deas, chief executive of waters, and no fishing in British “Shamefully, the UK is currently the NFFO, said it was aware of the MCZs and MPAs, reports Tim 94th out of 152 world countries document and was concerned at its Oliver. and 10th out of 31 European possible implications. The Conservative Environment countries for rates of illegal, “Their claim that the UK is 94th Network (CEN) has published a unreported and unregulated out of 152 countries worldwide ‡ Some members of the Conservative Environment Network (CEN), 74-page manifesto that is causing fishing. This needs to be improved, and 10th out of 31 European pictured at the launch of its manifesto. Former fisheries minister concern in the fishing industry urgently. It is entirely possible to countries for IUU fishing is Richard Benyon is second left. with its references to fishing. While halt this decline and restore our nonsense. This document smacks the views in the document are not waters to their historic opulence. of complete disengagement from way into the Conservative Party Shoreham). Leading Conservative Conservative Party policy, it is “When we leave the EU we will the fishing industry. It’s all a manifesto, particularly with a MPs who have signed the clear that it will have a significant take back control of our waters bit vague as to its origins and general election now looking likely declaration include Zac Goldsmith, input in framing fisheries policy by leaving the Common Fisheries purposes, and we’d be eager to at some point.” Bernard Jenkin, Oliver Letwin and when its manifesto is published. Policy. The new fisheries act talk to its authors about these CEN bills itself as ‘the forum Nicholas Soames. Page 14 of the document, in a can set out new scientifically set issues, because there are some for conservatives who support The CEN manifesto says that section headed ‘Protection for our maximum sustainable yields, a ban misapprehensions in there. conservation and decarbonisation’. stewardship of the natural world seas and oceans’, says: “European on all bottom-trawling, and a ban “Our worry would be that It has a central grouping – a and responsibility towards future fisheries are a shadow of former on fishing in British MCZs and there are unhelpful things in the caucus – of parliamentarians generations are ‘core tenets’ of plenty. Sixty-four percent of stocks MPAs. This new legislation should document that could find their and a membership headed by conservatism. ‘ambassadors’. Chairman Ben Goldsmith says, CEN declaration Its recently published 74-page in a foreword to the manifesto: As members of the Conservative Environment essential services that underpin economic growth manifesto sets out its position on a “Today, the crises facing humanity Network parliamentary caucus: ● We believe that the best route to net zero full range of environmental issues have worsened beyond measure, ● We recognise the gravity of the global emissions is through a prosperous market economy and is signed by 41 MPs, including and it is more important than ever environmental crisis, and our duty to preserve and that innovates quickly former fisheries minister Richard that Conservatives rediscover and restore our planet for future generations ● We know that transformational change starts with Benyon and at least three MPs champion their inherent affinity ● We agree that by working with nature, rather than the responsibility of the individual representing fishing constituencies: for looking after the natural world. against it, we can grow our economy faster and more ● We believe that the UK has a duty to display global Peter Aldous (Lowestoft), Scott This manifesto lays out a series of sustainably – and that the environment provides leadership on the environmental crisis. Mann (North Cornwall) and Tim overarching ideas for doing just Loughton (East Worthing and that.” 12 September 2019 Join Fishing News on Facebook http://on.fb.me/fishingnews NEWS 3 PM campaigns in Scotland Beleaguered prime minister IV PD 96 for a quick tour around to force the PM to ask Brussels Boris Johnson visited Peterhead Peterhead harbour, when he was for a further three months’ fishmarket last Friday morning given freshly cooked smoked extension to the deadline. It during a tour of Scotland, where haddock for breakfast. was expected to be passed last he was due to announce funding On returning ashore, Friday night (6 September). for Scottish farmers, reports Boris Johnson met industry With no Conservative majority Tim Oliver. representatives for a round-table and the government paralysed, Accompanied by Peterhead discussion in the conference the PM was expected to call Port Authority CE Simon room above the fishmarket. on Monday (9 September) for a Brebner, Boris Johnson donned Boris Johnson is trying to general election, in the hope that the requisite clothing prior to rally Conservative support his party will win a large enough watching the first fish being sold amid efforts by Labour and the majority for him to take the UK on the market, where he spoke SNP to agree a pact to prevent out of the EU, deal or no deal, to local buyers before bidding a no-deal Brexit. A general by the deadline. He has said that ‡ Prime minister Boris Johnson (unsuccessfully) for a box of election now appears inevitable, he would ‘rather die in a ditch’ meets buyers on Peterhead cod and sprags – when a quick- after the PM suffered crushing than ask Brussels for another fishmarket... witted salesman asked, “Is that defeats at Westminster last extension. a deal or a no-deal, then?” week in his attempts to get But Labour, and all the other October, and probably until as The prime minister and his Britain out of the EU by the parties opposed to a no-deal late as November – anticipating team were then welcomed by deadline of 31 October. Brexit, want to postpone an that their new bill will kill off a skipper James Buchan aboard MPs have introduced a bill election until after the current no-deal Brexit. the twin-rig trawler Opportunus to prevent a no-deal Brexit, and deadline – not before 20 Moves to force an election are complicated by the new five-year parliament fixed-term Processing sector welcomes PM’s promise that ‘your fish will get through’ rules, and complex political Scottish Seafood Association chief executive get through, no restrictions. He has categorically manoeuvrings are underway to Jimmy Buchan welcomed assurances from the said that, and he has gone on record as saying get around this. prime minister that fresh seafood would not be that. Labour would be likely to hold held up at the border after Brexit. “I think it is the reassurance that the a second referendum on any “The particular question I put to the prime processors badly needed, because that is one of Brexit deal that it managed to minister was, ‘Will our fresh fish flow through their biggest concerns. negotiate if it won an election. ‡ … before tucking into smoked Dover-Calais on 1 November?’ “We need to keep the supply chain going. And What will happen in the next haddock during a tour of the “He gave us his assurance that the fish will we will be taking the prime minister at his word.” few weeks, and the future of harbour on the local twin-rig Brexit, are impossible to predict. trawler Opportunus IV. Fishermen’s leaders welcome PM’s plan for national strategy Boris Johnson acceded to much recognised that there is a presents, gaining early wins in the the suggestion of a coherent ‘sea of opportunity’, and that we form of quota uplift, and year-on- industry-wide approach need to seize it.” year gains thereafter to making the best of the The SFF’s key demands are: ● That sustainability of our opportunity that Brexit will ● That the UK becomes a fisheries will be enhanced by present to grow the industry, sovereign coastal state and jettisoning the practice enshrined during the prime minister’s visit to regains full control over its own in the CFP of allocating quota Peterhead fishmarket. waters, known as the exclusive according to historical precedent The SFF has long called for economic zone (EEZ) (relative stability) and moving a new blueprint for the industry ● That in doing so, the UK and to a modern and evidence- as the UK leaves the Common Scottish governments have the based method of allocation Fisheries Policy (CFP). power to determine, in relation according to where fish stocks Elspeth Macdonald, SFF chief to our fisheries resource, who actually are (zonal attachment) executive, said: “We very much gets to catch what, where and ● That no linkage should be ‡ Representatives of the Scottish catching and processing sectors welcome the prime minister’s when, for the benefit of our made between access to UK and Peterhead Port Authority with the prime minister. backing for our plan, and we were coastal communities and wider waters (for EU vessels) and pleased that he listened to and economies access to EU markets (for UK fish to reach a backroom deal within the industry as a betrayal accepted the validity of the key ● That the Scottish industry traders or other industries). that erodes in any way these of previous and current political points the SFF has been making is able to seize the ‘sea of Mrs Macdonald added, “The fundamental tenets. promises, and Mr Johnson was since the EU referendum. He very opportunity’ that exiting the EU UK must resist any temptation “This would be regarded left in no doubt of that today.” Guidance on e-catch recording As the phased introduction of logbook when leasing quota and/ create a catch record. It will only ly/2lDncIM. All sizes of quota or are present, in ICES areas 4c electronic catch recording starts or when fishing in two ICES need to be done once, and can be species must be recorded unless and 7d, or 7d and 7e, you must for under-10m vessels in England areas on the same trip (currently changed in the future. Owners exemptions apply. create a catch record each time and Wales, the MMO has issued 4c and 7d, or 7d and 7e). can also add skippers, to create “You’ll also be asked for the you cross the ICES boundary guidance on how to use the Owners of eligible vessels catch records on their behalf. area – the statistical sub-rectangle between these areas. You will online recording service it is should receive an invitation When skippers register, they – where the majority of your catch need to use the Apple or Android introducing, reports Tim Oliver. email – because the introduction will be asked for their address was caught,” says the MMO. app to create your catch record Because the introduction is is being phased in, when the and contact number. offline,” says the MMO. being phased in, it is being tested invitation is received will depend A catch record must be created When to record “If you cross an ICES area with invited vessel owners and on the vessel’s size. Owners for everything caught on every your catch while fishing, you must create a fishermen only. have one calendar month after trip, even if only a single fish or If a vessel is catching quota/catch separate catch record for each The system is available for receiving the email to register and shellfish is caught. limits species, the catch record ICES area you have fished in.” skippers and owners of under-10s start to use the service. “You’ll be asked for must be created before the catch Catches can be recorded on who are not members of a PO – Skippers should contact their information about your trip, is taken off the boat. the web, or you can download the those who are should continue vessel’s owner to get an invitation and to give estimates of the live If only non-quota/non-catch Android app at: bit.ly/2lxoSDU to use a paper logbook to record email. weight of what you’ve caught. limits species are caught, the or Apple app at: apple. catches. Your estimates must be within catch record must be created co/2k3GXcj. The app allows you The new service replaces the How to register 10% of the actual weights in your within 24 hours of landing. to record your catch in an area NEP1 form and the MSAR1 When vessel owners register, they sales note,” says the MMO. If the catch is a mixture of without a mobile signal. form, although, depending on will be asked to add the ports Landed weights can be quota/catch limit and non-quota/ “You can get help to create a your location, local IFCAs may and gear normally used, and the converted to live weights by non-catch limit species, the catch catch record if you do not have require additional information. species caught, for each of their multiplying them by species- record must be created before the the appropriate access, skills It also replaces the vessels. Adding this information specific conversion factors catch is taken off the boat. or confidence to complete the requirement to complete a before a trip makes it quicker to – which are available at: bit. “If on the same trip you fish, service online,” says the MMO. 4 COMMENT/NEWS Visit us at fishingnews.co.uk and on Twitter @YourFishingNews 12 September 2019

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TURN TO PAGE 2 FOR THE FULL ‘LEAVE QUOTA SYSTEM ALONE’ REPORT Blueye extensively refurbished at Bridlington REGIONAL NEWS North Shields skipper/owner Colin Graham’s prawn trawler New Orkney vivier- Blueye BH 453 is now fishing from Eyemouth following crabber Carvela proving a major refit at Bridlington, reports David Linkie. its capabilities Refurbishment of Blueye was undertaken by Steve Ellis Skipper Scott Norquoy and the crew of the recently of SE Marine in conjunction completed 19m vivier-crabber Carvela K 751 are with Jimmy Dean of JD now establishing a regular pattern of landing weekly Marine. trips into Stromness, reports David Linkie. External work included Featuring three Mitsubishi engines in addition to fitting a new aluminium an emergency genset, Carvela was built for Celtic shelterdeck and bag hatch/ Dawn Fishing Ltd by Parkol Marine Engineering in reception hopper, renewing the Whitby company’s fabrication hall on Teesside. the mid-section of the main The fully shelterdecked Carvela incorporates a number of new ideas designed to enhance fishing safety and efficiency. Further details of Carvela will be included in Brexit delay blocks new regime Fishing News next week.

‡ The recently refurbished Blueye leaving Eyemouth last week to fish prawns overnight on the Firth of Forth grounds.

deck, and installing a new aluminium Blueye was also fully rewired, split net drum manufactured by and equipped with a FirePro CO² Blair’s of Dunbar. extinguishing system. ‡ Carvela’s crew starting to land brown crab last Initial reaction in many quarters to and will not easily be undone. Scottish even more worryingly for much of the Internally, the wheelhouse was Further details of Blueye, which week, after fishing to the west of Orkney. ‡ Stern view of skipper/owner Colin completely renewed, at the same was built as Bonaventure BH 453 Graham’s under-10m prawn trawler time as a new Doosan main engine in North Wales in 1999, will be Blueye. and Dong-I gearbox were installed. included in Fishing News soon. REGIONAL NEWS the comments from SW vessel owner fisheries minister Fergus Ewing has fishing industry – if it will ever happen. ARE YOU A SERVING OR RETIRED UK SEAFARER? Seafarer Support is a free confidential telephone and online referral service helping to support serving and former UK seafarers and their families in times of need

