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KELSEY KELSEY fishingnews.co.uk £23M CASH FOR EXPORTERS TURN TO PAGE 2 FOR THE FULL REPORT Seafood lorries in central London exports protest Some are facing heavy financial species tumble. losses because complete loads Ministers have described the of highly perishable seafood have problems as ‘teething troubles’ been lost due to delays. that will be sorted out as the new Many companies are holding paperwork and other requirements off on sending consignments bed in. But processors and until some of the problems, such merchants say the changes as incompatible IT systems, are will result in permanent heavy resolved, and are not buying increases in paperwork and costs, fish and shellfish, which is hitting and longer delivery times leading to fishermen as demand for seafood loss of quality and lower prices. slumps and prices for export Continues on page 3

‡ Seafood lorries from throughout the UK drove into central London to highlight seafood export delays and losses. (Photos: Lee Elliot)

Fishing industry frustration at the to highlight the issue, reports Tim delays. massive problems being caused Oliver. Huge increases in paperwork, by exports red tape boiled over The demonstration took place delays at Dover and a raft of last week when 24 seafood lorries on Sunday, 17 January – just issues connected with the UK from Scotland, the South West two days before the government leaving the EU single market and other regions of the country formally announced a £23m and customs union are causing parked in central London near 10 compensation fund for businesses massive problems for seafood ‡ Many of the lorries carried angry messages for the government on Downing Street and the Cenotaph affected by the seafood export exporters, particularly shellfish. their sides. Endeavour V lands successful maiden trip into Kinlochbervie

