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TURN TO PAGE 2 FOR THE FULL N SEA COD IN TROUBLE REPORT Historic Reaper returns to Anstruther to mark REGIONAL NEWS Scottish Fisheries Museum’s 50th anniversary Trawlermen: Celebs at Sea

Reaper enters Anstruther harbour to kick- Widespread acclaim for Channel start the Scottish Fisheries Museum’s 50th 5’s Genesis documentary anniversary celebrations. (Photos: Thomas Gourlay) Three well-known celebrities from very different backgrounds – chef Antony Worrall Thompson, Boyzone’s Shane Lynch and former England World Cup-winning rugby player Ben Cohen – were thrown in at the deep end last week in Channel 5’s TV documentary, Trawlermen: Celebs at Sea, reports David Linkie. The three celebrities joined skipper Alan Watt and the crew of the 27.5m twin-rig trawler Genesis BF 515 at Macduff for a 10-day trip fishing into the North Atlantic that included a half-landing at Scrabster. Over 1.1m people were reported to have watched the first two-hour episode. The two-part programme has been described as Channel 5’s most dangerous reality series, and was widely acclaimed by viewers. Further details in Fishing News next week.

The Scottish Fisheries Museum welcomed home its flagship, the historic sailing Fifie Reaper, on Thursday, 4 July, 50 years to the day from when the museum first opened its doors to help celebrate the rich heritage of Scotland’s fishing industry, reports David Linkie. Reaper’s return to Anstruther after an extended period away from her home port for major restoration work, carried out by Babcock International at its Rosyth facilities, was an emotional day for everyone associated with the Scottish Fisheries Museum. The 70ft herring drifter Reaper was built by J&G Forbes of Sandhaven in 1901. ‡ Reaper approaching Anstruther on completion of major Ben Cohen, Antony Worrall Thompson and Shane Lynch, continues on page 20 hull restoration work by Babcock International at Rosyth. ready for their 10-day working trip on Genesis BF 515.

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Freephone 0800 121 4765 www.seafarersupport.org 2 NEWS Visit us at fishingnews.co.uk and on Twitter @YourFishingNews 11 July 2019 ICES advises huge cut in N Sea cod TAC ‘Hammer blow’ says Scottish leader ICES is advising that the North Sea cod TAC should be cut by almost two-thirds in 2020 to achieve MSY, reports Tim Oliver

The 64% cut advice follows a in 2017, that North Sea cod the TAC when it published the 33% cut in the TAC this year, achieved MSC accreditation as official advice Fishing( News, 27 and with the discards ban fully a sustainably fished stock, with June, ‘North Sea cod cut fears’). in force, raises fears that cod enough mature fish to keep the They expressed deep concern could choke at the advice, but the North said the industry Sea demersal The primary cause of this twist of would do everything fishery next necessary to year. fortune, the scientists tell us, is related to recover the stock. Poor climate change and regime shift Mike Park, recruitment, “ chairman of the probably due to climate change, stock at healthy levels. This is now Scottish Fisheries Sustainable is given as the main reason for almost certain to be withdrawn. Accreditation Group (SFSAG), the stock decline, as well as There is also a danger that said: “The latest ICES advice increasing fishing mortality. other species in the mixed North on North Sea“ cod is a hammer One industry leader Sea fishery, such as haddock, blow to an industry that has described the advice as ‘a whiting, saithe, hake and plaice, been instrumental, over the hammer blow’, while another could also lose their MSC past decade, in rebuilding this said ‘disappointing’ was not accreditation. stock, to the point where Marine “There’s nae justice... after all we’ve done tae counteract adequate to describe the advice. Industry leaders have been Stewardship Council (MSC) It is particularly disappointing aware for some weeks that ICES accreditation was achieved two bloody global warming... they’re going tae cut oor cod by as it was only two years ago, was set to advise a heavy cut in years ago. 62%***!!... it’d fair mak you spit.” “The primary cause of this twist of fortune, the scientists tell Poor recruitment behind cut us, is related to climate change is necessary to help restore the dramatically increase the risk of In its official advice, ICES keep the stock healthy. The and regime shift, which may be stock.” chokes in 2020.” says that when the maximum decrease in fishing mortality in having a real and very significant NFFO chief executive Barrie He said that a gradual sustainable yield (MSY) the 2000s led to an increase in negative impact on the essential Deas said: “Disappointment is approach to the problem would approach is applied, catches the number of older fish in the elements that lead to good almost inadequate as a term deliver better results in the long in 2020 should be no more population, but this trend has recruitment. to describe the news that once term, rather than ‘big bang’ than 10,457t – a reduction of a reversed in recent years, with “That means that the situation again, the iconic North Sea cod measures. huge 64% on this year’s TAC poorer survival to older ages. is not fully within our control. stock is in trouble. After a decade “More intelligent ways of of 29,437t. The TAC in 2018 ICES says it is uncertain However, the industry remains and a half in which the stock avoiding concentrations of cod was 43,156t. if, and to what extent, the 100% committed to sustainable has been slowly but steadily are likely to have more effect The scientific body says discontinuation of the days- catching, and is united in its desire increasing, the biomass is again than drastic TAC cuts and effort that spawning stock biomass at-sea regulation in 2017 to do what it takes to rebuild the in steep decline. control. There will be intense (SSB) has fallen well below – part of the cod recovery cod stock. The sector has already “The concern now is that the efforts this autumn to design the safe biological limit of plan – has had an impact on engaged internally to map out the cod quota will be out of alignment and agree effective measures, 150,000t. The main reason the recent decline of the cod next important steps.” with the TACs for haddock, fleet by fleet, to minimise given for the large reduction is stock. SFF chief executive Bertie whiting, saithe and plaice in the catches of cod and to reverse poor recruitment to the stock The EU has agreed a multi- Armstrong said: “There’s no mixed North Sea fishery, and will the observed decline.” since 1998, with the spawning annual management plan escaping the fact that this stock biomass decreasing (MAP) for North Sea cod, unexpected downturn in the cod since 2015. but management is shared stock will be damaging for our Greens call for action The reasons for the decline with Norway, which has not fleet. Leading green groups WWF, response’ from governments. are unclear. “Further work is adopted the plan. It is not “However, we have proved ClientEarth and the Marine “Ministers must listen to required to investigate climate therefore used as the basis of before, and we will prove Conservation Society (MCS) scientific advice and take change, biological, and the advice for the shared cod again, that through a series have written a joint letter immediate steps to address fisheries effects. Recruitment stock. of responsible, practicable to environment secretary the dangers of overfishing has declined and remains low The EU and Norway have measures to be agreed with Michael Gove and the and poor management of the in all areas,” says ICES. requested an evaluation government fisheries managers, Scottish government to discards ban on dwindling Fishing mortality has also of multiple management we can overcome the challenge demand that urgent steps are cod stocks,” she said. increased since 2016, and is strategies, which are currently – albeit that this time, as we taken to ensure the recovery “North Sea cod has a above the level required to under consideration. understand it, climate change is a of North Sea cod. crucial role to play in a healthy very significant factor. Helen McLachlan, fisheries ocean, and such dramatic “The fishing industry has a long programme manager at WWF, declines in this top predator Cuts in other N Sea stocks and noble tradition of adapting said the cod decline was ‘a species can have serious to the ever-shifting dynamics of real crisis’ and that fixing it consequences for the whole ICES has advised cuts in the says ICES. the natural world, and while it would require ‘an emergency marine ecosystem.” other main species caught in For whiting, ICES advises won’t be easy, we will do what the North Sea mixed fishery in that when the MSY approach 2020, based on MSY levels. is applied, catches in 2020 The haddock stock is should be no more than Cut raises stakes for distant-waters deal healthy and SSB is above 22,082t, a cut of 13% from UK Fisheries, which operates heeded its call for access to Barney said. the MSY level. Nevertheless, this year’s TAC. the distant-waters trawler UK markets for non-EU players “It’s vital for the inshore a cut of 11.1% to 30,228t is The saithe stock is healthy Kirkella H 7, said that ICES’ to be traded only for access fleet that we do everything advised – again, like cod, due and fishing pressure is at recommendation of a 64% to, for example, the Norwegian possible to help stocks in the to continued low recruitment. MSY level, but the advice is cut for the North Sea cod waters in which the UK distant- UK EEZ recover quickly. But Recruitment has tended to that catches in 2020 should 2020 TAC increases pressure waters fleet fishes. if the distant-waters fleet is be consistently lower since be no more than 88,093t, a on the UK government to “It’s alarming to see just prevented from operating in 2000 than it was before then. reduction of 15%. protect access to the northern how quickly North Sea cod a post-Brexit world, then the Haddock is noted for relying Plaice is similarly healthy, distant waters in the event of a stocks have dwindled, and balance will have to be made on occasional large year- but ICES advises a cut of 8% no-deal Brexit. while they are recovering, it’s up from imports, which only classes entering the fishery, to 131,439t. Sir Barney White-Spunner, all the more important that we benefits foreign fleets. The such as in 2014, but ‘the No advice has been advisory board chairman of the don’t give away UK market government needs to change magnitude of these strong published yet for northern Hull-based operator, said that access without protecting its negotiating strategy now,” year classes is decreasing’, hake. neither DIT nor DEFRA had yet our distant-waters fleet,” Sir he said. 11 July 2019 Join Fishing News on Facebook http://on.fb.me/fishingnews NEWS 3 Call for action as static gear blocks off Shetland grounds Skippers in Shetland are predominantly Spanish and limited this type of fishing, and it’s Shetland Fishermen’s demanding urgent action on French skippers. about time the UK and Scottish Association executive officer gill-net and longline fishing by Many gill-netters leave their governments did so too.” Simon Collins said: “At a time overseas vessels, because of the nets in position when they steam Gordon Irvine, skipper of when the public is rightly amount of plastic debris they are south to Ullapool to land, denying Defiant LK 371, said that the concerned about the amount of leaving behind in the sea. access to local boats that have number of gill-netters and plastic dumped in the sea, it is Scores of local boats have fished these waters for decades. longliners in local waters had particularly galling for our skippers hauled up fine-mesh twine in their Working on grounds 30-50 doubled in the past two years. to be forced off local fishing own nets, and at least one had miles west of Shetland, Alison Kay “The problem is their attitude. grounds by vessels that leave so to sail for home for costly repairs skipper James Anderson said: They seem to think we can just much rubbish behind them. after its propeller was fouled by “We’ve been fishing here for the move on, but they shoot their “In the past few months, the longlines. past 10 years, but this year, there gear wherever they like, and many problem has intensified, as they ‡ Monofilament netting, The problem is being was a line of three boats with times, it boxes us in and we have have come closer to our shores. abandoned by foreign vessels, put exacerbated by a lack of proper enough nets to cover the whole to steam clear. If we tried anything “They seem unconcerned ashore in Shetland by the local communication, and often area. like that off Spain or France, there about the plastic debris that they whitefish trawler Alison Kay LK aggressive behaviour by the “All in all, there were 10 would be an outcry.” are polluting the seas with – really 57. German-flagged Spanish boats The Defiant had to make for fine mesh and lines that pollute with no track record of fishing Baltasound and employ divers to our waters, harm wildlife, and foul range of resources, including our here, taking up, I reckon, 200 remove longlines last year after its our boats. network of coastal offices and square miles. propeller was fouled. “Equally, many of them experienced compliance officers, “In years gone by, they may “We had just been in landing, have behaved in a needlessly to manage the monitoring of have been here, but there were and when we went back out, the aggressive manner. vessels and aircraft to investigate fewer of them, and they were longliners had moved to where we “We urge the Scottish and enforce compliance. much further out, much deeper. had been fishing before. government to regulate these “Scotland continues to They’re aggressive, too, telling “We were steaming, and one vessels’ access to our waters, lead the way in protecting our us, ‘This is the area we fish, keep of them came in far too close. We as soon as it can do so once marine environments, and we clear for 90 days.’ weren’t sure if he shot his lines we leave the CFP, as part of the are committed to improving “We’ve lost a lot of fishing across us, or how it got into the normal cycle of negotiations monitoring and tracking because of this, and because they propeller, but we spoke to him and between coastal states. In the technologies, as outlined in the leave the gear, we get caught in shot clear of his gear. meantime, we need the authorities Programme for Government. it and have to haul it up. It’s fine- “When the boys went to bed, to use the powers they do have to “In the event of an EU exit, our ‡ Longlines removed from the mesh plastic – a right mess. they could feel the vibration in the limit the damage.” relationship with fleets of differing propeller of the Whalsay trawler “The Icelandic and Norwegian cabin, so we heaved and went into A Scottish government nationalities will be considered by Defiant. governments have severely Baltasound to get the divers.” spokesperson said: “We use a negotiators.” Irish industry warns government on reintroducing penalty points without recourse to appeal Irish fishing industry organisations applies to serious breaches of “We will take the minister on to take onboard many of the having the criminal system have warned Ireland’s marine EU fisheries legislation, and Irish anywhere and everywhere if recommendations raised in last and the civil system, you’ve minister Michael Creed that they industry organisations have said there is no recourse to appeal, year’s Dáil debate on the issue’ in something in between which will ‘take him on anywhere and they have no issues with it in and points remain on a licence putting forward the new SI. is a sanctions regime,” he was everywhere’ if he reintroduces principle, once it is fair in practice. if a fisherman is exonerated,” Mr Last year, Ireland’s attorney reported to have said, speaking a system of penalty points for The government has made O’Donnell said. general Séamus Woulfe warned at a lunch in March 2018 commercial fishing breaches three attempts since 2014 to Industry organisations which that a new penalty points organised by the Association of without recourse to an appeal, transpose the system into Irish had been briefed by Mr Creed on system aimed at fishermen who European Journalists. reports Lorna Siggins. law by way of statutory instrument 4 July were united in their views, engaged in illegal, unreported or Mr Woulfe said that many Mr Creed outlined the options (SI), with the latest wording in May he said. unregulated fishing could face a people had queried whether to his fellow cabinet members 2018 permitting an appeal to the Mr Creed has said that Ireland Supreme Court challenge, and somebody accused of on 4 July, and wording for a new High Court. could lose out on up to £33m described the legislation then as wrongdoing should be entitled penalty points statutory instrument However, there was criticism of (€37m) from the European ‘controversial’ and ‘difficult’. to a jury trial. “The answer is is currently being prepared. its failure to allow sufficient time Maritime and Fisheries Fund if “The EU loves these things ‘no’ under the EU system, so Deputy leader of the Irish for appeal, and the fact that points penalty points legislation is not about sanctions regimes. Instead we’re going to have trips to the parliament Pat the Cope Gallagher would remain on a licence even if put in place. of just prosecuting people and Supreme Court about all of that.” also said he was ‘very surprised’ a fisherman was cleared in court. However, Mr Gallagher said that Mr Creed planned to table It became the first statutory that if the Irish government was new legislation on the issue instrument in the Irish state’s so concerned about this funding, without consulting opposition history to fall in a vote, and Irish ‘where was it for the last 14 parties. Fish Producers’ Organisation chief months’ since he had tabled Arthur Cook However, a spokesman for executive Francis O’Donnell said alternative legislation. Mr Creed said there would be that the industry was confident Mr Gallagher said he had not Arthur S Cook, who dedicated his career to the fishing communication with Mr Gallagher, that opposition parties Fianna Fáil received a response over that 14 industry, and who was a proud member of the Fishmonger’s who had put forward his own and Sinn Féin and independent months to his alternative wording. Company, died on 11 June. His funeral service will take place alternative legislation last year. politicians understood the A spokesman for Mr Creed on Friday, 12 July at 2.30pm at Haltemprice Crematorium, The EU penalty points system industry’s continuing concerns. said he was ‘endeavouring Main Street, Willerby, Hull HU10 6BP. Crew shortages tie up two of Ireland’s nine navy fishery protection vessels Two of Ireland’s nine Naval have been docked. defence and security high rents and lack of proper no-deal Brexit, and EU vessels Service fishery patrol vessels In a statement, Ireland’s operations carried out by the accommodation at the Naval with quotas in British waters will remain tied up indefinitely defence forces press office said Naval Service,” it said. Service headquarters in Cork move into Irish waters. due to crew shortages, as that the flag officer commanding “The Naval Service intends harbour. The LÉ Orla and LÉ Ciara military staff leave for better- the Naval Service is ‘currently to consolidate its resources An Irish government were both purchased from paid jobs elsewhere, reports managing the consolidation of and redistribute its personnel committee was told last week Britain, which had used them as Lorna Siggins. Naval Service assets’. to robustly man its assets. All that the Irish Naval Service was coastal patrol vessels off Hong A £9m (€10.1m) package of “This is due to ongoing ships will remain as fully in a ‘dire state’, with personnel Kong. The LÉ Ciara will remain in increases in military salaries and personnel challenges,” it commissioned military units, ‘probably at its lowest level ever’. service, along with the fleet’s six allowances, approved by Irish said, and also due to the Irish with all of the associated Ireland’s Naval Service other ships, four of which were government ministers last week, defence forces’ commitment administration and management fishery patrol fleet had grown commissioned in the past five is not expected to ease the to ‘valuing our personnel, their in place,” the statement said. from seven to nine ships in years. crewing crisis in the short term. welfare and safety’. Irish defence force unions had the past decade, and works The service’s most recently Two ships, the LÉ Eithne “Military authorities warned of the impact of pay and with the Irish Sea Fisheries commissioned ship, the LÉ helicopter patrol vessel, which continue to examine all conditions, with Naval Service Protection Authority on offshore George Bernard Shaw, is the has been in service since 1984, recommendations and options, personnel forced to sleep on fishery protection. Its assets fourth in the P60 class of ships and the LÉ Orla coastal patrol with the aim of maximising the ships during time off, due to are expected to come under built by Babcock Marine at vessel, in service since 1988, effectiveness of the maritime a combination of low wages, increasing pressure if there is a Appledore Shipyard in Devon. 4 COMMENT/NEWS Visit us at fishingnews.co.uk and on Twitter @YourFishingNews 11 July 2019