Freephone 0800 121 4765 Waterdance about leaving the quota declared unequivocally his support It is now over three long years ago www.seafarersupport.org system well alone will be, “Well, they for the FQA system. UK minister that the industry believed a new era Kelsey Media, Cudham would say that, wouldn’t they?” George Eustice also inclines towards was about to dawn, when the country Editor Tithe Barn, Berry’s Hill, As the owner/operator of one of maintaining the current system, voted to leave the EU, and thus the Dave Linkie Cudham, Kent TN16 3AG the biggest fleets in the country and a although he supports a pilot scheme to despised CFP, in the 2016 referendum. email: [email protected] major holder of FQAs, the firm clearly try effort control instead of quotas for But as time has gone by and Brexit 01434 607375 has a vested interest in maintaining the small inshore vessels. has stalled, disillusionment is setting status quo. A major problem for any in. If fishermen had a low opinion of Its main argument in defence of government in revamping the current politicians before, their reputation is the system, which has been made system – even if it wanted to – is that now at rock bottom after the current repeatedly over the years, is that if FQA it has been established in the courts parliamentary shenanigans. holdings lost their status as a blue- that FQAs are a possession that cannot We are now in the worst of all chip financial asset, the banks would be removed under human rights worlds, stuck in a limbo where become reluctant to finance investment legislation without compensation. Brexit is continually receding over in new and refurbished vessels. Given the value of FQAs, any major the horizon as Remain MPs fight to Sub/proof editor Gaby Bartai Banks are happy to take FQAs as disturbance to the current situation stop it, and with no voice in Brussels News correspondent email: [email protected] collateral against loans, and if they would involve the payment of in the fast-approaching critical Tim Oliver thought that collateral was not secure, sums that no government would autumn negotiations on 2020 fishing email: [email protected] they would be reluctant to lend money contemplate. opportunities. in what they see as a high-risk industry. 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But given the current near or not too distant future. commodity that can be used as unprecedented political turmoil in The new dawn that collateral. parliament, fishermen, and indeed the fishermen were anticipating is Lincolnshire, East Anglia and Cornwall correspondent Essex correspondent But we are where we are, and the whole country, must be wondering looking ominously like a false Phil Lockley John Worrall existing system is now well entrenched, when Brexit will finally happen or – dawn. email: email: [email protected] [email protected] 07748 644971 01326 340372 Coroner warns on fishing safety A senior coroner has said that more inquest in April 2019 into Tony Jones’ throughout the UK,” Chris Grayling fishermen will die unless action is taken death, Ian Arrow, senior coroner for told the coroner. in respect of recommendations made by Plymouth, Torbay and South Devon, The Maritime and Coastguard Sussex, Kent, Hampshire and the MAIB in its report on the capsize of said the inquest had ‘revealed matters Agency said: “Communities where Dorset correspondent John Periam the Plymouth trawler Solstice and the giving rise to concern. 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The hub was removed overboard valves. summer for Mooney Boats Ltd, and split, and all the blades were Other boats to be refitted by with an array of vessels making taken off and reconditioned. The Mooney Boats included Oilean use of the yard’s facilities, reports steering was rebuilt, and all the an Oir G 501, Sainte Catherine Pauric Gallagher. stern gear was reinstalled. Laboure DA 54, Audacious DA Following two large mussel Several other maintenance 14, Maranello S 95 and Clodagh dredgers – Maria Lena and jobs were completed before O S 343. Deirdre – up onto the syncrolift Buddy M was put through its For the last two weeks was the 12m vessel Tricky four-year COC, which was in August, the syncrolift at Business S 684. Owned by Joe overseen by the local MSO Mooney Boats was closed for Walsh, the aluminium catamaran, surveyors. It also went through maintenance to its motors and based in Crosshaven, was its 15-year Bureau Veritas class rails. Now up and running again, damaged off the Cork coast at certification. it is fully booked for the month of the start of the summer, and once Buddy M’s sistership, September. dry-docked at the yard, it was Boy Jason S 440, owned by The next vessels to go up completely washed down before Sheehan’s Fishing Co, also made on the syncrolift for annual works commenced. a quick-fire visit to the yard, maintenance will be the local Engineers set about repairing being lifted out on the syncrolift, sisterships Colmcille G 186, the damage around the bulbous washed down and painted before Carmarose SO 555 and bow on the port side. The shafts going back to sea. Westward Isle G 185. were removed, and new cutlass Another sistership, Cisemair In the yard’s main fabrication bushings were fitted. Once all the S 430, owned by Shaun and Joe hall, the build, from keel to repairs were completed, Tricky O’Sullivan in Castletownbere, finish, of the 20.25m twin-rig Business was put back on the was also at Mooney Boats. It was trawler Amethyst BF 19 for water and headed back to its taken out on the syncrolift and Gardenstown skipper Ralston home port. washed down, before its hull was Johnston is nearing completion, Tricky Business was one of sandblasted back to the bare to replace the owner’s previous several vessels from the south steel and totally repainted. Fraserburgh-based vessel of the that made the journey to Killybegs The 26.5m Clogherhead vessel same name, which last month ‡ Mary Ellen, Buddy M and Tricky Business being refitted by Mooney Boats. to make use of the facilities at Arkh Angell DA 33, owned by was renamed El-Shaddai FR 285. Mooney Boats over the summer. Thomas Whelahan, also had The twin-rig prawn trawler painted. It will be ready to The 22.5m Buddy M C 333, a range of work completed at was designed by SC McAllister. go on the water at the end of owned by Michael Meade, was Killybegs, including removing the Its dimensions are 20.25m September, and is on schedule dry-docked and had its stern propeller shaft for maintenance overall, 7.3m beam and draught for delivery in October. gear removed for a complete and replacing the vessel’s of 4.8m. It will get its power from Engineers will then focus their a Mitsubishi S6R2-T2MPTK-3 attention on the yard’s other new The Clogherhead prawn propulsion engine coupled to a build, the 28.5m Ocean Challenge freezer trawler Audacious Reintjes 374L 7.09:1 reduction for Scottish skipper Leslie afloat again after being gearbox and a fixed-pitch Hughson. Its hull, designed by repainted at Killybegs. 2,100mm-diameter four-bladed Danish designer Ove Kristensen propeller. Kort Propulsion has of Vestværftet ApS, is due for supplied the vessel’s stern gear delivery to Mooney Boats from package, and has also supplied Poland in October. the vessel’s KT120 bow thruster. The hull of the 27m Ella is Amethyst is also to be fitted also due for delivery to the yard with a Mitsubishi 6D24-TC (181kW next April, for the Atlantic Dawn @ 1,500rpm) IMO-2 engine, company. Ella will replace the which will be used to drive the company’s 26m vessel Star hydraulics, and a Stamford 63kVA of Hope. Ove Kristensen also generator. The second auxiliary designed this vessel, and its hull engine is a Mitsubishi 6D16-T is currently being built in eastern ‡ The new Gardenstown twin-rig fitted with a 120kVA Stamford Europe. The completed vessel is trawler Amethyst being prepared generator. due for delivery towards the end for painting in Mooney Boats’ The vessel is currently being of next year. fabrication hall. Dutch leader blasts EU policies A Dutch fishermen’s leader has at sea, so that proper assessments way, governments can cleverly committed to selectivity and catch slammed the influence of the can be made before new rules are circumvent agreements, such limitation for many years, and green lobby on EU fisheries policy, implemented. as on ecosystem degradation, many of our stocks are on the safe wind farms policy, and the landing “More participation by active that are laid down in the OSPAR side of MSY. We believe that we obligation. fishermen is desirable. This allows Convention,” he said. should continue to use the route of Warning that some fishermen policy to be better aligned with “What disappoints us even selective fishing gear and methods may not survive current difficulties, practice at sea, and vice versa. A more is that our best fishing as the basis of keeping our fish skipper Dirk Kraak, vice-president round of consultation can prevent grounds are presented as a gift to stocks healthy.” of Dutch fishermen’s organisation many misconceptions,” he said, energy multinationals. That is why He said that experience had EMK, told Dutch MEPs that fish echoing the views of UK fishermen. we demand proper monitoring shown that closed areas were stocks will benefit more if the EU “We are aware of the of these new industries at sea usually counterproductive, and listens to fishermen and helps with responsibility we bear with regard and, in case of doubt, stopping that ‘the dynamics of the North meaningful measures, reported to the health of the North Sea and construction and ensuring that Sea cannot be captured in specific Fiskerforum. the fish stocks. We hope that future our natural resources are always areas’. He said that ‘influential generations can continue to fish available.” He closed by urging the ‡ Skipper Dirk Kraak has spent 37 green organisations’ always and that we can continue to deliver On the landing obligation, MEPs to defend Dutch interests years at sea, but fears his company show fishermen in a bad light – food in a sustainable manner.” Dirk Kraak pointed out that no when Brexit takes place. “Make may not survive. however, research institutions and He was also critical of the fisherman has any interest in agreements with the UK so that our governments take their statements approach of governments to destroying his own future, and said fishing grounds remain accessible have spent 37 years at sea, and seriously and incorporate them into meeting the demand for clean and that current regulations ensure that for us,” said Dirk Kraak. every week, I still enjoy going to CFP regulations. sustainable energy. stocks will deteriorate. He said that current European sea – the North Sea has never let Calling for active fishermen “It is incomprehensible to “The enforced and unnecessary fisheries policy constantly presents us down. But because of pointless to be more closely involved in fishermen that governments can retention of juvenile fish ensures fishermen with new legislation that regulatory pressure, devised by fisheries management, he said accelerate the construction of that they will never become is counterproductive and misses its people who are far from reality, my that fishermen want MEPs to listen offshore wind farms under the breeding adults,” he told the MEPs. goal. Industry support is ‘minimal’. fishing company is going down. I more to what fishermen experience guise of a climate crisis. In this “Fishermen have been He told the Dutch MEPs, “I wish you a great deal of wisdom.” 6 NEWS Visit us at fishingnews.co.uk and on Twitter @YourFishingNews 12 September 2019 Industry marketing toolkit released ahead of Seafood Week A new industry marketing toolkit has marketing and communication channels. staff: people like our head fishmonger been launched to support businesses The new marketing toolkit, launched Salih, who has been working with us participating in Seafood Week 2019, last week, has a range of resources to from our start, and in fish and chips for which will run from 4-11 October. help businesses get the most from the years and years before. Seafood Week Seafood Week is run by Seafish as campaign, including more information is a great hook to tell these stories and part of its work to encourage consumers on the 2019 Seafood Week themes, all that matters to us!” to eat more seafood, more often. a social media calendar, tips on how Kathryn Ellaway from Dawnfresh Seafood businesses from all across to get involved, and inspiration to get Seafoods said: “Seafood Week is a the country are invited to take part in the started. great way to interact with our retail campaign, which is delivered from the Marcus Coleman, CEO of Seafish customers and get more focus on organisation’s consumer brand ‘Fish is said: “We’re passionate about their fish and shellfish categories. This the Dish’ and aims to promote the huge encouraging consumers to eat more fish encourages shoppers to not only buy range of delicious seafood available in and shellfish, so that they can enjoy the into the category for the first time, or the UK. benefits of this delicious and healthy buy species they are perhaps more used In addition to general promotion protein source. Seafish created Seafood to, it also encourages them to be a bit and celebration of the wide variety of Week as a platform to help the seafood bolder and try a new dish or a different fish and shellfish on offer, this year’s industry promote the fantastic range of species. It’s also a great opportunity campaign will also turn the spotlight produce available in the UK, so we’re to be involved in an industry-wide on a mix of popular and lesser-known delighted to be celebrating the fifth year campaign and we are actively using this species with the following themed of the campaign in 2019. year’s campaign opportunity to interact activity days: “As the countdown continues, we’re with a number of primary schools, with ● Friday, 4 October: Mackerel excited to share more information about educational activities designed with ● Saturday, 5 October: Prawns our plans for this year. The marketing Seafood Week in mind. The engagement ‡ The Seafish Seafood Week 2019 toolkit ● Sunday, 6 October: Plaice toolkit is a great resource which will help Seafish get from their annual campaign cover. ● Monday, 7 October: Scallops seafood businesses big or small plan is phenomenal, so we can’t wait to get ● Tuesday, 8 October: Mussels their own activities and make sure that involved again in 2019.” ways you can cook, eat and enjoy it.” ● Wednesday, 9 October: Hake they get the most out of the campaign.” CJ Jackson, principal of the Seafood The Seafood Week marketing ● Thursday, 10 October: Crab In 2018, businesses across the School at Billingsgate, said: “A core part toolkit is available to download from ● Friday 11, October: Haddock, cod and whole supply chain got involved in of my work at the Seafood School, and the Seafish website:bit.ly/2lzo2X5 . pollack for fish and chips the campaign, running events and my role as a Seafish ambassador, is to Businesses which have already There are many ways that businesses championing Seafood Week across their promote the fabulous array of fish and registered to take part will be sent a can participate in Seafood Week 2019 marketing and social media channels. shellfish available in the UK. Seafood copy of the toolkit directly. – from offering product promotions Ural Hassan, director at Poppie’s Fish Week is definitely a highlight in the There’s still time for businesses to to running competitions or events, as and Chips, said: “For us, Seafood Week calendar – it’s really fantastic to see the get involved in Seafood Week 2019 well as sharing stories on the ways is a great way to hone in on our Poppie’s whole industry come together to get – for more information, contact the consumers can buy, cook and dine values – freshness of fish and quality of everyone talking about the delicious fish Seafish marketing team on: seafish. out on great seafood from their own food. That’s all thanks to our wonderful and shellfish available, and all the great [email protected] New El-Shaddai for Fraserburgh owners Unusual golden haddock for Endeavour Skippers David Nicol and Philip Reid recently started fishing North Sea prawns with the newly renamed twin-rig trawler El-Shaddai FR 285, reports David Linkie. El-Shaddai is the former Gardenstown-owned 19.05m Amethyst BF 19, which was bought by El-Shaddai Fraserburgh Ltd to replace a 16m trawler of ‡ The unusually large golden haddock caught by Endeavour off the the same name. south coast of Ireland. Macduff Shipyards built the The 24m Irish trawler Endeavour D expose them to greater predation Caterpillar 3412TC-engined 28 captured a large golden haddock than normal cryptically coloured Amethyst in 2008 for while fishing off Dunmore East, Co con-specifics. Gardenstown skipper Ralston ‡ The newly renamed El-Shaddai heading in to Peterhead to land, Waterford last month, reports Pauric “However, it is clear that the Johnston, who is scheduled to after her first trip at the beginning of this month. (Photo: Ryan Cordiner) Gallagher. Endeavour’s xanthochromic take delivery of a new 20.25m The exceptionally large golden specimen somehow managed to twin-rig trawler from Mooney Fraserburgh skipper Michael of the same name that fished or xanthochromic haddock survive unscathed well beyond Boats Ltd later this year (see page Watt. The following year, prawns and sprats from Mallaig (Melanogrammus aeglefinus) adulthood, as haddock usually 5). Ephraim was bought by John for 19 years. Willie John McLean weighed 3.346kg gutted mature at an average length of 35cm The previous wooden-hulled Watt of Fraserburgh and renamed bought the previous Caralisa (approximately 3.915kg whole), – two to five years of age – and El-Shaddai has been bought by Excel FR 3. A further change of from Pittenweem skipper William measured 69cm TL, and represents attain a maximum age of at least 15 Mallaig father and son skippers Fraserburgh ownership took place Gourlay as Ardgour VI KY 100. the largest known golden haddock years.” Willie John McLean and Aaron in 1999, when the trawler was Built by James N Miller & Sons recorded from northwestern He added, “The largest McLean, and renamed Caralisa renamed El-Shaddai by skipper Ltd at St Monans in 1975 as the European waters to date. commercially caught haddock OB 956. David Nicol. seine-netter Constant Hope II The unusual catch was sold to weighed 16.76kg, measured 112cm This vessel was built by Now featuring a black-painted KY 100, Caralisa was renamed Nicksfish Seafoods in Co Meath, and was captured off Iceland in May Gerrard Bros of Arbroath in hull, the new Caralisa replaces Strathyre OB 885 before being where Niall Murray immediately 1927. The world record rod-and- 1987 as Ephraim FR 3 for the family-owned 17.6m trawler sold from Mallaig to Ardglass. recognised its significance, and line-caught haddock weighed 6.8kg contacted Declan Quigley, an expert and was captured off Saltraumem, on rare and unusual species in Irish Norway on 15 August, 1997. The waters. current UK rod and line record is Declan Quigley said: 6.215kg, captured off Falmouth, “Xanthochromism is thought to Cornwall during 1978, and the largest be caused by a recessive genetic authenticated haddock captured on mutation. Although a number of rod and line in Irish waters weighed smaller xanthochromic haddock 5.39kg. It was caught off Union Hall, have previously been recorded Co Cork on 21 February, 2010.” from Irish and UK waters since Declan would be grateful for the mid-19th century, abnormally details of any further specimens coloured haddock are generally captured in Irish waters. Contact ‡ The new Caralisa berthed at Fraserburgh after ‡ The previous Caralisa has been sold to Ardglass as regarded as rare because their him on: 087 6458485 or email: being renamed and repainted. Strathyre OB 885. conspicuous golden colouration may [email protected] 12 September2019 Name: Celestial Dawn BF 109 LOA: 19.9m Built: Macduff Shipyards Ltd Macduff 2000 Type: Twin-rig trawler Home port: Peterhead Join Fishing News on Facebook http://on.fb.me/fishingnews BOAT OFTHEWEEK 7 8 CROMER CRAB Visit us at fishingnews.co.uk and on Twitter @YourFishingNews 12 September 2019 CROMER CRABS – FEELING THE PINCH John Worrall reports on a seafood icon in an uncertain world

et’s talk local heritage: And the taste, which is the Cromer crabs, a happy bit essence, is an environmental Lof alliteration that sticks in thing, hinging on conditions on the mind to conjure visions of the Cromer shoal chalk bed wide beaches, seaside fun and just offshore, which stretches wholesome seaside fare, with or along the coast for 20 miles from without mayonnaise. Weybourne, west of Cromer, to And long has it done so, Happisburgh, to the east – 125 ever since the railway reached square miles of special ground the Norfolk town in 1877. And that breeds the small and longer ago than that, back in particularly sweet brown crabs 1724, Daniel Defoe mentioned of Cromer fame. Cromer sea fare reaching Not that crabs and London (his particular reference lobsters were always North was to lobsters, but – hard shell, Norfolk’s main fishing event. claws… same sort of thing, A few hundred years ago, the really). But the railway improved creekside settlements of the distribution, and brought visitors central part were sending boats to taste it at source. The word all the way to Iceland for the spread. summer to catch cod and ling,

‡ In the early 1990s, traditional wooden crabbers…

‡ … still made up most of the fleet at Cromer… ‡ Cromer crab. For a few generations now, it’s been mainly potting. The surviving wooden boating heritage is all crabbers and whelkers

which they salted and brought by local gentry – and fishing back for sale to the cities, retreated to coastal waters. particularly London. When wet In the 19th century, there was holds – a Dutch invention – still some fin-fishing, if mentions came in, they brought back live of ice merchants in local products, although it was still directories are anything to go by, mainly for the cities, because the and sporadic netting and lining small North Norfolk settlements continued into the 20th century. stayed small, with thinly But for a few generations now, populated farming hinterlands. it’s been mainly potting. The And while boats got bigger, the surviving wooden boating ‡ … but within a couple of decades, they had been replaced by GRP skiffs – and a couple of catamarans – creeks didn’t – in fact, some got heritage is all crabbers and except that one (left) kept working, and still does. smaller through land-grabbing whelkers. 12 September 2019 Join Fishing News on Facebook http://on.fb.me/fishingnews CROMER CRAB 9

‡ Cromer jack crab.