Father and son skippers Peter major components of the vessel, The single and twin-rig hopper and David Lovie and the crew of including the fishing gear, worked nets came from Jackson Trawls. the new whitefish stern trawler smoothly from the first tow. Full details of Endeavour V will be Endeavour V BF 515 landed A box of cod and one of monkfish included in Fishing News soon. 1,900 boxes of mixed fish into auctioned for charity raised £1,000 Kinlochbervie fishmarket from each, being bought respectively their maiden trip earlier this month, by Daniel Morrison of Norscot and reports David Linkie. Stuart ‘Stroopy’ Cooper from the Endeavour V is the fifth boat North West Fish Company. of the same name that Macduff The skippers were greatly Shipyards has built since 1989 for appreciative of the generosity skipper Peter Lovie, who has fished shown by local buyers in raising out of Kinlochbervie for 38 years. such an amount, which will be Given his longstanding association shared equally between five local with Clash, which spans virtually his charities. entire fishing career, it was always Insured by Sunderland Marine expected that Endeavour V would and working through Don Fishing, land her first trip into Kinlochbervie. Endeavour V features a MaK ‡ Endeavour V passing Minister’s Point Light (Rubha Na Endeavour V was reported 8M20C main engine, two Caterpillar ‡ The first boxes are put ashore Leacaig) on her way in to land at Kinlochbervie. (Photos: Kevin to have performed supremely C9.3 auxiliary engines and to be laid out on Kinlochbervie Munro) well on the first trip, when all the MacGregor deck machinery. fishmarket. 2 NEWS Visit us at fishingnews.co.uk and on Twitter @YourFishingNews 28 January 2021 £23m UK support for seafood exporters Details awaited but vessels look to be excluded The UK government confirmed last scheme on behalf of exporters across provide further support to businesses week that it is providing £23m to the UK. in adapting to new export processes. support seafood exporters across the “This [support] is in recognition DEFRA and HMRC will be offering UK that have been hit by the red tape of the unique circumstances of the ‘targeted, proactive and hands-on and paperwork that now surround fishing sector, which has had the support to fisheries exporters to exporting fish and seafood to the EU most significant new requirements to help them successfully meet the post-Brexit. adjust to, and for whom even a short new requirements’. “This includes a The money is also intended to delay can lead to goods perishing – new training package and focused support businesses that have been at a time when the industry is facing workshop sessions,” it added. most adversely affected by the Covid lower market prices and demand The government acknowledged pandemic, and the industry was due to the pandemic,” said the that seafood is a perishable product awaiting full details of eligibility as government. with a ‘just in time’ supply chain, so Fishing News went to press. The Environment secretary George it is important that the sector can government will be consulting the Eustice said: “We are continuing to export quickly. It said it had been industry across the UK and working work closely with the fishing and ‘working closely’ with the seafood with the devolved administrations on aquaculture sectors to make sure industry and individual businesses the eligibility criteria before they are that they are supported and can to support them through the period, confirmed. continue to fish whilst contributing and to ensure that any errors or Money will be targeted at fishing to the economies of our coastal problems are tackled as early as export businesses that can evidence communities.” possible. a genuine loss in exporting fish and Chief secretary to the treasury “The situation has been improving shellfish to the EU. Support will be Steve Barclay said that the package over the last week and the flow of available immediately, and will be ‘will help our hardworking fishing goods is improving, but we will do paid retrospectively to cover losses sector navigate the challenges of the more,” said the government. incurred since 1 January. next few months’. He added: “It is It added that the prime minister The scheme will be targeted at vital that no community or region has also committed to providing “We can eat it, dump it, or send it for a wee trip tae Dover, small and medium-sized enterprises, within our United Kingdom is left a separate £100m fund to help but what we can’t do is make money from it.” and the maximum claim available behind as we continue to support modernise fishing vessels and the to individual operators will be British jobs and build back better fish-processing industry, on top of the £100,000. from the coronavirus pandemic.” £32m that will replace EU funding The MMO will administer the The government said it will also this year. Isles MP: ‘Scheme is bare minimum’ Orkney and Shetland MP Alistair will be set so high as to make it Seafood Scotland: ‘Grace Carmichael said the scheme impossible to claim. Ewing: ‘Fishing vessels was ‘the bare minimum’ the “It is especially troubling to period still required’ government could do. He noted see that there is already a cap on won’t be covered’ concerns about the lack of detail claims for individual operators Reaction to the announcement was that while the Seafood Scotland welcomed the on the measures, amid fears of £100,000. One business in money was helpful, it was a ‘sticking plaster’ and announcement, but said the industry still that the government would limit my constituency lost half that ‘too little too late’, and that it would not help fishing needed a ‘grace period’ to ensure the system claims and seek to invalidate many on a single consignment, so the vessels affected by the export delays. was ‘fit for purpose’. applications for support. government needs to be realistic Scottish fisheries secretary Fergus Ewing said Chief executive Donna Fordyce said: “After He said: “The money is welcome, about these losses and how they that while more detail was ‘desperately needed’, it almost three weeks of voicing their concerns but no one should be in any doubt can be made good,” he said. appeared ‘almost certain that the vast majority of and frustrations, we welcome the fact that the that this is an admission of failure Exporters were already buried fishing vessels who land but don’t export directly will Scottish seafood sector has been heard and by the government. Compensation in red tape and ‘the government not be covered by this scheme, which is beyond any action is being taken. is the bare minimum seafood should not add to that pile’. rational explanation’. “While we await the full detail of exporters should expect after the “It is far from clear that He said: “The UK government must step up for the package, we know that there will be shambles they created with Boris we are over the worst for fish all affected businesses. They simply cannot deny the questions around the extent to which it Johnson’s weak deal with the EU.” exporters. Once that is sorted, impact that non-tariff barriers are having, following supports the entire supply chain, from fleet to He said that businesses will the government must explain to the UK government’s decision to leave both the single export. want to know the eligibility fishermen how they intend to market and customs union of, by far, our largest “As we currently understand it, the deal criteria for claims. Some make up for the broken promises market. offers crucial short-term assistance and companies had told him they that they made to the industry,” “They must ensure that their compensation package includes much to be welcomed, particularly fear the barrier to compensation said Mr Carmichael. is open to all whose business has been interrupted or the £23m of new funding.” harmed by any aspect of the new export requirements She said it was also reassuring that the – any attempt to apply conditions or boundaries will processing sector is set to be included in render the scheme meaningless and pointless. future support packages. “It must be said that as desperately needed as “This will offer a ray of light to some EU ambassador to UK: this compensation is for affected businesses, this small and medium-sized companies that have is merely a sticking plaster for much wider issues, experienced crippling losses over the past and not ‘teething problems’ as has previously been few weeks. However, larger companies and ‘Decisions have consequences’ claimed.” smaller shellfish boats are still vulnerable, The EU’s ambassador to the UK He said: “I like to say that He repeated his call for the UK government ‘to and will be hoping that they can access Joao Vale de Almeida has described decisions have consequences, in immediately rectify their IT problems and seek a support too. the problems being faced by British the sense that the choice made by grace period with the EU’. “Money will offer a much-needed sticking seafood producers exporting to the the United Kingdom – to leave “It is very clear that the UK government should plaster covering the losses over the last few EU as inevitable consequences of the European Union first and have extended the transition period as we called weeks, but to completely staunch the wound, the UK’s decisions around its exit then to leave the single market for, due to the pandemic and lack of progress in the the sector still needs a period of grace during from the EU. and the customs union, the sort negotiations,” said Fergus Ewing. which the systems must be overhauled so they Speaking at an event on the of Brexit that you voted for – has “I am pleased to see they have finally recognised are fit for purpose.” future of UK-EU relations on 19 consequences. our calls for compensation, but I remain concerned It was also essential that groupage urgently January hosted by the Bright Blue “One of them is that there have this may be too little, too late for some businesses returns to a fully operational state, she said. think tank, Joao Vale de Almeida to be checks and controls at our that have been left to rot as a result of the extensive “Tonight’s announcement is certainly said that he hoped exporters would borders, there is no way out of bureaucracy forced on them by a poor Brexit deal a step in the right direction, and we will adapt to the new arrangements, but that. and failing UK IT systems.” continue to work with industry, partners that extra checks were inevitable “We hope that things will He added that it was ‘unacceptable’ that the UK and government to ensure the sector gets the now that the UK was out of the improve in the coming weeks, government did not consult the Scottish government proactive support it so desperately needs,” single market and the customs but don’t forget that things have on the funding package. said Donna Fordyce. union. fundamentally changed.” 28 January 2021 Join Fishing News on Facebook http://on.fb.me/fishingnews NEWS 3 Seafood lorries in central London exports protest Continued from page 1 fines incurred for breaking Covid including the hundreds of small Gary Hodgson, a director of regulations. Best of all, it went fishing businesses in extremely Bridlington-based shellfish peacefully without any incident.” fragile communities around our processor Venture Seafoods, which Alasdair Hughson, chairman coasts who rely on these trucks to exports live and processed crabs and of the Scottish Creel Fishermen’s turn up day after day, week after lobsters to the EU, said that three Federation and director of Keltic week, to get their catch to market. of his trucks had joined the London Seafare, said it was inevitable that “From ‘seabed to plate’, this is not demonstration, although he had the UK shellfish industry would an easy business. People put their not tried to send any loads to the ‘want to make its voice heard loud heart and soul into making it work, Continent since 1 January. and clear on this matter’. with ridiculously long hours. They He said he had already sent three He said: “After the year that pour blood, sweat and tears into trucks to the Continent by this time all of these businesses have had, their operations. What else can they last year, but did not want to take struggling to survive against the do but fight to make their voices the risk this year. odds, they are now faced with this heard? He told Fishing News: “We situation. They find themselves “We need government and the decided we wouldn’t send out loads being blamed for not completing civil service to step up to the plate in January because we didn’t want forms correctly, when they are all like never before and do whatever to be guinea pigs and lose vast just trying to follow government they can to help this industry amounts of money.” guidelines which are unclear and survive and get through this, so He said his main concern was changing all the time. that we can all benefit when things that the system would not be able ‡ Twenty-four seafood lorries from Scotland, the South West and other “If this debacle does not improve improve. to cope when traffic flows were regions converged on central London. very soon, we are looking at many “All we want to do is roll up our normal. established businesses coming to the sleeves and get to work supporting “If you look at the volume of on average 14 hours to complete the products like seafood and meat.” end of the line. our communities. We don’t have all traffic across the short-strait routes paperwork for one consignment. “There will be knock-on effects the answers, but they are out there now, it’s way, way down on normal. “In the South West in the first Grace period needed for all who depend on them, and we need to find them.” Last Monday there was less than week of January, fish loads were Like most in the industry, Gary 3,000 trucks through the short being rejected or held up because Hodgson is angry that while there strait, while last year it was 8,000. the paperwork had a comma instead has been an adjustment period to If the system is struggling to cope at of a full stop in one place!” said allow the EU industry to get used to Minister under fire for the moment, and you’ve got general Gary Hodgson. the new requirements, there is no haulage companies with delays, “This isn’t people not being grace period in the UK. you’ve got seafood businesses with used to filling out paperwork – the “It’s annoying when you get ‘frivolous’ comment 24- to 36-hour delays when all the goalposts keep moving.” French and Spanish trucks being paperwork is correct, what’s it going He said the industry was ‘not in able to enter the UK when they have SCFF chair Alasdair Hughson intervention from the Speaker to be like when the volume really a good position’ and now had to paperwork issues, but UK trucks slammed senior government of the House, Sir Lindsay Hoyle, increases? ‘cover a lot of ground very quickly’. not being able to enter France with minister and Leader of the who observed: “Obviously “We’ve got to be realistic. We all People would only learn to cope incorrect paperwork. The public are House of Commons Jacob there’s no overwhelming knew this was going to take time with the system by getting loads out, confused – people are saying ‘why Rees-Mogg for a frivolous evidence for that.” to bed in, but we’ve got to find but it was a risk when ‘expensive are their trucks still allowed in?’.” comment he made recently in Alasdair Hughson said: workable solutions, because this is loads of perishable products’ are James Cook of Eyemouth seafood the House. “Hearing a wealthy and far bigger than just the live shellfish involved. merchant DR Collin & Son said that During a fisheries debate, the privileged Tory minister sector, this is all the seafood sector “All these issues we’re seeing the demonstration was well worth minister said: “The key is that making frivolous comments in and many other industries.” are genuine, honest issues, and the the long trip from Scotland. we have our fish back – they are parliament in some ridiculous He said a general haulage government departments have been He told Fishing News: “We now British fish, and they are attempt at playground humour company in Hull had taken on seven made more than well aware of them. received massive support from the better and happier fish for it.” was the last straw for many, we new staff to cope with the extra They should set up a government general public, praising our brave His comments drew an think.” paperwork, and they were taking department to handle perishable actions and offering to pay any ‘Shocking’ Danish figures show ‘long-term risk to industry’ NFFO: Share extra quota Orkney and Shetland MP term disruption into a long-term Alistair Carmichael has loss for parts of our fishing by ‘need not greed’ described reports that up to industry. Every fish sold in 40% of fish sold in auctions in Denmark will be processed by The NFFO has written to is to be replaced by a much the lucky few should be a Denmark in the second week someone working in Denmark. DEFRA secretary of state more cumbersome system of secondary consideration.” of January came from Scottish That is work that could be done George Eustice arguing that international exchanges at state The NFFO tells the minister fishermen as ‘shocking’. He by a worker in the UK. additional quota secured from to state level, with no guarantee it has been ‘a strong supporter’ warned that government “As we rebuild our economy the EU should be ‘first and about how or whether that of the FQA system, which has complacency about the issues post-Covid, we will need every foremost’ used to address cases mechanism will deliver.” brought ‘stability, a means facing fish exporters could job we can find. As a result where acute quota shortages The letter calls on George of matching available quota lead to long-term losses for the of Boris Johnson’s bungling, threaten the viability of fishing Eustice to ‘resist pressures to capacity, and a sense of industry. coastal and island communities vessels. from devolved administrations stewardship during a time of Jesper Kongsted, a leading are left doing that with one The letter says: “In some and sectional interests and chaos’. “We stand by those figure in the Nordic logistics hand tied behind their back.” parts of the fishing industry, make a determination based on views,” says the federation. industry, told Danish TV station He added: “Jacob Rees- we have already seen the need not greed’. “Additional quota is TV2 that he estimated that Mogg boasted that after Brexit emergence of sharp elbows “Additional quota should different, and should be as much as 40% of fish sold we have ‘British fish’ – they may and insularity about how to go, first and foremost, for use treated according to the at an auction in Hanstholm be ‘British’, but thanks to the allocate the modest increases as currency in international principles of equity, mutuality came from Scottish fishermen government’s incompetence on in additional quota secured by exchanges to secure quota and fairness, not electoral or trying to avoid customs and exports, it seems a lot of them the UK under the UK-EU Trade for where there is an acute sectional pressures, or suchlike regulatory red tape by landing may be processed abroad in and Co-operation Agreement. shortage. An obvious case is considerations.” in Denmark. The move risks future. Mr Rees-Mogg treats “The additional quota where those quota shortages The letter says that the permanently cutting out local fishing like a punchline, but secured by the UK is not evenly will lead to chokes in mixed NFFO is about ‘looking out processors and exporters. there are livelihoods on the line. distributed across stocks, fisheries in 2021. The guiding for each other and strength Mr Carmichael said: “These We don’t want to be a political fisheries or regions. Some have principle should be that no in unity’, and urges George figures are shocking, and a football, and this is long past experienced windfalls, whilst group or vessel should be worse Eustice to ‘follow the reminder that the complacency being about Brexit arguments – others face crisis because off as a result of the Brexit same precepts in making a we are seeing from the we just need action to support access to additional quota debacle. determination on additional government may turn short- local businesses.” through international swaps “Any Brexit bonus for quota’. 4 COMMENT/NEWS Visit us at fishingnews.co.uk and on Twitter @YourFishingNews 28 January 2021 COMMENT EDITORIAL £23m must help catchers, not just exporters EMAIL: FISHINGNEWS.ED@ The government’s announcement of to be enough to compensate all who have new paperwork. KELSEY.CO.UK £23m to help seafood exporters who have suffered losses. It is welcome that it will There is doubtless an element of experienced delays and losses due to the apply retrospectively to 1 January, and ‘teething troubles’ in the difficulties that Kelsey Publishing Ltd, burden of post-Brexit bureaucracy and red that the government will consult with will subside as exporters become used to The Granary, tape is welcome. Whether it will be enough the industry before eligibility criteria are the new regime. But even if this is the case, Downs Court, Yalding Hill, Yalding, Maidstone, Editor to cover all the losses that have been confirmed. it appears there will remain a permanent Dave Linkie incurred is another question. As always, the devil will be in the detail. and worrying increased level of paperwork, Kent, ME18 6AL email: [email protected] The funding was officially announced The government says the scheme will be delays and costs imposed by the new just two days after a convoy of fish lorries targeted at ‘fishing export businesses who regime. from throughout the country converged on can evidence a genuine loss in exporting The level of extra staffing and resources London to highlight the serious problems fish and shellfish to the EU’. that companies need to hire to cope with fish and seafood exporters are facing in a This suggests that it will not apply the extra paperwork is significant. While world outside of the EU customs union and to fishermen unless they export their large or even medium-sized operations may single market. catches directly to the EU without any have the ability to absorb these extra costs, Some exporters have suffered heavy processor or merchant being involved. But many smaller companies will struggle to losses, and there is a serious knock-on any fisherman whose catch is exported cope. effect on the catching sector. With 70% of has suffered, and will suffer, from this It appears that increased costs will be Managing editor the catch nationally exported (although not situation. We must hope that the eligibility accompanied by reduced revenues for News correspondent Gaby Bartai Tim Oliver email: [email protected] all to the EU, of course), any problems on criteria will recognise this when finally exporters as longer delivery times become email: [email protected] the export front will have a serious effect agreed. standard, with a resulting fall in quality and on fishermen. It should also be recognised that the the prices that can be commanded. This Live shellfish is most at risk, but all industry is still suffering badly from the will inevitably be reflected in the prices export species are affected, as has been Covid pandemic and desperately needs paid to fishermen. demonstrated by significant falls in first- support whether catching export species or And as exporters point out, the system sale prices for affected species. not – particularly the small-boat sector that is struggling to cope now, with It remains to be seen whether has little or nothing in reserve and is now volumes of traffic well below fishermen will be able to access any of being restricted by winter gales. normal. It remains to be seen Lincolnshire, East Anglia and the £23m compensation fund. It is a Meanwhile, the export problems are how the system will manage to Cornwall correspondent Essex correspondent significant sum, but when shared between continuing despite intensive government handle normal volumes when they Phil Lockley John Worrall all the devolved administrations is unlikely efforts to help exporters to cope with the eventually resume. email: email: [email protected] [email protected] 07748 644971 01326 340372 PM promises industry ‘El Dorado’ post-2026 Despite the resounding rejection of present time owing to complications He said: “The prime minister the assertion from all sections of the over form-filling. talks about an El Dorado for fishing. industry, prime minister Boris Johnson “And one of the biggest problems is Fishermen may instead reflect on the Sussex, Kent, Hampshire and has continued to claim that the Brexit that, alas, there is a decline in appetite fact that El Dorado was a myth that Dorset correspondent John Periam trade agreement delivered a good for fish in Continental markets because led to many wasted lives searching Art editor email: periam.photojournalist@ deal for fishing, and that the issues most of the restaurants are shut. for treasure that never existed. A very Nick Bond btopenworld.com currently facing the industry are minor “But the reality is that Brexit will fitting metaphor, then, for this prime email: [email protected] 01243 584718 and temporary. deliver, and is delivering, a huge minister to use. MANAGEMENT uplift in quota in the next five years. “This idea of it all being easy when At Prime Minister’s Questions last Chief Operating Officer: Phil Weeden week, he claimed that ‘El Dorado’ By 2026, the fishing people of this we get to 2026 was already called out Chief Executive: Steve Wright awaited fishermen after the end of the country will have access to all the by no less than the chief executive of Managing Director: Kevin McCormick five-and-a-half-year fisheries transition fish in all the territorial waters of this the Scottish Fishermen’s Federation – Finance Director: Joyce Parker-Sarioglu period. He was responding to a country. he should stop repeating the mistake. 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ADVERTISEMENT SALES unnecessary form-filling after Brexit. ahead.” “Future promises of mythical wealth Simon Hyland, 01732 445327, [email protected] The PM responded: “Mr Speaker, Orkney and Shetland MP Alistair are worth nothing when the broken Production: Nick Bond Tel: 01732 447281 it is absolutely true that some British Carmichael pointed out that the golden promises of the present are costing Email: [email protected] fishermen have faced barriers at the city was, in fact, a myth. fishermen right now.” SUBSCRIPTIONS UK subscription - £168.30 Europe subscription - £195.00 Outside Europe subscription - £210.00 Latest subscription offers please visit our website at yourfishingnews.co.uk UK subscription and back issue orderline: 01959 543747 Haulier resumes small-load seafood exports Overseas subscription orderline: 0044 (0) 1959 543 747 Toll-free USA subscription orderline: 1-888-777-0275 A leading fish haulage company says that had resumed exports from its facility in in Boulogne-sur-Mer. 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Northern Ireland fishermen will to the Northern Ireland fishing outcome, and we raised the aspect of fishing is that we provide Brexit, around £5m-worth of fish have a bigger share of Irish fleet. They will allow it to issue of the £100m,” he said. the skippers and others man the from Scotland was sent there for Sea stocks as a result of the fish to its current levels, but “We also raised the issue of boats’. Because a lot of fishing crew processing and onward sale. There Brexit deal – but not as much without the added cost of the number of fish that we come from abroad, it is essential would be ‘a significant impact if we as they had hoped for, reports securing additional quota to catch outside of the Irish Sea. that fishing is recognised as a skilled can no longer import those fish for Tim Oliver. meet its needs.” A considerable amount of the occupation, he said. further sale’. There was ‘understandable The outcomes by 2025 for traditional catch is outside “We welcomed the views of the “On the internal market issue, over disappointment from the Northern Ireland’s share of of the Irish Sea box, and Migration Advisory Committee, but 50% of our trade is from Northern industry that more was not the main Irish Sea stocks are: that needs to be taken into it is important that the Home Office Ireland to Great Britain, and over achieved’, Northern Ireland Nephrops up from 33% to account when the UK quota is fully accepts those views, which 50% of our imports come from Great fisheries minister Edwin Poots 42%; herring up from 74% being distributed. will allow us to bring in high-quality Britain, so those who advocated told the Northern Ireland to 99%; cod up from 29% to “Northern Ireland has been fishermen. putting barriers in that market were Assembly. 45%; whiting up from 39% to taking around 8.4% of the UK “You cannot just put any labourer advocating foolishness of the highest However, he said the gains 61%; and haddock up from fish catch traditionally. I am onto a boat. It is very specialised order,” he said. made would ‘save the industry 48% to 56%. pressing for that to continue to work, and if we are to harvest the Asked about ‘the outstanding financially, as it will not have The minister was asked be the case in the allocation of seas in a sustainable way, we will issue’ of Northern Irish boats being to engage in expensive quota to ensure that Northern quota.” need people from other countries to excluded from all but two ports in swaps to obtain the additional Ireland gets its ‘fair share’ He agreed that the assist us in doing that,” he said. the Republic, Edwin Poots said he quota’. of the £100m that the UK allocation of the £100m On the issue of delays to exports had discussed the issue with Victoria “By 2025, we will have government has promised to should not be associated crossing the Channel from Dover Prentis at his earlier meeting and almost all the Irish Sea allocate to modernise the UK with the Barnett formula – to Calais, the minister said that that his department had written to herring quota and, from fishing industry, which should the mechanism used by the Northern Ireland has ‘full access to the Irish government and requested 2021, the much-hated Hague be allocated ‘on the basis of UK Treasury to automatically the single market and will seek to meetings. Preference, which led to need, and certainly not by the adjust public expenditure utilise that’. annual reductions in our Barnett formula’. allocated to Northern Ireland, He said that a problem for NIFF letter to prime minister Boris shares of cod, whiting, plaice Edwin Poots said he had Scotland and Wales – and he Northern Ireland was that, before Johnson – see page 8 and sole, has gone,” the discussed this and other pointed out to Victoria Prentis minister told the assembly. issues earlier with UK fisheries that ‘the need in Northern “Overall, my assessment is minister Victoria Prentis. Ireland is slightly different from that the increased shares for “We expressed our the need in Shropshire’. area VII Nephrops and Irish disappointment, which she On the crewing issue, Breakthrough in Sea stocks will give security agreed with, with the actual the minister said that a ‘key Irish ports impasse Ireland’s marine minister Charlie He described the new McConalogue has made moves arrangement as ‘an important New analysis puts Ireland’s to assist vessels registered decision which will allow fishers in Northern Ireland that were in small vessels to continue their blocked from landing into their livelihoods in a safe manner’. overall quota loss at 15% nearest port by the Brexit deal, The Irish marine minister said reports Lorna Siggins. that any UK Northern Ireland- A post-Brexit economic Scotland) at 19%, anglerfish/ the landing figure for 2020 Northern Irish vessels and registered boats landing into analysis has valued Ireland’s monkfish (Celtic Sea) at 7%, has been adjusted upwards to boats owned by fishermen in the any of the seven Irish ports will overall quota loss at €43m, anglerfish/monkfish (West of €288m to maintain the 15% Republic which are on the British have to comply with additional reports Lorna Siggins. Scotland) at 20% and pollack cut total. register were informed that documentary and more The analysis states that (Celtic Sea) at 9%. Ireland’s marine they could only land into two procedural requirements than this amounts to a 15% The analysis calculates a department has not designated ports – Killybegs, Co before Brexit. reduction compared to the 96% reduction for herring responded to queries about Donegal and Castletownbere, Co The SFPA previously overall value of the 2020 (Irish Sea) and says that the figure change. Cork – after 1 January. confirmed that UK-registered Irish quotas. several smaller whitefish The analysis further notes Ireland’s Sea-Fisheries fishing vessels, including those At the end of the five- quotas in the Donegal/ that the Brexit agreement Protection Authority (SFPA) vessels which are registered to and-a-half-year transition West of Scotland area have contains a list of 105 stocks recently initiated an investigation addresses in Northern Ireland, period, Ireland will see a seen sizeable quota share for which the UK has, or will into ‘unauthorised’ landings are subject to new EU fisheries 26% reduction in its western reductions as well. receive, a TAC share. into Greencastle, Co Donegal. and food safety controls. mackerel quota share, The reductions are “For 41 of these stocks, However, Mr McConalogue said It also confirmed Killybegs according to the analysis. This graduated over the five-and-a- the UK’s share will remain he has arranged for vessels and Castletownbere as the only is Ireland’s largest fishery. half-year period of reciprocal unchanged from its current on the British register to land two ports allowed to continue It calculates a 14% access, though the largest relative stability share,” it into five additional ports – to receive landings under reduction in Ireland’s part of the reduction (60%) is states. “For eight stocks there Greencastle, Burtonport and two separate designations largest non-pelagic fishery, between 2020 and 2021. is no transition period and Rathmullan in Donegal, Ros-a- – the illegal, unreported and Nephrops, and says that the After the Brexit deal was the new UK quota shares, it is Mhíl in Galway and Howth in Co unregulated third-country whitefish fisheries also have signed, the Irish foreign understood, apply from 2021. Dublin. (IUU-TC) designation and the notable reductions, which affairs and marine ministers, “For the remaining stocks, Mr McConalogue said he North East Atlantic Fisheries are: hake (Celtic Sea) at 3%, Simon Coveney and Charlie 60% of the transition to was ‘working to make sure the Commission regulations. haddock (Celtic Sea) at 11%, McConalogue, stated that the new shares occurs in necessary notifications and This prompted calls by the haddock (Irish Sea) at 16% the loss to Ireland of fishing 2021, followed by 70% in requirements are in place to Northern Irish industry for Dublin and haddock (Rockall) at quotas was €34m, or 15% of 2022, 80% in 2023 and have these ports operational to reciprocate the arrangement 22.6%. €252m. 92% in 2024,” it continues. from Monday, 1 February’. whereby all seven Northern Irish Other reductions are The economic analysis of By 2025 the transition to Under the new designations, ports are still open to vessels on megrim (Celtic Sea) at fish quotas increases the Irish the new quota share will be Ros a Mhíl and Howth will be the Republic’s register. 