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TURN TO PAGE 2 FOR THE FULL N SEA COD IN TROUBLE REPORT Historic Reaper returns to Anstruther to mark REGIONAL NEWS Scottish Fisheries Museum’s 50th anniversary Trawlermen: Celebs at Sea

Reaper enters Anstruther harbour to kick- Widespread acclaim for Channel start the Scottish Fisheries Museum’s 50th 5’s Genesis documentary anniversary celebrations. (Photos: Thomas Gourlay) Three well-known celebrities from very different backgrounds – chef Antony Worrall Thompson, Boyzone’s Shane Lynch and former England World Cup-winning rugby player Ben Cohen – were thrown in at the deep end last week in Channel 5’s TV documentary, Trawlermen: Celebs at Sea, reports David Linkie. The three celebrities joined skipper Alan Watt and the crew of the 27.5m twin-rig trawler Genesis BF 515 at Macduff for a 10-day trip fishing into Cod decline a big concern the North Atlantic that included a half-landing at Scrabster. Over 1.1m people were reported to have watched the first two-hour episode. The two-part programme has been described as Channel 5’s most dangerous reality series, and was widely acclaimed by viewers. The scientific advice for a two-thirds cut common sense approach will be taken to all achievement. As fishing vessels and Further details in Fishing News next week.

The Scottish Fisheries Museum welcomed home its flagship, the historic sailing Fifie Reaper, on Thursday, 4 July, 50 years to the day from when the museum first opened its doors to help celebrate the rich heritage of Scotland’s fishing industry, reports David Linkie. Reaper’s return to Anstruther after an extended period away from her home port for major restoration work, carried in the North Sea cod TAC next year is a keeping the stock healthy, rather than the equipment become ever more efficient, out by Babcock International at its Rosyth facilities, was an emotional day for everyone associated with the Scottish Fisheries Museum. The 70ft herring drifter Reaper was built by J&G Forbes of Sandhaven in 1901. ‡ Reaper approaching Anstruther on completion of major Ben Cohen, Antony Worrall Thompson and Shane Lynch, massive blow to the demersal fishery in rigidity of a target date. so-called ‘technical creep’ brings hidden continues on page 20 hull restoration work by Babcock International at Rosyth. ready for their 10-day working trip on Genesis BF 515. ARE YOU A SERVING OR RETIRED UK SEAFARER? Seafarer Support is a free confidential telephone and online the region. Following a hefty one-third North Sea cod management is shared but dangerous increases in fishing effort referral service helping to support serving and former UK seafarers and their families in times of need

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Dear Editor, – the gaps release all undersized been an increase in MLS, and this It may be me, but I’m hearing months, now I’m having to pay The fishery on the Holderness shellfish back into the fishery is where the entire breakdown in all the time on local radio about my crew a wage, or they wouldn’t coast, East Yorkshire, is a prime (great idea) – but it also releases respect for fishery officers has cutbacks within the East Riding survive. Remember, they are example of mismanagement. velvet crab, which was part of our come. of Yorkshire Council, which does share fishermen/self-employed – NEIFCA controls the fishery landing, and therefore is now lost They pile onto our harbour fund NEIFCA as it operates from if the boat doesn’t earn, they inside six miles, and the MMO/ revenue. mob-handed, dressed as SAS Bridlington Town Hall, and that it don’t. DEFRA outside six miles, but still The escape gaps also release soldiers, and show no respect for needs to start raising revenue, so What chance does a small crab oversees all fishery regulation. 87mm lobsters, which are legal to the 14-16-hour day that inshore is this conservation or financial have to come inshore to grow to Local inshore fishermen land, so yet more revenue is lost. fishermen have just put in. They pressure? 140mm and over, when it’s concentrate mainly on catching The same authority, NEIFCA, check all lobsters being landed, Given that egg-bearing caught offshore at 130mm? shellfish, and the NEIFCA decided to issue scallop licences wanting to find one single egg on lobsters are returned to the sea, None. Why are there no close concentrates mainly on byelaws, to vessels within its jurisdiction. a lobster. Rather than being and we now have scallop seasons in our fishery? which over the past five years, in That makes the ultimate mockery handled with customary care as dredges inside six miles as well The management of our fishery its eyes, are working, but in the of the byelaw escape gaps, they are by experienced as plenty of scallop vessels is with NEIFCA/MMO. fishermen’s eyes are failing, due releasing shellfish back into the fishermen, lobsters can be outside six miles, it doesn’t leave The management regime that to the lack of scientific evidence sea in the name of conservation, thrown around, which raises the much hope for the long-term NEIFCA is running inshore seems backing these byelaws up. only for it to be destroyed on the question of whether shellfish survival of the same hen lobsters to be in opposition to the MMO I have been an inshore seabed by scallop dredges. officers have had any training on or their eggs. requirements offshore. It seems fisherman for over 40 years, and Increasing the MLS of brown handling shellfish. We are now left in a dilemma, to be a battle of who can come when I’m talking with other crab from 130mm so to make our up with more conservation fishermen, we all agree the same to 140mm means loss of brown measures. – our crews are not earning half we have now lost at Yes, this is a crazy state of crab catch up, I’m all for conservation, but it the minimum wage set out by least 70% of brown affairs, made even crazier because the we have to fish has to be where it’s managed in a government for at least 60% of a crab landings inside outside six way that inshore and offshore working year. six miles – so yet next IFCA down from us, Eastern IFCA, miles, because boats and their crews can earn a New byelaws include pot more lost revenue. “ of the smaller living, and protect jobs within the escape gaps, and increasing the You may think, operates an MLS of 115mm crab size we can industry. At the moment, from my MLS for brown crab to 140mm. why is that a land from these perspective, NEIFCA and other Now, on top of that, there is a ban problem? Well, if I fish at 5.75 Unnecessary handling, grounds. This immediately IFCAs around the UK are the only on landing egg-bearing lobsters, miles, only brown crab bigger especially at times of warmer exposes small vessels intended authorities creating employment. that alone has cut our yearly than 140mm can be landed, yet if weather, can lead to higher to fish inshore “ grounds to If the inshore fishery should fail income by 40%. I move to just outside six miles, mortality rates, as some buyers ever-increasing weather due to extreme conservation To try to make up that shortfall, 130mm crab can be brought have reported in recent weeks. conditions, and having our gear measures, what will happen to all we have to invest in more gear. ashore, because the MLS size is The past 12 months have been towed away by scallopers. the fishery officers recruited? Now, to counter us investing in still 130mm outside six miles. beyond belief, with numerous At the same time, we are limited Personally, I would like to see more gear, the next byelaw is Yes, this is a crazy state of reports of letters sent out with as to where we can put gear due NEIFCA’s chief fishery officer going to be pot limitation inside affairs, made even crazier £500 fines attached, or which go to larger vessels already in the explain their thoughts on the six miles. We are fighting a losing because the next IFCA down to court to appeal, and equally area, and wind farm operations. byelaws, and the detrimental battle. from us, Eastern IFCA, operates high numbers of interviews under The alternative is for us to stay impact these are having on When NEIFCA introduced an MLS of 115mm. caution, which I have also where we are and lose crew due inshore fishermen, and any future escape gaps, this was for one per But you can find similar experienced. to lack of earnings, which is plans for managing the inshore pot as everyone anticipated, until discrepancies all round the UK It’s almost like all the other already happening within the fishery, to a House of Commons someone came up with the coastline between IFCAs, even byelaws have gone out of the NEIFCA area. committee. proposed bright idea to make it though you would have thought window, and that they are totally We talk about financial two. the sizes would be the same. obsessed with this law. (Well, it pressure. That’s what I’m getting Chris Bycroft, One escape gap in the parlour The egg-bearing lobster ban does generate the most income from my bank. We have been in Ellanorah SH 321 end is sufficient for the purpose was the final straw. It should have for NEIFCA.) overdraft for the past four Driffield North Devon Fishermen’s Association distributes 50 PFDs/PLBs Fishermen along the coast of the North Devon Fishermen’s Quotes were obtained, and North Devon are now using 50 Association and skipper of the with the help of local councillor Mullion lifejackets fitted with Clovelly-based fishing vesselPhilip Hackett, a stalwart PLBs, following distribution Aurora, first looked into making supporter of the North Devon towards the end of June by their an application for EMFF money fishing industry, grant money was local association. to promote fishing safety some 18 awarded. John Balls, chairman of months ago. North Devon District Council and Torridge District Council were also approached by Councillor Hackett, and both generously contributed to the funding. A total of 50 Mullion lifejackets with PLBs were supplied. These were issued to local North Devon fishermen with bona fide registered fishing vessels working out of Appledore, Bideford, Clovelly and Ilfracombe. John Balls said: “Hopefully, these lifejackets will never be used in anger, but with some of them going to vessels that are worked single-handed, should the PLB be activated through GPS, the rescue services would ‡ Clovelly fishermen, with their PLB-equipped lifejackets, and be directed to the wearer of the councillor Philip Hackett, who played an instrumental role in jacket, giving a greater chance of ‡ North Devon fisherman Mark Marshall receives training on the use securing funding for the initiative. survival.” of his PFD/PLB. 6 NEWS Visit us at fishingnews.co.uk and on Twitter @YourFishingNews 11 July 2019 N Ireland safety sticker campaign launched at Ardglass A campaign to raise awareness and recommended that a harbours to assess awareness among the fishing industry on contact card and procedure be of how to call out the coastguard the importance of calling the developed to enable crew to and the RNLI. We were surprised coastguard when in difficulty directly and immediately alert to find out that quite a few was launched in Northern Ireland the emergency services when in fishermen didn’t realise that the during Maritime Safety Week (1- port. coastguard is another emergency 5 July). On a visit to the fishing ports service that can be reached by Stickers and cards with clear of Kilkeel and Ardglass, fisheries calling 999, so hopefully these instructions on dialling 999 in an minister Robert Goodwill said: stickers and cards make that emergency situation – whether “Like everyone else, fishermen really clear. in open sea or in harbour – were have a right to be safe at work, “The NIFSF mission is ‘Making distributed to all fishing vessels but when accidents do happen, Fishing Safer Together’, and this in Northern Ireland to mark it’s crucial to get emergency kind of initiative highlights the Maritime Safety Week, which assistance from the coastguard positive impact that can be made is run by the Department of as soon as possible. by working in partnership to Transport each year to promote “I hope that this campaign will tackle local issues and improve safety at sea. act as an important reminder that safety for our industry.” The idea was put forward by fishermen should call 999 for the The NIFSF aims to highlight the Northern Ireland Fishermen’s coastguard even when accidents the importance of fishermen’s Safety Forum (NIFSF) following happen in port, and help prevent health and safety, as well as to ‡ Fisheries minister Robert Goodwill MP at Ardglass harbour with Harry Wick, the tragic death of a fisherman a repeat of this tragic incident.” develop industry-led initiatives chief executive of the Northern Ireland Fish Producers’ Organisation, trawler owner Basil Wills and Lynn Gilmore, Seafish head of international trade and in Kilkeel harbour in September Lynn Gilmore, head of and projects that address the regions, launching the ‘What to do in an emergency’ leaflets for local crews. 2017. An investigation by the international trade and regions most significant causes of Marine Accident Investigation at Seafish, said: “After this sad fishing-related loss of life and have joined forces with a wide Fisheries Harbour Authority and Branch (MAIB) found that incident and the subsequent accidents amongst the Northern range of agencies including fishermen’s training providers. there had been a short delay in MAIB report, the safety forum Irish fleet. Seafish, the MCA, RNLI, DAERA, For further information on the calling the emergency services, carried out a straw poll around Local fishing organisations the Fishermen’s Mission, the NI NIFSF visit: bit.ly/2Xod6O4 How the South West is working together to promote fishermen’s safety In Maritime Safety Week, Seafish producer organisations, fleetlocal skippers and crew to find out several projects to distribute PFDs “Collaboration across the was proud to recognise and managers, individual skippers what’s going on. Work is now in the region. Two hundred PFDs industry is essential as we support the excellent work being and local harbour masters. The underway on the development of a with internal personal locator find our feet and continue done to support fishermen’s safety vice chair of the forum is harbour website, which will be launched beacons (PLBs) have already been to share important messages in the South West of England. master Matt Wheeler, and later this summer. allocated to fishermen fishing and updates about fishermen’s While still in its infancy, the secretariat support is provided from, or landing into, the port of safety, so it is really great that South West Fishing Safety Forum by Hazel Bennett of Western A new safety advisor Plymouth, with a further 50 still to the forum brings together a (SWFSF) has already made good Maritime Training. in the region be issued in the area. Seafood diverse and strong membership. progress since it was set up last Since the forum held its first A new fishing safety post has also Cornwall Training and the fishing I’m looking forward to seeing year to co-ordinate fishermen’s meeting in May 2018, it has been been created in the region, with safety advisor will also be co- more important safety projects safety initiatives in the region. focusing its efforts on identifying Clive Palfrey as a regional safety ordinating the distribution of 200 delivered for local fishermen as The forum, which is chaired how it can bring the industry advisor for the Cornish fishing more PFDs with PLBs across we continue to work together by Seafish regional manager together, share relevant local safety fleet. In this role, Clive, an ex- Cornwall over the coming months. for the good of the South West Gus Caslake, brings together information, and deliver safety fisherman, is taking a practical and SWFSF chair Gus Caslake said: fishing industry in future.” those working in fishing safety, initiatives in the region. hands-on approach, while offering “It’s been absolutely fantastic to be The forum meets on an ad including representatives from the free safety advice to all Cornish involved in the development of the hoc basis, coming together Maritime and Coastguard Agency A new platform to fishermen. Since starting, he has forum to date, and to recognise the to address pertinent issues (MCA), the Marine Accident share information spoken to over 150 fishermen at excellent safety initiatives that are and ensuring the successful Investigation Branch (MAIB) and At the first forum meeting, the events to promote monthly drills, already underway in the region. delivery of agreed initiatives and the Cornwall Inshore Fisheries group identified a need for a safety gear and personal flotation Fishing is a dangerous occupation, projects. and Conservation Authority platform to bring together devices (PFDs). so this work really will help make For further information (CIFCA), along with individuals information on local safety working at sea safer for everyone contact Gus Caslake on: 01209 from local training associations, initiatives, training and funding in Distribution of PFDs involved in the local industry, and 713162/07876 035738 or email: fishermen’s associations,one place, and make it easier for The forum is also publicising may even directly save lives. [email protected] Aggie O launched at Buchanhaven A North East man says that his He has been working on the blessed the vessel. ‘dream has come true’ after a Aggie O – a reference to his late George Cameron’s niece boat he built without the use of grandmother’s nickname – for the Tyree Ritchie and her friend Ava any blueprints was launched at past year, and it is believed to be Cameron joined him onboard as Buchanhaven. the first craft of its kind created in he rowed the boat out to sea. George Cameron chose not to the area. Aggie O is expected to be follow the traditional path when Rather than use the normal used for lobster fishing, as well it came to constructing the small methods involved with as for trips for his family when the cove boat Aggie O. boatbuilding, he decided to ‘make weather allows. it up as he went along’. Following the launch, George He undertook the project at the Cameron said: “We did really well, Buchanhaven boat shed, and only and everything went without a moved the new-build out in May hitch. so he could add the final touches “I was surprised by how many at home. folk turned up, and everybody Aggie O was painstakingly was cheering when the boat hit lowered onto the slipway the water. at Buchanhaven harbour in “I took the boat for a row, preparation for it entering the just to the pier and back to its water for the first time on Sunday, moorings, then everybody went 30 June. back to the Buchanhaven boat Crowds gathered at the shed. ‡ Aggie O on Buchanhaven slip, ready to be launched. quayside to watch George “It just shows that if you put ‡ George Cameron prepares to name Cameron name Aggie O, before your mind to something, you can The boat shed is used as features an aquarium and displays Aggie O with the traditional bottle of Peterhead Fishermen’s Mission make your dream come true – just space for local fishermen to about Buchanhaven’s fishing champagne. superintendent Steve Murray like mine has.” maintain their boats, but it also heritage. 11 July 2019 Join Fishing News on Facebook http://on.fb.me/fishingnews NEWS 7 £6bn ‘no-deal’ cash for fishing and farming Trade tariffs deal with Conservative Party leadership Europe, to ease transition out of the ● For support for the fishing and contender Jeremy Hunt has pledged European Union whilst honouring farming communities, to ensure £6bn to support the fishing and our international obligations,” said these important industries remain Iceland and Norway farming industries if there is a Mr Hunt. competitive. The UK has signed a trade on Icelandic and Norwegian no-deal Brexit on 31 October, He said that unless the “While we are committed to deal with Norway and Iceland supplies to the daily fish auction reports Tim Oliver. Commission changes its position on open trade, we will not be naïve or that will ensure that the three and to the processors. He says that if elected, he would the withdrawal agreement, “I will careless of the legitimate defence countries will maintain the current “This trade deal is extremely order ‘an immediate ramping up of work on the basis we are leaving on of our industries, including those level of tariffs on exports and welcome – in fact, vital – as no-deal preparations’ and that ‘all 31 October, with or without a deal.” which have played such a vital imports of goods – including 70% of the fish consumed in government departments will be He said that the chances of no role in our nation’s story. We will fish and seafood – in the event the UK is imported, most of that expected to act on the basis that deal are real, which is why we develop support funds to provide of a no-deal Brexit, reports Tim supply coming from Iceland and we are leaving without a deal on 31 must prepare. “The point about direct assistance to those most in Oliver. Norway. October’. making no deal a credible threat is need,” said Mr Hunt. The ‘trade continuity “It also gives clarity and A ‘no-deal’ cabinet task force that you actually have to do those “We spent just over £1 trillion agreement’ will only come into confidence to numerous would be set up, that he would preparations.” bailing out the banks after the play if the UK leaves the EU businesses within the Humber chair. One of its objectives would Preparations include detailed financial crisis. So if we did it for without a deal. region.” be to agree and publish financial plans: the bankers then, why wouldn’t we Businesses including Grimsby Trade commissioner for support for industries affected by ● To help industry with any strong do what is needed for our fishermen Fish Dock Enterprises (GFDE) Europe Andrew Mitchell said tariff changes. adjustment pressure because of the and our farmers now?” have welcomed the deal, saying that Iceland and Norway are key As part of a 10-point plan, the tariffs it would face Mr Hunt said he would mitigate it will help to support jobs and trading partners. He said: “Our Treasury would produce a ‘no-deal ● To address the additional cost and the impact of a no-deal Brexit on ensure they can keep trading trade with Iceland and Norway relief programme’. “This will hassle of bureaucracy and export small businesses and families. without significant disruption. was worth around £30bn last include a £6bn fund for the fishing processes, in particular for smaller “We will ensure that no family or Grimsby has one of the largest year, with just over £24bn of this and farming sectors who export to businesses community is left behind.” fish auctions, and the largest in goods. This is good news concentration of fish processors for British businesses, and we anywhere in the UK. The port have a golden opportunity to has strong links with Icelandic further liberalise trade with these MAIB report on fatal man-overboard and Norwegian fishing industries, countries in the years ahead.” with up to 75% of all the fish The Department of from Loch Torridon tender sold on Grimsby market coming International Trade said that from Iceland, and the majority trading on these preferential The Marine Accident Investigation Fram of of the fish sold to Grimsby fish terms in a no-deal scenario, Branch (MAIB) has issued a Shieldaig… processors coming from Norway. rather than on World Trade flyer to the fishing industry Martyn Boyers, chief executive Organisation (WTO) terms, will following its investigation into of market operator GFDE, deliver significant savings and a man-overboard fatality from said: “Grimsby relies heavily help to safeguard British jobs. the tender of Fram of Shieldaig in Loch Torridon off Ardheslaig, Scotland, on 7 August, 2018. Skipper fined for twin-rig Narrative At approximately 8am on 7 trawling in prohibited area August, 2018, a deckhand from The skipper/owner of the 17.75m catching effectiveness of twin-rig the creel catamaran Fram of trawler L’Ogien K 62, David fishing, along with the unfairness Shieldaig (Fram) BRD 679 entered Fairbairn, pleaded guilty and of having an advantage over other the water while manoeuvring the received financial penalties for failing fishers operating lawfully within the vessel’s tender. to comply with Northumberland authority’s district. Fram was on its mooring off whenever there was a foreseeable Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Mr Fairbairn was represented in Ardheslaig in Loch Torridon, risk of entering the water. Authority’s (NIFCA) byelaws, at court, and in his mitigation, stated and it was normal practice for a However, a risk assessment had North Tyneside Magistrates Court on that on all five trips being investigated tender to be used by the crew not been carried out for boarding 14 June. by the authority, his vessel had only to board and leave the fishing and leaving the vessel using the The court heard from solicitor fished a single-rig trawl. On the vessel. The tender was also used tender, and its crew never wore Andrew Oliver for NIFCA that on morning of 6 December, after a poor to transfer partially filled boxes lifejackets in the tender or while 12 November, 2018, the vessel was haul, the skipper decided to fish a of langoustines to and from the working on deck. In this case, first identified within the NIFCA twin-rig trawl, and it was at this time storage raft, which was anchored the lifejacket would have kept the district using VMS showing speeds that the NIFCA patrol vessel carried towards the entrance to the deckhand’s airways clear of the associated with trawling. Suspicions out its interception. As for the AIS harbour. ‡ … and the catamaran’s tender. water and allowed enough time for were raised when the trawler failed not transmitting inside the NIFCA The skipper, who was alone the skipper to recover him ashore. to make any AIS transmissions, district, Mr Fairbairn had had this onboard Fram, saw the tender fell into the water. As a result, the 2. MSN 1871 Amendment 1 (F) required by fishing vessels more than checked at the first opportunity, and approaching the vessel’s stern MAIB investigation concluded – ‘The Code of Practice for the 15m in length, while operating inside it was found to have a fault he was and moved to the port side to take that he drowned because he was Safety of Small Fishing Vessels the NIFCA district. unaware of. its painter from the deckhand. not wearing a lifejacket when of Less than 15m LOA’ – requires After monitoring fishing activity Mr Fairbairn’s solicitor also After a few moments, when the he entered the water, and the that monthly emergency drills are from the vessel on 6 December, 2018, stated that as the twin-rig trawl had tender had not drawn alongside skipper was unable to recover completed onboard UK fishing the NIFCA patrol vessel St Aidan only fished for a short period, the as expected, the skipper looked him onboard on his own. Regular vessels. Regular drills will help to intercepted L’Ogien at sea to inspect environmental impact would have over the side and saw the man-overboard drills had not ensure that the required response what gear was being operated. The been negligible. deckhand was floating motionless been carried out, and therefore to a crisis situation is conducted in skipper confirmed that the vessel In passing sentence, the magistrate in the water between Fram and the difficulties involved in the the most effective manner. was twin-rig fishing, in breach of did not accept that there would have the tender, which was drifting recovery of an unconscious 3. Alcohol, even in small amounts, Northumberland IFCA Byelaw 1 been no environmental impact from away with its engine at tick-over. person by a single rescuer had not is likely to have an adverse effect Trawling, which prohibits this gear the offence, and ordered Mr Fairbairn The skipper was unable to lift been identified. on a person’s risk perception, type within its district. The skipper to pay a £2,000 fine, £2,800 NIFCA the unconscious deckhand clear The deckhand’s blood alcohol reaction times and co-ordination. was instructed to lift his gear, and costs, £400 for a share of the value of of the water, but did manage content was 276mg per 100ml, It will also reduce survivability further video evidence was obtained. the catch landed, and a £170 victim to secure him to a stowage raft over five times the UK mandatory times when immersed in cold Andrew Oliver explained to surcharge, totalling £5,370. before returning to shore to seek alcohol limit for seafarers and water. the court the important work of NIFCA chief officer Alastair assistance. The deckhand was commercial fishermen. He was 4. Fram was a well-equipped NIFCA, particularly in respect of the Browne said: “The court clearly took eventually retrieved from the water under the influence of alcohol fishing vessel, and its owner had Nephrops fishery, which has shown these breaches of NIFCA byelaws approximately 45 minutes after when he began work, and this developed a safety management signs of over-exploitation in recent seriously, by imposing substantial the accident. Despite medical almost certainly contributed to his folder using the generic format years, so much so that a prohibition financial penalties on the master. attention, he could not be revived fall. provided by Seafish. The on twin-rig trawling for the whole “The officers and members of and was pronounced deceased at generic safety folder contained a of the Farne Deeps functional unit NIFCA are determined to maintain the scene. Safety lessons standard alcohol and drugs policy was introduced by the Marine the sustainability of the stocks in the The evidence indicated that 1. The vessel’s owner had statement, the intent of which Management Organisation in 2016, district, by constantly regulating not the deckhand struck his head and provided 150N automatic inflation should be enforced onboard all to reduce fishing pressure within 12 only national legislation but also local was knocked unconscious as he lifejackets for use by the crew fishing vessels. nautical miles. byelaws, to protect shellfish stocks for Mr Oliver highlighted the both present and future generations.” 8 FALMOUTH OYSTER DREDGING Visit us at fishingnews.co.uk and on Twitter @YourFishingNews 11 July 2019 FALMOUTH OYSTER DREDGING Falmouth’s oyster dredging fishery is Boy Willie leads Three Sisters back upwind to start another drift upriver. the only example of a regulated sail-powered fishery in the UK, and possibly in Europe too. Martin Johns reports