The boats working the chalk and maintenance. They could these days are mostly beach- work fewer pots, but more launched and single-handed pots per man, and with fewer – that latter point raising, as lads wanting the life, the fleet’s elsewhere, the question of direction was set. continuity, because few lads The fleet also goes after ‡ Compare and contrast: the crabber on the right (Fishing News, 10 September, 2015) was built in 1972 have crewing options – and, with whelks again. These had faded and worked three-handed for a long time. She’s now been rearranged to work single-handed, including the thinning prospects, fewer want from the scene in the last hauler set forward. them – to learn the job and the century, partly in the 1960s ground. through the loss of the rail But still, in the public from Scandinavia to Portugal, carapace width, whereas in the And that’s a fairly recent connections which had taken perception, North Norfolk fishing but the UK and French coasts southern North Sea, 180mm is thing. Until the early 1990s, them to the Midlands markets, is really about crabs, which have much of the action. And in big. Similarly, Channel females beach boats were wooden, and partly through stock anyway account for well over the southern North Sea, it’s the range between 160mm and two- or three-handed double- damage by Tributyltin (TBT) three-quarters of the combined breeding and growth pattern 175mm, compared to an average enders, built by a handful of in anti-fouling paint. But TBT beach-launchers’ crab/lobster that is key to the Cromer crab of 128mm in the southern North local builders. But then, GRP was banned, and whelks have catch, if only marginally more taste. Sea – smaller even than in the single-handers began to appear returned, to provide a fall-back than half by value. Mating peaks in summer northern North Sea, where – also locally built, as it happens fishery that sells mainly to It’s the same brown crab, when the female has moulted, the average is around 150mm, – which were lighter on handling Korea. Cancer pagurus, that is found with spawning in late autumn or and 200mm males are not early winter, for which females uncommon. Large specimens scoop a hollow in soft sand are more common in deeper She still works regularly... or gravel in which to settle, to waters offshore. ensure that the eggs – up to In recognition of all that, three million for the biggest when the crab minimum landing females – attach to the limbs. size (MLS) was revised in 1986, Once berried, females don’t having been 115mm nationally feed again until the larvae hatch since 1951 (and before that, between May and July, the 108mm, fixed all the way back larvae then spending about five in 1877), the southern North weeks in the plankton, drifting Sea was given a derogation by far and wide, before survivors the European Community to settle in coastal shallows. They retain the 115mm MLS, while take four or five years to reach elsewhere it was increased to commercial size. between 130mm and 160mm. But here’s where the There is a further element distinctive Cromer taste comes in the equation, which is that in. Studies of the North Sea crab tagging studies have shown fishery in the 1960s, and others that mature females in the North on the English Channel fishery Sea tend to migrate offshore to in 1968-1976, found that North deeper water, and northwards Norfolk crabs grow more slowly, along the coast to Yorkshire and are smaller on reaching and beyond, which is against maturity, than those in the the residual current. A similar Channel. phenomenon occurs in the The size difference is Channel, where females move quite marked. Channel males west, again broadly against occasionally reach a 250mm the current. The thinking is that

... and looks the part.

‡ The fleet starts putting its pots out in March… ‡ … as long as the weather doesn’t intervene. 10 CROMER CRAB Visit us at fishingnews.co.uk and on Twitter @YourFishingNews 12 September 2019 this allows the tiny fraction of surviving larvae to settle back If it’s not the snow, it’s close to the point of origin. the wind and swell… Some males also travel, but randomly and to a varying extent, with no particular direction. The 115mm MLS suits the North Norfolk fishery, because although the big processors pay more for bigger crabs, smaller crabs predominate on the chalk, because bigger specimens tend to head for deeper water, including those females heading off to spawn in suitably soft ground. Added to which, visitors to North Norfolk are happy to have their Cromer crabs more bite-sized – enough for one helping – and for boats that do their own processing, the visitor market is crucial. The peak of the North Norfolk crab season runs from March – weather permitting – to July, by which time females are moulting and males are mating, and crabs generally quieten down; late summer is more about lobsters. But the boats continue to work for as long as the weather will allow, picking up what they can. But it is the way of the regulatory world these days that every activity has to be scrutinised. Under the Marine and Coastal Access Act, the IFCAs have to ensure sustainable exploitation of resources, and achieve good environmental status in all EU marine waters by 2020, at present according to the Marine minimum recommended level overfishing is occurring. Despite Strategy Framework Directive for males.” It goes on to say that this, there does not appear to of 2008. Brexit may or may not the exploitation rate is ‘high’ – be any significant impact on change this, but in any case, “Around the maximum reference recruitment.” nothing will change quickly. point limit for both females and That would seem to point to To add to the regulatory males.” the female migration and the equation, the Cromer shoal However, it acknowledges circulatory system in play, with chalk bed was, in 2016, one of uncertainty. “Scientific data larvae drifting from elsewhere to 23 sites in the second tranche collection… is taken from a settle in the chalk, where they of Marine Conservation Zone relatively small number of grow more slowly than other designations. landings and then scaled up to stocks to reach their smaller Whether the crab fishery represent the whole landings, a MLS, full of the renowned has a particular exploitation process which cannot be exactly denser, sweeter meat. As they problem isn’t clear. The most correct, but should be broadly then grow on, they tend to move recent CEFAS crab stock representative of the population to deeper water beyond the assessment – in 2017 – stated: as a whole.” reach of those beach-launched “The spawning stock biomass Meanwhile, an Eastern IFCA single-handers. of edible crab in the southern report in 2016 said: “Mortality That, in turn, suggests that North Sea is approaching the estimates for C. pagurus specify the bulk of crabs within the recommended level for females, high levels of exploitation for this commercial-size biomass on but remains low and around the species and indicate that growth the chalk are relatively transient ‡ … but summer can be pleasant.

and, having reached 115mm, might still be below any MLS applicable elsewhere when they begin to move off. Catches each year vary – as anywhere – according to the larval settlement four or five years previously. The Eastern IFCA report noted that three previous years of particularly good crab catches had come with no apparent significant increase in effort, while lobster catches in the same gear remained fairly even. Nevertheless, Eastern IFCA must keep a watching brief, and so it is holding an informal consultation on what might, or might not, need to be done on potting generally. The consultation runs until ‡ The Norfolk potting fleet is much smaller than it used to be, spread ‡ … and West Runton. 1 October, and an online out along the coast west of Cromer at East Runton… submission form can be found 12 September 2019 Join Fishing News on Facebook http://on.fb.me/fishingnews CROMER CRAB 11

Four crabbers on the east end beach at Sheringham…

‡ … and one at the west end.

on its website at: bit.ly/2k3EHlk regular feature – so regular, processors pay more for bigger One topic up for discussion indeed, that in the late Middle crabs. On the other, the original is effort control, but as the Ages, the Hanseatic League idea of keeping 115mm back consultation itself recognises, relied on them to push their in 1986 was that crabs on the where and how to draw the square-sailed cogs westwards chalk grow more slowly, are line might be difficult. In any from northern Germany on their smaller at maturity, and are ‡ Three boats on the shingle at Weybourne. case, effort is already subject annual trading voyages. smaller on average compared to to the vagaries of the weather, Another topic is escape gaps, other areas. particularly during those vital but these are unlikely to be a The idea behind this spring months. Last year, the particular problem, because suggestion is to increase the Beast from the East in February, they reduce time and effort in spawning potential of the together with the Mini Beast in clearing the pots, and many stock, with each crab given March, kept water temperatures fishermen already have them. more time to reproduce, and to down and, with crabs not stirring The downside – if it is much of a increase the number of larger much at water temperatures downside at all these days – is individuals within the stock. An below 8°C, no fishing was done the loss of velvet crabs, but after acknowledged downside is the until late April. There went half a brief few years after the turn of initial losses in landed catch, the peak season. the century when velvets began ‘although this is considered to Even without those cold to feature, the Beast and other be a short-term impact’. snaps, anything much above cold snaps seem to have killed But the evidence seems to be a three-foot swell more or them off. Lots of dead ones were that bigger crabs don’t tend to less stops beach launching, seen on the shoreline. hang around anyway, females in and such conditions are by no A more difficult suggestion is particular moving off to hatch means unusual on this coast, an increase in that 115mm MLS. their eggs elsewhere, where spring easterlies are a On the one hand, the big and thus spending a relatively short ‡ The small, sweet crabs keep coming, as do the time within visitors. reach of The Cromer and Sheringham Crab and Lobster the beach- Festival is a big fixture in May. launched boats before there are move away as it grows on, and moving off. barely although there are certainly big In which three crabs to be had, the bulk of the case, raising dozen fishable stock is between the the MLS in total 115mm MLS and the 130mm would risk working minimum applicable elsewhere. a long-term – between As the consultation itself rather than short- Weybourne and notes, raising the MLS may term – reduction in Happisburgh, 14 have ‘a larger impact on vessels the number of crabs of them from Cromer fishing closer inshore’, as there available. – a dozen single-handers is the ‘potential that smaller Potting has been going on and two catamarans – and just crabs occupy inshore waters ‡ East of Cromer, there are a couple at Overstrand… along the North Norfolk coast five now from Sheringham. The and then move further offshore for generations, and once upon rest are in twos and threes from when reaching a certain size, a time, it was undertaken far the villages up and down. rather than staying to be caught more intensively than it is today. It continues as a low-impact next year’. In the days of sail at the turn of fishery – local processing, And that is the crucial point. the 20th century, there were four few food miles, and almost Cromer crabs are caught close or five dozen boats working from no by-catch – feeding into its inshore, and whether or not Cromer beach, and reportedly communities within a wider limiting the fishery to fewer more than that at Sheringham economy which is substantially bigger crabs would actually do – and that was with an MLS seasonal and low-wage, and much to maintain a biomass of 108mm. And they were all where property prices are fixed replenished from elsewhere, it making a living, albeit hauling by money earned or inherited would certainly damage what’s manually and working fewer elsewhere, with which most local left of the fleet, compounding pots per boat. earners can’t compete. recruitment problems and Even in the late 1950s, well But the core of the fishery eroding business models. It into the engine era, Cromer had is the small, sweet crab that would certainly diminish – and a couple of dozen boats, and has made its name. It grows maybe even end – a piece of ‡ … and two more at Mundesley. Sheringham 15. These days, slowly on the chalk but tends to local heritage. ■ 12 LOOKING BACK Visit us at fishingnews.co.uk and on Twitter @YourFishingNews 12 September 2019 Looking back – 1991

Fishing news in 1991 Coupled with massive quota cuts of 1991 started with the news that the up to 50% for cod and haddock in some EC fisheries minister had taken the ICES areas, the announcements were decision at the fisheries council end- met with disbelief by the industry and of-year TAC talks to impose further described as devastating by fishermen’s representatives. Subsequent delays draconian measures on whitefish in reaching agreement on mesh vessels, by imposing a tie-up period size options led to further anger and of eight consecutive days a month on resentment, as skippers in England boats catching significant quantities and Scotland voiced their defiance and of cod and haddock (40% or more, rebellion. subject to a minimum 100t) from The UK government later announced the North Sea and West of Scotland plans to make it compulsory from 1 grounds. This followed a demand from July to use 90mm square mesh panels scientists for a 30% cut in effort. Early for whitefish and 70mm panels for indications were that skippers could prawn gear, as heated discussions potentially offset the tie-up if they between fishermen’s leaders and UK/EC opted to use bigger-mesh gear. ministers continued. 12 September 2019 Join Fishing News on Facebook http://on.fb.me/fishingnews LOOKING BACK 13

1991 British scientist Tim Berners- Lee introduces WorldWideWeb, the first web browser, while working at CERN in Geneva, as the first website goes online on 6 August. The first GSM call is made. 14 LOOKING BACK Visit us at fishingnews.co.uk and on Twitter @YourFishingNews 12 September 2019 Looking back – 1991

Towards the end of February, catchers. council officials, descended on the EC Commission announced As opposition to the eight-day parliament to leave politicians in the option to use 110mm tie-up continued to grow, a large no doubt about the far-reaching diamond mesh as an alternative group of Scottish fishermen, consequences the measure to the hated eight-day tie-up together with salesmen, would have across all sectors of imposed on cod and haddock boatbuilders, and harbour and the industry. 12 September 2019 Join Fishing News on Facebook http://on.fb.me/fishingnews LOOKING BACK 15

1991 Tottenham Hotspur wins the FA Cup for a record eighth time with a 2-1 win over Nottingham Forest. Midfielder Paul Gascoigne, a multi-million- pound transfer target for Italian side Lazio, suffers cruciate knee ligament damage early in the game and is not expected to play again in 1991. 16 INSHORE CORNER Visit us at fishingnews.co.uk and on Twitter @YourFishingNews 12 September 2019 INSHORE CORNER with Phil Lockley Refit of the legendary Devon crabber Excel DH 17 ast but not least in my current review of inshore refits is the On her relaunch, Excel Lfamous Devon crabber Excel looked as good as new. DH 17. Built by J Hinks & Son of Appledore in North Devon, construction of the Excel was one of the fastest on record for a vessel of its size. It was launched in 1971 to take part in a lobster boom. On its build, the Excel measured 16m LOA, but when it joined the South Devon inshore fleet around 15 years ago, a new stem was fitted to reduce its length to 14.95m to remain within local byelaws. Wooden fishing craft have a remarkable history, and the Excel is no exception. Although its recent refit – which took place at Dartside Quay Marine Service Centre near Brixham – was mainly an engine and gearbox replacement, considerable metalwork within the engineroom was replaced with stainless steel. And after being spruced up and repainted, the Excel looked ‘as good as new’, and was relaunched a couple of months ago. Owned by R&L Mitchelmore, a business partnership between Rick Mitchelmore and his wife Lyn, Excel is one of several boats owned by firms that the Mitchelmore family are part of. Skippered by their son Simon, Excel works as a day-boat in a lucrative but closely controlled South Devon fishery.