8%, megrim (West of loss figure to €43m. However, ‘complete’. able to accommodate landings Alan McCulla of the Anglo of whitefish catches from vessels North Irish Fish Producers’ Reduction in Irish quota value (€m) due to quota transfer from EU to UK under 24m, and will operate Organisation said that while he Monday to Friday from 10am to welcomed landings such as that Stock group 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 10pm. by the West Cork vessel Rachel Pelagic 17.188 20.039 22.864 26.290 28.565 28.565 He also said that Greencastle, Jay into Derry in early January, Rathmullen and Burtonport will he questioned why ‘when Belfast Nephrops 4.931 5.753 6.575 7.557 8.218 8.218 be designated for landings of saw this coming, Dublin did not’. Celtic Sea whitefish 2.020 2.357 2.694 3.099 3.368 3.368 non-quota species from vessels “The Northern Irish authorities Irish Sea whitefish 0.318 0.372 0.424 0.488 0.531 0.531 under 18m and will operate from were able to take measures to West of Scotland whitefish 1.349 1.573 1.798 2.068 2.248 2.248 2pm to 8pm from Monday to keep our ports open to Irish Friday. This is due to the need vessels,” Mr McCulla said, Demersal 0.004 0.005 0.006 0.007 0.007 0.007 for oversight by the SFPA, he adding that ‘the EU still rules Total 25.810 30.099 34.360 39.510 42.937 42.937 said. Ireland’s waves’. 6 NEWS Join Fishing News on Facebook http://on.fb.me/fishingnews 28 January 2021 Ewing slams Westminster Brexit ‘sell-out’ Scottish fisheries minister Fergus that we were promised we were Fergus Ewing said he had written the export problems. Ewing has accused the UK escaping’. to DEFRA secretary of state George The UK government had delivered government of an ‘egregious’ sell-out Fergus Ewing said the industry Eustice calling for immediate ‘a shocking deal for our catching of the Scottish fishing industry with faced ‘a bleak future’, with ‘the one compensation, and said more industry that offers no succour in its Brexit trade deal, reports Tim bright spot’ being that Scottish urgency and effort were needed any part’, and had yet to ‘lift a finger’ Oliver. officials would be directly involved from the UK government to resolve to help Scottish businesses. In a bitter attack in the Scottish in annual negotiations with parliament, he said that the outcome the EU and Norway on fishing of the negotiations ‘exposes to all opportunities. and sundry that the promises that He said that Scottish officials Call for urgent support and grace period were made to fishermen in Scotland, were working ‘flat out’ to identify Scottish fisheries minister Fergus Brexit transition period was and indeed throughout the UK, have ‘new and creative ways’ to plug the Ewing has called on the UK ‘scandalous’ been broken’. many quota shortfalls. “We will government to bolster support He said: “Previously booming A detailed Scottish government ‡ Fergus Ewing. apply our expertise and knowledge, for Scotland’s struggling seafood businesses have been left to analysis of the impact of the deal and do our best to prevent the UK sector following the Brexit trade rot as a result of extensive has shown that there will be major made our ‘seas gang dry’. As Elspeth government from trading away any deal. bureaucracy forced on them by reductions in the tonnages that Macdonald, chief executive of the of our interests to protect its own,” Following a series of meetings a poor Brexit deal. Relationships Scottish fishermen will be able to Scottish Fishermen’s Federation, said Fergus Ewing. with seafood businesses and and contracts that have been in catch of some stocks, including put it, the UK is now ‘a coastal And he warned: “We have long organisations, the minister has place for decades are ending. North Sea whitefish stocks. state with one hand tied behind our experience of the UK government asked for: “World-class food is being “Remarkably, the Scottish industry back’.” trading away Scottish interests in unnecessarily wasted. Family will now have access to fewer Mr Ewing said that the industry’s order to secure its own in annual • Urgent compensation for businesses are failing. It fishing opportunities than under the sense of betrayal was evident in negotiations. Any attempt by the affected businesses in coastal is imperative that the UK existing CFP arrangements, even at the responses of industry leaders. UK government to correct its own communities and across Scotland government acts, and acts now, the end of the five-and-a-half-year Mike Park said the members of failings through the upcoming • A formal request to the EU for to provide adequate support to adjustment period,” Fergus Ewing the Scottish White Fish Producers’ bilateral negotiations at Scotland’s a grace period to sort out and these businesses.” told MSPs. Association were ‘deeply aggrieved expense will be resisted utterly and simplify the bureaucracy The minister said he had met “Full access to our waters has at the very challenging situation publicised relentlessly.” • Streamlining of the bureaucracy the sector ‘multiple times’ last been granted to the European they now face for 2021’ and John The Scottish government would that the UK government has put week to hear their concerns Union, leaving little if any Anderson, chief executive of the fight for Scotland to get its fair in place, with paperwork and IT and work out what could be negotiating capital in forthcoming Scottish Fishermen’s Organisation, share of future funding for fisheries, systems to be urgently looked at. done to help them. “I urge the negotiations where we would seek to described it as ‘capitulation on a he said, but the one ‘overriding, UK government to take action redress those shortfalls. monumental scale’. immediate pressure’ that had to be Fergus Ewing said the and compensate businesses, “The Tories promised Scotland’s James Withers of Scotland Food addressed was ‘the terrible impact’ treatment of Scotland’s seafood streamline processes and seek a fishermen a ‘sea of opportunity’, and Drink described businesses of the new seafood export rules sector since the end of the grace period with the EU.” but instead they have effectively ‘being strangled by the very red tape throughout the industry. Death of renowned inshore MCA: belt-worn PFDs trawlerman Kevin Curtis South West fishermen are mourning the continued as a guide to so many. ‘are not acceptable’ loss of skipper Kevin Curtis at the age of “He simply lived for fishing, and not 70, reports Phil Lockley. just trawling. He spent time on offshore A Facebook post on 8 given port to check that support without the Born on 9 September, 1950, his boats and scallopers – but the technology January by Sea Sense requirements of regulation requirement to don and childhood was spent at the Cornish port behind inshore trawling was his passion. Surveying Ltd, which runs are being followed. remove an item from a of Polperro, where he became a pioneer He never lost sight of conserving the Seafish training courses, “If it becomes clear carrying pouch, offer in the development of inshore trawling. stocks, and in my opinion was ahead carried a warning that the that legal requirements additional buoyancy His ideas were used at many other West of his time in the evolution of selective MCA is now using drones are not being met onboard to the wearer, turn an Country ports including Looe, Plymouth inshore trawl gear. Protecting valuable to monitor the wearing of a vessel (for example, an unconscious person into a and Newlyn. stocks of fish was his prime aim.” PFDs on deck – and also individual not wearing a safe position and require He leaves his wife Evelyn, his daughter A full obituary to Kevin Curtis will that belt-worn PFDs are PFD), the MCA will take no subsequent action by Tracy and his son and fellow skipper appear in Fishing News soon. not considered acceptable. measures to support the the user to maintain this Mark Curtis. The team of Kevin and It wrote: “The MCA are industry and improve position. Mark Curtis were inseparable, fishing now actively using UAVs safety. Appropriate and “In addition, MSN 1870 together or alongside one another for over [unmanned aerial vehicles] proportionate action will specifies that any inflatable three decades. to fly over and photograph be considered should the device must meet, as a Due to Covid restrictions, only a fishing vessels at sea. The requirements not be met, minimum, ISO12402-3 limited number of family members photographs taken are which may ultimately result standards and therefore attended the funeral service at Polperro extremely high quality and in a prosecution.” have at least 150N of Cemetery on 22 January. legally admissible in court.” It is now compulsory buoyancy. A mentor to many inshore trawlermen, In response to a for all fishermen to wear “It was recently brought his self-taught skills in the manufacture request for confirmation, a PFD when working on to the MCA’s attention by and use of trawl gear set Kevin Curtis at an MCA spokesperson deck, unless it can be the wider fishing industry the top of the tree. His continual research told Fishing News: “The demonstrated that the risk to look into whether to increase the success and selectivity Maritime and Coastguard of falling overboard has some waist-belt/belt-worn of trawl gear spanned more than five Agency is committed to been eliminated by other devices, worn by fishermen decades. ensuring that the fishing means. working at sea and “After growing up around the industry is following and The Sea Sense featured in media imagery, drifters in Polperro, my dad ran away to complying, at all times, Surveying post also warned met accepted requirements. Plymouth at the age of 15 (Easter 1965) with appropriate safety that ‘belt-worn, inflatable “Upon further and shipped on the Pentillie PH 43,” said regulation in accordance or otherwise buoyant investigation, the MCA Mark Curtis. with ILO 188. devices are not accepted as explored this matter, taking “In a direct line, he was the fifth “Using a range of adequate’ by the MCA. into account available generation of fishermen. His grandfather resources – including The MCA spokesperson guidance on waist-belt/ owned and fished with his father in fixed-wing aircraft which explained: “The Maritime belt-worn PFDs. As a result a boat called Vilona May FY 20. His have high-quality cameras and Coastguard Agency – and in conclusion – the grandfather was called John Rowett onboard – the MCA is clear that any personal MCA is now able to advise Curtis (nickname Jan Butcher) and is able to step up and flotation device available that belt-worn PFDs are his father was Richard Edmund monitor activity onboard a onboard a vessel must, not acceptable devices to Curtis (known as Edmund). My father ‡ Kevin Curtis. vessel once it has left any when worn, give immediate be used onboard a vessel.” 28 January 2021 Join Fishing News on Facebook http://on.fb.me/fishingnews ADVERTISMENT 7 8 NEWS Visit us at fishingnews.co.uk and on Twitter @YourFishingNews 28 January 2021 Federations blast PM over poor Brexit deal The leaders of the three national fishermen’s federations have written separately to prime minister Boris Johnson to spell out their disappointment at the Brexit deal, and their repudiation of the government’s insistence that it got a good deal on fisheries. This is a summary of their letters SFF: ‘Huge disappointment and anger’ NFFO: ‘Fury’ over claims of success The NFFO leadership has our EEZ, and access will not be SFF president Elspeth She says that Boris is in power then decides told the prime minister that through annual negotiation, but Macdonald tells the prime Johnson and his government that the UK will become his presentation of the Brexit will continue to be an automatic minister: “This deal falls very ‘spun a line’ about a 25% a genuinely independent agreement ‘as a major success right for the EU fleets, even to far short of the commitments uplift in quota for the UK coastal state. when it is patently clear that it within six miles of our coastline.” and promises that were made when they knew this was not “Your deal has failed is not’ has caused ‘fury’ in the The NFFO says: “Your public to the fishing industry by true. In fact, the deal falls the industry in the short industry. statements have focused on those at the highest level of ‘very far short’ of the ‘stated term, but there is scope to In a letter signed by president when the five-and-a-half-year government. policy’ of quota shares being rights its wrongs, and your Andrew Pascoe, chairman Andrew adjustment period expires. One “There is huge based on zonal attachment. government needs to commit Locker and chief executive Barrie does not have to be too much of disappointment and a great The outcome for many key to doing everything that it Deas, the federation says that ‘in a cynic to consider that we have deal of anger about your whitefish species is ‘a major can to achieve this.” our hearts’, many in the industry entered a form of ‘Groundhog failure to deliver on promises concern’, she says, and leaves But, she says, the current feared the industry would be Day’, when the EU will keep us made repeatedly to this the Scottish industry ‘in a situation means that many in sacrificed to achieve a trade deal. tied into a CFP-type arrangement industry.” worse position on more than the seafood supply chain ‘fear But, it says, ‘everything that on quota shares and access by She says that the industry half of the key stocks, and they will not survive to see you, and others at the very top repeatedly exerting its ability to is facing ‘mounting financial now facing acute problems that opportunity materialise’. of government told us… led us bring greater economic power losses’, with many vessels with North Sea cod and She calls for details, ‘as to believe that your stance on to bear on the UK, which after tied up and some making a saithe in particular’. a matter of urgency’, of the fishing was not just rhetoric or protests will again and again 72-hour round trip to land Catching opportunities compensation for delayed expedience, but was based around capitulate. in Denmark as ‘the only way are now less than historic exports that the prime a principle – that a sovereign “Depressingly, we will to guarantee that their catch catches, and there is ‘no minister committed to when country should be able to control remain tied into a neo-colonial will make a fair price’. ability to leverage more fish speaking to the Liaison who fishes in its own waters, relationship with the EU on She contrasts Boris from the EU, as they have Committee. “This must be and should be able to harvest the fish, despite our rights under Johnson’s commitments to full access to our waters’. new money, and not taken fish resources in its own waters international law, for long into the secure a good deal for the “This, coupled with the from the £100m that you primarily for its own people’. future.” fishing industry with the chaos experienced since 1 have already announced for “That proved not to be the The federation’s letter concludes: reality, where the EU fleet January in getting fish to investment and innovation.” case,” writes the federation. “It would be much better if ‘will continue to have full market, means that many The priorities now, she “It is not that, in the end, you you, with humility and honesty, and unfettered access to in our industry now fear for says, must be to secure were forced to concede in the face conceded that you tried but failed UK waters until the middle their future, rather than look enough fish in 2021 through of an intransigent and powerful – rather than implying that you of 2026, and should the forward to it with optimism the current UK-EU-Norway opponent that has caused such had handed us the keys of our UK want to change these and ambition,” Elspeth talks to ‘as a minimum, fury across our industry – it is liberation, when you have not.” arrangements at that point, Macdonald tells Boris bridge the gap that your that you have tried to present the It adds that nothing now can the EU can impose a suite Johnson. deal failed to’ and to ‘act Christmas Eve agreement as a change the facts, but said it of punitive sanctions on But, she says, the deal immediately to stem the major success, when it is patently was ‘important that you receive the UK’. “No other coastal does provide ‘a glimmer losses that are mounting clear that it is not. directly the fishing industry’s state in the world is in this of hope for better times’ up and compensate those “Quota shares do not reflect feelings at this missed opportunity position.” beyond 2026, if whoever businesses already affected’. anything like the resources within at a crucial historical juncture’. NIFF: ‘You raised expectations but left us disappointed’ The Northern Ireland seafood that is traded with GB Preference, which it says Quota shares thieved quota from Northern Fishermen’s Federation (NIFF) – as well as seafood imported ‘robbed’ Northern Ireland of The NIFF letter says that Ireland’s fishermen with tells Boris Johnson that like to N Ireland from our trawlers fish, has been scrapped. For Northern Ireland’s share of an internal UK system that fishermen from other parts that land in GB – is subject to example, between 1991 and UK quota stands at 8.4%, does the same. Top-slicing of the UK, its members are additional administration.” 2020 it removed 10,525t of ‘based on the successful FQA Northern Ireland’s tiny share disappointed by the fisheries Fishermen have not been Irish Sea cod, today valued at system’. But, it says, even if of the new or additional quota element of the Brexit trade exempted from a hard border, £63m, from Northern Ireland DEFRA allocates most of to compensate disappointed deal, and that ‘the devil is in and there is no long-term fishermen, which had serious the extra post-Brexit quota fishermen in England, the detail’. guarantee that Northern economic consequences for in the Irish Sea to Northern Scotland or Wales should not “Together with your Ireland’s fishermen landing the industry in Northern Ireland, this will not be be contemplated,” says NIFF. ministers, you raised into their home ports will not Ireland. enough, because some 80% expectations as to what would have to comply with third- NIFF says that the deal has of Northern Ireland’s fishing Crewing be secured from any agreement country regulation. “An irony secured additional shares of opportunities are outside the Recruitment of new fishing with the EU. We were told a about the protocol is that it quotas, including Nephrops, Irish Sea. crew is vital, says the NIFF new fisheries agreement would allows seafood landed by our mackerel and herring – some The letter says that DEFRA letter, and a joint government- not form part of a trade deal. vessels in Northern Ireland of Northern Ireland’s most does not want to allocate the industry strategy should In fact, fisheries are at the to be traded freely overland important stocks. “Whilst less additional quota through the be developed to encourage core of the trade deal,” say the with the single market, yet than what we had been led to normal FQA system, but by domestic workers to pursue signatories to the NIFF letter, the same seafood cannot be expect, we estimate at 2020 some other method. This, a fishing career. In the Alan McCulla and Harry Wick, landed directly off the same values that Northern Ireland it says, reflects internal UK meantime, it says, the chief executives of the Anglo- vessels into the single market/ should benefit from £19.1m of issues around the quota shares government should adopt North Irish and Northern Irish harbours without further additional quota. of small inshore vessels. the latest recommendations Ireland FPOs respectively. bureaucracy. It adds: “Access to EU However, NIFF argues that of the Migration Advisory Northern Ireland fishermen “Expectations were waters around Ireland, which all the other methods being Committee by recognising and processors are also faced raised. These expectations is important to Northern proposed would penalise fishing deckhands as a skilled with the Ireland-Northern could not be met. Hence the Ireland’s fishermen, should be Northern Ireland fishermen, occupation and allowing the Ireland Protocol, they write. disappointment.” secured. Our exports to the so that they would not industry to recruit skilled “We acknowledge this does EU are tariff-free. The UK get their fair share of the fishermen from overseas to fill facilitate trade with the 30% Plus side should have the autonomy to additional quota. the vacancies that currently of our seafood that is exported NIFF’s letter acknowledges regulate fisheries within its “We should not replace the exist across large swathes of to the EU, but the 60% of our a positive in that the Hague own waters.” EU’s Hague Preference that the fleet. 28 January 2021 Join Fishing News on Facebook http://on.fb.me/fishingnews NEWS 9 Seafarers UK highlights support available for fishers Brexit cost to Spanish fleet put at €54.3m Seafarers UK has helped fishermen available.” Seafarers UK is also a long- Cepesca, the Spanish fisheries €54.3m, with a loss of 4,318t of and other seafarers since its origins Seafarers UK funds delivery term funder and supporter of federation, has estimated that the the main species. as the King George’s Fund for partners to provide confidential maritime welfare charities such EU-UK Trade and Co-operation Cepesca secretary general Sailors – and as the third Covid-19 emotional, financial and practical as the Fishermen’s Mission, the Agreement will cost the Spanish Javier Garat said: “Although at lockdown impacts on fishing support for fishers. These include: Sailors’ Children Society and the industry €54.3m over the next the beginning we welcomed businesses, the charity is continuing Shipwrecked Mariners’ Society, all five and a half years. the agreement with some to support UK fishermen and their • Seafarers Advice and Information of which collaborate with SAIL and Its analysis found that the relief, taking as a reference families through a range of delivery Line’s fishing specialist caseworker the Seafarers’ Hospital Society to Spanish fleet is beginning the reduction percentages partners who can provide specialist can advise on help for those enable hardship grants and support 2021 with 3,445t less in fishing based on the relative stability of help. experiencing problems with debts, to be provided to those in most opportunities in UK waters catches that were provided by Seafarers UK CEO Catherine housing or welfare benefits, or need. and Svalbard than in 2020, the government, as we translate Spencer said: “Fishing is facing needing financial support. They Seafarers UK’s most recent with losses on hake, megrim, that political nomenclature to excessive problems due to external provide a gateway to other maritime report ‘Fishing Without a Safety monkfish and cod estimated real day-to-day figures, we note factors, and for many fishers, life charities that can provide hardship Net’ uncovered a host of financial at €9.36m. These figures could serious short-term damage, to is currently very challenging and grants to those who are eligible. difficulties facing fishermen, and this change if the provisional TACs which is added the uncertainty upsetting. Seafarers UK funds SAIL can also make referrals has informed the charity’s response for these species are increased that will come from 2026.” support for the unique problems for free relationship counselling to a range of new initiatives to or reduced in the upcoming Javier Garat, who is also faced by those who work at sea. (funded by Seafarers UK) for support the financial resilience of UK-EU negotiations. president of Europêche, added: “We want to encourage fishers those who are finding the current the sector. It has an ambitious range Taking into account the “The governments of the EU to use the support available to uncertainty is affecting their of recommendations to improve life progressive reduction of the and the European Commission help them through the next few relationships for fishers, which will be announced EU fleet’s fishing opportunities should rise to the occasion and months. A good starting point is the • The Fishing Animateurs project in due course. under the terms of the Brexit defend the European fishing approachable and knowledgeable can help with claims for government However, there are already many trade agreement, Cepesca industry. It is the only formula to fishing specialist caseworker at grants or Universal Credit – see: organisations funded by Seafarers estimates that the impact on generate trust in the institutions Seafarers Advice and Information fishinganimateur.co.uk UK which are ready to help address Spanish vessels by the end and avoid multiplying the Line (SAIL), funded by Seafarers • TogetherAll, funded by the cases of immediate financial of the five-and-a-half-year number of Eurosceptics in the UK, but there are other services Seafarers’ Hospital Society, provides hardship. A first port of call for transitional period will be about fishing sector.” provided too. It’s really important free counselling for those who anyone experiencing financial that fishers don’t suffer alone are concerned about their mental problems is the SAIL, which can be and make full use of all the help wellbeing – see: bit.ly/39MQWIF contacted on 0800 160 1842. New study finds large genetic variability in NE Atlantic haddock Danish industry welcomes prospect of compensation A new study has shown that there In the North East Atlantic, they are large genetic variations in found evidence of distinct genetic Danish fisheries stand to receive employment in the small port up to €201.6m, so the EU haddock populations, and advises populations. For example, haddock €148m in EU compensation communities, and at the same Commission’s funding will not that these populations should that live south and north of the for fishing quotas lost to the time develop fishing in an even cover the full loss. It is therefore therefore be managed separately. Lofoten Islands belong to different UK as a result of the Trade more sustainable direction.” calling for further support for the The study, published in the ICES biological populations. and Co-operation Agreement, However, he stressed that industry from Danish and EU Journal of Marine Science, analyses Similarly, biological differences according to the website of the the compensation needed to be politicians. haddock populations on both sides were found in samples taken from Danish Fisheries Association. targeted at those who stand to “It is important to state that of the North Atlantic. The authors the Shetland Islands and the Moray Its chairman Svend-Erik lose most. “The bill for Brexit is the losses that Danish fishermen explain that novel genetic methods Firth, west of the Greenwich Andersen welcomed the uneven in Danish fisheries. For will suffer are permanent. now make it possible to investigate meridian, and samples from the prospect of compensation. example, fishermen who fish for Therefore, there is a need for population structure in mobile fish Viking Bank and North Sea east of “Brexit is a hard blow to fisheries, edible species such as cod will both compensation here and species. Although haddock is a key the Greenwich meridian. and to employment in the smaller pay a really high price, and it is now, and a discussion on how commercial fishery on both sides of The Shetland sample was port communities. I therefore important that this is reflected we can arrange the fisheries the Atlantic, little has been known to significantly differentiated from all believe that fisheries must be in the compensation.” Industry policy of the future in such a way date about its population structure. other samples in the dataset, except fully compensated for the losses consultation was therefore vital, that we can secure the future They assessed the genetic for the adjacent Viking Bank sample. we have suffered as a result he said. and develop Danish fisheries population structure of haddock at The researchers say that it is difficult of Brexit. In this way, we can The Danish Fisheries in an even more sustainable multiple geographic scales, from the to explain the apparent reproductive ensure that fishing can continue Association estimates that direction,” said Svend-Erik trans-Atlantic to the local (fjord) isolation of Shetland from other to contribute to growth and Denmark will lose quotas worth Andersen. level. Their sampling, from 19 biological evidence, as otolith locations across the North Atlantic, chemistry indicates that juvenile revealed three main genetic clusters: haddock from the Moray Firth can a North West Atlantic cluster, a recruit north to Shetland. North East Arctic cluster and a The full study can be read (by Rockall issue omitted from Ireland-Scotland report North East Atlantic cluster. subscription) at: bit.ly/2Y0ktJo Disputed access to Rockall but there is no mention of the between Scotland and Ireland, has been omitted from a new Rockall issue. as well as between the UK and Cephalopod research review published Ireland-Scotland bilateral Mr Coveney and Scottish Ireland, for the coming years,” review, reports Lorna Siggins. cabinet secretary for external the two ministers said. The depletion of traditional vital basis if a fishery is to be Access by Irish vessels to affairs Michael Russell said The report recommends a fishery resources has led sustainable. Rockall flared up as an issue in that the review involved wide new Ireland-Scotland Trade to an increasing interest in The cephalopod working early January when a Donegal consultations between the two Taskforce, which will work with cephalopods from fishermen, group aims to fill these vessel inside the rock’s 12-mile governments and ‘substantial the public and private sectors stakeholders and scientists, knowledge gaps. One focus for limit was boarded by a Marine public engagement’. to develop and support trade says the ICES Working Group on the group is the collection of Scotland fisheries patrol. The document sets out relations. Cephalopod Fisheries and Life recent data on cephalopod life Ireland’s foreign affairs a series of joint actions and Among its other History. history, ecology and fisheries, and marine ministers 40 recommendations in the recommendations is a Cephalopods, including squid, as well as the identification of Simon Coveney and Charlie areas of business and the conference convened by octopus and cuttlefish, represent priorities for future research. McConalogue have warned economy, community and both governments this year an essential component of Over the past three years, Irish vessels of ‘increased diaspora, culture, academic to address the opportunities marine ecosystems and a the ICES working group has risk of enforcement action’ by and research links, and and challenges of living in valuable resource for human reviewed more than 200 Scottish authorities around rural, coastal and island rural, coastal and island exploitation. However, articles on the distribution, Rockall while ‘engagement communities, as well as communities. cephalopod stocks are not abundance, life history, ecology, continues’ to find a diplomatic government and political The document notes that routinely assessed in European aquaculture and fisheries solution. relations. Ireland is Scotland’s closest waters, so their exploitation of the most abundant and Co-operation in business “At the heart of the international trading partner remains mostly unregulated. most commercially important and the economy, and between review report is a shared and sixth-largest export Data collection, scientifically European cephalopods. rural, island and coastal understanding of the market, with Scotland exporting supported management The results of its review have communities, are key themes of importance of securing the £1.235bn in goods and services strategies and adequate now been published, and can be the just-published joint review, closest possible relationships to Ireland in 2018. assessment represent a read at: bit.ly/3p4bl2j 10 RESOLUTE BF 50 Visit us at fishingnews.co.uk and on Twitter @YourFishingNews 28 January 2021 NEW-GENERATION RESOLUTE GARDENSTOWN MIDWATER TRAWLER MAKES HER MARK FISHING MACKEREL Skippers Matthew and Alexander West and the crew of Resolute BF 50 have quickly started to showcase the fishing capabilities of their new vessel, reports David Linkie n arrival at Fraserburgh from Spain in mid- ONovember, the 69.8m LOA Resolute took her midwater trawl gear aboard in just 24 hours and crossed the North Sea to run fishing trials from Norway, before immediately starting to fish mackerel some 50 miles east of Shetland. Although the Scottish pelagic fleet had already been tied up for nearly a month having caught its annual allocation, a good spread of marks enabled Resolute to hit the ground running and make four successful back-to-back trips under calendar pressure. Four days into the new year, Resolute sailed from Fraserburgh to start fishing mackerel in deeper water to the west of Shetland in the vicinity of Sule Skerry, as the fish followed their well- established migratory route into the southwest. Resolute was again reported to have performed well while encountering some typically heavy January weather in