any fishermen often comment that, on a Mgood day, theirs is the best job in the world: stunning sunrises and sunsets, clear blue skies, glassy seas, etc. However, one element is almost always present to pierce the tranquillity – the noise from an engine. It’s hard to imagine that in the 21st century a viable fishery exists that relies solely on wind power, and negates the need for the background drone, or indeed the fuel bill, of an engine, spoiling the peace and quiet of a lovely day at sea. Enter the Fal oyster fishery, a small-scale regulated fishery that is colloquially known as Falmouth oyster dredging. However, the boats involved can also fish for queen scallops and mussels, as well as the native Fal oyster, depending on availability and market demand. The fishery is currently in its close season, but Fishing News took a trip aboard one of the boats towards the tail-end of the season. Understandably, the number of oysters of an acceptable size caught was lower than it would have been at the beginning of the season. However, this was working out well for the fishermen, as the price currently being paid for

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oysters was deemed too low, so shallower parts of the river and the main target for the dredgers in the creeks, and can be rowed had been queen scallops, which out onto the fishing grounds, Chris Vinnicombe explained had where they use a combination really saved their season. of anchors and hand reels to Two weeks of relentless late tow their dredges to and fro winter gales had eventually over a piece of ground. The moderated to a fresh WSW 4-5, larger sailing boats have up to giving a good level of wind for three crew, whereas the punts an acceptable speed over the are generally operated single- ground, without too much sail handed. area being necessary. The oyster dredging season Ironically, the forecast was on the river Fal starts on 1 for the wind to fall further still October every year, and closes as the week went on, too light on 31 March, although the to make wind-powered fishing gathering of mussels is not possible – not a situation that subject to a seasonal closure. any other fishermen normally Fishing operations have been find themselves in. regulated by Cornwall IFCA for Falmouth’s oyster dredging the past couple of years, taking fishery is the only example of a over responsibility from Cornwall regulated sail-powered fishery in Council. Landings are monitored the UK, and possibly in Europe and catch data is recorded. too. Dredging is permitted The dredgers fall into two between 9am and 3pm on categories: larger gaff-rigged weekdays, and between 9am sail-driven boats up to around and 1pm on Saturdays. No 30ft long, and smaller punts fishing is permitted on Sundays. that are generally used in the The fishing area stretches ‡ Chris Vinnicombe shoots a dredge overboard at the start of a drift.

from a southern boundary Rachael Anne between Penarrow Point off on her mooring Mylor and Carclase Point off St off Mylor. Just in Roseland, extending up into the upper reaches of the Fal to Tresillian, although it excludes Mylor and Restronguet creeks and the main channel into Truro. The smaller shallower creeks are worked by smaller punts using the anchor and reel system to tow their dredges. Some operators have both punts and sail-powered boats to ensure they can work in all areas. The boats tow their dredges over the shallow parts ‡ Two smaller oyster punts tied up at Mylor harbour. of the Fal, avoiding the very deep channel that winds its ranging from around 6m in sprite extending some 2m ahead way up through the estuary length up to around 9m, are of the stem post. The biggest of and affords deep-water lay-up gaff-rigged, carrying a large the sail-driven dredgers work up anchorage to big ships of up to mainsail aft of the mast, a stay- to four dredges. 195m in length on moorings near sail forward of the mast, and a Rachael Anne is a GRP-hulled the King Harry Ferry. jib-sail forward, secured at its ‘Heard 28’, built just a mile or so The sail-driven dredgers, lower forward corner to a bow- from its Mylor base by renowned

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The 151-year-old wooden Boy Willie is skippered by Tim Vinnicombe, Chris Vinnicombe’s cousin. She was bought by the Vinnicombe family from the Strike family of Porthleven in 1923, who themselves bought her from Mevagissey.

‡ The painstaking process of ‡ Deck view of Rachael Anne, showing Chris Vinnicombe working in sorting the catch begins after a the foreground with George Vinnicombe aft. short tow.

Boy Willie (skipper Tim Vinnicombe) and Veruna (skipper Tim Heard) towing upriver against a backdrop of Falmouth docks.