R&L Mitchelmore bought the Excel celebrate the original Nonsuch – built in 2004. This was a difficult decision as a merchant ship in 1650, it served because Excel had worked hard well as a 17th-century vessel, but through the previous 34 years, and its merchant days ended when it a major refit was required, but the joined the Royal Naval fleet. Nonsuch family firm decided to take it on. By eventually returned to being a the turn of 2005, the Excel had been merchant vessel, becoming a legend. shortened and a new Volvo engine and Nonsuch sailed across the Atlantic gearbox had been fitted. Other major Ocean into Hudson Bay, Canada – the improvements to the layout of the first trading voyage for what was to Excel were also carried out. become the Hudson’s Bay Company. In digging out details of the Excel’s It was a massive voyage for such a history, I spoke to a shipwright who small ship. worked on its build – Bobby Cann “I took part in the build of the from Brixham. Nonsuch replica. On completion, I He has fond memories of being volunteered to sail on that vessel part of building Excel, and from what around Europe. It was an important he says, it is a good job that the time for me, because together with a shipwrights were young – the rush to business partner, I bought the trawler build Excel was made clear to all who Les Marseilles from the Brittany port took part. of Guilvinec. In order to help pay for Bobby Cann explained: “Just before that, I went back to work at J Hinks & Excel’s keel was laid, I stepped off a Son when the order to build the Excel wooden replica of the famous ketch was about to start. Nonsuch. “It wasn’t long before several “Built at J Hinks & Son, the other boatbuilders and myself began ‡ Hydraulics taken direct from the gearbox. Nonsuch replica was made to framing and planking the Excel. It was 12 September 2019 Join Fishing News on Facebook http://on.fb.me/fishingnews INSHORE CORNER 17

Wooden boats show longevity At the turn of this decade, some of the remaining wooden boats in the British fleet might have been very old. However, as with the trees from which they come, the term ‘age’ is a very different concept to the term ‘age’ in a steel boat. If looked after properly, the life of wood is far longer than many will ever imagine. It easily outstrips steel, and although GRP is a contender, were I a betting man, I would choose wood to put my money on for the longest-serving boatbuilding material. Over my years touring the South West, 30 years ago new wooden boats were literally streaming from ‡ Trevose of Newquay under build by Cann & Pender in 1985… wood-building yards like J Hinks & Son, C Toms & Son, John Moor, G of my few visits above the Scottish and I have no doubt that numerous Pearn & Son, Cann & Pender (Bobby border, Nobles of Girvan was building other Scottish yards were of equal Cann) and several others. On one Britannia V – in truth a work of art – standing. There is something pretty special about a wooden boat. While wood no longer challenges the money-making potential from having a steel boat, the day will come when the price of red diesel soars, when sleek-lined and lower-powered boats, like wooden boats such as the Excel, will be the last to go. Perhaps there may be new-builds like Excel gracing the pages of Fishing News in the years ahead – even boats with ‘fuel efficiency’ spurred by having some degree of sail power. (I wonder what the MMO would do with its power ratings on licences then!) Shane Gibson giving the final I daresay I won’t be here to see touches to the new Volvo Penta D13. it, but I’m 100% certain that it will ‡ … as probably the last wooden potting boat built for the South West happen – an alternative to total fuel on launch in 1986. power must be found. designed by Gary Mitchell – Gary can’t have been over 25 at that time, and we were all very young. The boatbuilding be. Under Rick Mitchelmore, the Excel trade in wood was quickly increasing. is well looked-after, and she remains a Jobs were available at many yards. lovely boat.” “Excel was built for a Paignton Chief engineer Shane Gibson firm of which Mr Maurice Browse was oversaw, and played a major part in, one, and because there was a boom the recent refit. He has worked for Rick in lobster catches off Portsmouth, Mitchelmore for 31 years, starting as a Maurice Browse wanted Excel built crewman on the first new Mitchelmore as quickly as possible. Alan Hinks, vessel, the William Henry DH 5. the head of J Hinks & Son, never let Shane now oversees all the us forget that – we were working Mitchelmore vessels, and explained 10-hour days for five days a week. On that the present refit was mostly a re- Saturdays, we would work until 1.30pm engine and new gearbox job. “The new – then, in less than 30 minutes, we engine replaces a 15-year-old Volvo were in the pub, the Beaver! Saturday Penta TAMD103, one that we installed afternoon and Sunday were the only just after Rick bought the boat. With time off that we had. good maintenance, that engine had “Excel is built of 2in iroko planking served for well over 30,000 hours on double 2.5in oak frames. She was ‡ All except the silencer of the new between each overhaul. However, this built very strong – a very heavy boat, 6in-diameter exhaust system was time a rebuild would have cost almost very solid – and the Excel was built on made in-house from stainless steel. as much as a new replacement, so Rick time. Many years later, the boatbuilder has chosen a new D13, and that’s no Brian Pomeroy shortened her. He told KMB was a nice build, it wasn’t quite surprise – Excel has been driven by a me that he’d never before seen such a the ship that Excel is. Excel was an Volvo engine all its life. strong boat for its size. In my opinion, advanced boat for that day – the first “Soon after Rick bought the boat, Excel is one of the best fishing boats wooden boat I had seen that was fitted we discovered engine problems. The ever built at the yard of J Hinks & Son. with steel engine beds. option of fitting a new Volvo was “Originally, Excel had a capstan “On the Excel’s launch, I heard discussed. Fishing was fairly good, driven mechanically from a Petter Maurice Browse say that the Excel was and I was given instructions to get a engine, about 30hp. The original main one of the best-looking boats he had new engine and get it fitted as soon as engine was a Volvo MD120; Excel has ever seen, but he added that it would possible – that was the Volvo TAMD103 stayed with Volvo engines all through look even better when it was on its that we have just removed. her life. She’s a big and beamy boat, way to Dartmouth! I left J Hinks & Son “But as soon as the fishing slacked but one with lovely lines. shortly after the Excel was completed. off during the winter of 2005, we “Shortly after Excel was completed, “We had all worked so hard to decided to add to its new engine and a near-identical boat, the KMB, was get it completed on time. We were all give the Excel a serious refit. The ordered (the name taken from Ken and youngsters – even the foreman who cut wheelhouse was gutted; all that was Maurice Browse). But it had to be built all the planks out for us wasn’t that old. left was its sides – no roof and no floor in Denmark, because J Hinks & Son We were forever told that the boat must – we took away the lot. ‡ Excel’s prop was rebalanced and refurbished by Teignbridge were so busy that they couldn’t fit that be a credit to the yard – and she was. If “The replacement outer woods Propellers, in preparation for now being driven by the new centreline contract in. In my opinion, although the the yard were here now, she still would were not glassed over; the roof was machinery. 18 INSHORE CORNER Visit us at fishingnews.co.uk and on Twitter @YourFishingNews 12 September 2019 INSHORE CORNER with Phil Lockley

epoxy-sheathed, and we also skin fittings from screw-operated fitted a new wheelhouse floor. The bronze to bolt-fitted stainless steel accommodation was also ripped out equivalents, made especially for us and replaced. It was a major refit. so that if necessary, a fitting can be “So, 15 years on, we’ve installed unbolted from inside the hull with no a new engine. Everyone was saying fear of it twisting and breaking in the how good the Volvo Penta D13 is, process. Everything is wired up for and so far we can confirm that. It’s cathodic protection.” a bit early yet to compare the fuel Although skipper Simon consumption figures to those from the Mitchelmore is now the longest- old TAMD103, but we expect the new serving skipper of the Excel, the D13 to make a saving. second-longest was Trevor Bartlett, “The D13 meets modern now owner of a major shellfish specifications, and being processing firm, The Blue Sea Food electronically controlled removes the Company Ltd, based in Paignton. need for Morse cables. Also, through He told Fishing News: “Until Simon a stainless steel system that we made took over Excel, I was its longest- onsite, we have chosen keel cooling serving skipper. I started working for the D13. We have installed a on Excel in 1978, and took over as completely new exhaust system, all skipper in September 1981, where made of stainless steel; it replaces I stayed for six years, until together ‡ The new stainless steel cooling system was manufactured onsite. This shows the port side engine cooler for a 4in-diameter system on the with Reg Matthews of Teignmouth I the engine jacket. The stainless steel cooler for the gearbox and aft cooler is on the starboard side. TAMD103. The new exhaust system is invested in the Euroclydon, the first 6in in diameter; everything except the true super-crabber in the UK. Excel – those times bring back happy now on our vessel Amadeus. I believe “When we bought Excel in 2005, silencer is made of stainless steel. “When Excel was launched in memories. When I was a crewman, many others now use the toggle it was in a pretty poor state, but it “In addition to the engine 1971, I was just 16, and I remember we were working only 360 pots to system, including Excel! was fishing on good ground off Start replacement, the propeller was coming around on the Excel from start with, and we worked them five “Excel is a great sea boat, and I Point, so we completely and quickly serviced and rebalanced at Appledore to Dartmouth – its maiden days a week whenever we could. By took some of my ideas from her to refurbished it, fitted a new engine, Teignbridge Propellers, and South voyage. the time I left, we were working 800 Euroclydon, but that wasn’t a good and that engine has lasted until now, West Marine Painters have done an “Perhaps I’m biased to say so, pots every other day, but if the fishing move – I was going from a relatively 14 years later. It did have a major excellent job on painting Excel’s hull. but the Excel was, and remains, a was good, we would put another day small boat to a super-crabber, a overhaul in the middle of that time, On launch, Excel looked brand new. really lovely boat. The time I spent in. boat where everything wasn’t driven but this year it was time to have a We have changed all of the vessel’s working on, and later skippering, the “Towards the end of working on off the main engine. We did get the new engine – it would have cost so the Excel and having the Euroclydon Amadeus right, though! much to have it refurbished that a built, I wanted to develop a system “I remember that for a few years new engine was almost the same where we could easily detach the the Excel went through a period of price. pots and move those pots around the low maintenance, but since Rick “My son Simon skippers the Excel. boat. I developed the toggle system, Mitchelmore has owned it, there has Simon has never liked going away on using a spinner and threading it been no expense spared, and it’s the bigger boats – the super-crabbers through a specific-sized rope loop at now in excellent condition, which is a – so a day-boat like the Excel is the end of the leg, which turned out credit to him and his team.” perfect, probably the best day-boat to be very successful. We still use it Rick Mitchelmore explained: crabber you can get.” ■

William Henry DH 5 William Henry, probably the last wooden crabber for the South Devon fleet, was built at J Hinks & Son and launched in 1985. Also built at J Hinks & Son and launched in 1985 was the wooden vessel William Henry DH 5, Rick and Lyn Mitchelmore’s first step into owning bigger vessels. William Henry was one of the last wooden crabbers of its size to join the South West shellfish fleet. Being a very successful vessel, the profits from this

wooden boat delivered another step up on the ladder for Rick Mitchelmore to move from a day-boat to the nomadic super- crabber William Henry II – on which the registration number DH 5 remained. The success continued, and the Mitchelmores invested in another super-crabber, Edward Henry DH 100 – but little did Rick and Lyn know that 20 years later, the family would reinvest in a wooden ‡ Bobby Cann, one of the few remaining boatbuilders who praises wood ‡ Working as a day-boat in 1985, shortly after its launch, the William day-boat – one built by J Hinks & as a material of the future as well as the past, and often says that he Henry would pave the way for investment in bigger crabbers. Son. would like to build one more wooden fishing boat before he retires. 12 September 2019 Join Fishing News on Facebook http://on.fb.me/fishingnews QUIZ/NEWS 19 Can you master BREAK TIME these brain teasers? THE 2-SPEED CROSSWORD SUDOKU You can choose to do either quick or cryptic clues, the answers are the same. Fill the grid with the numbers 1 to 9 so that each row, column and 3x3 block contains the numbers 1 to 9. 1 23456 CRYPTIC CLUES 78 ACROSS BEGINNER INTERMEDIATE 1 House seller from English 910 nation, a man (6,5) 9 Award for part of Robespierre (initials) (3) 694 61 11 12 10 Convict to lure away drunken yob (5,4) 378 357 13 11 Legacy, and what a lady might not reveal about it (8) 538 93 14 15 16 12 Desperate request from pale 1 943 152 sort (4) 17 14 One erasing masseur? (6) 72 6 69 1 18 19 20 16 Time to bring out the paper (6) 18 Name names about heads of 5 617 684 21 Oxford University (4) 19 Give voice about comedian 721 81 22 23 Benny’s money (8) 22 Many cheer wildly for deadly 681 275 foe (4‑5) 23 Grass bristle in middle of 463 27 24 lawns (3) 24 House‑builder’s windjammer? (6,5) QUICK CLUES DOWN ADVANCED Last issue’s solutions 2 Spike small fruit (5) ACROSS DOWN 3 Everyone toted rubbish, 613754289 287146395 1 Property dealer (6,5) 2 Long pointed shared out (8) 2 249813765 435792168 587692431 961385472 9 UK medal (initials) (3) weapon (5) 4 Hold plum, having lost first three (6) 5328134527896 859461237 10 Drunken yob (5,4) 3 Shared out (8) 5 Boast about clothes (4) 756938124 316927584 165 928146573 724853619 11 Country’s history (8) 4 Captivate (6) 6 Beginning to nibble a lot of 391275648 143579826 pasta (7) 12 Desperate request (4) 5 Clothes (4) 2476 875469312 572618943 7 Spouse’s parent, almoner with 462381957 698234751 14 Eraser (6) 6 Pasta strings (7) bananas (6‑2‑3) 76 2-Speed Crossword 16 Paper hanky (6) 7 Spouse’s parent (6‑2‑3) 8 Southern drink people drink on 951482736 eastern type of transport (5,6) 683759241 ACROSS: 1 Transfusion 9 Icy 18 Naming word (4) 8 Old train (5,6) 8951 472361589 (I see) 10 Tarantula 11 Son‑ 13 Treacherous face contains wily g‑b‑ird 12 Wee‑p 14 Nation love inside (8) 295147863 19 Twelve old pence (8) 13 Treacherous (8) 614 864935172 16 Writ‑he 18 Ba(s)il 19 Leap year 22 Bosphorus (Boss for US) 22 Most hated rival (4‑5) 15 Nightclub doorman (7) 15 Club doorman’s dangerous 317628495 delivery (7) 23 Gee(se) 24 Hypermarket 3517546813927 DOWN: 2 (C)Rayon 3 Note‑book 23 Grass bristle (3) 17 Dairy product (6) 17 Word said to snapper in 728596314 4 Fur‑ore 5 Sane (Seine) 6 O‑pu‑ 24 Lightweight building 20 Son of Abraham (5) Lancashire, maybe (6) 9 139274658 Lent 7 Bit‑s and Bobs 8 Raspberries 20 Son of Abraham invested in 13 Pro‑poser 15 Thir‑s‑ty 17 Red brick (6,5) 21 Present (4) Visa account (5) Rum 20 (B)Eagle 21 Shoe All puzzles © Puzzler Media Ltd ‑ www.puzzler.com See next week’s edition for all puzzle solutions. 21 Present in the regiment (4) 12/09 Rose of Sharon moved in preparation for being broken up

Towing Rose of … before the Sharon towards the vessel was left slipway at the top of for the tide to a spring tide… ebb out.