‡ Resolute leaving Fraserburgh for the first mackerel trip of this year.

the North Atlantic, including more than 1,000 miles from home Maximal levels of crew safety 50-knot northwesterly winds two for a long period of time, but and comfort, catch quality and weeks ago. showed the determination needed working efficiency were identified That Resolute was able to take to ensure that Resolute now has a as the main priorities at the start her 2021 mackerel quota despite run of landings to her name. of the three-year design and build having been built in Spain amidst Resolute was designed by the project to replace their well- a global pandemic – which led to Wärtsilä Technology Group and proven previous vessel. major issues and inevitably built at the Astilleros Balenciaga While very much a new pushed the completion date back shipyard at Zumaia, Spain, for generation of vessel incorporating considerably – is testament to the Castlehill LLP. the latest technology, Resolute is effort everyone involved in the Resolute replaces the owners’ designed to replicate the fishing international build programme previous 17-year-old vessel of the capabilities of the owners’ put in to achieve a successful same name, which was bought by previous vessel, and to fish the outcome. the Wiseman Fishing Company same annual allocations of This is especially true of the and renamed Artemis BF 60 a herring and mackerel. skippers and crew, who were year ago. That Resolute features a similar

‡ General view of arrangements on the trawl deck from atop the ‡ Stern pumping arrangements at gantry. the port quarter… ‡ … and the fish hose reel and pipe configuration on the shelterdeck. 28 January 2021 Join Fishing News on Facebook http://on.fb.me/fishingnews RESOLUTE BF 50 11 NEW-GENERATION RESOLUTE GARDENSTOWN MIDWATER TRAWLER MAKES HER MARK FISHING MACKEREL

“While the Covid-19 virus clearly created major issues and time delays, we got there in time to fish mackerel at the end of last year. Initial indications are that Resolute is a fine sea boat, and one that will stand us in good stead in years to come.” Insured by Sunderland Marine, working through Westward Fishing Company Ltd, Fraserburgh and sailing with a crew of 12, Resolute will fish mackerel in the North Sea towards the end of the year and in ‡ The comfortable day lounge is separated from the messdeck by an impressive engraved glass panel the North Atlantic in January/ depicting Fraserburgh north breakwater in poor weather. February, together with North Sea herring in August. 7.2m, Resolute’s round bilge hull Working in close liaison with was built to Det Norske Veritas ‡ Midwater trawls and braillers the owners, the Wärtsilä +1A Fishing Vessel classification. from Jackson Trawls and Swan Technology Group provided a Resolute effectively features Net-Gundry on the 110t net drums complete vessel design package, three continuous decks – main, arranged in waterfall style at the as well as supplying the centreline shelter and fo’c’sle, on which a head of the trawl deck. propulsion package, which gave 70t anti-roll tank is located Resolute an average top speed of forward, together with a low- Wärtsilä 9L32 main engine to her 16 knots on engine trials in the profile compartment in which the predecessor and Karmøy deck Bay of Biscay. anchor windlasses and mooring machinery illustrate the owners’ While Resolute is the first winches are housed. The aft confidence in well-proven section of this machinery. Modern ideas Crew safety and comfort, compartment is connected include pumping fish over to the hull sides by short the stern – a first for the catch quality and working gull-wing-type sections to skippers and crew – and a give a streamlined full-length boat deck. efficiency were identified as appearance. Continuous Alongside her new wide side decks run the full design, Resolute also the main priorities at the start length of the vessel. features a new generation With a capacity of ‡ The West family stem crest. of wheelhouse team, with of the three-year design and 2,040m3, Resolute’s nine cousins Matthew and RSW tanks are arranged RSW tanks. with lube/hydraulic oil and fuel Alexander now fully taking build project from forward in three tiers Below the main (third) deck, tanks, including a settling and over from their fathers of three. Side passages the hull is subdivided into two daily service tanks. David and George West at the midwater trawler of this design to extend along the sides of the forepeak housing RSW feeder At main (second) deck level, end of a gradual and well- be built by Astilleros Balenciaga RSW tanks at main deck level. tanks, sonar/bow thruster, RSW the arrangements from forward managed transition period. SA, the yard has built a series of The vacuum landing tanks and pump room, three tiers of RSW are forepeak, refrigeration plant Shortly before sailing from pelagic vessels, including the machinery are housed between tanks, engineroom/auxiliary room and vacuum pump room, Fraserburgh earlier this month, Dutch-owned pair-trawlers Wiron the forward and middle tiers of engineroom (port), and aft peak forward tier of RSW tanks, skippers Matthew and Alexander 1 and 2, and the Spanish-style West said: “The time was right to purse-seiners Playa Del Ris and upgrade to a new vessel, which Feline Ruano, as well as a long will enable us to follow our list of Grampian-class supply well-established seasonal fishing boats, during its 97-year history. patterns with enhanced efficiency Congratulations and safety. The biggest single General arrangement and good fishing to the John Clark difference is pumping fish at the With a length between stern – a change we are steadily perpendiculars of 61.8m, 14.60m and crew on their new vessel Reliance III BF800 getting accustomed to, and one of beam, a depth to main deck of that is already bringing benefits. 9m and a scantling draught of Congratulations and good fishing to the owners and crew on their new vessel Resolute BF50