‡ Large scallops are sometimes caught, as well as oysters and queens. yacht builder Martin Heard at operations, it is permitted to ‡ A full bucket of queens is bagged up. Tregatreath Boatyard in nearby get the boat to and from the Mylor Bridge. Initially built as a fishing grounds, and is obviously use the correct sailing parlance. from the seabed. Behind this, top-class sailing yacht for a local available to use in the event of The dredges can be worked a light chain-link belly with a St Mawes consortium of owners, an emergency. Rachael Anne’s from either the port or the netting back is terminated with a it was converted some years engine is a Yanmar 3GM model, starboard side, depending on hardwood batten. Dredges must ago for commercial shellfish and is installed entirely below wind and tide conditions. not exceed 20kg in weight. dredging by its current owner the deck of this deep-drafted The dredges are made of Each dredge is shot over the Chris Vinnicombe, who also craft. round steel bar, and are 12mm side of the boat, attached to a owns two larger Mylor-based The boat is skippered by diameter, with a width of rope warp which is moused off steel scallopers, Lily Grace FH Chris Vinnicombe, with his son approximately 600mm, although at the appropriate length to a 444 and Debbie V FH 555. George as crewman. Three dredges up to 1,200mm wide twine weak link attached to the Although no engine power dredges are worked from wide are permitted. A flat stainless gunwale. The inner end of the is allowed during fishing side-decks, or ‘waterways’, to steel blade scrapes the shellfish main warp isn’t made fast to the

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Emma-Louise (skipper Chris Vinnicombe enjoys a well-earned sandwich as he Frazer Johns) towing sails Rachael Anne back upwind to start another drift. upriver, with the Russian cargo ship Kuzma Minin in the background.

boat, but is instead attached to a buoy that can quickly be thrown over the side if a dredge should come fast on the seabed, as a sail-powered boat cannot be quickly stopped like a powered boat could be. The floating buoy ensures that the lost dredge can be retrieved later, once the boat can be safely turned upwind. Being sail-powered, the boat’s course over the fishing ground is governed by a combination of wind and tide. On the day Fishing News visited, a moderate southwesterly wind of around force 4 was ‡ The three dredges are stowed on the starboard side as Rachael blowing, combined with an Anne makes her way back to Mylor at the end of the day. incoming tide all day. Luckily, the direction of the drift meant in December 2018. the speed over the ground that the dredgers were able to After a short steam from the was slow enough to keep the easily avoid the 16,000t Russian mooring just off Mylor quay out dredges at the correct angle of cargo ship Kuzma Minin, which into the river, the Yanmar engine attack on the seabed. Constant had been moored in the Carrick was cut and Chris Vinnicombe adjustment to the sails was Roads since being recovered carefully unfurled and set the necessary throughout the day to off Gyllyngvase beach near sails to suit the conditions, keep a constant towing speed Falmouth after running aground reefing in the mainsail to ensure as the wind speed and tidal flow

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‡ … over the side. ‡ Work starts on sorting through the ‡ … in search of mature queens and ‡ After the shellfish are selected, all ‡ The rope towing warp is then contents… oysters. the remaining detritus is tipped back grabbed, and the hauling process overboard. starts again. 12 FALMOUTH OYSTER DREDGING Visit us at fishingnews.co.uk and on Twitter @YourFishingNews 11 July 2019

Kelsie’s sails are furled as 3pm signals the Three Sisters (skipper end of the working day. Les Angel) sailing upwind.

† The fruits of a day’s work: three bags of oysters the bags of and 17 bags of queens. queens in Veruna towing off deep water, Mylor, showing her changed. dredges to enable three rope warps Around 12 sailing boats and are hand- them to off the port side. seven or eight punts take part in hauled, the clean the fishery. sails reset, themselves On the day in question, and the of sand and there were 10 sailing boats boat sailed silt, ready working the shellfish beds in the upwind for collection Carrick Roads area of the Fal, again to start by the sailing upwind to the southern another drift. merchant the boundary of the river Fal fishing The minimum next day, while area between Penarrow Point landing size for the oysters were and Carclase Point, before oysters is 67mm, and if taken to one of Chris’ turning and shooting their mussels are targeted, they must own ‘lays’ further upstream in dredges at the start of a drift exceed 50mm in length. Mylor creek, where they were upriver. Once sorted, queen scallops carefully relaid at high water, The dredges are towed for and oysters are temporarily to be allowed to grow further roughly as long as it takes stored in buckets located below and be reharvested later in to sort the contents of the the sorting tables, before being the year, when demand, and hopper from the previous transferred into bags when the consequently the price paid for tow. Once hand-hauled, the bucket becomes full. them, would be much higher. dredge contents are tipped into Overall, the catch for the day As this was the final week of the hopper, and the dredge comprised 17 bags of queens the permitted season, and the is immediately shot again. and three bags of oysters. wind was due to be too light This cycle is repeated several Once back in Mylor harbour, to make sail-powered fishing times during a drift, before the Chris Vinnicombe suspended possible for the rest of the week, Rachael Anne had caught the start of October – a time that its last oyster for the 2018/19 is celebrated in Falmouth with The crew of Three season. The boat was due to the much-vaunted Fal Oyster Sisters sorting be moved to a drying mooring Festival. their catch as they on the edge of the harbour the This features four days of tow upriver. next day, to allow well-earned cookery demonstrations by maintenance and a paint-up to celebrity chefs, live music, craft take place over the course of demonstrations and stalls, as the summer, before the fishery well as a working boat race, kicks off again in earnest at the a grand oyster parade and an beginning of the new season at oyster shucking competition. ■

Veruna’s main and jib sails are displayed as she sails upwind. 11 July2019 Name: Radiant FR 10 LOA: 16.70m Built: Les Sables d’Olonne France 1976 Type: Scalloper Home port: Fraserburgh Join Fishing News on Facebook http://on.fb.me/fishingnews BOAT OFTHEWEEK 13 14 LEAH III PD 140 Visit us at fishingnews.co.uk and on Twitter @YourFishingNews 11 July 2019 BODDAM STATIC-GEAR SKIPPER STARTS FISHING WITH LEAH III HIGH-SPEC SELF-BUILD UNDER-10M VIVIER CATAMARAN Boddam skipper David Buchan landed his first catches of brown crab last month after fitting out the under-10m static-gear catamaran Leah III PD 140 from a set of bare GRP hull mouldings, reports David Linkie

Leah III leaving Boddam harbour.

aving taken the decision to replace his previous Hboat, the Cygnus 21 Leah II, with a new-build suitable for working further offshore, David Buchan considered various options that would best suit his requirements, including fishing capabilities, seakeeping qualities and personal safety. Initial contact with Chris Anderson of Anderson Marine ‡ Flexible piping is used to keep led to the Peterhead boatbuilder boxes of shellfish in optimum supplying a set of mouldings for condition on deck. a Gemini 10 displacement hull. While the GRP hull was together with his father, David being moulded to Seafish Buchan Snr, and friends, put into Stage 1 classification, David the completion of Leah III. Buchan started with a blue- This process was helped sky approach and used his considerably by Chris experience as a skilled engineer Anderson’s willingness for and a hobby static-gear Leah III to remain in Anderson fisherman to draw up plans Marine’s boatbuilding premises for the internal arrangements until the catamaran was at an of the new build, together advanced stage of completion with its various drive systems and ready to go in the water. and associated equipment Skipper David Buchan specification. said: “From first contacting The highly impressive end Chris Anderson, he has been result bears testament to the extremely helpful throughout countless hours of dedicated the project. The build quality effort that David Buchan, of the GRP mouldings is first- ‡ Skipper David Buchan hauling on the inshore grounds south of Buchan Ness lighthouse. 11 July 2019 Join Fishing News on Facebook http://on.fb.me/fishingnews LEAH III PD 140 15

‡ A 16in-diameter Seawinch pot hauler serves the crabber’s self-hauling system.

Leah III is based on a set of GRP mouldings from Anderson Marine.

‡ The central steering position on Leah III. class, as was the level of Further evidence of the level practical support he provided of thought that has gone into subsequently, which was the high-spec build is apparent a big help and very much when the rubber deck covering appreciated.” is rolled back to reveal that vivier Deep stainless steel gunwale holds and seawater ballast tanks cappings and safety rails, are fitted in each hull sponson. incorporating individually Maintaining a well-established operated integral seawater pipes family tradition by being named that keep boxes of shellfish in after David Buchan’s sisters optimum condition on deck, Leanne and Deborah, Leah III together with an extended will work from the inshore boat wheelhouse roof and shower/ pontoon in Peterhead’s Port WC deck compartment, Henry basin, at the same time immediately create a favourable as frequently leaving shellfish impression when viewing Leah keepers in Boddam harbour. III for the first time. The main dimensions of Leah

III are overall length 9.9m, beam mackerel fishery, should this 5.2m and draft 1.4m. unpredictable and flighty When fishing several miles off species make an appearance. the Buchan coast down to 40 If and when this occurs, fathoms, skipper David Buchan skipper David Buchan will bring will work mainly 24in D-section into play two Belitronic jigging double soft-eyed creels, machines, mounted towards supplied by Swan Net-Gundry. the quarters above the stainless Rigged on 14mm-diameter steel safety rails. backropes and 12mm-diameter Spooled with extremely tailings and strops, also sourced strong and lightweight Dyneema from the Killybegs company, steel thread backing line, each these will be worked in leaders reel fishes a nylon trace tied with of 40. 40 mackerel hooks spaced 9in In addition to grounds further apart, ending with a 5kg lead off, David Buchan will continue weight on a 1m-long strop. to fish traditional wooden-based From the reels, the lines lead creels, made by his father David, forward to two free-running along the shore from Boddam rollers positioned on the south to Cruden Bay, previously wheelhouse roof, from where fished with Leah II, which now they double back to a second fishes from Peterhead as Auriga, set of rollers located outboard having been bought by Joseph above the mackerel strippers. Wyness. The strippers are positioned In the coming weeks, on the end of short fish chutes, Leah III is also expected to pivoted in line with the gunwale ‡ A wide self-shooting opening is arranged to port. engage in the inshore summer so that they can be lifted 16 LEAH III PD 140 Visit us at fishingnews.co.uk and on Twitter @YourFishingNews 11 July 2019

Brown crab is expected to be the main species landed by Leah III.

upwards and inboard through the whaleback to the starboard stainless steel receiving table. 120° when the vessel returns to rail to provide additional shelter Incorporating a bait trough, port. at the hauling position. This the aft section of the clearing Leah III is designed for arrangement maximises the table is continued aft and set in single-handed potting. benefit created by extending the from the rail, forward of where Particular emphasis was given wheelhouse roof across the full the customary set of duplicate to maximising engine controls is safety and ease positioned. of working David Buchan reported that Backrope falling arrangements, clear of the hauler which are Leah III is extremely easy to onto the deck is kept focused on a away from skipper self-hauling and retain in position relative to the David Buchan’s shooting system. working position by The hauling backrope when hauling the gear a vertical panel, to position is enhance working located well forward at the beam aft to amidships. safety. and rollers are fitted at each end is located in the port side of starboard shoulder, in the Pot-hauling duties are David Buchan reported that of the large-diameter gunwale- the transom stern. The opening space created by offsetting handled by a 1t Seawinch Leah III is extremely easy to mounted roller to retain the can be sealed off by a strongly the wheelhouse to the port 16in-diameter hauler, inclined retain in position relative to the backrope, and guide the creels constructed hinged door. When rail. The front section of the at 45° to the vertical inboard backrope when hauling the gear. aboard. in the open position, this forms a wheelhouse is continued across corner of a strongly fabricated Integral stainless steel flanges A wide self-shooting opening funnel guide to starboard. Boddam harbour A small fleet of inshore static- within just a few minutes, by history of inshore fishing, gear boats fish out of Boddam eliminating the considerably including local salmon bag- harbour, which is located just longer time it would take to net stations until these to the north of Buchan Ness come from Peterhead. were stopped in the 1970s. lighthouse and southwest of Although Boddam skipper Boddam is also the home Skerry Rock. The Peterhead David Buchan regularly goes of a number of well-known breakwaters lie a mile to the into Boddam harbour, either Peterhead-based whitefish north across Sandford Bay. to land or to leave shellfish skippers, present and past. Given this exposed keepers, the extreme levels Before a harbour was location, it is understandable of surge experienced during constructed north of the that a number of mainly poor weather from the north lighthouse in 1931, more single-handed skippers opt round to the southeast means than 20 locally owned boats to work out of their local that boats like Leah III cannot were reported to have been harbour, which enables be moored there permanently. hauled up onto the rocks ‡ Leah III heading out of Boddam harbour after dropping off a them to often start fishing Boddam has a long when engaging in haddock keeper of brown crab. fishing in the spring and early summer months, before changing over to herring from July to September. Lord Aberdeen added another harbour in 1842, which led to a significant increase in the size of the local fleet. By the 1870s, upwards of 150 drifters were using Boddam harbour at times, where more than a dozen herring curers were resident in the village. Although the harbour was widened in 1878, Boddam started to decline as a fishing port as nearby Peterhead began to reap the ‡ Robert Duthie’s K20 Dooniebraes heads out from Boddam into ‡ David Kensett’s Buccaneer 29 Hopeful making in to Boddam. benefits of a larger harbour. afternoon sea mist. 11 July 2019 Join Fishing News on Facebook http://on.fb.me/fishingnews LEAH III PD 140 17

‡ The FPT N67 propulsion units are set well forward in the engineroom compartments.

‡ Leah III’s extensive working deck area.

† 1.5t vivier holds are positioned aft of amidships in each hull sponson.

Creels are usually stacked in rows two high and four wide along the port side, before being self-shot. A stainless steel cradle fitted on the starboard side of the transom provides additional storage facilities for empty boxes, etc. A wireless, remote-controlled landing derrick and winch are ‡ Clutched hydraulic and water pumps are mounted on the fore end of mounted on the wheelhouse the main engines. roof, to give flexibility when landing boxes of brown crab or came from C&O Engineering. David Buchan’s engineering mackerel. The Vetus steering gear was skills and the time he devoted to Skipper David Buchan gave sourced from ASAP Supplies. the fitting-out of Leah III. considerable thought to both The quality of workmanship Three pumps serving the the location of the internal evident in the installation of the vessel’s dual-drive hydraulic bulkheads positioned in the hull propulsion, hydraulic and vivier- and vivier systems are arranged sponsons, and access to the pumping systems reflects both across the fore end of the forward enginerooms. While the port engineroom is easily accessible through a hatch in the floor of the wheelhouse, achieving this to starboard initially gave a bigger challenge, due to the fact that the engineroom is situated directly below the pot-hauling position. After considering various permutations, including a MARINE AND GENERAL hinged clearing table, a means ENGINEERING of providing access from the wheelhouse via a door in the Congratulations to skipper starboard side, which also leads David Buchan and the crew on to the forward accommodation cabin, was designed and put in Leah III PD 140. place. We wish you safe and Leah III is powered by FPT successful fishing. N67 six-cylinder engines supplied by Mermaid Marine. Suppliers of Tail Shafts, Inboard Propellers, Stern Derated to deliver 68kW at Gear, Rudder Assemblies, Couplings, Shaft Seals and 2,150rpm, the engines are coupled to Twin Disc MG5050 Cutless Bearings. Re-furbish and Re-pitch Propellers. 3:1 reduction gearboxes. Trolling valves are fitted to both Well equipped machine shop for all your marine needs. gearboxes to enable Leah III to Unit 11, The Old Cider Works, Abbotskerswell, Devon TQ12 5NF. steam slowly when jigging for mackerel. Tel: 01626 367782 Email: [email protected] The stern gear, including four- www.candoengineering.co.uk ‡ General view of hauling arrangements on Leah III. bladed 27in-diameter propellers, 18 LEAH III PD 140 Visit us at fishingnews.co.uk and on Twitter @YourFishingNews 11 July 2019

Leah III leaving Boddam for Peterhead.

‡ Four individually operated seawater sprinker outlets are piped through the port and starboard stainless steel safety rails. propulsion engines. All-round vision is further Twin centrally mounted enhanced by the presence of Galtech pumps deliver optimum two display screens mounted efficiency to the hydraulic on either end of the forward wood laminates and hardwood system. This dual arrangement navigation console. Together facings, the wheelhouse was ensures that maximum hydraulic with CCTV cameras, the screens finished to a high standard by power can be delivered to the enable skipper David Buchan to David Buchan Snr, who also pot hauler by both engines watch a leader of creels being made the well-padded skipper’s when conditions require this, self-shot off the deck without the seat. particularly when Leah III is need to constantly turn round. The comprehensive package potting in deeper water off The port side of the of electronic wheelhouse the shore, as well as making it wheelhouse is extended aft equipment, supplied by possible to run the hauler at half to give a walk-in heated deck Echomaster Marine, was speed from one engine only. clothing storage area, in which installed by Peter Buchan of Two electrically driven JMP a toilet and washbasin are also Fortitude Marine. 1.5in clutched pumps, supplied fitted. Navigation and gear location by Macduff Diesels, supply the Fitted out with light-coloured are handled by an Olex dual- vivier tanks fitted in each hull. Piped throughout with stainless steel, the constant circulation seawater systems, which also operate the water ballast tanks, incorporate changeover valves ‡ Creels are usually stacked two high for to facilitate the required mode of self-shooting. operation at any time. Stainless steel 1,200-litre- capacity fuel tanks are positioned on the foreside of the bulkhead between the enginerooms and the vivier holds. With the wheelhouse offset to the port rail, the steering position is almost on the vessel’s centreline, and therefore provides a commanding view at ‡ A traditional creel is hauled towards the surface from the ‡ A WC compartment is all times. inshore grounds… † … before being self-shot again. incorporated into the extended port side of the wheelhouse.