‡ Temporary repairs were carried out to the gribble-infested hull. (Photos: Jody Channer)

Rose of Sharon originally fished from St Ives and Hayle – after starting her career at Kilkeel, due to a strike in the In a carefully planned move over the worm immediately became apparent. South West – before becoming based at recent spring tides, the former Newlyn- Work to break up Rose of Sharon, August). Newlyn. When longlining and targeting based 66ft trawler Rose of Sharon FR 23 which was built in 1969, is expected to The 66ft Rose of Sharon was built by skate, ray and ling, Rose of Sharon was towed onto the former Philip & Son start later this month. J&G Forbes at Sandhaven in 1969 as usually fished west of Bishop Rock slipway at Noss, near Kingswear, reports Last month, David McDermott a dual-purpose trawler/longliner for St and the Stepping Stones. The vessel David Linkie. appealed for support to help to save Ives skipper Ernest Stevens and his sons also proved successful at midwater When the tide receded, the extent of the vessel and restore it to its original David, Paul and Peter. trawling for pilchards, partnering Michael the damage to the hull caused by gribble pristine condition (Fishing News, 15 Fitted with a 239kW Kelvin engine, Hosking’s Macduff-built Kilravock BS 18. 20 NEWS Visit us at fishingnews.co.uk and on Twitter @YourFishingNews 12 September 2019 Hopes of bigger Solent oyster beds Peterhead Port Authority to sponsor seafood festival A report has been submitted to five councils in Hampshire suggesting that increasing oyster stocks in the Solent would be beneficial to wildlife, reports John Periam. The development follows concern over nitrate levels in the Solent, where it appears that nitrogen from housing and agricultural sources has accelerated the growth of algae, which is damaging protected wildlife habitats and some bird species. Natural England has advised the five councils in the area that it would be better to halt some developments ‡ Ben Fogle was part of the team because of the nitrate levels. involved in increasing oyster As a result, a report was submitted stocks in the Solent in 2017. to the five councils which suggested that an increased oyster stock would being put in special cages in harbours, feed on harmful algae, and store from where they can send out larvae. nitrogen in their shells and tissue. Former Portsmouth University student The report stated: “Encouraging Ben Fogle was part of the team oyster farming in our harbours could involved in the project that will be therefore mean that excesses in monitoring the programme. ‡ Simon Brebner, chief executive of Peterhead Port Authority, and John Pascoe, chairman of nitrogen from waste water treatment The Solent is an ideal venue Rediscover Peterhead. plants, farm fertilisers and other for a project to increase the oyster human sources can be decreased.” population. The annual catch fell from Peterhead Port Authority is to be the headline Simon Brebner, chief executive of Peterhead The Solent was once one of the 200t in 2007 to just 20t in 2011 – sponsor of a newly created Fishing Village within Port Authority, said: “The board is delighted to be largest areas for oyster farming in about 250,000 shells – which resulted the town’s seafood festival for the next two years. supporting this excellent initiative in the town over the region. It was reported in Fishing in oyster fishing being banned in the Peterhead Seafood Festival is looking to build the next two years. News (19 May, 2016) that in some Solent in 2013. on last year’s inaugural event, which attracted “Peterhead is renowned for great seafood, and areas, oyster beds were situated in A switch back to oyster beds would 4,000 visitors, with new attractions, cooking it is fitting that an annual celebration should be places where they cannot be legally improve the health of the marine demonstrations, a pop-up restaurant, children’s held, capitalising on all the good work done last fished. These included Sir Ben ecosystem, as would environmentally entertainment and the new Fishing Village. year for the first event which went so well.” Ainslie’s premises where his America’s friendly changes to current buildings John Pascoe, chairman of Rediscover The Seafood Festival takes place on Saturday, Cup team was based. and new developments to make them Peterhead, which is organising the festival, said: 14 September across the town centre in The Blue Marine Foundation was more water-efficient. “We are proud to announce that Peterhead Port Peterhead, between 10am and 4pm. For up-to- also involved in this programme, with If the councils give the go-ahead, Authority is to be sponsoring the Fishing Village at date information on the event, visit the festival’s one million oysters being laid there there could be a return to larger oyster the festival for this year and again in 2020.” Facebook page: bit.ly/2lurt1f in 2017, along with a further 10,000 beds in the Solent. 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SHELLFISH FLEET WARNING 5: Another haul of prime-quality whitefish, caught less than 15 The last traditional shout auction was held on Brixham for foreign vessels after Brexit’ Selective gear attracts Thailand fishermen to Brixham REGIONAL NEWS REGIONAL NEWS miles from harbour. fishmarket on Monday of this week, before a seamless 6: Fishroom man Robbie Jamieson weighing cod released from Fishermen from Thailand Fisheries minister Robert Goodwill sent out an Selective gear attracts Thailand fishermen to Brixham Tranquility’s automated VCU catch-handling system… transition saw the first Auxcis ‘web clock’ electronic watch selective gear being End of shout era on 7: … before adding it to the vessel’s catch-management system. uncompromising message last week that the UK will worked on the Brixham auction conducted the following morning (Tuesday, 4 End of shout era on BREXIT STOCKS DANGERS 8: The first box of fish in Tranquility’s fishroom. beamer Barentszee last take charge of its own waters after Brexit and ensure a Fishermen from Thailand 9: The first day’s work nears an end. June), reports Phil Lockley. TURN TO PAGE 2 FOR THE FULL REPORT month. Brixham fishmarket better deal for UK fishermen, reports Tim Oliver watch selective gear being The last traditional shout auction was held on Brixham 2 ‘Moving with the times’ and introducing a web clock . worked on the Brixham ‡ SPFA/FIS and SIFCA joint winners of the Sustainability In a wide-ranging speech, he told the NFFO AGM Brixham fishmarket fishmarket on Monday of this week, before a seamless Award receive their awards from compère Des Clarke and electronic auction was announced by Brixham Trawler beamer Barentszee last transition saw the first Auxcis ‘web clock’ electronic 6 8 in London: “It’s been said many times before, but let The last traditional shout auction was held on Brixham auction conducted the following morning (Tuesday, 4 Agents almost a year ago (Fishing News, 7 June, 2018), month. REGIONAL NEWS Alison Freeman of sponsors The Fishmongers’ Company. me say it again, to avoid any confusion – automatic fishmarket on Monday of this week, before a seamless Westro and Carvela naming ceremonies June), reports Phil Lockley. since which time extensive testing and fine-tuning of an ‘Moving with the times’ and introducing a web clock ith the summer solstice wheelhouse equipment, before transition saw the first Auxcis ‘web clock’ electronic less than two weeks calling Lerwick port control for already well-advanced customised system have continued rights for foreign vessels to fish in our waters will end. Commemorations mark electronic auction was announced by Brixham Trawler Waway, the ‘simmer dim’, clearance to leave harbour, as the auction conducted the following morning (Tuesday, 4 Agents almost a year ago (Fishing News, 7 June, 2018), for which Shetland is renowned, crew prepared to throw the ropes Access to fish our waters will be under our control, to Skipper James West with his family, with the specialist Belgian e-trading company Auxcis. . since which time extensive testing and fine-tuning of an meant that the sky over Lerwick off. June), reports Phil Lockley before Westro’s naming ceremony on was still grey, rather than jet Ten minutes later, the flash of the benefit of UK fishermen, and not to the detriment the 50th anniversary of the already well-advanced customised system have continued The web clock electronic system allows for remote ‘Moving with the times’ and introducing a web clock the West Pier at Peterhead. black. Bressay lighthouse slipped astern of stocks or the marine environment. with the specialist Belgian e-trading company Auxcis. After Chris Shearer started to port as Tranquility headed due buying as well as for those who wish to have a physical electronic auction was announced by Brixham Trawler Longhope lifeboat tragedy The web clock electronic system allows for remote Tranquility’s Mitsubishi S6U south, parallel to the east coast , 7 June, 2018), (680kW @ 1050rpm) main engine, of Shetland, retracing the route presence and buy via wifi on the market floor. “We can get a fairer share of our stocks for our Agents almost a year ago (Fishing News buying as well as for those who wish to have a physical the sound of which was barely driven four hours earlier on the fishermen, and take a more responsive and cyclical presence and buy via wifi on the market floor. discernible in the wheelhouse, way north from Sumburgh airport Details of Brixham’s first electronic auction will be since which time extensive testing and fine-tuning of an Details of Brixham’s first electronic auction will be skipper Stuart Anderson to Lerwick. carried out a quick check of the Fishing News had been unable included in a feature on England’s top landing port in approach to fisheries management. Leaving the already well-advanced customised system have continued included in a feature on England’s top landing port in Fishing News next week. 3 Fishing News next week. EU provides the opportunity to develop better with the specialist Belgian e-trading company Auxcis. management approaches that are more responsive The web clock electronic system allows for remote Hauling the trawl on skipper/owner 7 Hauling the trawl to changes and provide for the future sustainable buying as well as for those who wish to have a physical Brixham recently hosted a consortium of fishermen, vessel Richard Fowler’s 9 on skipper/owner management of our important fish stocks.” presence and buy via wifi on the market floor. owners, merchants, shore firms and others from Thailand to day-boat Rebecca. Richard Fowler’s Details of Brixham’s first electronic auction will be demonstrate how profits may soar if Thai trawlermen adopt Brixham recently hosted a consortium of fishermen, vessel selective gear, reports Phil Lockley. owners,‡ David merchants, Fraser and shore Mike firmsMontgomerie and others were fromjoint winnersThailand of to day-boat Rebecca. ‡ Killybegs owners Eamon and Teresa McHugh are continued on page 2 included in a feature on England’s top landing port in This is the second time that a delegation from Thailand congratulated by Bert Leslie of SeaQuest Systems Fishing News next week. has visited the South Devon port to learn more about the UK demonstratethe Lifetime how Achievement profits may Award, soar presentedif Thai trawlermen by Mike Park adopt of fishing industry. ‡ … before starting to run the port rope. selectivecategory gear, sponsors reports Box Phil Pool Lockley Solutions.. and Kent Damgaard and Knud Karstensen, after Thai fishermen were heavily criticised in 2013 by the signing a contract with Karstensens shipyard for a Hauling the trawl television chef Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, when he to be in Whalsay the previous as the skippers and crew finished presented a unique opportunity This is the second time that a delegation from Thailand on skipper/owner highlighted how many trawlermen in Thailand fish with weekend, when Tranquility arrived rigging out their new boat at too good to miss, providing travel 62.6m midwater trawler. home from Denmark, where the Lerwick. arrangements could be made. has visited the South Devon port to learn more about the UK Richard Fowler’s non-selective, small-mesh nets and land almost everything for seine-netter was built to a new in- A WhatsApp message on The tight timescale meant that fishmeal – which is then converted to fish pellets to nurture the house design by Vestværftet ApS Thursday morning – “We’re going the usual overnight ferry was fishing industry. day-boat Rebecca. huge Taiwanese trade of farming freshwater prawns. at Hvide Sande (Fishing News, 28 aff shortly after Friday midnight, not an option, but fortunately Orders for demersal and pelagic vessels were placed by Brixham recently hosted a consortium of fishermen, vessel June), so alternative options were with a 95% chance of landing on Loganair still had seats available Thai fishermen were heavily criticised in 2013 by the With the help of the Seafood Task Force (sponsored by ‡ Over 300 guests attended Fishing News Awards 2019. family owners from Banff and Killybegs during the Skipper owners, merchants, shore firms and others from Thailand to ‡ 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 television chef Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, when he many worldwide firms), hard work is underway to bring about ‡ The last traditional shout auction took place on Brixham and is therefore its key strength. Expo Int at Aberdeen, reports David Linkie demonstrate how profits may soar if Thai trawlermen adopt changes to the Thai fishing industry. Brixham skipper/owner Richard Fowler also demonstrated fishmarket on Monday morning. highlighted how many trawlermen in Thailand fish with . . Westcountry vessel owner Waterdance Ltd allowed the latest design of trawl gear on his day-boat Rebecca BM The dedication and effort that has long been an A wide range of experience, types of vessel and Banff selective gear, reports Phil Lockley non-selective, small-mesh nets and land almost everything for skipper John Clark signed a contract with Parkol its skipper Shaun Gibbs to demonstrate the operation of 24. integral part of the fishing industry, but is often geographical areas in the UK and Ireland were Marine Engineering for a 20.4m twin-rig trawler to be built This is the second time that a delegation from Thailand selective gear aboard the beam trawler Barentszee BM 361. Further details in Fishing News next week. fishmeal – which is then converted to fish pellets to nurture the REGIONAL NEWS understated, was collectively recognised at the represented on the awards stage during the evening, at Whitby. has visited the South Devon port to learn more about the UK huge Taiwanese trade of farming freshwater prawns. fishing industry. † The new Orkney vivier-crabber Fishing News Awards 2019, when Scottish comedian including Argyll, Co Down, Cornwall and Devon, Eamon and Teresa McHugh of Killybegs ordered a Carvela is named in spectacular With the help of the Seafood Task Force (sponsored by Thai fishermen were heavily criticised in 2013 by the style on Teesside. th th £3.25 21 March 2019 Des Clarke hosted the presentation evening, reports Co Donegal, Cleveland, Dorset, East Anglia, Essex, new 62.6m midwater trawler with Karstensens shipyard. mantsbrite Visit us at Seawork 11 – 13 June Stand No. PB37 Issue: 5455 16 MAY 2019 . many worldwide firms), hard work is underway to bring about television chef Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, when he David Linkie Hampshire, Lancashire, Sussex, Yorkshire, Shetland, ‡ The last traditional shout auction tookThe place signings on Brixham capped a busy show, when the changes to the Thai fishing industry. 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Prime minister Boris Johnson’s visit to Peterhead (278 rounders), 165 boxes of monkfish, 140 boxes of ling, fishmarket last Friday morning (see page 3) coincided 62 boxes of megrim, 61 boxes of squid and 60 boxes of with the second-smallest sale of a generally quieter week, flatfish. reports David Linkie. Another 10 boats, Endeavour, Gemma Jane, Achieve, Ten boats, Steadfast Hope, Gracious, Fruitful Vine, Golden Sceptre, Karen Ann II, Crystal River, Faithful, Bracoden, Fruitful Bough, Ocean Dawn, Courageous III, Opportunus IV, Boy John and Rosebloom, along with five El-Shaddai, Celestial Dawn and Tranquility, plus nine consignments, contributed 7,786 boxes to Peterhead consignments from Audacious, Defiance, Good Hope, market last Wednesday morning. This tally, the largest of Radiance, Moray Endeavour, Deeside, Transcend, Prevail the week, included 2,996 boxes of gutted and 88 boxes of and Just Reward, contributed 5,566 boxes to the first round haddock, 1,509 boxes of cod, 1,057 boxes of whiting market of last week at Peterhead. (884 rounders), 545 boxes of hake, 227 boxes of flatfish, Monday’s sale included 1,190 boxes of gutted and 196 boxes of squid, 122 boxes of monkfish, 100 boxes of 245 boxes of round haddock, 944 boxes of whiting (781 ling and 73 boxes of megrim. rounders), 790 boxes of hake, 517 boxes of coley, 482 The 6,630 boxes sold last Thursday morning on boxes of cod, 329 boxes of squid, 324 boxes of monkfish, Peterhead market came from 10 boats, Summer Dawn II, 220 boxes of megrim, 127 boxes of flatfish and 93 boxes Golden Gain V, Helenus, Conquest, Phoenix, Benarkle II, of ling. Jubilee Quest, Transcend, Emulator and Moray Endeavour, At the start of last week at Peterhead, large cod sold together with six consignments. This sale included 1,940 at £3.10-£4.10 per kg, medium £1.95-£3.50, selected boxes of gutted and 38 boxes of round haddock, 1,642 £2.05-£2.90 and small 85p-£2.70. Large/medium gutted boxes of cod, 838 boxes of coley, 400 boxes of squid, 288 haddock made £2.40-£3.60, selected £2.25-£4.15, small boxes of whiting (199 rounders), 273 boxes of megrim, 264 75p-£2.45, chippers 50p-£2.10, metros 45p-£1.45 and boxes of monkfish, 258 boxes of both ling and flatfish, and round haddock 75p-£1.10. Gutted whiting were at 55p- 211 boxes of hake. £2.25 and round whiting 25p-£1 per kg. Monkfish sold at Twenty-four hours later, nine boats, Castlewood, ‡ The fly-shooter Tranquility landing into Peterhead fishmarket. £2.75-£5.20, lemon sole £1.70-£9.25, megrim £1.75- Attain II, Valhalla, Ellorah, Ocean Harvest, Harvester, £6.30, hake £1-£4.10, ling £1-£1.50, plaice £1.50-£3.30, Chloe Ella, Tranquility and Boy Andrew, together with Last Friday morning at Peterhead, large/medium gutted 85p-£9.15 per kg. coley 75p-£1.75 and squid £1.70-£10 per kg. seven consignments from Reliance II, Sparkling Star, haddock made £2.35-£3 per kg, selected £2.75-£3.75, Forty-three boats and 30 consignments contributed The following morning, four boats, Arcturus, Beryl, Caledonia III, Deeside, Fisher Boys and Prosperity, small £1.90-£2.75, chippers 85p-£1.95, metros 55p-90p to last week’s total of 28,907 boxes on Peterhead Ardent, Endurance and Shalanna, together with three contributed 4,886 boxes on Friday morning. This sale and round haddock 60p-£1.10. Large cod sold at £3.35-£6 market. This tally included 9,039 boxes of haddock (1,150 consignments from Havvon, Aquarius and Moray included 958 boxes of gutted and 713 boxes of round per kg, medium £2.65-£3.45, selected £2.25-£3 and small rounders), 5,175 boxes of cod, 3,365 boxes of whiting Endeavour, landed 4,039 boxes. Tuesday’s tally, the haddock, 1,080 boxes of cod, 724 boxes of whiting £2.15-£3.25. Monkfish sold at £3.70-£5.50, gutted whiting (2,711 ungutted), 2,851 boxes of hake, 2,310 boxes of smallest of the week, included 1,144 boxes of hake, 805 (569 rounders), 289 boxes of coley, 284 boxes of squid, 90p-£2, round whiting 80p-£1.70, lemon sole £1.95- coley, 1,270 boxes of squid, 1,028 boxes of monkfish, 813 boxes of gutted and 66 boxes of round haddock, 462 176 boxes of megrim, 161 boxes of hake, 153 boxes of £8.35, megrim £1.15-£6.85, plaice £1.60-£3.75, coley boxes of flatfish, 804 boxes of megrim and 701 boxes of boxes of cod, 390 boxes of coley, 352 boxes of whiting monkfish, 141 boxes of flatfish and 110 boxes of ling. £1-£1.85, ling £2.05-£2.90, hake £2-£5.85 and squid ling. CUTTLE LANDINGS INCREASE AT BRIXHAM STRONG FINISH TO THE Last week saw increasing quantities 3s £9.30, 4s £6.90 and 5s 90p. averaged £1.95/kg. of cuttlefish being landed by the Red gurnard 2s were £2.20 and Plaice 1s averaged £3.76/kg, 2s Brixham day-boats, with some of the 3s were 60p. Haddock 1s averaged £2.96, 3s £2.93, 4s £2.19 and 5s WEEK IN SHETLAND beamers also now targeting cuttles, £2.90/kg, 2s £2.30 and 3s £1. Hake £1.63. Pollack 1s and 2s were £4/ Eighteen boats landed 1,960 boxes to the by haddock (55,700kg, of which 4,489kg were although a couple of boats continue 2s were £4.10, 3s and 4s £3.97, 5s kg, 3s £3.40 and 4s £2.70. Sand markets in Lerwick and Scalloway on Monday rounders). The remaining balance included to target Dover sole. The total sales £3.50, 6s £3.11, 7s £2.42, 8s £1.13 sole 1s were £8/kg and 2s £3.70. morning last week. Six boats landed 436 boxes whiting (35,528kg, including 28,555kg of for the week were £842,000. and 9s 50p. Lemon sole averaged Large scallops were £9 and 2s £3. for Tuesday morning’s market, the smallest rounders), saithe (30,306kg), ling (20,862kg), Bass prices averaged £15/kg for £8.60/kg for 1s, £8.90 for 2s, 3s Dover sole 1s averaged £14.90/kg, of the week. Supplies increased again on mackerel (17,730kg), monkfish (17,475kg), hake 1s and 2s, 3s were £14, 4s £10.80 were £8.30, 4s £3.45 and 5s £2.17. 2s £16.23, 3s £16.34, 4s £15.21, Wednesday with 1,859 boxes from 16 boats, (16,577kg), megrim (13,598kg), plaice (6,888kg) and 5s £9.90. Blondie wing 1s and Ling averaged £1.72/kg for 1s and 5s £12.04, 6s £12.93, 7s £10.91, while 14 boats put 1,800 boxes ashore to and lemon sole (2,691kg). 2s averaged £3/kg, 3s £1.90 and 4s 2s, and 3s were £1. Prime lobsters 8s £10.80, 9s £8.96 and 10s £5.10. Thursday’s market. Top prices last week in Shetland included £2. Size 2 brill averaged £4.20/kg, 3s were £16.20 and large were £12. Large squid were £7.65/kg and 2s Friday morning’s market was the largest of the cod at £4.14 per kg, gutted haddock £3.48, £2.90 and 4s £2. Mackerel 2s averaged £3.66/ were £7.59. week, when 22 boats put 2,145 boxes ashore, round haddock 85p, hake £4.02, halibut £11.59, Size 1 and 2 cod averaged £4.30/ kg and 3s £1.56. Size 1 megrim Thorny wings averaged £2.20/kg bringing the weekly total to 8,200 boxes from 76 lemon sole £7.68, ling £2.20, mackerel £1.20, kg, 3s £4, 4s £3.40 and 5s £2.70. were £3.13, 2s £2.93, 3s £2.86, for 1s, £2.40 for 2s and 3s, and 4s boats, among which inshore vessels continued to megrim £6.45, monkfish £4.74, plaice £3.50, Coley was £1.90 for 1s and 2s, and 4s £1.59 and 5s 95p. Monkfish 1s were £1.50. Large tubs were £3.65/ be well-represented. saithe £2.12, squid £8.08, turbot £13.28, gutted £1.40 for 3s. Conger averaged £1.20 averaged £10.60, 2s £11.45, 3s kg and 2s £2.70. Turbot averaged Cod (79,712kg) was the top species, followed whiting £2.84 and round whiting £1.40 per kg. for 1s and 2s, and 3s were 50p. £10.88, 4s £10.33, 5s £8.63 and 6s £17.20/kg for 1s, 2s £15.70, 3s Cuttlefish 1s averaged £2.70/kg £4.06. Grey mullet 1s were £4.29, £14.40, 4s £12.20, 5s £10.70 and and 2s £2.40. Size 1 dabs averaged 2s were £3.55 and 3s £2.94. Red 6s £8.70. Large whiting averaged £2.40/kg and 2s were 70p. John mullet averaged £11.05/kg for 1s, £2.20/kg, 2s £1.80, 3s £1.20 and Dory 1s were £12.20/kg, 2s £11.90, 2s £10.50 and 3s were £5. Octopus 4s 55p. SPRING TIDE LIMITS NEWLYN NETTERS Monday’s auction was supplied with Demand was high, and good prices 0.1t of Dover sole, 0.2t lemon sole, 11t from one beamer, one netter were achieved for most species. 2.5t mackerel, 3t megrim sole, 2t and inshore boats. Highest-volume One beamer and inshore monkfish, 0.4t plaice and 0.1t of species were 0.2t of Dover sole, boats landed a volume of 7t on turbot. Demand was high for all 5.4t MSC hake, 2.6t mackerel, 0.5t Wednesday. Partly contributing to species throughout the sale. megrim sole, 0.1t pollack and 0.2t of this volume were 1t of cuttlefish, To finish the week, two beamers turbot. Top prices from the morning 0.7t Dover sole, 0.1t John Dory, and inshore boats landed 11.7t. were N3 Dover sole £19/kg, N3 0.2t mackerel, 2t megrim sole, 0.9t Contributing to this were 0.4t of hake £3.90/kg and large cuttlefish monkfish, 0.2t octopus and 0.1t of plaice, 2.1t monkfish, 2.9t megrim £4.20/kg. plaice. Most notable prices from the sole, 0.8t mackerel, 0.3t haddock, Tuesday’s volume of 2.9t was morning were N2 monkfish £12/kg, 0.6t Dover sole and 0.1t of brill. supplied solely by hand-line and N2 lemon sole £11/kg and N1 John Prices standing out from the morning inshore trawler fish. Due to the Dory £14.40/kg. were N1 lemon sole £12/kg, N2 John current spring tide, all local net boats On Thursday, 10t was landed Dory £14.19/kg and N3 bass £19/kg. were in harbour. Best volumes were by one beamer and inshore boats. The total volume auctioned for the ‡ The Whalsay trawler Venturous going alongside to land at Lerwick, ahead of 2.6t of mackerel and 0.1t of bass. Volumes worthy of mention were week was 42.6t. Valhalla. (Photo: Sydney Sinclair) 22 PORTS AND PRICES Visit us at fishingnews.co.uk and on Twitter @YourFishingNews 12 September 2019