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‡ Wärtsilä logos are displayed either side of the accommodation casing. 12 RESOLUTE BF 50 Visit us at fishingnews.co.uk and on Twitter @YourFishingNews 28 January 2021

Engineroom Resolute’s main engine is a Wärtsilä 9L32 delivering 5,200kW @ 750rpm. The propulsion unit is coupled to a Wärtsilä SCV 90/2-PDC58 5.091:1 reduction gearbox to turn a Wärtsilä 4,000mm-diameter four-bladed CP propeller in a Wärtsilä high-performance fixed nozzle. This combination of centreline machinery gives Resolute an average top speed of 16 knots. A PTO on the gearbox drives a Marelli shaft generator producing 2,500kWe @ 1,200rpm. Auxiliary electrical power on Resolute is provided by a bank of three Mitsubishi gensets delivering a total of 2,400kWe, two of which are housed in a soundproofed room on the port side of the engineroom. A Mitsubishi 6D24-TC harbour generator developing 200kWe is located forward, together with one of the 600kWe generators. When Resolute is hauling and shooting the fishing gear, the gearbox PTO will be clutched in, enabling electrical power for the electro-hydraulic motors to be ‡ Aerial view of Resolute during sea trials in the Bay of Biscay. supplied from the shaft alternator. This arrangement vacuum discharge equipment, harbour genset and auxiliary centrally positioned to starboard stores. reflects the fact that when full middle/aft tiers of RSW tanks, engine rooms, tank tops with of the exhaust casing. Featuring modern light power is required for the deck engine control/switchboard delivery pipes for RSW tanks, At fo’c’sle deck level, the day laminates and stainless steel machinery, there will normally room, engine workshop stores deck house for fish sampling, lounge is located on the port side hand-rails that enhance the not be same demand for power and change room (port), four and pumping and vacuum of an adjoining expansive spacious feel throughout the on the main engine, allowing it twin-berth cabins and laundry landing control screens. Seven messdeck, which is served by a boat, all the accommodation to meet requirements for both (starboard), hydraulic pump single ensuite cabins, together single elliptical table. A dramatic areas onboard Resolute are the propulsion and electro- room/steering gear compartment with the hospital cabin, are double-sided engraved hydraulic systems. (centre/port), and a large net arranged across the front and glass panel depicting Modern ideas include During normal towing, store including two bins to down the starboard side of the heavy seas crashing the shaft alternator can be starboard. casing, along the starboard side against Fraserburgh’s pumping fish over the stern disengaged from the Layout on the shelter (first) of the hull. The main deck north breakwater and the switchboard, when deck consists of forepeak store, change and drying rooms are Golden Horn lighthouse – a first for the skippers electrical power is separates the messdeck supplied by the gensets from the day lounge. A and crew – and a full-length through the main smaller cinema room is switchboard and located aft of the day boat deck controlled by the vessel’s lounge. power management Cook Andrew West’s well- finished to high levels of system. equipped stainless steel galley specification and workmanship. Two Brunvoll electrically lies to port, forward of a large All internal finishings were driven tunnel thrusters of chilled dry provisions room that carried out by Norwegian 900kW, in which skewed bladed also gives access to adjacent specialist Maritime Montering propellers combine optimal walk-in refrigerated and freezer AS. thrust with low noise, assist ‡

‡ Resolute’s well-equipped stainless steel galley…

‡ … and messdeck. ‡ The cinema room. 28 January 2021 Join Fishing News on Facebook http://on.fb.me/fishingnews RESOLUTE BF 50 13 HIGH-TECH ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT FROM THREE LOCAL COMPANIES hree specialist companies in North East Scotland, T Furuno UK, Scanmar UK and Woodsons, supplied the customary array of navigation, fish-finding and net-monitoring equipment that skippers Matty and Ally West are now using to good effect in Resolute’s wheelhouse. Information from the state of the art electronic equipment, which is installed in a separate instrument room directly below the wheelhouse, is displayed through a Furuno big bridge system encompassing four 55in ‡ Two views of the main console… ‡ … centrally arranged across the front of Resolute’s wheelhouse. 4K Hatteland floor-mounted tilting screens and 16 26in Hatteland controllers that copy the radar, beam, allowing echo detection at Resolute’s midwater trawls when to radars, sounders, WASSP, fixed screens in different ECDIS and sonar keyboards, very long range, and also using a towing is monitored by a Simrad GPS and AIS, and an Olex 3D configurations depending on allowing them to be mounted out unique dual-range function where ES70 trawl sonar operating seabed mapping plotter. the vessel’s mode of operation. of sight to keep the bridge clean one sonar can effectively become through the cable winch atop the GPS and heading data The system is driven by an and uncluttered. two with independent control gantry. is provided by two Furuno advanced video wall controller The Furuno big bridge of range, tilt and gain on each The high specification of GP170 type-approved GPS that takes in all the images from system is located in front of two screen. electronic equipment fitted receivers, Furuno SC-70 satellite the equipment, integrated into NorSap 1600S skipper’s chairs, For medium- and close-range is further highlighted by the compasses, a Simrad GC80 a touch-screen command and positioned between wing and echo detection, skippers Matty presence of a Furuno FMD-3200 expanded gyro system, and a control system. The skippers island consoles, which together and Ally West use Furuno FSV-85 BB electronic chart display and Simrad AP70 Mk II autopilot can select steaming, searching, form the main navigation position. medium-frequency 94kHz and information system (ECDIS), system. fishing and harbour modes, and Freestanding wing consoles, Furuno FSV-75 high-frequency supplied by Furuno UK of AIS information is handled by the bridge will automatically for use when Resolute is being (164kHz) omni sonars, providing Fraserburgh. Providing fast, the latest-model Furuno FA-170. reconfigure to the required layout. manoeuvred in confined areas, excellent clarity on smaller marks intuitive course planning and A Furuno CI-68 BB current When searching for fish, are located at the forward corners coming off the bottom. navigation monitoring, the ECDIS indicator provides tidal data at the 55in displays can be put to of the wheelhouse. The overhead Vertical echo detection is unit – for which Thomas Gunn of five different depths, passing this their full advantage, displaying screen display above the wing performed by Simrad ES80 Poseidon Navigation Services, information to the long-range full-screen high-resolution (4K) consoles can also be configured split-beam, Furuno FSS-1BB Buckie, will provide updated sonars. sonar images. This layout can to the skipper’s individual fish-species discrimination and electronic charts every month A Furuno BR-500 watch alarm be changed with one touch to preferences. Furuno FCV-2100 fish-sizing – is supported by two type- system gives peace of mind show split-screen CCTV with The central fishing console sounders. Sweeping through approved Furuno chart radars to the skipper and crew when radar chart overlay and conning aft provides a commanding view a broad range of frequencies, – FAR 3238S-NXT S-Band and Resolute is steaming to and from information, for steaming or of midwater trawling activities the latter two units calculate the FAR 2228-BB X-band. A third the fishing grounds. entering harbour. across the stern, while radar, breakdown of species types in Furuno radar is interfaced to the The vessel’s extensive Three 24in touch-screen sonar, trawl monitoring and chart any given shoal, and provide TimeZero plotters. communications system command centres are located on information can be viewed and graphical information to the Navigation equipment includes a full Sailor GMDSS the port and starboard consoles, controlled on the upper four 26in skipper to help ensure that only includes two TimeZero package. Jotron EPIRBs and and aft at the winch controls. Hatteland displays. the target species actually ends Professional plotters integrated SARTs are also fitted. From here, the skippers can use For long-range fish detection, up in the net. a single trackball or touch screen Resolute is equipped with the Resolute is also equipped to control all the navigation and latest-model low-frequency with a WASSP F3XLi multi-beam fishing equipment on the vessel. omni-sonar from Furuno. The sounder. The touch screen has soft-touch FSV-25 has a narrow vertical The performance of

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‡ Resolute’s crew ready to start fishing mackerel in January. Left to right: Mark Stephen, John George West, Matty West, Martin Smart, Kenny West, Colin Gibson, Andrew West, David Lyon, James West, Alistair Gibson, Zaz Buchan and Ally West.

reduction tank is positioned room also houses the main forward on the boat deck. electrical switchboards and the Resolute’s engineers Martin computer monitors for ‡ Resolute returning to Fraserburgh in December after performing well on her first mackerel trips. Smart, James West, David Lyon Resolute’s Smart Solutions and Mark Stephen monitor the vessel management system. vessel handling in confined areas performance of all the vessel’s and when keeping station to propulsion and generating Midwater trawling fishing gear. machinery, the catch storage and arrangements A combination of double the comprehensive alarm Norwegian specialist Karmøy bottom and deep fuel tanks allow systems from a separate Winch AS, Kopervik, supplied a 420,000 litres of fuel to be soundproofed control room and comprehensive package of carried, while the vessel’s office, sharing 24-hour watch bespoke hydraulic deck freshwater capacity is 60,000 duties. Situated on the port side machinery to Resolute. litres. A 70m3 passive roll- of the main deck, the control The midwater trawling units

‡ The main electrical distribution cabinets.

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‡ Looking forward… ‡ … and aft along the trawl deck. are located on three levels – deck sidewalks, the split trawl trawls are worked can be sealed fish pump. A 4t/14.5m knuckle- are pumped forward to the Cflow shelter, boat and upper boat winches, together with the off by raising a hydraulically boom crane covers the foredeck. double dewatering system set into decks – in a customised net-sounder winch atop the operated gate, positioned aft of Resolute’s deck machinery is the forecastle deck amidships. arrangement in line with the gantry, function through the four customary guiding-on powered by an arsenal of electro- When the 24in Karm fish pump owners’ requirements. Resolute’s Karm computer pins. hydraulic power packs situated in is lowered into the water by the Two 91t core pull split trawl autotrawl system. A 71t lifeline winch for dedicated overhead winches are positioned close to Midwater trawls are worked handling the bag is located Resolute also features a new Karmøy crane and the bag the hull sides directly abaft the from two 110t net drums on the starboard side of slackened off, 80m of 20in accommodation casing on the positioned centrally at shelter the shelterdeck. generation of wheelhouse fish hose is spooled off a forecastle deck. This location and forecastle deck level in A 57t tail-end winch, pump-through reel was chosen to give the under- waterfall style above a single set used for pulling the bag to team, with cousins Matthew mounted on the spooled trawl wire the minimum of toe-end weight tracks. A large- the stern before the sock is shelterdeck directly below angle of elevation to the inboard diameter roller, positioned above taken up and attached to and Alexander now fully taking the fish pump. hanging blocks mounted on the the lower drum, comes into play the aft fish pump, is The fish hose underside of the trawl gantry. when shooting and hauling the positioned to port on the over from their fathers David permanently connected to Integrated into the stern trawl off the slightly higher upper boat deck, in line the pump sits in a deep construction of Resolute, the forward net drum at the head of with a dedicated sheave and George West captive vertical slot in the two-level trawl gantry also the trawl deck. mounted within the port side of the transom, accommodates lifeline and Two outhaul winches are mid-height trawl gantry. the full-width pump room on the allowing the hose to run clear of tail-end blocks, together with mounted aft on the wrap-round Three remote-controlled Karm main deck aft. the stern as the pump is lowered two knuckle-boom deck cranes forecastle deck under the stern deck cranes are also fitted. Two into the water by the dedicated and the net-sounder winch. gantry, for use when shooting are positioned atop the trawl Fish pumping overhead crane. Spooled with 2,000m lengths away the bag and other duties on gantry; one is a net-stacker crane At the end of a successful tow, The customary large-diameter of 38mm-diameter Bridon the trawl deck. When fishing in for general gear-handling duties, catches of herring and mackerel stainless steel delivery pipe is Starfish wire supplied by Jackson poor, heavy weather, the central while the second crane is are taken aboard aft on the port mounted on the forecastle deck Trawls and protected by the boat opening through which midwater dedicated to the handling of the side of Resolute, before the fish and then routed inboard towards