‡ Starboard quarter view of Leah III leaving Peterhead.

screen 3D seabed mapping sounder. system. A Simrad radar and PP60 Bottom-sounding and autopilot system are also fitted, marking runs of mackerel are together with two Icom IC-323G ‡ The starboard engineroom is accessed via a door in the side of the wheelhouse. handled by a Hondex HE-755DI VHFs. ■ 11 July 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 910 1 Sage biscuit for a comedian (11) 9 Take advantage of some 76 excuses (3) 11 12 10 Awkward situation for one in a 542 83925 13 jacket? 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(4) All puzzles © Puzzler Media Ltd - www.puzzler.com See next week’s edition for all puzzle solutions. 11/07 A Question of Tides A new book by author Dave between the earth and the moon Haskell, entitled A Question of varies by about 10%, which Tides, will be a revelation to many results in a 30% difference in the fishermen who think they can moon’s effect in raising tides. fully explain the forces behind the Neap tides are when the sun ocean tides, especially the second and moon’s tidal pull are virtually tidal bulge on the side of the earth at right angles during the first and furthest from the moon. last quarter of the moon. As such, Most folk are aware (or should the ocean tides have their lowest be) that the ocean tides are amplitude. Therefore, the high the result of the gravitational tides are lower than average, and influence of the moon, with more the low tides are not as low as the knowledgeable folk realising that average low tides. the tides are the consequence of The author claims that most both the moon and the sun. folk are unable to explain the tidal Spring tides occur around the bulge on the side of the earth time of a new and full moon – that facing away from the moon, is, when the sun, moon and earth with many sources (who should ‡ The front cover of A Question of Tides. ‡ Author Dave Haskell with a copy of his book at Llangrannog beach are in direct alignment. Spring know better) attempting to invoke in West Wales, a favourite beach of his granddaughter Jenna Bryne, tides result in higher-than-average centrifugal force in a confusing there is absolutely no need to to whom A Question of Tides is dedicated. high tides and lower-than-average and convoluted way to explain mention centrifugal or indeed low tides. A consequence of this tidal bulge. This, of course, centripetal effects in explaining the author also challenges why Bicton, Shropshire, and who sadly the elliptical nature of the orbits is nonsense – any physicist the forces behind the tides – centrifugal and centripetal are passed away in 2018. of the earth and the moon is worth their salt will tell you that a an understanding of freefall referred to as forces when, in Paperback copies of A that the distances between the centrifugal force is a psuedo-force and tidal gravity will suffice. reality, they are simply effects. Question of Tides (ISBN 978-0- sun, earth and moon vary. 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Supreme Court grants leave to appeal to SeaFit fun day for fishermen and their families at Bridlington fishermen in Porcupine prawn fishery SeaFit health trainers working services on offer. advice and support. And it’s not on the East Yorkshire coast are Fishermen’s Mission just about helping fishermen get The Irish Supreme Court has order from November 2017. holding a fun day for fishermen superintendent Tracey Stephens SeaFit – it’s something for the granted leave to appeal to two This closure resulted in the loss and their families on Saturday, 13 said: “We know what a challenge whole family. Kids, mums, dads fishermen who lost a case in of some 600t of catch to Irish July. it can be to find things to occupy and grandparents – everyone is the High Court last year, relating fishing vessels, estimated to be They will be down at the boat the kids. So bring them down to welcome.” to the methodology used by worth in excess of €6m. shed on Bridlington harbour with the harbour this weekend for a day For more information about the the Sea Fisheries Protection During the High Court case, games for all the family. From an of fun and games. We’ll be there Family Fun Day at Bridlington, Authority (SFPA) to calculate the presiding justice, Una Ni obstacle course to a treasure hunt, with the Healthtrainer team to contact Tracey Stephens on: 07917 catches, reports Pauric Rafferty, did not accept the it will be a day to play games, tell you about what they do, from 754527 or email: hullcentre@ Gallagher. fishermen’s argument that there have fun and find out about the free NHS checks to stop-smoking fishermensmission.org.uk Pat Fitzpatrick and Michael were no legal provisions in the Flannery originally took the EU Control Regulation that case to court to challenge the allowed the SFPA to make up Charity competition on lookout for best sea photos decision taken to close the the data as regards ‘time spent National maritime charity the Shipwrecked Porcupine prawn fishery, based in an area’, that is then related Mariners’ Society is once again calling for on the SFPA’s 2017 assessment to the amount of fish one would photographers to submit their favourite images that estimated catches should expect to catch. She believed of the sea, for its annual competition honouring be calculated based on the that the Control Regulation is Britain’s proud maritime heritage. actual time spent by a vessel flexible enough to allow this. Launched to coincide with the International Day in a particular area, rather However, she, like the SFPA, of the Seafarer (25 June), the society’s Maritime than by the traditional method did not point to any specific Photographic Competition, supported by Ensign of obtaining figures from the provision that allowed it, which and the Fishmongers’ Company, encourages vessel’s electronic logbook. was the nub of the fishermen’s photographers, both amateur and professional, to On receiving advice from case. enter pictures that capture the essence of Britain’s the SFPA that, according to Irish fishermen are currently enduring connection with the sea – including its its new method of calculation, operating with a different merchant ships, fishermen, coast, harbours and ‡ One of last year’s Maritime Photographic functional area 16 of the system to other EU fishermen ports. Competition winning images, ‘Stormy Seas’ by Owen Porcupine Bank was being as regards control, and it is Celebrating its 180th year, the society is Humphreys. overfished, minister for hoped that a positive outcome searching for standout images relating to all agriculture, food and the marine from the appeal will correct this aspects of the UK’s historic relationship with the Ensign marketing director Jemima FitzMorris Michael Creed issued a closure situation. sea. Photographs should be submitted through added: “We are thrilled to be supporting the the society’s website at: shipwreckedmariners. Shipwrecked Mariners’ Society’s annual Ultimate org.uk before the deadline on Monday, 26 August. Sea View photography competition. The society’s Second North American lobster caught Photographers can also enter their pictures via support for merchant seafarers, fishermen and email, post or the society’s social media channels. their dependants can be life-changing for those by Golden Venture off Co Dublin The competition will again be judged by a in need, and as the UK’s only specialist maritime A female North American lobster, prestigious panel of experts, including Sunday pensions provider, ensuring that seafarers, measuring 96mm (carapace Times picture editor Ray Wells, picture editor of mariners and all those working in the industry have length) and weighing 621g, was the i Sophie Batterbury, and the chief executive of a comfortable retirement is a key part of our vision caught recently by skipper Ivan the Shipwrecked Mariners’ Society, Captain Justin at Ensign, and one we share with the charity.” Toole on the 10m Golden Venture Osmond RN. The Shipwrecked Mariners’ Society supports WD 54 while hauling pots in Captain Osmond said: “Britain’s strong maritime fishermen, merchant mariners and their 6m of water off Shanganagh, heritage can be traced back through generations, dependants who are suffering financial hardship, South Co Dublin, reports Pauric and the history of our rich relationship with the sea whether due to accident, ill health, unemployment, Gallagher. is something we should be proud of. We should or in retirement after a life spent working at sea. A In July 2018, Ivan Toole not forget this, nor how heavily we rely on our total of over £1.4m was paid in grants over the past captured a male specimen very maritime community today, given that 95% of our year, in 2,000 cases of need. close to the same location. imports and exports by volume are transported by To enter the competition and for the chance to Monitoring the spread of sea. win the prize of £500 of photographic equipment this potentially invasive species, “It is special to see all of the entries come in vouchers, visit: shipwreckedmariners.org. Declan Quigley, an authority over the summer, and for people to share their uk or the society’s Facebook or Twitter pages: on rare and unusual fish in Irish personal stories of the sea through photography facebook.com/shipwreckedmariners and @ waters, told Fishing News: “Since that can be enjoyed by all.” ShipwreckedSoc. 2015, a total of seven North American lobsters have been ‡ The difference in colour between confirmed over a 40km stretch an American lobster (left) and a European lobsters have little or no Historic Reaper returns to Anstruther to mark of the east coast, both north and European lobster is distinctive. resistance.” south of Dublin city, including North American lobsters can Scottish Fisheries Museum’s 50th anniversary two at Lambay Island, two at during 2013.” be distinguished from European Howth, one at Dublin Bay and He added, “The illegal lobsters based on the presence of Continued from page 1 Large numbers of people gathered at two at Shanganagh. release of live non-native North a prominent distal spine on the Anstruther harbour in wet and windy weather to witness the return of “Prior to 2015, there were three American lobsters (which are lower margin of the rostrum, and Reaper, which was greeted by a piper, drums, a cannon, and Scottish unconfirmed reports from the legally imported from the USA broad chelae (claws) with blunt folk singer Isla St Clair. Dublin region, two during 2013 and/or Canada for direct human spines. The underside of the claws Reaper may be home, but the journey is not finished yet. New and one during 2014. There are consumption) into Irish waters and legs are also deep orange-red masts, electrics and interior fit-out will be done in Anstruther. Anyone also unconfirmed reports dating is of major concern, because in colour. wishing to contribute towards this work being completed should go to: from the mid-1980s that at least the species is known to have If fishermen capture any crowdfunder.co.uk and search for ‘Raise the Reaper’s Masts’. There is 10 North American lobsters were interbred with native European suspected American lobsters they even the opportunity for you to own part of the Reaper that was stripped released in Bruckless Bay, Co lobsters in Norwegian waters, should be retained. Please contact off during the large-scale restoration. Donegal, and that an egg-carrying and may introduce gaffkaemia, a Declan Quigley at: declanquigley@ The Scottish Fisheries Museum has a wide range of fun events lined female was captured in this area serious epizootic disease to which eircom.net or on: 087 6458485. up over the next year to celebrate its 50th anniversary.

Sheds used by generations of fishermen Fishermen’s sheds burnt out on the south side of the river Tyne were destroyed by a major fire last week (Thursday, 4 July). Situated on Corporation Quay, near the South Shields ferry terminal, for decades the sheds have been used by local fishermen to repair boats and make/mend gear. Although distressing for those involved, who suffered considerable losses, no one was injured in the fire, which was attended ‡ ‡ Reaper berthing alongside her new pontoon in front of the Scottish Smoke and flames billowing out from the fishermen’s by three firefighting teams. sheds on Corporation Quay last Thursday. (Photo: Nigel Gray) Fisheries Museum. 11 July 2019 Join Fishing News on Facebook http://on.fb.me/fishingnews PORTS AND PRICES 21 PORTS & PRICES CONSISTENT WHITEFISH ACTIVITY AT PETERHEAD