PETERHEAD, WEEK Avg Max Max, Max, mth SCRABSTER, WED Min Max Max, Max, yr BRIXHAM, WEEK TO Kg Avg Avg, Avg, yr NEWLYN, FRIDAY Kg Avg Avg, Avg, yr TO 6 SEPTEMBER price/kg price/kg wk ago wk ago 4 SEPTEMBER price/kg price/kg wk ago ago 6 SEPTEMBER landed price/kg wk ago ago 6 SEPTEMBER landed price/kg wk ago ago

Catfish £3.61 £3.81 £4.27 £3.22 Chippers £1.00 £1.80 £1.99 Bass (1) 37 £19.01 £17.35 £15.16 Bass (2) 6 £16.87 £15.67 £12.96 Cod (A1) £3.59 £4.38 £4.19 £4.58 Cod £3.49 £3.49 £4.30 £2.70 Bass (2) 157 £18.83 £15.23 £15.58 Bass (3) 69 £16.62 £15.87 £12.96 Cod (A2) £3.45 £4.16 £4.00 £4.19 Hake £1.29 £2.57 £1.50 £1.99 Bass (3) 624 £15.77 £13.52 £14.19 Bass (4) 150 £13.75 £14.38 £12.14 Cod (A3) £2.92 £3.62 £3.42 £3.57 John Dory £6.50 £6.75 £7.93 Bass (4) 1,856 £11.35 £11.03 £11.55 Bass (5) 47 £11.42 £12.62 £11.89 Cod (A4) £2.56 £2.86 £2.94 £2.95 Lemon sole £1.00 £7.00 £4.00 £5.15 Bass (5) 1,368 £9.41 £10.59 £10.43 Blonde Ray (L) 30 £2.30 £1.66 £1.84 Cod (A5) £2.64 £2.97 £3.04 £3.06 Ling £1.75 £1.75 £1.88 Brill (1) 655 £11.62 £12.33 £9.24 Blonde Ray (M) 44 £2.02 £1.05 £1.31 Haddock (A1) £2.68 £3.10 £3.62 £3.55 Medium cod £2.86 £3.09 £3.45 Brill (2) 975 £7.53 £8.65 £7.08 Blonde Ray (S) 10 £0.50 £0.94 £0.63 Haddock (A2) £2.92 £3.52 £4.24 £4.09 Medium haddock £2.00 £2.00 £2.68 Brill (3) 1,815 £7.11 £8.50 £6.90 Blue Shark (9) 25 £0.50 - £0.47 Megrims £1.49 £1.54 £1.70 £3.96 Haddock (A3) £1.93 £2.96 £4.09 £3.69 Brill (4) 1,791 £6.00 £7.32 £6.38 Brill (1) 5 £12.47 £10.99 £9.67 Haddock chippers (A4) £1.30 £1.79 £2.54 £2.45 Monkfish £2.25 £3.93 £3.71 £4.51 Brill (5) 399 £2.88 £3.50 £4.77 Brill (2) 57 £12.61 £12.24 £10.34 Haddock metros (A4) £0.84 £1.18 £1.69 £1.78 Roker £1.00 £1.00 - Brill (3) 93 £7.72 £9.62 £8.04 Cock crabs 326 £5.39 £4.71 £4.52 Hake (A1) £3.45 £4.00 £4.28 £3.81 Saithe £1.00 £1.00 £0.90 Brill (4) 63 £6.72 £8.00 £7.32 Cod (1) 28 £4.76 - £3.13 Hake (A2) £3.33 £4.03 £3.70 £3.09 Selected cod £2.40 £2.40 £3.23 Brill (5) 10 £7.02 £3.60 £7.28 Cod (2) 34 £5.77 £4.42 £3.41 Hake (A3) £2.30 £3.07 £2.83 £2.08 Selected haddock £2.00 £2.00 £2.72 Cod (3) 13 £6.09 £6.00 £5.06 Hake (A4) £1.65 £2.14 £2.08 £1.78 Small cod £2.29 £2.40 £2.60 Cod (3) 23 £4.95 £3.97 £3.58 Cod (4) 62 £5.65 £5.19 £1.49 Hake (A5) £1.26 £1.40 £1.30 £1.38 Small haddock £1.55 £2.50 £2.40 Conger (1) 417 £1.27 £1.34 £0.82 Cod (5) 24 £3.23 £2.99 £2.64 Halibut £7.78 £8.82 £9.42 £6.85 Sprag £3.71 £4.17 £3.41 Conger (2) 96 £1.21 £0.97 £0.85 Cuckoo ray (M) 463 £1.30 £0.59 £1.06 Squid £0.33 £6.50 £6.05 Lemon sole (A1) £6.41 £9.57 £8.10 £7.25 Conger (3) 263 £0.31 £0.39 £0.23 Cuckoo ray (S) 190 £0.68 £0.42 £0.29 Lemon sole (A2) £4.50 £6.69 £5.29 £4.18 Cuttlefish (1) 24,793 £2.69 - - Cuttlefish (L) 166 £3.13 £3.18 £2.51 Lemon sole (A3) £2.64 £3.31 £2.85 £2.30 ICELAND (RSF), THURS Kg Avg Avg, Avg, 4 Cuttlefish (2) 39,427 £2.71 £2.64 £4.09 Cuttlefish (S) 215 £2.10 £2.69 £3.00 Ling (A1) £1.68 £1.82 £1.95 £1.81 5 SEPTEMBER landed price/kg wk ago wks ago Dogfish 14,080 £0.25 £0.26 £0.25 Dover sole (1) 131 £17.88 £18.43 £15.76 Ling (A2) £2.05 £2.18 £1.89 £2.21 Gurnard (2) 19 £3.41 £3.69 £2.41 Dover sole (2) 268 £18.13 £17.24 £15.62 Ling (A3) £2.01 £2.31 £1.96 £2.34 Blue ling (gutted) 1,277 £1.02 £0.94 £0.73 Gurnard (4) 9,137 £0.62 £0.61 £0.58 Dover sole (3) 702 £17.85 £14.71 £14.81 Megrim (A1) £4.50 £5.97 £6.52 £4.59 Blue ling (ungutted) 126 £1.63 £1.67 £2.02 Haddock (1) 162 £3.73 £3.38 £3.10 Dover sole (4) 870 £13.52 £13.45 £11.82 Megrim (A2) £3.12 £4.86 £4.06 £2.91 Catfish (gutted) 7,891 £2.00 £2.08 £2.42 Dover sole (5) 383 £10.00 £10.18 £10.38 Megrim (A3) £1.98 £3.22 £2.93 £2.38 Haddock (2) 40 £3.42 £2.89 £2.50 Catfish (ungutted) 739 £1.29 £1.14 £1.64 Grey mullet (2) 4 £4.69 - £3.00 Megrim (A4) £0.82 £1.21 £1.11 £0.59 Haddock (3) 7 £1.63 £0.83 £2.26 Cod (large, gutted) 19,073 £2.18 £1.79 £2.78 Grey mullet (3) 9 £3.00 - £2.50 Megrim (A4) £2.09 £2.52 £2.25 £1.04 Hake (2) 38 £3.88 £3.30 £4.04 Cod (large, ungutted) 157,079 £2.30 £2.19 £2.83 Gurnard and latchet (L) 76 £3.96 £4.08 £3.75 Monkfish (A1) £3.78 £4.43 £4.53 £4.21 Hake (3) 107 £4.03 £3.17 £3.91 Cod (small, gutted) 1,997 £1.36 £1.10 - Gurnard and latchet (M) 61 £3.63 £2.40 £1.49 Monkfish (A2) £4.45 £4.98 £5.07 £4.19 Hake (4) 334 £4.26 £2.95 £3.32 Cod (small, ungutted) 6,636 £1.07 £1.07 £1.40 Gurnard and latchet (S) 822 £0.56 £0.66 £0.58 Monkfish (A3) £4.68 £5.03 £5.31 £4.50 Hake (5) 1,102 £4.40 £2.35 £2.93 Dab (gutted) 1,036 £0.48 - - Haddock (1) 47 £4.61 £3.74 £3.38 Monkfish (A4) £4.25 £4.79 £5.26 £4.29 Greenland halibut (gutted) 1,068 £3.02 £1.69 £2.34 Hake (6) 1,598 £4.00 £1.86 £2.65 Haddock (2) 219 £4.63 £4.65 £2.97 Monkfish (A5) £3.24 £4.35 £4.71 £3.33 Haddock (large, gutted) 29,110 £1.36 £1.32 £1.61 Hake (7) 717 £2.55 £1.66 £2.12 Haddock (3) 134 £4.26 £5.05 £3.65 Plaice (A2) £3.16 £3.24 £3.62 £2.43 Haddock (large, ungutted) 84,817 £1.35 £1.51 £2.33 Hen crabs 1,603 £1.76 £2.14 £2.24 Haddock (4) 1 £0.50 £0.89 £1.90 Plaice (A3) £2.21 £2.89 £2.67 £1.86 Haddock (small, gutted) 2,834 £0.88 £0.86 - John Dory (1) 77 £14.24 £13.37 £12.33 Haddock (5) 1 £1.00 £0.86 £2.86 Plaice (A4) £1.58 £1.78 £1.97 £1.59 Haddock (small, ungutted) 687 £0.72 £1.00 £1.01 John Dory (2) 187 £12.88 £13.01 £11.51 Hake (0) 53 £0.47 £0.32 £0.71 Pollack (A2) £4.89 £5.07 £5.12 £4.94 Halibut (gutted) 203 £4.18 £5.30 £8.46 John Dory (3) 449 £10.25 £10.51 £7.01 Hake (1) 51 £3.70 £3.09 £3.61 Pollack (A3) £4.47 £4.61 £4.25 £4.29 Lemon sole (gutted) 4,276 £2.19 £2.44 £2.70 Lemon sole (1) 245 £9.65 £9.89 £9.69 Hake (2) 177 £3.58 £3.10 £3.24 Pollack (A4) £3.72 - - - Ling (gutted) 8,912 £1.32 £1.34 £1.61 Round Haddock £0.82 £0.94 £1.12 £1.66 Ling (ungutted) 3,139 £1.41 £1.44 £1.66 Lemon sole (2) 308 £10.49 £10.37 £10.00 Hake (3) 600 £3.90 £3.12 £3.34 Saithe (A1) £1.25 £1.66 £1.38 £1.25 Megrim (gutted) 767 £2.30 £1.57 £1.48 Lemon sole (3) 725 £9.74 £9.27 £9.06 Hake (4) 1,543 £3.59 £2.54 £3.20 Saithe (A2) £1.52 £1.72 £1.26 £1.31 Monkfish (gutted) 1,044 £3.27 £3.74 £4.08 Lemon sole (4) 1,405 £2.41 £2.25 £3.32 Hake (5) 2,295 £2.44 £2.06 £2.60 Saithe (A3) £1.35 £1.50 £1.18 £1.22 Plaice (gutted) 20,024 £2.15 £2.28 £2.25 Lemon sole (5) 515 £0.57 £0.51 £1.89 Hake (6) 475 £1.86 £1.75 £2.14 Saithe (A4) £1.22 £1.39 £1.10 £1.20 Redfish (ungutted) 16,328 £1.59 £1.43 £2.44 Line mackerel (1) 9 £4.61 £4.69 £1.97 John Dory (1) 5 £14.40 £11.26 £11.23 Squid fresh £5.43 £9.81 £9.96 £7.30 Saithe (gutted) 31,253 £1.05 £1.05 £0.83 Line mackerel (2) 45 £3.22 £3.72 £1.64 John Dory (2) 81 £13.68 £13.20 £11.07 John Dory (3) 175 £10.60 £9.88 £8.99 Turbot £14.46 £16.19 £13.69 £11.68 Saithe (ungutted) 11,523 £0.81 £0.79 £0.77 Line mackerel (3) 153 £1.55 £1.52 £0.66 John Dory (4) 67 £8.24 £7.49 £5.93 Skate (gutted) 98 £0.31 - - Lobster 108 £12.48 £13.69 £14.73 SHETLAND, WEEK Kg Avg Avg, Avg, yr John Dory (5) 37 £3.02 £3.73 £5.75 TO 6 SEPTEMBER landed price/kg wk ago ago Spotted catfish (gutted) 7,971 £1.64 £1.79 £2.46 Monkfish tails (1) 208 £11.01 £9.66 £9.69 Spotted catfish (ungutted) 292 £2.22 £2.00 £2.24 Lemon sole (1) 54 £11.78 £9.56 £9.31 Monkfish tails (2) 1,286 £10.61 £10.24 £10.18 Tusk (gutted) 474 £0.68 £0.76 £1.04 Lemon sole (2) 82 £11.25 £9.84 £8.66 Catfish 1,477 £3.37 - £3.37 Tusk (gutted) 474 £0.68 £0.76 £1.04 Monkfish tails (3) 1,052 £10.33 £10.31 £10.38 Lemon sole (3) 167 £10.17 £9.02 £8.62 Cod (2) 23,734 £3.49 £3.44 £3.49 Tusk (ungutted) 2,435 £0.45 £0.46 £0.50 Monkfish tails (4) 1,604 £10.16 £9.91 £10.14 Lemon sole (4) 255 £2.38 £2.22 £2.94 Cod (3) 22,028 £2.99 £3.46 £2.99 Whiting (gutted) 825 £0.75 - - Monkfish tails (5) 5,474 £7.58 £7.92 £9.34 Lemon sole (5) 110 £0.50 £0.55 £1.66 Cod (4) 17,044 £2.53 £2.89 £2.53 Whiting (ungutted) 159 £0.58 £0.69 £0.38 Monkfish tails (6) 1,205 £3.92 £4.00 £4.78 Ling (L) 40 £2.66 £2.17 £2.57 Cod (5) 10,652 £2.46 £2.51 £2.46 Witch (gutted) 2,323 £1.54 - - Octopus 1,913 £2.12 £2.07 £2.15 Ling (M) 75 £2.15 £2.84 £1.95 Cod (6) 3,971 £2.83 £2.37 £2.83 Witch (ungutted) 3,925 £1.52 - £0.67 Plaice (1) 2,191 £4.38 £4.28 £3.67 Lobster (M) 2 £11.80 £10.50 £8.93 Haddock (1) 4,549 £2.66 - £2.66 Mackerel (LM) 877 £3.04 £4.14 £2.12 Haddock (2) 7,625 £2.83 £2.82 £2.83 HANTSHOLM, WEEK Kg Avg Avg, Avg, 6m Plaice (2) 3,991 £3.36 £2.99 £2.51 Mackerel (M) 3,858 £1.19 £1.23 £1.40 Haddock (3) 14,107 £2.05 £3.29 £2.05 TO 6 SEPTEMBER landed price/kg wk ago ago Plaice (3) 7,024 £2.78 £2.78 £2.36 Mackerel (S) 5,685 £0.52 £0.54 £0.53 Haddock (4) 16,043 £1.46 £2.47 £1.46 Plaice (4) 7,690 £2.09 £2.06 £2.06 Haddock (5) 8,887 £0.93 £1.95 £0.93 Catfish (1) 859 £4.76 £4.09 £4.71 Plaice (5) 11,836 £1.67 £1.66 £1.86 Megrim (1) 93 £6.70 £6.03 £5.38 Haddock (round) 4,489 £0.75 £1.21 £0.75 Cod (0) 623 £5.15 £4.98 £5.22 Pollock (1) 44 £4.41 £4.25 £4.46 Megrim (2) 274 £5.75 £5.29 £4.62 Hake (2) 1,522 £3.59 - £3.59 Cod (1) 9,125 £5.08 £5.02 £5.19 Pollock (2) 44 £4.36 £4.96 £4.61 Megrim (3) 644 £4.64 £4.22 £4.13 Megrim (4) 1,138 £3.30 £3.04 £3.07 Hake (3) 7,941 £1.81 £2.94 £1.81 Cod (2) 17,895 £4.90 £4.48 £4.73 Pollock (3) 31 £3.68 £4.09 £3.28 Megrim (5) 2,639 £2.51 £2.47 £2.76 Hake (4) 7,114 £1.38 £2.19 £1.38 Cod (3) 41,023 £3.71 £3.13 £4.06 Ray wings (blonde, 1) 226 £4.68 £2.84 £4.57 Monkfish (1) 93 £11.11 £10.42 £10.26 Halibut (3) 292 £10.14 £10.25 £10.14 Cod (4) 27,310 £3.48 £2.96 £2.84 Ray wings (blonde, 2) 1,053 £3.56 £1.92 £3.28 Cod (5) 7,267 £3.03 £2.61 £2.26 Monkfish (2) 345 £11.47 £9.67 £10.60 Halibut (4) 186 £8.68 £10.01 £8.68 Ray wings (blonde, 3) 515 £3.23 £2.00 £2.76 John Dory 4 £4.99 - £4.99 Haddock (1) 4,770 £2.87 £2.54 £2.40 Monkfish (3) 1,222 £10.67 £9.78 £10.43 Ray wings (thornback, 2) 200 £2.58 £1.71 £2.28 Lemon sole (2) 434 £6.98 - £6.98 Haddock (2) 6,261 £2.07 £1.97 £1.68 Monkfish (4) 1,189 £10.64 £9.70 £10.22 Ray wings (thornback, 3) 533 £2.91 £1.19 £2.28 Lemon sole (4) 1,110 £2.34 £6.13 £2.34 Haddock (3) 2,068 £0.94 £1.44 £1.09 Monkfish (5) 2,375 £6.10 £5.89 £8.43 Ling 20,862 £1.71 - £1.71 Hake (0) 15,357 £4.42 £4.82 £2.40 Ray wings (thornback, 4) 654 £2.31 £0.72 £0.47 Octopus (L) 37 £2.50 £4.40 £3.02 Lythe 1,651 £3.61 - £3.61 Hake (1) 30,079 £3.64 £3.55 £2.11 Red mullet (1) 45 £4.00 £2.67 £3.50 Octopus (M) 332 £2.15 £1.98 £2.55 Mackerel 17,730 £0.80 - £0.80 Hake (2) 62,224 £2.33 £2.36 £1.82 Red mullet (2) 46 £2.71 £3.02 £2.28 Octopus (S) 351 £2.20 £1.00 £2.38 Megrim (2) 6,160 £5.81 - £5.81 Hake (3) 13,937 £1.43 £1.54 £1.17 Red mullet (3) 15 £11.97 £12.73 £10.39 Pilchard/Sardines (1) 240 £0.81 - £0.46 Megrim (3) 3,874 £4.66 £4.94 £4.66 Lemon sole (1) 482 £5.38 £4.74 £4.78 Round pouting 11,707 £0.45 £0.42 £0.43 Pilchard/Sardines (2) 480 £0.52 £0.87 £0.59 Megrim (4) 3,564 £3.22 £4.09 £3.22 Lemon sole (2) 1,476 £4.42 £4.68 £4.79 Scallop (2) 3,213 £5.49 £3.94 £4.74 Plaice (1) 317 £3.82 £3.13 £4.24 Monkfish (1) 611 £3.47 - £3.47 Lemon sole (3) 1,523 £2.30 £2.32 £3.40 Scallop meat 1,632 £11.50 - £14.00 Plaice (2) 135 £3.43 £2.99 £3.53 Ling (1) 3,812 £2.42 £2.28 £2.01 Monkfish (2) 5,039 £4.03 £3.50 £4.03 Sole (1) 618 £16.81 £17.63 £16.39 Plaice (3) 229 £3.59 £2.82 £3.43 Ling (2) 9,554 £1.64 £1.96 £1.96 Monkfish (3) 7,701 £4.63 £4.28 £4.63 Sole (2) 1,294 £17.62 £17.20 £15.58 Plaice (4) 238 £2.31 £1.81 £2.03 Ling (3) 7,751 £1.61 £1.63 £1.78 Monkfish (4) 2,668 £4.47 £4.62 £4.47 Sole (3) 1,238 £18.63 £18.55 £15.81 Pollack, lythe (1) 15 £5.97 £5.15 £5.44 Monkfish (5) 1,183 £3.46 £4.46 £3.46 Megrim 3,497 £1.29 £1.59 £2.05 Pollack, lythe (2) 113 £3.98 £6.02 £5.26 Sole (4) 2,037 £17.93 £17.74 £12.37 Monkfish (6) 273 £2.07 £3.38 £2.07 Monkfish (1) 3,856 £4.63 £4.86 £4.36 Pollack, lythe (3) 33 £3.87 £5.18 £3.89 Sole (5) 1,643 £16.33 £15.53 £9.97 Plaice (2) 2,209 £2.88 - £2.88 Monkfish (2) 7,187 £4.92 £5.06 £4.43 Pollack, lythe (4) 27 £3.01 £3.36 £2.46 Sole (6) 2,210 £13.43 £13.26 £7.94 Plaice (3) 2,343 £2.36 £2.84 £2.36 Monkfish (3) 6,763 £4.92 £5.22 £4.47 Pout whiting, pouting, bib (m) 405 £0.45 £0.43 £0.28 Plaice (4) 2,336 £1.34 £2.25 £1.34 Monkfish (4) 2,799 £4.79 £5.16 £4.46 Squid (1) 79 £10.88 £9.13 £9.67 Pout whiting, pouting, bib (S) 2 £0.30 - £0.19 Saithe (2) 2,386 £1.45 - £1.45 Monkfish (5) 435 £2.74 £3.03 £3.41 Squid (2) 397 £9.88 £8.50 £9.42 Red mullet (1) 7 £12.20 £11.00 £13.08 Plaice (1) 3,921 £3.59 £3.11 £2.58 Saithe (3) 9,090 £1.25 £1.26 £1.25 Squid (mix) 910 £8.11 £6.57 £9.05 Red mullet (2) 7 £11.80 £9.10 £12.66 Plaice (2) 5,339 £3.65 £3.18 £2.58 Saithe (4) 18,830 £1.12 - £1.12 Turbot (1) 265 £20.89 £22.61 £18.73 Red mullet (3) 4 £7.68 £10.40 £7.45 Plaice (3) 7,175 £2.86 £2.40 £2.54 Skate 2,428 £0.89 - £0.89 Turbot (2) 458 £17.92 £18.29 £15.50 Saithe (2) 247 £1.51 £1.56 £1.54 Plaice (4) 16,715 £2.21 £2.21 £2.41 Skate, mixed 334 £0.61 £0.08 £0.61 Turbot (3) 512 £16.94 £14.75 £15.50 Saithe (4) 11 £0.79 - £0.90 Pollack (2) 1,722 £5.41 £4.70 £4.96 Skate, roker 69 £0.86 £0.85 £0.86 Turbot (4) 898 £13.60 £13.27 £13.41 Scallops 96 £1.27 £1.68 £1.28 Squid 3,740 £4.42 - £4.42 Pollack (3) 4,069 £4.33 £4.05 £4.19 Pollack (4) 594 £3.46 £3.54 £3.40 Turbot (5) 2,181 £9.64 £10.27 £11.05 Shagreen ray (L) 20 £1.50 £1.13 £1.60 Turbot 113 £12.54 - £12.54 Turbot (6) 666 £7.52 £8.89 £7.88 Shagreen ray (M) 29 £1.65 £1.10 £1.18 Whiting (2) 1,935 £2.31 - £2.31 Saithe (1) 17,307 £1.77 £1.63 £1.25 Whelks 637 £1.35 - £1.30 Shagreen ray (S) 20 £0.52 £0.43 £0.50 Whiting (3) 4,703 £1.76 £2.47 £1.76 Saithe (2) 31,009 £1.77 £1.61 £1.17 Saithe (3) 108,222 £1.70 £1.43 £1.00 Whiting (1) 35 £3.20 £2.63 £2.28 Small-eyed ray (L) 62 £2.63 £1.11 £2.49 Whiting (4) 335 £0.49 £1.88 £0.49 Smoothhound (L) 20 £0.50 - £0.39 Whiting, round 28,555 £0.86 £0.51 £0.86 Saithe (4) 133,191 £1.57 £1.34 £0.83 Whiting (2) 75 £1.59 £1.23 £1.53 Squid 2,068 £3.83 £4.42 £6.47 Whiting (3) 149 £1.10 £1.18 £0.72 Smoothhound (M) 72 £0.32 £0.34 £0.26 GRIMSBY, THURSDAY Min Max Max, Max, yr Turbot (0) 56 £17.62 £18.34 £17.88 Squid (L) 25 £11.00 £10.39 £9.70 5 SEPTEMBER price/kg price/kg wk ago ago Turbot (1) 122 £12.73 £16.37 £13.83 LOWESTOFT, WEEK Min Max Max, Max, yr Squid (M) 63 £11.33 £9.90 £9.74 TO 6 SEPTEMBER price/kg price/kg mnth ago ago Turbot (2) 95 £11.36 £13.48 £12.80 Turbot (1) 7 £10.00 - 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Cod (1) £3.20 £3.30 £3.00 £3.50 Turbot (2) 5 £12.00 £19.90 £17.38 Turbot (3) 396 £9.28 £9.16 £9.68 Bass £9.00 £12.50 £17.00 £14.13 Cod (2) £3.20 £3.40 £3.00 £3.17 Turbot (3) 47 £15.09 £18.35 £16.45 Turbot (4) 413 £4.31 £5.07 £6.67 Brill £7.00 £10.00 £13.50 - Turbot (4) 35 £13.44 £14.37 £14.49 Cod (3) £2.60 £3.00 £2.30 £2.88 Whiting (1) 424 £1.33 £1.61 £1.48 Dover sole £5.00 £19.00 £19.00 £15.50 Haddock (best) £2.30 £3.00 £3.00 £2.70 Whiting (2) 431 £1.42 £1.38 £1.64 Grey mullet £1.50 £2.50 £3.00 £2.00 Turbot (5) 64 £12.17 £11.85 £13.54 Haddock (jumbo) £1.80 £2.40 £2.20 £2.60 Whiting (3) 638 £1.68 £1.42 £1.61 Lobster £8.00 £15.50 £15.00 £15.00 Turbot (6) 117 £8.65 £11.53 £11.95 Haddock (large) £1.80 £2.40 £2.20 £2.58 Witch (1) 691 £3.51 £3.32 £3.44 Makerel £2.50 £2.50 £0.00 £2.50 Whiting (1) 17 £2.14 £2.21 £1.72 Haddock (medium) £1.80 £2.40 £2.40 £2.75 Witch (2) 1,931 £2.23 £2.12 £2.38 Skate £1.00 £2.80 £2.50 £3.05 Whiting (2) 48 £1.53 £2.06 £1.01 Haddock (small) £0.80 £1.30 £2.00 £1.60 Witch (3) 1,082 £0.88 £0.78 £1.10 Turbot £7.00 £10.00 £0.00 £14.00 Whiting (3) 35 £0.63 £0.73 £0.64 12 September 2019 Join Fishing News on Facebook http://on.fb.me/fishingnews PORTS AND PRICES 23 UK fish landings and prices, latest 12 months and previous year comparisons UK landings into UK ports (£m) 450 UK landings into UK ports (t'000) 800 3.00 UK landings into UK ports (£ per kg) 400 700 2.50 350 600 300 2.00 500 250 400 1.50 200 300 150 1.00 200 100 0.50 50 100 0 0 0.00 Demersal Pelagic Shellfish All fish Demersal Pelagic Shellfish All fish Demersal Pelagic Shellfish All fish 12m to Jun-19 12m to Jun-18 12m to Jun-19 12m to Jun-18 12m to Jun-19 12m to Jun-18 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-19 12m to Jun-18 Haddock Cod Monkfish Hake Saithe Pollack Haddock Cod Monkfish Hake Saithe Pollack 12m to Jun-19 12m to Jun-18 12m to Jun-19 12m to Jun-18 UK landings into UK ports (t'000) 3.5 UK landings into UK ports (£m) UK landings into UK ports (£ per kg) 20 12.00 3.0 18 16 10.00 2.5 14 8.00 2.0 12 10 6.00 1.5 8 1.0 6 4.00 4 0.5 2.00 2 0.0 0 0.00 Sole Lemon sole Turbot Bass Brill Megrim 12m to Jun-19 12m to Jun-18 Sole Lemon sole Turbot Bass Brill Megrim Sole Lemon sole Turbot Bass Brill Megrim 12m to Jun-19 12m to Jun-18 12m to Jun-19 12m to Jun-18 UK landings into UK ports (t'000) 14 UK landings into UK ports (£m) 16 2.50 UK landings into UK ports (£ per kg) 12 14 2.00 10 12 10 8 1.50 8 6 6 1.00 4 4 2 0.50 2 0 0 0.00 Whiting Plaice Ling Skates & rays Gurnard Witch 12m to Jun-19 12m to Jun-18 Whiting Plaice Ling Skates & rays Gurnard Witch Whiting Plaice Ling Skates & rays Gurnard Witch 12m to Jun-19 12m to Jun-18 12m to Jun-19 12m to Jun-18 UK landings into UK ports (t'000) UK landings into UK ports (£m) UK landings into UK ports (£ per kg) 100 100 1.40 90 90 1.20 80 80 70 70 1.00 60 60 0.80 50 50 40 40 0.60