‡ The 71t lifeline winch is mounted on the starboard side of the shelterdeck. ‡ The port side split trawl winch. 16 RESOLUTE BF 50 Visit us at fishingnews.co.uk and on Twitter @YourFishingNews 28 January 2021 LEADING NET-MAKERS SUPPLY MIDWATER GEAR esolute’s midwater DHS (DynIce Handle System). gear came from two Jackson Trawls also Rwell-known net-making supplied two 2,000m lengths of companies, Jackson Trawls, 38mm-diameter Bridon Dyform Peterhead and Swan Net- Starfish trawl wire to Resolute. Gundry, Killybegs. The vessel was also The 1,100m dual-purpose supplied with a full package mackerel/herring midwater of 36mm x 130m polyester- trawl made by Jacksons is covered Dyneema sweeps, similar in design to one that along with DynIce splitters and performed consistently well brailler ropes. on the previous Resolute, with Jackson Trawls supplied braided nylon in the mouth, the life line and full chandlery ADVERTISEMENT PROOF 12.8m mesh in the top and package for rigging out side panels, 6.4m mesh in the Resolute. FOR THE 20TH FEBRUARY 20 ISSUE lower panel and an eight-panel Resolute is the latest in a tunnel, and rigged on Dyneema succession of new midwater FROM: ZOE WHITEHEAD frame ropes with colour-coded vessels to use a set of Vónin ‡ Port quarter view of Resolute turning towards the north on leaving Fraserburgh harbour. lacings. Tornado 10m2 doors to spread Jackson Trawls also the midwater trawls. Date: ...... pelagic fish from the separator supplied two 70m braillers into the nine RSW tanks is to Resolute. Incorporating AMENDMENTS TO AD AD APPROVED FOR PRESS PLEASE TICK (4remotely) controlled from a eight-panels along their full dedicated room in the deck house. length, the heavily constructed On entering the water bags are made to a new and Signed: ...... Please fax orseparator, email fishback are todirected details belowslightly wider design, giving upwards before sliding either greater internal volume geared forward or aft into transverse to pumping pelagic fish at the ESSENTIAL REVISIONS ONLY • CORRECTIONS TO THIS PROOF MUST BE RECEIVEDtroughs, IMMEDIATELY from where they are stern. ‡ The Karm fish pump and ‡ … aft of the tail-end winch on directed to either side through Well-proven customer hydraulicAPPROVAL hose MUST reel are BE arranged CONFIRMED the upper BY boat RETURN deck. FAX OR EMAILstainless steel pipes to enclosed satisfaction also resulted in REVISIONS TO ORIGINALon the INSTRUCTIONS port side of the fo’c’sle MAY BE OMITTED IF OBSTRUCTING THE PRODUCTIONreceiving boxes. SCHEDULE Three pipes Swan Net-Gundry supplying deck… monitored, either from the deck controlled by vertically operated a similar package of midwater IF WE DO NOT RECEIVE ANY CONFIRMATIONor THIS by CCTV WILL coverage INDICATE in the knifeTHE gates PROOF deliver fish IS to theCORRECT trawl gear to Resolute, the bottom of the fish/seawater wheelhouse, where the skippers selected aft RSW tanks directly including a Swan 1,280m Helix separator system. can take full control of fish through the shelterdeck, thereby SS Guider Trawl for mackerel A short clear perspex section pumping operations from a keeping the tank tops clear for (this is the newest version of incorporated into the first dedicated console directly in line easy visual inspection. the Swan 1,280m Helix SS section of the main pipe allows with the port quarter. Two delivery pipes lead fish to Trawl that performed extremely the flow of fish to be constantly When pumping, the flow of the first two tiers of tanks from well on the previous Resolute). ‡ Swan Net-Gundry and the forward receiving boxes. Swan Net-Gundry also Jackson Trawls supplied Constant sample weighing of supplied its well-known Swan Resolute’s midwater trawls and fish is carried out when Resolute 65m Fast Flow 8P Codend with braillers. is pumping using Marel M2200 electronic scales and pelagic sampling software. With buyers worldwide, particularly in Japan, requiring ever-higher standards of catch quality, the owners placed ‡ JACKSON TRAWLS Suppliers of the following fishing gear: Congratulations ● Whitefish Pair, Seine net & Single trawls ● Prawn single & double bagto thetrawls skipper ● Bridon trawl warp & wire bridlesand crew of ● PelagicJACKSON trawls TRAWLSVision III. Jackson Trawls ‡ The stainless steel delivery ‡ A set of Vónin Tornado 10m2 midwater doors, hauled up on the Congratulations pipe leads forward along the stern gantry. Ltdto theare skipperproud to fo’c’sle deck… haveand crewsupplied of themVision fishing III. gear. Jackson Trawls Blackhouse circle, Blackhouse LtdIndustrial are Estateproud to Peterhead, Aberdeenshire AB42have 1BN Scotland supplied CongratulationsTel: 01779 to 478383 skippers Fax: Matthew 01779 474394and Alexander West of Resolute.Email: [email protected] Jackson Trawls Ltd are proud to have supplied them with fishing gear. www.jacksontrawls.co.ukBlackhouse Circle, Blackhouse Industrial Estate Peterhead, Aberdeenshire AB42 1BN Scotland Tel: 01779 478383 Fax: 01779 474394 Email: [email protected] www.jacksontrawls.co.uk ‡ … to the double-ended Cflow dewatering www.jacksontrawls.co.uk system… ‡ … which is located amidships.

CONFIRMATION/AMENDMENTS BY EMAIL, TEL: ZOE WHITEHEAD, CAGE & AVIARY BIRDS TEL: 01732 445301 EMAIL: [email protected] 28 January 2021 Join Fishing News on Facebook http://on.fb.me/fishingnews RESOLUTE BF 50 17 SECOND RESOLUTE CONTINUES GARDENSTOWN FAMILY TRADITIONS he new Resolute replaces The 2003-built 64m Resolute the owners’ previous continues to fish from North T64m midwater trawler of East Scotland as Artemis BF 60. the same name, built by West (Photo: Ryan Cordiner) Contactors at Ølensvåg, Norway in 2003 for Gardenstown skippers David and George West. They have now retired and passed over skippers’ responsibilities to their sons Matthew and Alexander, who have been on the family boat since leaving school. The former Resolute continues to operate from Fraserburgh after being renamed Artemis BF 60 by the Wiseman Fishing Company. Brothers David and George West took delivery of the first Resolute in 2003 after combining the quotas and licences from their previous 23-year-old boats Prowess BF 720 and Courage BF 212 – which they had used for both purse-netting and pair-trawling, depending on conditions and seasons – in order to modernise their operation. This was necessary in order to compete effectively with the succession of newer boats being built around this time, which were capable of delivering larger quantities of optimal-quality fish in the minimum time to secure premium prices. David West’s previous command, the 51.5m Prowess, was bought by the Northbay Fishing Company and re- ‡ Skipper George West’s second Courage (ex Azalea LK 396)… ‡ … and skipper David West’s third Prowess (ex Paula SO 720).

registered CY 720. Built at Whalsay skipper Josie Simpson mate, this 88ft steel-hulled Kootstertille in 1980 as Paula as a purser/trawler. Seven years purser replaced the original 73ft SO 720 for the Doyle Fishing later, this boat was extensively 6in wooden-hulled Prowess BF Company of Killybegs, Prowess lengthened amidships and 50. came to Fraserburgh in 1994. aft, before being bought by This trawler/purser was built This vessel replaced the another Whalsay skipper, Willie in 1967 at Macduff by John Watt previous 47m Prowess BF 50, Williamson, and then sold and Sons. Powered by a 320hp built in Norway in 1960, which in 1996 to George West and Kelvin engine and skippered skipper David West purchased renamed Courage. by George West Snr, Prowess in 1985 from a Canadian This replaced a previous BF 460 went purse-netting with company and subsequently purse-seiner of the same name, William West’s smaller boat extensively modernised and which Hall and Russell built at Havilah BF 161, which acted as lengthened. Aberdeen in 1974 for the West partner boat in the early days of ‡ The second Prowess was built in Norway in 1960 and moved to North The 61.3m Courage was built family. Skippered by George purse-netting to keep Prowess East Scotland from Canada in 1985. in 1980 as Azalea LK 396 for West Snr with David West as off her net.

‡ The wooden-hulled Prowess leaving Macduff for ‡ The extensively modified and lengthened first Courage fishing trials after being built by John Watt & Sons in pursing for North Sea herring on the Turbot Bank in the 1967, before being rigged for purse-seining the following ‡ The seiner/drifter Havilah worked as helper boat to early 1990s. year. (Photo: John Addison) Prowess. (Photo: John Addison) 18 RESOLUTE BF 50 Visit us at fishingnews.co.uk and on Twitter @YourFishingNews 28 January 2021

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We aim to influence and Act, they will be guided by the public consultations online, have both men are keen to see inshore set up agenda on the issues that government’s policy priorities. continued. fishermen and the IFCAs working matter, so IFCAs can deliver local Southern IFCA, based at “During the process of the together more closely as they solutions to national problems. Poole in Dorset, is led by chief UK’s withdrawal from the EU, navigate the changes ahead. “Every day, Inshore Fisheries officer Ian Jones, who took Southern IFCA has assisted and Conservation Authorities over the role from Robert Clark national fisheries compliance and work hard around the coast, when he stepped up to head ‡ Robert Clark, chief officer of enforcement activities, supporting managing inshore fisheries to AIFCA last September. 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EIFCA shrimp and whelk Scottish pelagic fisheries ‘have low carbon footprint’ A new study has found that finding at the NAFC Marine contributor of carbon emissions. byelaw consultations Scottish-caught pelagic fish have Centre – part of the University Ian Gatt, chairman of the a low carbon footprint compared of the Highlands and Islands – Scottish Pelagic Sustainability Eastern IFCA has published the previous experience in the fishery to other types of food production, that the carbon footprint of the Group, said: “We congratulate results of its formal consultation as a qualification for access, making them a good food choice Shetland mackerel trawl fishery Frances on the successful last year on the further specifically evidence of having for the environmentally conscious was much lower than that of land- completion of her research. For development of the Shrimp Permit fished within the area for at least consumer. based meat production, including the Scottish pelagic sector there is Byelaw 2018 Effort Limitation 16 days within a year during three The just-published study, chicken, beef and pork. Seafood a lot at stake with climate change, Scheme, and of its informal separate years. Those already ‘The Environmental Impacts of production in general has a lower given that mackerel and herring consultation, also last year, on the on the Wash Fishery Order Pelagic Fish Caught by Scottish carbon footprint than land-based have an established global trade four-yearly review of the Whelk ‘pre-qualified’ list will satisfy the Vessels’, was carried out by meat production. that helps ensure food security Permit Byelaw 2016, reports John requirements. Frances Sandison as part of her Her findings will help to position as an affordable and nutritious Worrall. Additional permit conditions for PhD studies and funded by the sustainably managed Scottish protein in many parts of the world. The results can be viewed at: whelks include disqualification Scottish Pelagic Sustainability pelagic fish as a ‘climate-smart’ “Scottish fishermen have bit.ly/2LN8UCZ from being named on a whelk Group, Shetland Islands Council, food source that helps to deliver invested heavily in modern The process now moves permit if, within 12 months of the University of Aberdeen, the targets for achieving net-zero vessels and fish-handling on to formal consultation on an application, the applicant University of the Highlands and carbon. systems, and processors in the both byelaws in the context of has failed to comply with any Islands, and the Shetland Fish Frances Sandison said: “In latest equipment, to ensure a additional permit conditions and provision of the Whelk Permit Producers’ Organisation. Scotland we have access to a high-quality, low-carbon-footprint eligibility criteria. Byelaw 2016 and has been Frances Sandison’s study found fantastically low-impact, highly product that can be delivered Responses to last year’s convicted of an offence, or if a that Scottish-caught pelagic fish nutritious, locally caught source to market in the most efficient shrimp consultation reflected, financial administrative penalty have a lower carbon footprint and of protein. Compared to other manner. among other things, a wish for the has been issued. environmental impact than other meat sources, the choice is clear “As such, Scottish mackerel prevention of additional vessels The industry has until 22 seafood products, including UK for the environmentally conscious and herring production really do joining the fishery. Shrimp in February to submit its views farmed salmon, which is 7.2 times consumer – we should be eating tick all the right boxes when it the EIFCA area is principally a on the proposed additional higher, and Norwegian-caught more local pelagic fish.” comes to sustainability, nutrition, Wash fishery. EIFCA is therefore measures, which can be done at: cod and haddock, which are 3.5 Her environmental impact study and low carbon footprint.” proposing a requirement for bit.ly/3o7aSLK and 3.9 times higher. found that fuel consumption in the The full study can be read at: This extended her earlier fishing phase is the fisheries’ main bit.ly/3bQ3RMI 28 January 2021 Join Fishing News on Facebook http://on.fb.me/fishingnews PORTS AND PRICES 21 PORTS & PRICES FIRM PRICES ON VARIABLE MARKETS AT PETERHEAD