Whitefish landings at Peterhead were fairly £4.05, lemon sole £1.50-£6.25, hake contributed 2,997 boxes to last Thursday’s consistent last week, with a daily average £1.20-£4.15, ling £1.05-£2.20, coley market at Peterhead. This sale included of around 5,000 boxes, reports David 80p-£1.60, plaice £1.15-£2.55 and squid 614 boxes of gutted and 578 boxes of Linkie. £1.35-£10.85. round haddock, 567 boxes of squid, 234 Eleven boats, Havvon, Harvester, The following morning 10 boats, Attain boxes of coley, 182 boxes of cod, 170 Ocean Harvest, Gracious, Havfjord, II, Castlewood, Audacious, Ocean Bounty, boxes of ling, 94 boxes of whiting (86 Acorn, Transcend, Guiding Light, Guiding Enterprise, Opportunus IV, Westro and rounders), 87 boxes of monkfish, 59 boxes Star, Ocean Vision and Golden Sceptre, Jolanna M, plus two consignments from of megrim, 50 boxes of flatfish and 41 together with four consignments from Boy Sparkling Star and Russa Taign, landed boxes of hake. Andrew, Keila, Deeside and Caledonia III, 4,728 boxes to the market. Tuesday’s tally Twenty-four hours later, nine boats, contributed 6,230 boxes to the first market included 1,223 boxes of gutted and 645 Allegiance, Celestial Dawn, Victory Rose, of last week at Peterhead. boxes of round haddock, 944 boxes of cod, Our Lass III, Favonius, Acorn, Achieve, Monday’s sale, the biggest for the 450 boxes of monkfish, 319 boxes of coley, Ocean Harvest and Harvester, together week, included 2,431 boxes of gutted and 246 boxes of flatfish, 236 boxes of ling, with seven consignments from Ocean 40 boxes of round haddock, 890 boxes 166 boxes of whiting (98 rounders), 104 Endeavour, Reliance II, Sparkling Star, of cod, 863 boxes of hake, 652 boxes boxes of hake, 28 boxes of megrim and 27 Opportune, Deeside, Radiance and Moray of whiting (504 rounders), 302 boxes of boxes of squid. Endeavour, landed 5,390 boxes to Friday’s coley, 219 boxes of flatfish, 158 boxes of Five boats, Summer Dawn, Golden market. This sale included 1,099 boxes of monkfish, 89 boxes of ling, 86 boxes of Gain, Boy John, Rosebloom and Searcher, gutted and six boxes of round haddock, squid and 48 boxes of megrim. and one consignment, contributed 5,068 1,044 boxes of hake, 718 boxes of cod, ‡ The local fly-shooter Tranquility landing into Peterhead fishmarket last month. At the start of last week at Peterhead, boxes to Peterhead market last Wednesday 582 boxes of whiting (488 rounders), 416 large cod sold at £4-£4.65 per kg, medium morning. This total included 1,489 boxes boxes of coley, 412 boxes of squid, 236 sprags £2.90-£4.60, medium £3.05- contributed to last week’s total of 24,413 £2.75-£4.30, selected £2.50-£3.15 and of hake, 1,046 boxes of cod, 979 boxes of boxes of monkfish, 148 boxes of flatfish, £3.50, selected £2.20-£3.15 and small boxes on Peterhead market. This tally small £2-£3.15. Large/medium gutted gutted haddock, 404 boxes of whiting (394 138 boxes of megrim and 55 boxes of ling. £2.55-£3.10. Monkfish sold at £2-£4.10, included 7,615 boxes of haddock (1,269 haddock made £2.55-£3.40, selected rounders), 358 boxes of coley, 255 boxes Last Friday morning at Peterhead, gutted whiting 75p-£2.35, round whiting rounders), 3,780 boxes of cod, 3,541 boxes £3.10-£3.45, small £1.50-£3.15, chippers of ling, 110 boxes of monkfish, 60 boxes of large/medium gutted haddock made 85p-£1.55, plaice £1-£2.60, lemon sole of hake, 1,898 boxes of whiting (1,570 £1-£2.20, metros 50p-£2 and round flatfish and 10 boxes of megrim. £2.90-£3.20 per kg, selected £2-£3.65, £1.75-£6.50, coley £1-£2.25, ling £1-£2.15, ungutted), 1,629 boxes of coley, 1,092 haddock 80p. Gutted whiting were at A further five vessels, Emulator, small £2-£3.90, chippers £1-£2.10, metros megrim £1-£3.65 and squid £3.25-£6.75 boxes of squid, 1,041 boxes of monkfish, £1.25-£2.15 and round whiting at 75p- Victoria May, Castlewood, Attain II and 85p-£1.50 and round haddock £1-£1.05. per kg. 805 boxes of ling, 723 boxes of flatfish and £1.55 per kg. Monkfish sold at £1.20- Shekinah, together with 11 consignments, Large cod sold at £3.30-£4.65 per kg, Forty boats and 25 consignments 283 boxes of megrim. BUSY START BUT A QUIETER BRIXHAM SEES STEADY SALES With excellent weather, all the local 1 dabs averaged £2.90, and 2s were kg for 1s, 2s were £11.60 and 3s were boats were out, resulting in a consistent 80p. John Dory 1s were £12.20/kg, 2s £8.80. Large octopus averaged £5.90, WEEK OVERALL IN SHETLAND week’s landings at Brixham. Hake £12, 3s £10.40, 4s £8.80 and 5s £3.20. and others were £2.30. After 15 boats landed 2,880 boxes of whiting (22,406kg, of which 18,807kg were supplies, however, were limited by large Red gurnard 2s were £3.80. Haddock Plaice 1s averaged £4.20/kg, 2s whitefish for Monday’s market, supplies tailed rounded). The balance included monkfish tides. The total sales for the week were 1s averaged £2.90/kg, 2s £2.20 and 3s £3.20, 3s £2.90, 4s £1.95 and 5s off before increasing again towards the end (18,942kg), ling (16,665kg), hake (16,256kg), £567,000. £1.20. Hake 2s were £4.80, 3s, 4s and £1.70. Pollack 2s were £4.80/kg, 3s of the week. plaice (15,434kg), lemon sole (13,569kg) and Bass prices averaged £21.50/kg for 5s £4.50, 6s £3.50 and 7s £2.80. Lemon £3.60 and 4s £2.90. Sand sole 1s were Four boats landed 433 boxes to the megrim (9,661kg). 1s, 2s were £22, 3s £19.80, 4s £13 and sole averaged £7.80/kg for 1s, £8.80 for £10.20/kg and 2s £4.80. Large scallops smallest market of the week on Tuesday, Best prices were generally paid on Friday 5s £11.40. Blondie wing 1s averaged 2s; 3s were £7.60, 4s £2.60 and 5s 80p. were £10.80 and 2s £4. Dover sole 1s before 912 boxes were put ashore by 12 morning, when cod sold at £4.74 per kg, £4.80/kg, 2s £3.80, 3s £3.40 and 4s Ling averaged £2.20/kg for 1s; 2s were averaged £20/kg, 2s £21, 3s £21.20, boats, including a number of inshore vessels, gutted haddock £3.74, hake £3.93, megrim £2. Black bream 2s were £5.80, 3s were £2.80, and 3s were 80p. Select lobsters 4s £18.80, 5s £14.90, 6s £13.80, 7s for the midweek sale. The 1,112 boxes £5.88, saithe £1.62 and gutted whiting £2.16 £5 and 4s £1.60. Size 1 brill averaged were £13.50 and large were £12. £10.50, 8s £10.30, 9s £7.90 and 10s auctioned electronically on Thursday morning per kg. Ling made £1.64 per kg, monkfish £11.80/kg, 2s £9, 3s £8.30, 4s £7.60 Mackerel 1s averaged £5.80/kg, 2s £5.40. Squid 2s were £10.80. came from 10 arrivals. Twelve boats put 1,568 £4.03 and round whiting £1.66 per kg on and 5s £7. were £4.20 and 3s £1.70. Size 1 megrim Thorny wings averaged £1.90/kg for boxes ashore for Friday’s market, bringing the Tuesday’s market. The top prices for lemon Size 1 cod averaged £3.60/kg, 2s and were £3.80, 2s £2.80, 3s £2.50, 4s 2s, £1.80 for 3s, and 4s were £1.70. total number of boxes for the week to 6,905 sole – £7.24 per kg – and plaice – £2.95 per 3s £4, 4s £3.50 and 5s £2.20. Coley £1.40, 5s 70p and 6s 60p. Monkfish 1s Large tubs were £5.20/kg and 2s £4.20. from 53 boats. kg – came on Wednesday morning, when was £2 for 1s, £1.80 for 2s and £1.70 averaged £11.90, 2s £12.40, 3s £11.10, Turbot averaged £16/kg for 1s, 2s Cod (60,546kg) was the top species halibut and squid sold for £11.31 and £8.11 for 3s. Conger averaged £2.50 for 1s, 2s 4s £9.90, 5s £9.30 and 6s £4.80. Grey £14.60, 3s £12.80, 4s £10.80, 5s £9 and landed in Shetland last week, ahead of gutted per kg respectively. Turbot sold at up to were £1.90 and 3s 80p. Large cuttlefish mullet 1s were £3.50, 2s were £3 and 6s £8. Large whiting averaged £3.20/kg, haddock (33,214kg), saithe (31,068kg) and £11.23 per kg on Monday morning’s market. averaged £3.80/kg and small £2.80. Size 3s were 70p. Red mullet averaged £12/ 2s £2.70, 3s £1.70 and 4s 90p. SPRING TIDE LIMITS NET LANDINGS AT NEWLYN Monday’s auction was supplied with and 2.3t of turbot. Prices and demand restricted in turbot and MSC hake landings. 28.9t from two netters, two beamers and were good throughout the morning. The highest-volume species were 0.1t of inshore boats. Good volumes to note were On Wednesday, one beamer and inshore mackerel, 0.2t megrim sole and 0.7t of 1t of Dover sole, 0.6t haddock, 9.6t MSC boats landed 6.6t for auction. Highest- pollack. hake, 0.2t John Dory, 0.8t lemon sole, 1.8t volume species were 0.3t of Dover sole, To end the week on Friday, a volume mackerel, 3.8t megrim sole, 1.8t monkfish, 0.1t John Dory, 0.1t lemon sole, 0.7t of 7.8t was landed from one beamer and 1.9t pollack and 0.7t of turbot. Best prices mackerel, 1.6t megrim sole, 0.6t monkfish, inshore boats. from the sale were N3 cod £6.12/kg, N1 0.1t plaice, 0.8t pollack and 1.1t of turbot. Partly contributing to the daily volume Dover Sole £21.89/kg and N2 monkfish The pick of the prices from the morning was 1.1t of Dover sole, 0.1t hake, 0.1t £11.78/kg. were N1 plaice £4.46/kg, N1 turbot lemon sole, 0.3t mackerel, 3.4t megrim For Tuesday’s sale, two netters £15.76/kg and N1 pollack £4.76/kg. sole, 1t monkfish, 0.2t octopus, 0.3t plaice and inshore boats landed 12t. Partly Thursday’s auction was the smallest and 0.4t of pollack. contributing to this volume was 0.1t of of the week, with a volume of 1.6t from Prices to note from the morning were haddock, 1.7t MSC hake, 0.2t John Dory, the local inshore boats. Due to the current N2 pollack £5.20/kg, N2 monkfish £13.03/ 0.2t lemon sole, 0.6t mackerel, 0.5t spring tide, all of the local net boats were kg and N3 cod £6.47/kg. The volume megrim sole, 2.8t monkfish, 0.4t pollack in harbour, resulting in the market being auctioned for the week was 56.9t. STEADY WEEK AT LOWESTOFT Twelve boats and some consignments from North Shields helped to deliver a steady supply of fish through the auction each day last week at Lowestoft, with total supplies over the week of 4.5t. Skate was the main species, with a high price down 40p on the previous week, at £1.80/kg. This was the lowest seen in five weeks, ‡ The Skerries trawler Sharyn Louise landing into the temporary but blonde ray, not seen on the market for eight weeks, saw highs of £4. Sole held on to its recent highs of £19, and lobster also saw £19, fishmarket at Scalloway.(Photo: Sydney Sinclair) its highest price for 12 weeks. Octopus, which has not been seen on the market for more than two years, saw a high price of £2. 22 PORTS AND PRICES Visit us at fishingnews.co.uk and on Twitter @YourFishingNews 11 July 2019

PETERHEAD, WEEK Avg Max Max, Max, mth SCRABSTER, WEDS Min Max Max, Max, yr BRIXHAM, WEEK TO Kg Avg Avg, Avg, yr NEWLYN, FRIDAY Kg Avg Avg, Avg, yr TO 4 JULY price/kg price/kg wk ago wk ago 4 JULY price/kg price/kg wk ago ago 5 JULY landed price/kg wk ago ago 5 JULY landed price/kg wk ago ago