30 30 0.40 20 20 0.20 10 10 0 0 0.00 Mackerel Herring Other pelagic Mackerel Herring Other pelagic Mackerel Herring Other pelagic 12m to Jun-19 12m to Jun-18 12m to Jun-19 12m to Jun-18 12m to Jun-19 12m to Jun-18

UK landings into UK ports (t'000) UK landings into UK ports (£ per kg) 30 100 UK landings into UK ports (£m) 16.00 90 14.00 25 80 12.00 20 70 10.00 60 15 50 8.00 40 6.00 10 30 4.00 5 20 2.00 10 0 0 0.00 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-19 12m to Jun-18 12m to Jun-19 12m to Jun-18 12m to Jun-19 12m to Jun-18 Source: MMO 24 CLASSIFIEDS Visit us at fishingnews.co.uk and on Twitter @YourFishingNews 12 September 2019 CLASSIFIEDS INSURANCE ELECTRONICS LIFERAFTS NOZZLES & PROPELLERS

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Swan receives fantastic reception in Faroe The historic sailing Fifie Swan read extracts from his book, recently returned to Shetland The Cod Hunters, about the from a 12-day trip to Faroe many Faroese fishermen who where, as always, the crew and used to crew onboard the passengers were made very Shetland cod smacks, and welcome by the Faroese. the many smacks that were Although Swan is a regular eventually sold to Faroe. Busy syncrolift and new build visitor to Faroe, this trip had The Suduroy event was near completion at Mooney Boats a special theme, celebrating rather special as it took place See page 5 the strong historical fishing in the Thomsen sail loft, which links between the Faroese and was where the Shetlanders the Shetlanders. Local author used to buy cheap brandy and John Goodlad was onboard, tobacco to smuggle back to and he spoke at three events Shetland. The audience was in Faroe about the time when enthralled to learn just how many Shetlanders fished for huge and well-organised the cod around Faroe from sailing smuggling operation had been. smacks. Such was the interest in Large crowds of Faroese the visit and the story, John attended the events in Goodlad was interviewed by a Torshavn, Sandoy and Faroese television crew while ‡ The Cod Hunters author John Goodlad with Swan volunteer Suduroy, where John Goodlad onboard. Local councils in crew members Peter Robertson, Ian Nicholson and Bob Clunes. Boat of the week – Celestial Dawn BF 109 See page 7 both Torshavn and Suduroy type which would once have also hosted receptions for the been around Shetland, Faroe author and the Swan crew, to and Scotland, we now only recognise the close historical know of two of Swan’s size ties between Faroe and in existence, and Swan is the Shetland, especially at the time only one currently operational of the cod fishery. as a sailing boat. The Swan Published last year, The Cod Trust is dedicated to keeping Hunters is a fascinating and Shetland’s historic sailing boat well-written narrative of the afloat, and I cannot think of many stories from this period, a better cause to which to and all proceeds from the sale donate the proceeds from the of the book, many copies of sale of my book.” which were sold while in Faroe, The Swan Trust is very Cromer crabs – feeling the pinch are donated to the Swan Trust. grateful to John Goodlad for See pages 8 - 11 Author John Goodlad said: his donation, and to all the “I know how costly it is to various organisations and maintain old wooden boats, individuals who help to support and Swan is no exception, but I their objectives. To find out also know how vital it is to keep more about how to support ‡ Swan moored in Faroe during a highly successful 12-day visit our fishing heritage alive. From Swan, visit their website: last month. the hundreds of boats of this swantrust.com Seafish Fleet Survey researcher’s diary 7: Thinking outside the box by Seafish fleet researcher Ross Blakemore Inshore Corner: Refit of the During my time as a field responses to a consultation ensure a sustainable future, by legendary Devon crabber Excel researcher for Seafish, I’ve suggest that it has been broadly protecting stocks and economic DH 17 See pages 16 - 18 had the privilege of meeting welcomed by both the mobile returns for local fishermen. fishermen working in rural and and static sectors. As well as The wellbeing of coastal areas urban coastal areas. Last week, complying with the standards and the management of inshore I was in Mull and Argyll, and of the zone, fishermen have fisheries will be discussed in met fishermen who have worked been instrumental in trialling more depth at the conference together to create a zone in different scientific approaches. on ‘The Future of Our Inshore which to trial different methods One example is crab tagging, Fisheries’ next month. Inshore of sustainable fishing. which in due course will reveal fishermen from across the UK Dubbed ‘the crabbing box’, it key insights into the movements are encouraged to join with has involved fishermen working of brown crab (Cancer pagurus). policy-makers, regulators and together to manage their fishing While the crabbing box is researchers at this unique event, ‡ Seafishfleet researcher effort. Mobile-gear fishermen a relatively small-scale project which aims to discuss issues Ross Blakemore. are excluded from the zone from that can only remain sustainable around inshore fisheries and October to January, with many within the established limits (five establish a blueprint for their the UK into September, talking static fishers choosing to avoid creelers with up to 300 creels future management. Find out to skippers and vessel owners Rose of Sharon moved in the area at other times to reduce each), it does offer opportunities more – including about available for the annual Fleet Survey. preparation for being broken up the risk of gear conflict and loss. for the wider industry to learn bursary funding – on the Seafish Visit Seafish’s website to find See page 19 The crabbing box has had from. It’s a great example of website. out more about the survey and a good first year and, while how good communication Seafish’s fleet researchers when they will be in your area SEE INSIDE! support for it is not universal, and collaboration can help to continue to visit ports across at: bit.ly/30mosPX