Most selections of whitefish sold at 75p-£1.15 and round haddock 70p-80p. Peterhead last week secured firm demand Gutted whiting were at £1.20-£1.85 from buyers, following the return to and round whiting 90p-£1.35 per kg. stronger prices that was experienced at Monkfish sold at 90p-£3.05, lemon the end of the previous week after the sole £1.55-£6.30, plaice 50p-£1.75, initial Brexit- and Covid-19-linked slump, megrim £2-£10, hake £2.10-£7.35, ling reports David Linkie. £1.75-£2.30, coley £1.10-£1.95 and squid Cod, haddock and hake peaked at £1.15-£4.60 per kg. £5.70, £4.70 and £9.35 per kg. With a The following morning, two boats, best price of £3.15, monkfish remained Gracious and Ocean Vision, together with the main exception to the generally one consignment from Enterprise II, put stronger price structure. just 418 boxes onto the market. Tuesday’s Supply levels were below average and tally, the smallest of the first four days variable, with a Tuesday market of only of last week, included 152 boxes of 418 boxes contributing to a low four-day monkfish, 67 boxes of gutted haddock, 60 total of under 12,000 boxes. boxes of whiting (30 rounders), 22 boxes Fourteen boats, Ocean Bounty, of ling, 21 boxes of coley, 17 boxes each Opportunus IV, Leanne, Victoria May, of cod and squid, 16 boxes of flatfish, Shalimar II, Falcon, Steadfast Hope, seven boxes of megrim and one box of Virtuous, Davanlin, Karen Ann II, Celestial hake. Dawn II, El Shaddai, Fruitful Vine and Eight boats, Shekinah, Vision IV, Fruitful Bough, together with five Guiding Light, Guiding Star, Audacious, consignments from Atlantic Challenge, Westro, Accord and Opportunus IV, landed Ocean Endeavour, Norlan, Chloe Ella and 2,336 boxes to Peterhead market on Transcend, contributed 4,333 boxes to the Wednesday morning. This total included first market of last week at Peterhead. 617 boxes of whiting (70 rounders), 309 Monday’s sale included 1,260 boxes of boxes of cod, 265 boxes of gutted and gutted and 312 boxes of round haddock, 15 boxes of round haddock, 221 boxes ‡ The twin-rig trawlers Shekinah and Vision IV landing for last Wednesday’s market at Peterhead. 775 boxes of whiting (366 rounders), 572 of coley, 190 boxes of hake, 187 boxes of boxes of monkfish, 287 boxes of squid, monkfish, 85 boxes of ling, 59 boxes of of the four days, included 1,013 boxes £1.50-£3.50, metros 60p-£2.45 and Thirty-six boats and nine 179 boxes of flatfish, 173 boxes of coley, flatfish, 55 boxes of squid and eight boxes of whiting (265 rounders), 520 boxes of round haddock 50p-£1.05. Large cod consignments contributed to last 120 boxes of cod, 107 boxes of ling, 56 of megrim. gutted and 489 boxes of round haddock, sold at £3.90-£5.25 per kg, sprags week’s four-day total of 11,732 boxes boxes of megrim and 17 boxes of hake. Twelve boats, Benarkle II, Boy John, 631 boxes of cod, 508 boxes of hake, 332 £4.25-£5.70, medium £3.95-£5.30, on Peterhead market. This tally included At the start of last week at Peterhead, Rosebloom, Ocean Bounty, Endurance, boxes of coley, 278 boxes of monkfish, selected £3.25-£4.50 and small £2.50- 2,928 boxes of haddock (816 rounders), large cod sold at £4.55-£5.30 per kg, Ellorah, Tranquility, Consortium, Courage, 215 boxes of flatfish, 194 boxes of squid, £3.80. Monkfish sold at £1.45-£3.15, 2,465 boxes of whiting (731 ungutted), medium £3.65-£4.80, selected £3.15- Sparkling Star, Favonius and Reliance 179 boxes of ling and 45 boxes of megrim. gutted whiting £1-£2, round whiting 1,189 boxes of monkfish, 1,077 boxes £4.35 and small £2.20-£3.25. Large/ III, together with three consignments Last Thursday morning at Peterhead, 90p-£1.45, lemon sole £2-£14.60, of cod, 747 boxes of coley, 716 boxes of medium gutted haddock made £3.25 per from Caspian K, Chloe Ella and Lilly Oak, large/medium gutted haddock made plaice 50p-£3, coley £1-£1.45, ling hake, 553 boxes of squid, 469 boxes of kg, selected £2-£3.20, small £1.50- contributed 4,645 boxes to Thursday’s £3.75-£4.70 per kg, selected £2.75- £1.60-£2.20, hake £2-£7.55 and squid flatfish, 393 boxes of ling and 116 boxes £1.95, chippers £1.50-£2.30, metros market at Peterhead. This sale, the largest £4.60, small £1.90-£3.80, chippers £1.15-£5.40 per kg. of megrim. NO TUESDAY MARKET IN SHETLAND Eight boats landed 1,647 boxes of at 30,248kg. The balance included POOR WEATHER HITS whitefish for the opening market 24,366kg of monkfish, 15,970kg of of the first four days last week in cod, 10,621kg of saithe, 9,104kg of Shetland. There was no market the ling, 4,667kg of plaice, 2,783kg of SALES AT BRIXHAM following morning, but five boats put megrim, 1,362kg of hake and 855kg ashore 618 boxes on Wednesday. of lemon sole. Sales on the auction at Brixham dropped 8s £2. Lemon sole averaged £9.80/kg for 1s Supplies increased significantly on The highest prices included cod at further last week, with several days of and 2s, £6.50 for 3s, £2.90 for 4s and 60p Thursday morning with 2,948 boxes £4.86 per kg, gutted haddock £4.10, poor weather compounding the depressed for 5s. Ling 1s and 2s were £2.10 and 3s £1. from 13 boats, bringing the four-day hake £7.75, halibut £13.10, lemon demand and prices due to the lockdown. Prime and large lobsters were both £23. total to 5,213 boxes from 26 boats. sole £14.74, ling £1.68, megrim Total sales for the week were expected to be Megrim was £4 for 2s and 3s, £1.20 for Whiting led the way by far over £9.50, monkfish £3.33, plaice £3.47, in the region of £550,000. 4s and 60p for 5s. Monkfish 1s averaged the three markets of the week at saithe £1.61, squid £3.98, turbot ‡ Ocean Challenge landing Over the first four markets last week, £8.20, 2s and 3s £8.30, 4s £8, 5s £7.50 and 86,327kg, of which 27,145kg were £10.56, gutted whiting £2.31 and into Lerwick fishmarket. bass fetched £9.50 for 1s, £8.50 for 2s 6s £3.30. Grey mullet 1s and 2s were £4.50. rounders, followed by gutted haddock round whiting £1.22 per kg. (Photo: Sydney Sinclair) and 3s, £8.30 for 4s and £8.50 for 5s. Red mullet sold at £12.50/kg for 1s, £12 Blondie wing 1s were £3.20, 2s £2.90, 3s for 2s and £7.90 for 3s. Octopus averaged £3.40 and 4s £2.70/kg. Bream 1s were £1.90. £10, 2s £9, 3s £8 and 4s £4.80. Size 1 brill Plaice 1s averaged £2.90/kg, £2.40 for ‘OK’ PRICES ACHIEVED AT NEWLYN averaged £6.20/kg, 2s £5.90, 3s £6, 4s 2s, £2.20 for 3s, £2 for 4s and £1.30 for £5.20 and 5s £4.50. 5s. Pollack 1s were £4, 2s £3.80, 3s £3.60 For last Monday’s auction at Newlyn, the inshore monkfish. Cod averaged £7.80 for 1s and 2s, £7.20 and 4s £2.80. Sand sole 1s were £8/kg and and hand-line fleet landed a volume of 4.8t. Partly Demand was stable throughout the auction. for 3s and £5.50 for 4s. Coley made £2 for 2s £4.50. Large scallops were £6 and small contributing to this volume was 0.3t of bass, 2.6t of There was a small market on Wednesday, with just 1s and 2s and £1.80 for 3s. Conger 1s and £3.80. Dover sole 1s and 2s averaged £8.70/ mackerel, 0.1t of plaice, 0.1t of pollack, 0.4t of Dover 0.7t landed from the hand-line boats, the majority of 2s were £1.20, and 3s were 50p. Large kg, 3s £9.60, 4s £9.80, 5s £10.30, 6s and sole, 0.1t of haddock and 0.1t of lemon sole. which was mackerel. cuttlefish averaged £2.01 and small £1.69. 7s £9.80, 8s £9.30, 9s £6.10 and 10s £4.80. Given the current situation with the Covid-19 A volume of 15.5t was on display for Thursday’s Size 1 dabs were £3.50 and 2s 20p. John Squid 1s were £10. pandemic and Brexit, the prices achieved were OK. auction from three beamers and the hand-line fleet, Dory 1s were £12.80, 2s £12.60, 3s £12 and Thorny wings averaged £2.60 for 2s and One full-trip beamer, one part-trip beamer and with prices and demand remaining stable throughout 4s £6.30. Red gurnard 2s made 90p and 4s £2.20 for 3s. Tubs were £1.40/kg for 1s and inshore boats landed a volume of 9t for Tuesday’s the sale. Notable high volumes were 0.2t of brill, 5.5t 60p. 90p for 2s. Turbot 1s averaged £11.60/kg, auction. Notable high volumes on this auction were of cuttlefish, 1.4t of Dover sole, 0.5t of haddock, 1t of Haddock 1s were £3.60, 2s £2.80, 3s £2 2s £10.80, 3s £9.60, 4s £9.10 and 5s and 6s 0.5t of Dover sole, 0.8t of haddock, 0.1t of cuttlefish, lemon sole, 2.3t of megrim sole, 0.3t of plaice, 0.1t of and 4s £1.50. Hake 1s were £6.80, 2s £6.90, £10.90. Size 1 whiting averaged £2.50/kg, 0.5t of lemon sole, 2.4t of megrim sole and 1.1t of red mullet, 0.1t of turbot and 0.1t of whiting. 3s, 4s and 5s £7, 6s £6.60, 7s £5.40 and 2s £1.70, 3s 80p and 4s 50p. 22 PORTS AND PRICES Visit us at fishingnews.co.uk and on Twitter @YourFishingNews 28 January 2021