Catfish £1.85 £1.85 £2.11 £1.82 Cod £3.14 £4.86 £3.85 £3.28 Bass (1) 17 £21.22 £19.55 £17.54 Bass (3) 6 £11.00 £14.57 £14.45 Cod (A1) £4.28 £4.28 £4.20 £5.35 Bass (2) 100 £20.82 £22.56 £18.62 Bass (4) 7 £14.40 £13.03 £13.38 Cod (A2) £4.45 £4.45 £4.76 £5.26 Hake £0.86 £3.37 £1.25 £2.38 Bass (3) 405 £19.60 £19.77 £17.96 Bass (5) 4 £13.78 £12.65 £12.93 Cod (A3) £3.82 £3.82 £3.86 £4.11 Halibut £7.27 £10.00 £8.33 Bass (4) 1,137 £12.73 £11.66 £11.61 Blonde Ray (L) 1,079 £2.03 £1.63 £2.81 Cod (A4) £2.98 £2.98 £2.95 £3.17 John Dory £7.14 £7.14 £9.18 Blonde Ray (M) 695 £1.47 £1.33 £2.04 Bass (5) 359 £11.27 £10.64 £10.89 Cod (A5) £2.69 £2.69 £2.64 £2.88 Lemon sole £1.00 £3.33 £5.57 £5.45 Blonde Ray (S) 160 £0.84 £0.90 £1.53 Haddock (A1) £2.96 £2.96 £2.82 £3.01 Ling £1.00 £1.58 £1.60 Brill (1) 427 £11.59 £11.92 £11.57 Blue Shark (9) 37 £0.94 - £0.81 Haddock (A2) £3.39 £3.39 £3.05 £3.21 Megrims £2.16 £4.79 £3.50 £5.24 Brill (2) 473 £8.56 £8.75 £8.42 Brill (1) 9 £9.90 £10.23 £10.02 Haddock (A3) £2.96 £2.96 £2.48 £2.93 Monkfish £2.00 £3.50 £3.73 £3.89 Brill (3) 959 £8.09 £8.32 £8.03 Brill (2) 56 £10.47 £10.19 £11.56 Haddock chippers (A4) £1.88 £1.88 £1.92 £2.27 Plaice £1.10 £2.30 £1.50 £2.09 Brill (4) 659 £7.38 £7.46 £7.08 Brill (3) 154 £10.17 £8.64 £8.86 Haddock metros (A4) £1.25 £1.25 £1.41 £1.63 Saithe £0.94 £0.98 £1.00 Brill (5) 28 £6.85 £6.84 £5.09 Brill (4) 34 £7.26 £7.39 £8.04 Hake (A1) £3.32 £3.32 £3.26 £2.87 Turbot £5.00 £5.00 £9.55 Cock crabs 194 £6.27 £6.14 £6.15 Brill (5) 2 £6.74 £7.11 £6.50 Claws (9) 111 £4.43 £5.70 £4.09 Hake (A2) £2.92 £2.92 £2.80 £2.73 Whiting £1.00 £2.35 £1.96 £1.85 Cod (1) 19 £3.47 £6.50 £2.75 Hake (A3) £2.14 £2.14 £2.16 £2.19 Cod (3) 53 £5.68 £5.82 £4.98 Cod (2) 38 £4.04 £3.59 £4.70 Hake (A4) £1.63 £1.63 £1.80 £1.93 Cod (4) 76 £4.32 £3.19 £2.03 Cod (3) 26 £4.15 £4.56 £4.38 Hake (A5) £1.31 £1.31 £1.46 £1.30 ICELAND (RSF), THURS Kg Avg Avg, Avg, 4 Cod (5) 17 £1.93 £2.21 £3.40 Halibut £6.98 £6.98 £6.01 £10.53 4 JULY landed price/kg wk ago wks ago Conger (1) 73 £2.45 £2.33 £1.92 Cuckoo ray (L) 241 £0.81 £1.52 £1.25 Lemon sole (A1) £5.28 £5.28 £6.65 £7.99 Conger (2) 25 £1.81 £2.07 £1.95 Cuckoo ray (M) 991 £1.12 £0.66 £1.23 Lemon sole (A2) £4.19 £4.19 £4.27 £7.27 Blue ling (gutted) 1,428 £0.71 £1.33 £1.73 Conger (3) 60 £0.76 £0.95 £0.39 Cuckoo ray (S) 40 £0.43 £0.26 £0.44 Cuttlefish (L) 52 £2.65 £3.05 £3.22 Lemon sole (A3) £2.72 £2.72 £2.48 £3.76 Blue ling (ungutted) 70 £0.78 £0.95 £1.81 Cuttlefish (1) 85 £3.60 £4.62 £5.30 Cuttlefish (S) 1 £2.00 £2.66 £2.04 Ling (A1) £1.20 £1.20 £1.19 £1.39 Catfish (gutted) 12,077 £1.01 £0.76 £1.23 Cuttlefish (2) 4,079 £2.72 £3.71 £4.91 Dover sole (1) 169 £20.76 £21.10 £18.66 Ling (A2) £1.63 £1.63 £1.48 £1.42 Dogfish 7,134 £0.25 £0.25 £0.24 Catfish (ungutted) 2,335 £0.55 £0.51 £0.84 Dover sole (2) 367 £20.21 £21.26 £18.61 Ling (A3) £1.81 £1.81 £1.65 £1.48 Cod (large, gutted) 13,409 £2.23 £2.14 £2.93 Gurnard (2) 10 £3.64 £3.66 £3.96 Megrim (A1) £4.69 £4.69 £4.00 £5.96 Dover sole (3) 737 £19.79 £21.29 £18.38 Cod (large, ungutted) 138,908 £2.23 £2.15 £2.45 Gurnard (4) 7,522 £0.66 £0.61 £0.60 Dover sole (4) 664 £13.82 £14.91 £11.43 Megrim (A2) £2.64 £2.64 £1.86 £4.75 Cod (small, gutted) 142 £1.09 £0.32 £0.36 Haddock (1) 758 £2.89 £2.74 £3.93 Dover sole (5) 377 £9.14 £10.59 £9.61 Megrim (A3) £1.62 £1.62 £1.05 £2.67 Cod (small, ungutted) 3,228 £0.82 £0.73 £1.32 Haddock (2) 1,550 £2.14 £1.85 £2.87 Grey mullet (1) 6 £3.80 - £3.90 Megrim (A4) £0.38 £0.38 £0.72 £1.30 Grey mullet (2) 95 £3.96 - £3.91 Megrim (A4) £0.75 £0.75 £0.57 £2.08 Cod cheeks 22 £8.12 £8.61 £6.35 Haddock (3) 32 £1.04 £1.39 £1.51 Gurnard and latchet (L) 49 £4.58 £4.97 £4.34 Monkfish (A1) £3.37 £3.37 £3.66 £3.75 Greenland halibut (gutted) 150 £2.43 £2.67 £2.34 Hake (2) 20 £4.71 £4.38 £3.95 Haddock (large, gutted) 8,403 £2.06 £1.41 £2.09 Hake (3) 37 £4.41 £4.40 £4.04 Gurnard and latchet (M) 95 £1.90 £1.55 £2.03 Monkfish (A2) £3.52 £3.52 £3.76 £4.03 Gurnard and latchet (S) 528 £0.67 £0.80 £0.62 Haddock (large, ungutted) 20,756 £2.23 £2.18 £2.87 Hake (4) 198 £4.43 £4.35 £4.10 Monkfish (A3) £3.43 £3.43 £4.01 £4.18 Haddock (1) 175 £2.76 £4.07 £3.70 Haddock (small, gutted) 82 £1.01 £0.17 - Monkfish (A4) £3.41 £3.41 £3.57 £4.08 Hake (5) 568 £4.53 £3.83 £3.88 Haddock (2) 535 £2.97 £3.63 £3.57 Monkfish (A5) £2.69 £2.69 £2.65 £3.54 Halibut (gutted) 1,283 £2.26 £2.37 £5.23 Hake (6) 934 £3.42 £3.40 £3.47 Haddock (3) 149 £2.93 £2.51 £3.43 Plaice (A2) £2.68 £2.68 £2.18 £2.44 Lemon sole (gutted) 1,043 £2.58 £2.11 £2.75 Hake (7) 264 £2.72 £2.75 £2.85 Haddock (4) 7 £0.20 £0.28 £1.41 Plaice (A3) £2.24 £2.24 £2.09 £2.54 Ling (gutted) 19,099 £0.98 £0.99 £1.37 Hen crabs 1,148 £1.82 £2.09 £2.57 Haddock (5) 42 £0.47 £0.96 £2.20 Plaice (A4) £1.75 £1.75 £1.52 £1.90 Ling (ungutted) 661 £1.15 £1.27 £1.46 John Dory (1) 182 £12.03 £12.32 £11.74 Hake (0) 225 £0.53 £0.18 £0.51 Pollack (A1) £4.95 £4.95 £4.70 £4.20 Megrim (gutted) 2,964 £1.89 £1.83 £1.59 John Dory (2) 184 £11.91 £12.12 £11.45 Hake (1) 137 £3.03 £3.49 £3.71 Pollack (A2) £4.29 £4.29 £4.70 £4.08 Hake (2) 357 £2.88 £3.74 £3.82 Monkfish (gutted) 10,274 £2.78 £2.98 £3.64 John Dory (3) 324 £10.30 £9.70 £8.50 Pollack (A3) £3.34 £3.34 - £3.00 Plaice (gutted) 2,849 £2.06 £1.92 £2.05 Hake (3) 1,103 £3.00 £3.86 £3.64 Lemon sole (1) 325 £7.87 £7.67 £8.45 Pollack (A4) £2.80 £2.80 £3.78 - Redfish (ungutted) 30,023 £1.26 £0.98 £1.73 Hake (4) 3,375 £2.68 £3.46 £3.72 Round Haddock £0.84 £0.84 £0.90 £1.57 Lemon sole (2) 393 £8.64 £8.15 £8.51 Saithe (gutted) 26,398 £0.90 £0.90 £1.11 Hake (5) 4,081 £2.38 £2.67 £3.13 Saithe (A1) £1.53 £1.53 £1.38 £1.54 Lemon sole (3) 908 £7.49 £6.88 £8.34 Hake (6) 1,056 £1.98 £2.24 £2.37 Saithe (ungutted) 6,946 £0.62 £0.71 £0.82 Saithe (A2) £1.51 £1.51 £1.26 £1.51 Lemon sole (4) 1,900 £2.54 £2.86 £3.95 John Dory (1) 59 £12.21 £12.10 £12.20 Skate (gutted) 2,561 £0.27 £0.08 £0.10 Saithe (A3) £1.15 £1.15 £1.14 £1.40 Lemon sole (5) 729 £0.78 £1.81 £2.25 John Dory (2) 181 £11.62 £11.64 £10.80 Spotted catfish (gutted) 562 £0.94 £0.72 £1.28 Saithe (A4) £1.03 £1.03 £0.87 £1.39 Line mackerel (1) 126 £5.67 £4.52 £4.32 John Dory (3) 165 £9.77 £8.97 £9.09 Spotted catfish (ungutted) 206 £0.97 £0.43 £0.99 Squid fresh £6.51 £6.51 £6.85 £11.12 Line mackerel (2) 320 £3.95 £3.17 £4.94 John Dory (4) 121 £7.61 £7.31 £6.57 Squid trawled £4.29 £4.29 £4.87 £8.35 Tusk (gutted) 645 £0.54 £0.40 £0.82 John Dory (5) 79 £4.86 £3.35 £4.97 Line mackerel (3) 505 £1.65 £1.58 £3.48 Turbot £9.72 £9.72 £9.68 £10.45 Tusk (gutted) 645 £0.54 £0.40 £0.82 Lemon sole (1) 100 £8.84 £9.17 £7.70 Lobster 109 £12.99 £13.30 £12.62 Whiting (A1) £1.71 £1.71 - £2.55 Tusk (ungutted) 2,155 £0.44 £0.43 £0.65 Lemon sole (2) 131 £8.45 £8.85 £7.07 Whiting (gutted) 353 £0.61 £0.61 £0.60 Monkfish tails (1) 119 £11.75 £12.26 £10.59 Lemon sole (3) 320 £7.39 £6.92 £7.52 SHETLAND, WEEK Kg Avg Avg, Avg, yr Monkfish tails (2) 409 £12.29 £12.59 £11.17 Lemon sole (4) 529 £2.31 £2.51 £3.83 TO 5 JULY landed price/kg wk ago ago Whiting (ungutted) 220 £0.45 £0.51 £0.61 Witch (gutted) 10 £0.03 - £1.47 Monkfish tails (3) 511 £11.05 £11.20 £11.16 Lemon sole (5) 220 £0.93 £1.09 £1.82 Monkfish tails (4) 587 £9.90 £10.24 £10.41 Ling (L) 38 £2.01 £1.80 £2.19 Catfish 1,245 £1.75 - £1.75 Witch (ungutted) 6,488 £1.24 £1.27 £1.16 Monkfish tails (5) 1,276 £9.21 £9.82 £9.94 Ling (M) 194 £1.85 £2.19 £2.40 Cod (2) 15,779 £4.20 £4.24 £4.20 Lobster (M) 3 £11.80 £12.00 £11.30 HANTSHOLM, WEEK Kg Avg Avg, Avg, 6m Monkfish tails (6) 918 £4.79 £4.71 £5.96 Cod (3) 13,716 £3.62 £4.03 £3.62 TO 5 JULY landed price/kg wk ago ago Mackerel (LM) 711 £3.79 £4.82 £5.77 Octopus 347 £2.22 £2.21 £3.29 Cod (4) 17,477 £2.72 £3.33 £2.72 Mackerel (M) 1,774 £2.32 £4.52 £5.17 Plaice (1) 2,684 £4.04 £3.99 £3.90 Cod (5) 9,084 £2.43 £2.51 £2.43 Catfish (1) 5,074 £2.71 £1.94 £2.22 Mackerel (S) 959 £0.40 £0.67 £2.53 Cod (6) 2,275 £2.39 £2.28 £2.39 Plaice (2) 3,755 £2.99 £3.06 £2.87 Cod (0) 1,037 £5.41 £4.85 £4.30 Megrim (1) 60 £4.32 £5.28 £4.83 Haddock (1) 3,440 £2.83 - £2.83 Plaice (3) 5,002 £2.82 £2.73 £2.61 Megrim (2) 449 £4.12 £5.01 £4.86 Cod (1) 14,762 £5.06 £4.61 £3.79 Haddock (2) 5,564 £3.12 £2.35 £3.12 Plaice (4) 5,022 £1.92 £1.91 £2.05 Megrim (3) 783 £2.83 £3.28 £3.90 Cod (2) 30,306 £4.90 £4.19 £3.38 Haddock (3) 7,923 £2.40 £2.83 £2.40 Megrim (4) 1,307 £2.02 £2.14 £2.46 Cod (3) 25,358 £4.16 £3.34 £3.12 Plaice (5) 7,082 £1.63 £1.53 £1.64 Haddock (4) 9,232 £2.27 £2.11 £2.27 Pollock (2) 58 £4.82 £5.07 £4.95 Megrim (5) 3,778 £1.58 £1.54 £1.85 Haddock (5) 7,055 £1.43 £2.04 £1.43 Cod (4) 20,833 £3.38 £2.74 £2.62 Monkfish - Cheeks (9) 11 £2.90 £8.44 £8.57 Pollock (3) 69 £3.47 £3.45 £3.63 Hake (2) 2,536 £3.37 - £3.37 Cod (5) 8,451 £2.88 £1.98 £1.48 Monkfish (1) 257 £11.37 £11.87 £9.75 Ray wings (blonde, 1) 310 £4.78 £4.63 £5.19 Hake (3) 5,268 £2.44 £2.95 £2.44 Haddock (1) 4,014 £2.68 £2.04 £2.43 Monkfish (2) 910 £11.78 £12.25 £10.46 Hake (4) 8,452 £1.17 £2.04 £1.17 Haddock (2) 8,817 £1.77 £1.49 £1.81 Ray wings (blonde, 2) 553 £3.33 £2.26 £4.26 Monkfish (3) 2,314 £10.30 £11.04 £10.20 Halibut (3) 83 £10.71 - £10.71 Haddock (3) 4,963 £1.16 £0.92 £1.14 Ray wings (blonde, 3) 174 £3.07 £2.33 £3.61 Monkfish (4) 1,138 £9.85 £10.06 £9.83 Halibut (4) 184 £5.81 £9.75 £5.81 Haddock (4) 31 £1.20 £0.63 £0.10 Ray wings (small eye, 2) 2 £0.87 £0.72 £2.80 Monkfish (5) 1,285 £7.29 £7.72 £8.75 Lemon sole (2) 1,398 £5.50 - £5.50 Hake (0) 5,977 £3.96 £3.73 £2.45 Ray wings (thornback, 2) 320 £1.66 £2.33 £2.96 Octopus (L) 99 £2.61 - £2.56 Octopus (M) 378 £2.17 £2.20 £2.58 Lemon sole (4) 7,309 £2.26 £5.51 £2.26 Hake (1) 7,822 £3.80 £3.48 £2.21 Ray wings (thornback, 3) 631 £1.88 £2.01 £2.90 Plaice (1) 505 £3.50 £4.11 £4.00 Ling 16,665 £1.36 - £1.36 Hake (2) 10,359 £3.22 £2.63 £2.07 Ray wings (thornback, 4) 306 £1.70 £1.16 £1.13 Lythe 2,639 £3.78 - £3.78 Plaice (2) 305 £2.95 £3.07 £3.18 Hake (3) 4,634 £1.86 £1.75 £1.63 Red mullet (1) 53 £3.41 £3.67 £3.31 Plaice (3) 609 £2.94 £3.22 £2.98 Mackerel 1,796 £2.23 - £2.23 Lemon sole (1) 553 £4.43 £4.27 £5.24 Red mullet (2) 59 £2.99 £3.49 £2.55 Megrim (2) 4,666 £3.95 - £3.95 Plaice (4) 695 £1.93 £1.67 £2.16 Lemon sole (2) 1,569 £3.66 £3.14 £4.07 Red mullet (3) 51 £11.80 £11.09 £12.01 Pollack, lythe (1) 123 £4.94 £4.37 £4.91 Megrim (3) 2,741 £2.44 £4.77 £2.44 Lemon sole (3) 3,084 £2.67 £2.58 £3.79 Round pouting 7,218 £0.45 £0.48 £0.45 Pollack, lythe (2) 1,901 £4.54 £4.35 £4.51 Megrim (4) 2,254 £1.07 £3.32 £1.07 Ling (1) 4,750 £1.94 £1.94 £1.99 Pollack, lythe (3) 1,873 £3.51 £3.16 £3.44 Monkfish (1) 591 £3.23 - £3.23 Scallop (2) 5,427 £4.47 £3.53 £4.70 Pollack, lythe (4) 461 £2.69 £2.11 £2.80 Monkfish (2) 5,580 £3.49 £3.31 £3.49 Ling (2) 7,016 £1.77 £1.70 £1.99 Scallop meat 1,030 £11.50 £11.50 £14.00 Pout whiting, pouting, bib (m) 4 £0.20 £0.52 £0.51 Monkfish (3) 8,140 £3.63 £3.49 £3.63 Ling (3) 6,430 £1.45 £1.28 £1.71 Sole (1) 697 £19.47 £21.90 £19.21 Pout whiting, pouting, bib (S) 15 £0.21 £0.20 £0.35 Monkfish (4) 2,940 £3.48 £3.58 £3.48 Megrim 323 £2.52 £0.93 £2.13 Sole (2) 1,486 £20.16 £22.29 £19.25 Monkfish (1) 1,503 £4.22 £4.16 £4.39 Red mullet (1) 29 £11.54 £10.91 £11.84 Monkfish (5) 975 £2.75 £3.50 £2.75 Sole (3) 1,344 £20.78 £23.21 £18.90 Red mullet (2) 41 £9.06 £10.08 £10.09 Monkfish (2) 4,772 £4.11 £4.14 £4.28 Monkfish (6) 716 £2.01 £2.68 £2.01 Sole (4) 2,023 £18.73 £20.07 £12.17 Red mullet (3) 17 £7.53 £7.98 £8.33 Plaice (2) 4,017 £2.43 - £2.43 Monkfish (3) 7,590 £3.98 £3.99 £4.12 Sole (5) 1,381 £14.77 £16.84 £9.75 Red mullet (4) 11 £3.86 £7.19 £6.97 Plaice (3) 5,797 £2.00 £2.48 £2.00 Monkfish (4) 2,067 £3.80 £3.77 £3.95 Sole (6) 1,698 £13.71 £15.46 £7.62 Saithe (1) 22 £1.50 £1.50 £1.89 Plaice (4) 5,620 £1.27 £2.09 £1.27 Monkfish (5) 173 £3.24 £2.83 £2.86 Squid (2) 130 £10.66 £10.13 £11.51 Saithe (2) 66 £1.67 £1.30 £1.85 Saithe (2) 10,664 £1.39 - £1.39 Plaice (1) 3,956 £3.20 £2.60 £2.82 Squid (mix) 130 £9.89 £7.70 £8.29 Saithe (3) 31 £1.63 £1.45 £1.42 Saithe (3) 10,657 £1.30 £1.19 £1.30 Plaice (2) 3,657 £3.89 £2.65 £2.77 Saithe (4) 7 £1.20 - £1.35 Turbot (1) 246 £15.41 £16.25 £14.74 Saithe (4) 9,747 £0.90 £1.03 £0.90 Plaice (3) 3,746 £3.05 £2.37 £2.56 Scallops 101 £1.60 £2.30 £0.77 Turbot (2) 506 £14.28 £14.38 £13.75 Skate 3,337 £0.52 - £0.52 Plaice (4) 11,354 £2.05 £2.01 £1.97 Sea Breams (2) 7 £12.39 £13.91 £12.11 Skate, mixed 203 £0.28 - £0.28 Turbot (3) 580 £12.55 £13.20 £13.75 Pollack (2) 1,852 £4.01 £4.06 £4.21 Sea Breams (3) 1 £13.62 £13.00 £12.26 Skate, roker 41 £0.71 £0.56 £0.71 Turbot (4) 783 £10.72 £11.69 £11.13 Pollack (3) 11,238 £3.31 £2.93 £3.55 Shagreen ray (L) 30 £1.60 £1.00 £1.39 Squid 4,026 £2.58 - £2.58 Turbot (5) 1,618 £8.93 £9.18 £9.47 Shagreen ray (M) 36 £0.90 £0.30 £0.59 Pollack (4) 1,662 £2.84 £2.54 £3.02 Turbot 318 £10.27 - £10.27 Turbot (6) 299 £7.95 £8.62 £7.49 Small-eyed ray (L) 140 £1.80 £1.94 £1.88 Whiting (2) 429 £1.97 - £1.97 Saithe (1) 7,660 £1.96 £1.51 £1.77 Smoothhound (L) 116 £0.45 £0.51 £0.80 Saithe (2) 21,529 £1.50 £1.20 £1.39 Whelks 1,968 £1.30 £1.29 £1.75 Whiting (3) 2,652 £1.59 £2.34 £1.59 Whiting (1) 70 £3.11 £2.83 £2.14 Smoothhound (M) 55 £0.37 £0.49 £0.48 Whiting (4) 958 £1.07 £1.53 £1.07 Saithe (3) 185,080 £1.18 £1.00 £1.07 Smoothhound (S) 17 £0.27 £0.38 £0.41 Whiting (2) 150 £2.52 £2.34 £1.74 Whiting, round 18,807 £1.05 £0.80 £1.05 Saithe (4) 185,781 £1.07 £0.95 £0.81 Squid (L) 19 £11.11 £8.65 £12.21 Witches, (2/3) 40 £2.24 - £2.24 Squid 285 £1.25 £0.75 £4.76 Whiting (3) 301 £1.65 £1.68 £1.34 Squid (M) 93 £10.79 £10.06 £12.15 Turbot (0) 97 £14.93 £13.94 £13.55 LOWESTOFT, WEEK Min Max Max, Max, yr Squid (S) 1 £8.00 £4.89 £8.33 GRIMSBY, THURSDAY Min Max Max, Max, yr TO 5 JULY price/kg price/kg mnth ago ago Thornback Ray (M) 134 £1.80 £1.56 £1.48 4 JULY price/kg price/kg wk ago ago Turbot (1) 114 £12.15 £12.13 £11.49 Turbot (2) 107 £11.24 £11.00 £11.26 Turbot (1) 87 £15.89 £16.28 £14.75

Turbot (3) 218 £10.08 £8.63 £8.73 Bass £12.00 £18.00 £17.50 £17.75 Turbot (2) 252 £13.76 £15.33 £14.00 Codlings (best) £2.00 £2.50 £2.00 £2.35 Turbot (3) 446 £12.80 £14.48 £15.00 Turbot (4) 132 £5.65 £5.02 £6.90 Blonde Ray £1.80 £4.00 £0.00 - Codlings (small) £2.00 £2.00 £2.00 - Dover sole £4.30 £19.00 £19.00 £17.13 Turbot (4) 632 £11.46 £13.06 £12.55 Whiting (2) 1,178 £0.82 £1.43 £1.71 Haddock (best) £2.10 £2.80 £2.50 £2.98 Grey mullet £2.50 £4.00 £3.00 £4.00 Turbot (5) 1,300 £10.17 £11.51 £12.07 Whiting (3) 184 £0.48 £0.63 £1.73 Haddock (jumbo) £2.00 £2.30 £2.20 £3.53 Lobster £10.00 £19.00 £0.00 £15.00 Turbot (6) 1,213 £9.04 £9.35 £8.10 Haddock (large) £2.00 £2.30 £2.10 £3.33 Witch (1) 816 £3.62 £2.80 £3.85 Monkfish £1.50 £2.50 £3.50 - Whiting (1) 14 £2.34 £2.28 £1.94 Haddock (medium) £1.80 £2.40 £2.20 £3.38 Witch (2) 2,977 £2.46 £1.95 £2.66 Octopus £1.00 £2.00 £0.00 - Whiting (2) 45 £1.38 £1.79 £1.44 Haddock (small) £0.50 £1.50 £1.50 £1.83 Witch (3) 1,264 £0.97 £0.88 £1.23 Skate £0.80 £1.80 £2.20 £2.15 Whiting (3) 37 £0.52 £0.83 £0.60 11 July 2019 Join Fishing News on Facebook http://on.fb.me/fishingnews PORTS AND PRICES 23 UK monthly demersal fish landings and prices, last two years

UK haddock landings into UK ports UK cod landings into UK ports UK monkfish landings into UK ports 4,000 2.00 3,000 3.00 2,500 6.00

3,500 2,500 2.50 5.00 2,000 3,000 1.50 2,000 2.00 4.00 2,500 1,500 2,000 1.00 1,500 1.50 3.00 1,000 1,500 1,000 1.00 2.00 1,000 0.50 500 Landings (t, left scale) 500 Landings (t, left scale) 0.50 Landings (t, left scale) 1.00 500 Price per kg (right scale) Price per kg (right scale) Price per kg (right scale) - 0.00 - 0.00 - 0.00 May-17 Sep-17 Jan-18 May-18 Sep-18 Jan-19 May-17 Sep-17 Jan-18 May-18 Sep-18 Jan-19 May-17 Sep-17 Jan-18 May-18 Sep-18 Jan-19 UK hake landings into UK ports UK sole landings into UK ports UK whiting landings into UK ports 1,800 3.50 250 14.00 1,600 1.80 1,600 1.60 3.00 12.00 1,400 200 1,400 1,200 1.40 2.50 10.00 1,200 1.20 150 1,000 1,000 2.00 8.00 1.00 800 800 1.50 6.00 0.80 100 600 600 0.60 4.00 1.00 400 400 50 0.40 Landings (t, left scale) Landings (t, left scale) 2.00 Landings (t, left scale) 0.50 200 0.20 200 Price per kg (right scale) Price per kg (right scale) Price per kg (right scale) - 0.00 - 0.00 - 0.00 May-17 Sep-17 Jan-18 May-18 Sep-18 Jan-19 May-17 Sep-17 Jan-18 May-18 Sep-18 Jan-19 May-17 Sep-17 Jan-18 May-18 Sep-18 Jan-19 UK saithe landings into UK ports UK plaice landings into UK ports UK megrim landings into UK ports 1,600 1.20 900 2.50 400 4.50

1,400 800 350 4.00 1.00 700 2.00 3.50 1,200 300 0.80 600 3.00 1,000 1.50 250 500 2.50 800 0.60 200 400 2.00 1.00 600 150 0.40 300 1.50 400 100 200 0.50 1.00 Landings (t, left scale) 0.20 Landings (t, left scale) Landings (t, left scale) 200 100 50 0.50 Price per kg (right scale) Price per kg (right scale) Price per kg (right scale) - 0.00 - 0.00 - 0.00 May-17 Sep-17 Jan-18 May-18 Sep-18 Jan-19 May-17 Sep-17 Jan-18 May-18 Sep-18 Jan-19 May-17 Sep-17 Jan-18 May-18 Sep-18 Jan-19

UK ling landings into UK ports UK lemon sole landings into UK ports UK turbot landings into UK ports 700 2.50 300 7.00 90 16.00 80 14.00 600 250 6.00 2.00 70 12.00 500 5.00 200 60 10.00 1.50 400 4.00 50 150 8.00 300 3.00 40 1.00 6.00 100 30 200 2.00 20 4.00 0.50 50 Landings (t, left scale) 100 Landings (t, left scale) 1.00 Landings (t, left scale) 2.00 Price per kg (right scale) 10 Price per kg (right scale) Price per kg (right scale) - 0.00 - 0.00 - 0.00 May-17 Sep-17 Jan-18 May-18 Sep-18 Jan-19 May-17 Sep-17 Jan-18 May-18 Sep-18 Jan-19 May-17 Sep-17 Jan-18 May-18 Sep-18 Jan-19 UK bass landings into UK ports UK pollack landings into UK ports UK skate landings into UK ports 60 14.00 250 4.00 350 1.60

12.00 3.50 300 1.40 50 200 3.00 1.20 10.00 250 40 150 2.50 1.00 8.00 200 30 2.00 0.80 6.00 150 100 1.50 0.60 20 100 4.00 1.00 0.40 50 10 Landings (t, left scale) Landings (t, left scale) 2.00 0.50 50 Landings (t, left scale) 0.20 Price per kg (right scale) Price per kg (right scale) Price per kg (right scale) - 0.00 - 0.00 - 0.00 May-17 Sep-17 Jan-18 May-18 Sep-18 Jan-19 May-17 Sep-17 Jan-18 May-18 Sep-18 Jan-19 May-17 Sep-17 Jan-18 May-18 Sep-18 Jan-19

UK brill landings into UK ports UK halibut landings into UK ports UK gurnard landings into UK ports 50 10.00 35 12.00 300 1.60 45 1.40 30 10.00 250 40 8.00 1.20 25 35 8.00 200 1.00 30 6.00 20 25 6.00 150 0.80 15 20 4.00 0.60 4.00 100 15 10 0.40 10 2.00 2.00 50 Landings (t, left scale) 5 Landings (t, left scale) Landings (t, left scale) 0.20 5 Price per kg (right scale) Price per kg (right scale) Price per kg (right scale) - 0.00 - 0.00 - 0.00 May-17 Sep-17 Jan-18 May-18 Sep-18 Jan-19 May-17 Sep-17 Jan-18 May-18 Sep-18 Jan-19 May-17 Sep-17 Jan-18 May-18 Sep-18 Jan-19 Source: MMO 24 CLASSIFIEDS Visit us at fishingnews.co.uk and on Twitter @YourFishingNews 11 July 2019 CLASSIFIEDS INSURANCE ELECTRONICS LIFERAFTS NOZZLES & PROPELLERS

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TURN TO PAGE 2 FOR THE FULL apply to the Minister for the Department for Environment, Food U10 E-CATCH REPORTING SOON REPORT and Rural Affairs for the confirmation of the following Byelaw. Pilot Me – 12m Cougar catamaran for Filey owners NEW UK 2018 The first 12m Cougar catamaran, CATCH RECORD Pilot Me, heads off to the potting grounds from Bridlington. Record £1,004m catch Exemptions Byelaw 2019 value by UK fleet in 2018 The proposed Byelaw enables the Authority to consider and

‡ UK vessels landed an annual record catch value potentially grant or decline permission for the conducting of an of £1,004m in 2018. UK vessels landed a total of 696,318t for £1,004m Starboard quarter in 2018, according to provisional figures published The first 12m Cougar catamaran built by view of Pilot Me. by the MMO last week, reports David Linkie. Audacious Marine, Pilot Me SH 130, started In terms of overall catch value, the 2018 total potting recently from Bridlington, reports David is 3% higher than the previous year’s figure of activity that would otherwise be a contravention of a Byelaw or a Linkie. £981m, while the tonnage is 4% lower than the Owned by skipper James Haxby and his 716,847t landed in 2017. These changes reflect son Jamie, Pilot Me was fully fitted out at a 7% increase in the average price per tonne Filey by the owners, in conjunction with local of all landings from UK vessels, which rose to companies. £1,449 from £1,358. Pilot Me continues a well-established Landings by foreign vessels into the UK rose Permit Condition within a Byelaw that the Authority has inherited tradition by being the third boat of the same in 2018 to 53,000t, compared to 48,000t the name to be owned by James Haxby’s family, previous year. the previous two being sailing and motor Of the overall catch value by the UK fleet, cobles that worked off the beach at Filey. £731m/424,075t was landed into British ports and Further details of Pilot Me will be included in £273m/272,243t abroad. or introduced. Any permission will only be issued, where in the view Fishing News next week. continues on page 2 of the Authority, the permission does not materially detract from the Authority’s duties as set out within section 153 and 154 of the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009. LET The Byelaw provides guidance regarding how any such application FREE! is considered and processed within a specified time. The application will be determined within 60 days of receipt of the application. SELL YOUR BOAT The Byelaw also provides the potential applicant with transparency Now you can regarding their responsibility to assemble the information or evidence as determined by the Authority so that the Authority can sell your boat fully consider the application for an authorisation in accordance NEVER MISS and equipment with the relevant paragraphs. If required, the Authority will be able absolutely free to advise the potential applicant or applicants regarding the type and detail of information and evidence that must be submitted to AN ISSUE! of charge in support their application and the subsequent assessment of it. Fishing News. A full text version of the above Byelaw and the associated Impact Assessment can be viewed on the D&S IFCA website or obtained by SUBSCRIBE † Dont miss this great contacting the office. You can also use the following links to read opportunit to showcase our the final draft Exemptions Byelaw and the Impact Assessment boat in the UKs premier industr (consultation version). TODAY CALL newspaper. How to comment? † All ou have to do is complete Any person wishing to comment, support or object to the confirmation of the above Byelaw must do so in writing to: 01959 the form in the READERS FREE ADS pages at the back of Marine Conservation and Enforcement Team, Marine Management Fishing News or email fi shing@kelseclassifi eds.co.uk Organisation, Lancaster House, Hampshire Court, Newcastle Upon and dont forget to include a photograph of the boat ou Tyne, NE4 7YH (or [email protected]) by 543 747 are selling. 15th August 2019 and must send a copy to the Acting Chief Officer † Or go to facebook Fishing News Bu Sell at Devon and Severn IFCA, Brixham Laboratory, Freshwater Quarry, Brixham, Devon, TQ5 8BA (or consultation@devonandsevernifca. suppling our contact details. gov.uk). Fishermen! Advertise boats, equipment and accessories, for sale FISHERMEN'S FREE ADS! or wanted, absolutely FREE! BOATS FOR SALE CONCORD KY 99 EX-MOD HUMBER 7M RIB

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Brexit Party visits Newlyn A team of Brexit Party members afternoon after we leave the EU, – including newly elected MEPs because there will be an awful Ann Widdecombe and Christina lot of things to sort out first. Jordan – recently made a ‘fact- My biggest worry is that the finding’ visit to Newlyn, reports two-year transition period may Phil Lockley. effectively spell out, that until the Ex-Conservative MP Ann two years are up, there will be Widdecombe defected to the absolutely no change in the UK’s Brexit Party in April this year, role within the CFP. and ‘has absolutely no regrets in “During our visit, so many doing so’, she told Fishing News. fishermen confirmed what we ICES advises huge cut in N Sea As gale force winds lashed already feared – that the CFP is cod TAC See page 2 the shores of Mounts Bay, a continuing to seriously damage short trip on a Newlyn inshore the UK fishing industry, and that trawler was cancelled, providing if something isn’t done, and more time for the Brexit Party done quickly, those two years team to meet fishermen and will spell another run of death hear of the problems they have blows for that industry. in meeting the ‘no common- “However, if we come out sense’ rules laid out within the of the EU cleanly and properly C F P. – even if it is at the end of a Ann Widdecombe said that two-year transition period – I ‡ Ann Widdecombe and the Brexit Party members at the Queen’s the group had also explored the have no doubt that we will want Hotel, Penzance. shore side of the Cornish fishing to retain some bits of the CFP, industry. “We are simply here but we must get rid of the bits of the UK’s total quota, and the EU by that date, I cannot to listen to as many sides of the that are currently strangling our then lease those quotas back to trust the Tory Party as a whole fishing industry as we can,” she fishing industry. the fishermen – and that needs allowing that to happen. I think Call for action as static gear said. “We heard shocking detail changing. Once Britain regains that there is a good chance blocks off Shetland grounds “I’m sure that we will about the ownership of British control of its own waters, I that the UK will have a general See page 3 eventually come out of the EU quotas, and that people who do believe that the ownership of election this side of Christmas. and out of the CFP, but leaving not personally use those quotas quotas is one of the first things “Such an election might spell the CFP won’t be done the can own a considerable chunk that needs changing. But while the end of the Tory Party, but we are still in the EU, we can they brought it upon themselves. change nothing.” I don’t recognise the Tory Party From 1997 to 2016, Liberal as a party that I have belonged Democrat MP Andrew George to for so many years – over 50 held the constituency of St Ives, years. I cannot say that I wasn’t of which Newlyn is part. At the sad on leaving – I was – but I’m last election, his majority fell now a Brexit Party member, and to the present Tory MP, Derek cannot think of ever again being Thomas. However, whenever the a Conservative.” next election takes place, the Concluding their fact-finding Brexit Party has every intention mission, the Brexit Party team North Devon Fishermen’s of challenging the Tory hold. held an open meeting at the Association distributes 50 Ann Widdecombe suggests Queen’s Hotel, Penzance. PFDs and PLBs See page 5 that a general election is ‘likely’ A considerable number of to take place before the end of fishermen attended to give this year. support to Britain leaving the She added, “I think the UK CFP, and gave detailed reasons will come out of the EU – of that why their daily struggle to I have no doubt – but I wouldn’t cope with the CFP is putting put any money on a bet that unnecessary pressure upon we will be out by 31 October. their businesses. ‡ Newlyn skipper David Stevens (Crystal Sea SS 118) explaining the current quota imbalance between France and the UK in Area While I trust Boris Johnson’s Further details in Fishing VII. commitment to come out of News soon. Successful prosecution for obstruction of fisheries officer Cornwall Inshore Fisheries vessel, southwest of Plymouth stepping aboard, before Cornwall IFCA officers are Falmouth oyster dredging and Conservation Authority breakwater, during a routine motoring off at high speed warranted and have the power See pages 8 - 12 (IFCA) successfully prosecuted patrol at sea. Officers often towards Plymouth breakwater. to board and inspect any Mr David Quinn (45) of board and inspect both Having circled the vessels to ensure compliance George Street, Plymouth commercial and recreational breakwater, Mr Quinn with fisheries legislation. for obstruction of a fisheries fishing vessels to check for stopped, and officersCornwall IFCA principal officer, when he refused to compliance with relevant approached again, at which enforcement officer Simon allow his vessel to be boarded fishing legislation. point a boarding was again Cadman said: “It is clearly on 13 February, 2019. On approach to Mr Quinn’s refused. Mr Quinn refused to a very serious matter where Mr Quinn did not attend the vessel, officers recognised the listen to what the officer was an officer is prevented from hearing at Truro Magistrates vessel and Mr Quinn from a telling him with regard to his carrying out inspections Court on 19 June. The case previous inspection conducted powers, used abusive language work to check compliance was heard in his absence. in 2018. An officer introduced and displayed aggressive with fisheries legislation. I On finding him guilty, the himself and requested to be behaviour. This was recorded am pleased the court has magistrates handed down fines allowed to come onboard. on the officer’s body-worn recognised Mr Quinn’s Leah III See pages 14 - 18 and costs totalling £4,963. Mr Quinn refused to allow video camera. Mr Quinn again deliberate undermining of the Mr Quinn was seen by the boarding to take place headed away at speed, and regulatory regime, and has officers aboard his boat, an and manoeuvred his vessel officers decided not to pursue reflected that in the sentence SEE INSIDE! unnamed recreational fishing to prevent the officer from him. handed down to him.”