PETERHEAD, WEEK Avg Max Max, Max, mth HANTSHOLM, WEEK Kg Avg Avg, Avg, 6m BRIXHAM, WEEK TO Kg Avg Avg, Avg, yr GRIMSBY, WEEK TO Avg Avg, 4WA TO 21 JANUARY price/kg price/kg wk ago wk ago TO 21 JANUARY landed price/kg wk ago ago 21 JANUARY landed price/kg wk ago ago 20 JANUARY Price/kg price/kg yr ago yr ago Catfish £2.70 £3.11 £2.50 £2.50 Catfish (1) 855 £4.13 £8.35 £5.15 Bass (1) 163 £9.29 £8.88 £14.18 Cod (best small) £1.80 £1.80 £2.40 £2.40 Cod (A1) £4.84 £5.13 £6.09 £6.09 Cod (0) 1,251 £3.44 £6.16 £5.25 Bass (2) 164 £8.34 £8.19 £12.29 Cod (large) £3.00 £3.00 £5.80 £5.80 Cod (A2) £4.90 £5.40 £6.60 £6.60 Cod (1) 19,178 £2.94 £6.13 £5.32 Bass (3) 316 £8.38 £7.43 £9.80 Cod (medium) £2.60 £2.60 £4.20 £4.20 Cod (A3) £4.71 £5.02 £5.33 £5.33 Cod (2) 56,001 £2.76 £5.65 £4.86 Bass (4) 714 £8.03 £7.54 £7.14 Cod (A4) £4.06 £4.45 £3.53 £3.53 Cod (small) £1.50 £1.50 £1.60 £1.60 Cod (3) 33,256 £2.97 £5.09 £4.42 Bass (5) 433 £8.35 £8.50 £6.97 Cod (A5) £3.02 £3.62 £2.79 £2.79 Haddock (1101 - 1350) £2.00 £2.00 £2.40 £2.40 Cod (4) 28,298 £2.80 £3.72 £3.83 Brill (1) 610 £6.01 £6.12 £12.53 Haddock (A1) £3.77 £4.15 £5.89 £5.89 Haddock (1351 - 1800) £2.00 £2.00 £2.70 £2.70 Haddock (A2) £3.14 £3.64 £5.17 £5.17 Cod (5) 5,265 £2.59 £2.36 £3.20 Brill (2) 560 £5.91 £5.17 £9.76 Haddock (1801 - 2300) £2.20 £2.20 £2.90 £2.90 Haddock (A3) £2.33 £2.92 £4.33 £4.33 Haddock (1) 14,442 £2.05 £1.43 £3.47 Brill (3) 784 £5.85 £5.04 £9.44 Haddock chippers (A4) £2.18 £2.66 £3.30 £3.30 Haddock (2) 4,769 £1.45 £0.80 £2.84 Brill (4) 773 £4.92 £5.01 £7.67 Haddock (2300+) £2.30 £2.30 £3.00 £3.00 Haddock metros (A4) £1.21 £1.76 £1.67 £1.67 Haddock (3) 6,321 £0.84 £0.45 £2.09 Brill (5) 41 £4.39 £2.97 £4.92 Haddock (450 - 650) £1.40 £1.40 £1.30 £1.30 Hake (A1) £7.31 £8.08 £11.33 £11.33 Haddock (4) 883 £0.36 £0.42 £0.40 Cock crabs 380 £5.39 £4.99 £5.28 Haddock (651 - 900) £1.40 £1.40 £1.90 £1.90 Hake (A2) £5.93 £6.86 £11.33 £11.33 Hake (0) 239 £8.08 £10.25 £8.85 Cod (1) 24 £7.57 £6.54 £7.24 Haddock (901-1100) £2.00 £2.00 £1.80 £1.80 Hake (A3) £4.19 £4.90 £6.50 £6.50 Hake (1) 324 £6.53 £4.66 £6.52 Cod (2) 16 £8.05 £5.78 £5.55 Hake (A4) £2.77 £3.24 £3.00 £3.00 NEWLYN, WEEK KG Avg KG Avg Hake (2) 1,586 £4.88 £2.63 £4.68 Hake (A5) £2.09 £2.74 £0.82 £0.82 Cod (3) 26 £7.08 £5.88 £5.60 TO 21 JANUARY Landed price/kg wk ago wk ago Hake (3) 1,387 £2.99 £1.83 £3.70 Lemon sole (A1) £14.58 £14.58 £17.50 £17.50 Conger (1) 294 £1.15 £0.84 £1.00 Bass, whole (1) 9 £7.76 16 £0.87 Lemon sole (1) 290 £6.97 £9.65 £13.78 Lemon sole (A2) £9.55 £10.45 £13.50 £13.50 Conger (2) 76 £1.36 £0.66 £0.95 Bass, whole (2) 3 £7.21 140 £0.74 Lemon sole (2) 1,500 £5.27 £8.15 £11.35 Bass, whole (3) 14 £7.37 67 £5.16 Lemon sole (A3) £3.34 £4.97 £8.54 £8.54 Conger (3) 61 £0.35 £0.30 £0.54 Lemon sole (3) 1,051 £2.61 £4.61 £5.92 Bass, whole (4) 416 £6.36 - - Ling (A1) £1.80 £1.89 - - Cuttlefish (1) 40,911 £2.01 £1.95 £2.31 Bass, whole (5) 111 £7.31 - - Ling (A2) £2.03 £2.07 - - Ling (1) 1,817 £2.33 £0.77 £3.45 Cuttlefish (2) 9,287 £1.67 £1.61 £1.27 Blonde ray (2) 7 £1.55 37 £0.51 Ling (A3) £2.05 £2.16 - - Ling (2) 1,353 £2.29 £0.72 £3.82 Blonde ray (2) 7 £1.55 16 £7.52 Dogfish 5,012 £0.25 £0.25 £0.25 Megrim (A1) £5.82 £6.11 £1.34 £1.34 Ling (3) 2,713 £1.96 £0.42 £3.63 Blonde ray (2) 7 £1.55 10 £6.66 Brill (1) 59 £5.83 10 £6.66 Megrim (A2) £5.35 £6.04 £0.89 £0.89 Gurnard (2) 317 £0.87 £0.95 £3.29 Megrim 2,209 £5.04 £0.84 £3.98 Brill (2) 33 £5.50 16 £6.56 Gurnard (4) 9,539 £0.60 £0.59 £0.60 Megrim (A3) £3.50 £3.64 £1.05 £1.05 Monkfish (1) 2,120 £3.24 £5.89 £5.32 Brill (2) 33 £5.50 9 £6.60 Megrim (A4) £2.76 £3.50 £1.25 £1.25 Haddock (1) 423 £3.54 £2.26 £3.61 Monkfish (2) 3,530 £3.72 £7.75 £5.65 Brill (3) 42 £5.56 19 £4.85 Monkfish (A1) £2.53 £2.95 £2.85 £2.85 Brill (4) 44 £5.24 65 £4.89 Monkfish (3) 4,664 £3.78 £7.57 £5.49 Haddock (2) 346 £2.79 £1.69 £3.90 Monkfish (A2) £2.69 £2.88 £3.17 £3.17 Cod (1) 15 £6.99 106 £4.96 Monkfish (4) 2,649 £3.76 £5.46 £4.94 Haddock (3) 57 £0.90 £0.22 £3.34 Cod (2) 52 £6.97 27 £3.70 Monkfish (A3) £2.63 £2.77 £2.54 £2.54 Monkfish (5) 695 £2.90 £2.79 £3.08 Hake (1) 7 £6.51 - £7.61 Cod (3) 81 £6.62 83 £0.74 Monkfish (A4) £2.45 £2.70 £2.10 £2.10 Cod (4) 20 £5.54 79 £2.18 Hake (2) 19 £6.76 £6.17 £7.33 Monkfish (A5) £1.66 £2.10 £0.60 £0.60 Plaice (1) 1,088 £2.22 £4.09 £4.53 Cuttlefish (0.5kg+) 4,349 £2.03 35 £8.30 Plaice (A1) £2.04 £3.00 £1.75 £1.75 Plaice (2) 1,366 £3.10 £5.82 £4.94 Hake (3) 42 £6.91 £5.94 £8.39 Cuttlefish (0-0.5kg) 1,287 £1.68 49 £9.92 Plaice (A2) £1.31 £1.48 £1.75 £1.75 Plaice (3) 3,113 £3.15 £5.26 £3.25 Hake (4) 99 £6.89 £6.20 £8.78 Dover sole (1) 235 £8.73 153 £9.52 Dover sole (2) 302 £8.54 163 £8.52 Plaice (A3) £0.90 £1.76 £1.08 £1.08 Plaice (4) 9,459 £1.67 £3.53 £2.15 Hake (5) 266 £6.85 £6.47 £8.63 Dover sole (3) 625 £8.66 53 £6.77 Plaice (A4) £0.69 £0.83 £0.70 £0.70 Pollack (2) 454 £3.67 £2.42 £5.59 Hake (6) 947 £6.41 £6.34 £7.36 Dover sole (4) 700 £8.37 11 £6.50 Pollack (A1) £3.40 £3.40 - - Pollack (3) 900 £3.39 £2.12 £4.58 Hake (7) 357 £5.26 £5.36 £5.06 Dover sole (5) 287 £7.45 0 £1.56 Pollack (A2) £3.19 £3.21 - - Dover sole (6) 103 £5.72 - - Pollack (4) 189 £2.42 £1.49 £3.75 Hen crabs 206 £2.63 £2.62 £2.55 Dover sole (7) 25 £3.81 334 £2.55 Pollack (A3) £3.01 £3.09 £1.25 £1.25 Saithe (1) 8,648 £1.36 £1.13 £2.87 John Dory (1) 2 £11.50 £12.25 £14.33 Grey Mullet, whole (1kg+) 37 £3.50 694 £1.88 Pollack (A4) £2.31 £2.31 - - Haddock (1) 60 £4.65 58 £1.45 Saithe (2) 18,531 £1.46 £1.17 £2.79 Round Haddock £0.74 £0.93 £1.27 £1.27 John Dory (2) 15 £12.54 £11.97 £13.36 Haddock (2) 356 £4.10 42 £5.49 Turbot £9.40 £10.82 £17.09 £17.09 Saithe (3) 44,869 £1.46 £1.11 £2.77 John Dory (3) 32 £11.97 £10.77 £10.47 Haddock (3) 725 £2.05 155 £4.68 Whiting (A2) £1.69 £1.93 £1.61 £1.61 Saithe (4) 75,741 £1.25 £0.93 £2.61 Lemon sole (1) 387 £9.50 £9.24 £12.00 Hake (2) 6 £7.01 597 £4.06 Hake (3) 4 £7.62 1,023 £4.04 Squid 1,394 £2.45 £2.17 £3.27 Whiting (A3) £1.36 £1.75 £1.03 £1.03 Lemon sole (2) 336 £9.67 £8.32 £12.33 Hake (4) 14 £7.83 1,023 £4.04 Whiting (A4) £1.25 £1.25 £0.75 £0.75 Turbot (0) 25 £9.96 £17.69 £21.05 Lemon sole (3) 724 £6.33 £7.01 £10.97 Hake (5) 36 £7.23 165 £3.75 Hake (5) 36 £7.23 42 £5.49 Whiting (round) £1.15 £1.43 £1.12 £1.12 Turbot (1) 55 £9.31 £20.48 £18.56 Lemon sole (4) 1,636 £2.81 £3.30 £4.21 Hake (6) 51 £6.64 42 £5.49 Turbot (2) 48 £8.28 £15.15 £17.11 SHETLAND, WEEK Kg Avg Avg, Avg, yr Lemon sole (5) 735 £0.58 £0.66 £0.96 John Dory (2) 27 £11.53 19 £7.68 TO 21 JANUARY landed price/kg wk ago ago Turbot (3) 245 £9.31 £19.09 £12.56 Line mackerel (3) 4 £1.96 £0.89 £2.34 John Dory (3) 47 £9.65 29 £9.18 Turbot (4) 532 £6.20 £8.98 £7.26 John Dory (4) 32 £5.45 12 £9.45 Catfish 199 £2.89 £1.74 £4.14 Lobster 51 £23.05 £21.73 £22.73 Lemon sole (1) 32 £6.87 12 £7.49 Whiting (1) 1,051 £1.64 £0.88 £2.40 Cod (2) 10,755 £4.02 £3.39 £5.27 Monkfish tails (1) 73 £8.19 £8.84 £14.83 Lemon sole (2) 100 £6.83 29 £4.43 Whiting (2) 4,898 £1.45 £0.72 £1.85 Lemon sole (3) 362 £6.13 - - Cod (3) 1,490 £4.45 £3.16 £4.79 Monkfish tails (2) 384 £8.12 £7.69 £15.40 Whiting (3) 320 £0.69 £0.36 £1.35 Lemon sole (4) 609 £3.31 379 £0.85 Cod (4) 984 £3.99 £2.73 £4.09 Monkfish tails (3) 884 £8.15 £7.42 £14.24 Lemon sole (5) 159 £0.60 25 £1.38 Witch (1) 380 £5.26 £5.09 £5.10 Ling (2) 203 £1.32 12 £1.96 Cod (5) 40 £3.50 £2.44 £3.79 Monkfish tails (4) 927 £7.91 £7.54 £12.23 Witch (2) 1,457 £3.48 £1.85 £3.56 Mackerel, whole (1) 10 £2.00 1,831 £1.33 Monkfish tails (5) 1,095 £7.28 £7.30 £7.65 Haddock (1) 2,366 £2.97 £3.33 £3.98 Witch (3) 821 £1.83 £0.43 £1.99 Mackerel, whole (2) 429 £2.65 700 £0.50 Monkfish tails (6) 259 £3.11 £3.83 £4.82 Mackerel, whole (3) 2,621 £1.71 48 £6.04 Haddock (2) 2,548 £3.23 £3.24 £4.11 ICELAND, WEEK Kg Avg Avg, Avg, yr Octopus 3,738 £1.86 £1.82 £2.05 Mackerel, whole (4) 144 £0.51 133 £5.90 Haddock (3) 3,790 £2.29 £2.16 £3.38 TO 21 JANUARY landed price/kg wk ago ago Megrim (1) 296 £7.63 215 £4.31 Plaice (1) 1,247 £2.77 £2.55 £3.28 Haddock (4) 11,057 £1.76 £2.06 £2.90 Arctic charr fillets (skin om) 60 £8.41 £8.39 - Megrim (2) 514 £6.58 283 £3.63 Megrim (3) 764 £5.15 346 £2.95 Blue ling (gutted) 544 £1.46 £0.76 £1.92 Plaice (2) 1,497 £2.30 £2.31 £3.19 Haddock (5) 10,487 £0.95 £1.56 £1.66 Megrim (4) 892 £3.82 214 £1.83 Catfish (gutted) 5,019 £1.25 £4.07 £2.47 Plaice (3) 1,377 £2.14 £2.26 £3.10 Hake (2) 77 £6.53 £6.36 £4.82 Megrim (5) 958 £2.63 197 £0.53 Catfish (ungutted) 98 £0.86 £3.41 £0.03 Plaice (4) 1,017 £1.91 £1.78 £2.76 Megrim (6) 394 £1.93 8 £7.94 Cod (large, gutted) 86,271 £1.84 £2.31 £2.24 Hake (3) 367 £5.32 £4.74 £6.03 Plaice (5) 2,238 £1.26 £1.29 £1.59 Monkfish tails (1) 22 £7.58 108 £7.64 Cod (large, ungutted) 21,928 £2.08 £2.55 £1.82 Hake (4) 918 £2.85 £2.91 £4.07 Monkfish tails (2) 221 £7.84 299 £8.03 Cod (small, gutted) 2,453 £0.90 £0.83 £1.49 Pollock (1) 64 £3.97 £2.88 £5.05 Monkfish tails (2) 221 £7.84 299 £7.96 Halibut (3) 60 £12.35 £15.26 £12.86 Cod (small, ungutted) 191 £0.48 £1.07 £0.08 Pollock (2) 493 £3.77 £2.06 £4.59 Monkfish tails (3) 497 £8.60 217 £7.34 Halibut (4) 35 £11.14 £12.88 £9.60 Cod cheeks 14 £7.31 £6.55 £6.86 Pollock (3) 250 £3.53 £1.55 £4.07 Monkfish tails (4) 945 £8.05 50 £3.96 Cod fillets (skinless) 46 £6.33 £8.08 - Monkfish tails (5) 829 £7.39 38 £1.95 Lemon sole (2) 124 £13.69 £13.46 £8.07 Greenland halibut (gutted) 96 £1.06 £1.71 £2.65 Ray wings (blonde, 1) 344 £3.00 £2.28 £4.31 Monkfish tails (6) 185 £4.57 4 - Lemon sole (4) 438 £5.07 £4.81 £4.29 Haddock (large, gutted) 23,473 £1.87 £1.05 £1.85 Ray wings (blonde, 2) 550 £2.76 £2.07 £3.79 Monkfish tails (7) 233 £3.63 4 - Haddock (large, ungutted) 5,721 £2.18 £1.53 £1.41 Octopus (1) 10 £1.48 4 £1.46 Ling 9,104 £1.55 £5.81 £2.85 Ray wings (blonde, 3) 203 £3.32 £2.34 £3.78 Haddock (small, gutted) 117 £0.93 - £1.30 Octopus (2) 484 £1.83 58 £3.62 Lythe 2,305 £2.52 £3.06 £4.03 Haddock (small, ungutted) 25 £0.30 £0.22 £0.89 Ray wings (thornback, 2) 124 £2.35 £1.88 £3.36 Octopus (3) 4 £1.46 - - Plaice (1) 123 £3.20 - - Halibut (gutted) 107 £4.22 £5.30 £4.25 Ray wings (thornback, 3) 1,106 £2.38 £1.80 £3.35 Megrim (2) 1,113 £7.00 £7.90 £6.59 Plaice (2) 67 £3.29 - - Lemon sole (gutted) 375 £2.59 £7.33 £3.89 Megrim (3) 914 £4.78 £4.19 £4.82 Red mullet (1) 96 £4.40 £3.99 £4.37 Plaice (3) 114 £2.97 - - Ling (gutted) 2,541 £1.18 £0.97 £2.16 Red mullet (2) 5 £4.70 £2.30 £4.45 Plaice (4) 72 £2.55 15 £2.04 Megrim (4) 756 £3.24 £3.62 £3.26 Ling (ungutted) 1,719 £1.46 £1.11 £1.80 Plaice (5) 114 £1.28 152 £2.09 Red mullet (3) 13 £12.80 £9.97 £9.84 Monkfish (1) 805 £1.97 £4.85 £4.40 Megrim (gutted) 1,163 £3.47 £0.52 £1.39 Poll Roe 20 £2.15 1,375 £2.10 Monkfish (gutted) 144 £4.33 £3.88 £3.61 Round pouting 10,214 £0.20 £0.17 £0.43 Pollack, lythe (1) 174 £2.38 526 £1.95 Monkfish (2) 4,910 £2.43 £5.81 £5.17 Plaice (gutted) 4,602 £2.15 £2.69 £2.64 Scallop (2) 8,315 £1.51 £1.51 £2.19 Pollack, lythe (2) 1,452 £2.22 42 £0.55 Monkfish (3) 8,998 £3.00 £5.61 £5.15 Redfish (ungutted) 23,521 £1.10 £1.35 £1.98 Pollack, lythe (3) 47 £4.90 152 £2.09 Saithe (gutted) 8,653 £0.96 £0.74 £1.15 Scallop meat 1,196 £12.74 £15.00 £13.15 Pollack, lythe (4) 48 £2.17 35 £1.16 Monkfish (4) 7,628 £2.75 £4.69 £4.79 Saithe (ungutted) 12,529 £0.79 £0.69 - Sole (1) 1,506 £8.42 £8.22 £15.06 Pollack, lythe * 174 £2.38 191 £0.67 Monkfish (5) 1,111 £1.81 £2.98 £3.61 Skate (gutted) 90 £0.48 £0.44 - Sole (2) 1,514 £8.65 £8.02 £16.53 Pollack, lythe chunks 47 £2.04 57 £0.74 Spotted catfish (gutted) 1,277 £1.21 £4.10 £2.94 Saithe (1) 191 £0.67 28 £0.93 Monkfish (6) 914 £0.71 £0.39 £1.46 Sole (3) 1,217 £9.40 £8.62 £17.45 Tusk (gutted) 1,654 £0.47 £0.29 £1.28 Saithe (2) 57 £0.74 1 £2.70 Plaice (2) 1,236 £2.62 £2.79 £3.71 Tusk (gutted) 1,654 £0.47 £0.29 £1.28 Sole (4) 1,588 £9.80 £8.57 £17.16 Saithe (3) 28 £0.93 119 £0.25 Scallops 1 £2.70 602 £0.73 Plaice (3) 1,082 £1.39 £1.75 £3.11 Tusk (ungutted) 2,277 £0.38 £0.27 - Sole (5) 962 £10.23 £8.63 £15.31 Smoothhound, whole (1-2kg) 119 £0.25 786 £0.08 Plaice (4) 2,349 £0.39 £1.26 £1.34 Whiting (gutted) 2,520 £0.74 £0.50 £0.29 Sole (6) 1,017 £9.72 £8.83 £13.54 Smoothhound, whole (2kg+) 602 £0.73 938 £0.63 Whiting (ungutted) 5 £0.03 £0.23 - Spurdog, whole (0-1.5kg) 786 £0.08 2,470 £1.30 Saithe (2) 4,480 £0.93 £1.00 £2.70 Squid (1) 16 £13.60 £11.59 £9.43 Spurdog, whole (1.5-3kg) 938 £0.63 100 £0.62 SCRABSTER, WEEK TO Min Max Max Avg, yr Squid (2) 108 £9.76 £8.23 £8.07 Saithe (3) 3,048 £1.00 £1.07 £2.70 20 JANUARY price/kg price/kg 1m ago ago Spurdog, whole (3kg+) 2,470 £1.30 66 £0.58 Saithe (4) 3,093 £1.12 £1.39 £2.45 Squid (mix) 54 £9.53 £7.39 £6.80 Tope, whole (1) 100 £0.62 120 £0.54 Cod £4.29 £4.57 £3.89 £5.01 Tope, whole (2) 66 £0.58 6 £9.88 Turbot (1) 96 £11.31 £9.87 £18.79 Skate 2,210 £0.61 £0.72 £0.49 Hake £2.29 £5.94 £7.35 Tope, whole (3) 120 £0.54 29 £9.88 Turbot (2) 128 £10.23 £8.36 £15.56 Skate, mixed 79 £0.46 £0.07 £0.07 Halibut £10.33 £10.33 - Turbot (1) 12 £9.51 29 £9.88 Lemon sole £4.22 £4.22 £5.00 £12.50 Turbot (3) 194 £9.36 £6.72 £15.56 Turbot (2) 60 £8.90 4 £9.49 Skate, roker 249 £1.23 £0.91 £1.69 Ling £1.45 £1.70 £2.15 £3.12 Turbot (2) 60 £8.90 21 £10.02 Turbot (4) 300 £8.78 £6.83 £13.69 Squid 7,053 £2.27 £3.39 £1.69 Megrims £1.71 £4.57 £8.00 £5.31 Turbot (3) 39 £7.91 11 £9.57 Monkfish £1.90 £2.85 £3.73 £7.06 Turbot (5) 377 £10.66 £8.19 £12.62 Turbot (4) 50 £10.05 114 £0.60 Turbot 89 £9.89 £16.01 £12.09 Plaice £1.64 £1.64 £0.95 £1.29 Turbot (6) 64 £10.59 £8.39 £10.57 Turbot (5) 29 £10.84 - - Undulate ray (1) 114 £0.60 - - Whiting (2) 23,009 £1.40 £2.47 £3.07 Saithe £0.93 £1.10 £0.45 - Whelks 1,264 £1.20 £1.15 £1.55 Whiting (1) 79 £2.53 128 £1.19 Whiting (3) 31,076 £0.97 £1.80 £2.28 Squid £2.60 £2.60 £3.43 £4.64 Whiting (2) 36 £1.20 248 £1.16 Turbot £8.33 £8.33 £8.57 £20.00 Whiting (1) 257 £2.30 £1.75 £2.75 Whiting (4) 5,097 £0.66 £1.35 £1.25 Wings - blonde (0.2-0.5kg) 128 £1.19 207 £1.63 Tusk £2.60 £2.60 - Whiting (2) 266 £1.42 £1.37 £2.12 Wings - blonde (0.5-1kg) 248 £1.16 - - Whiting, round 27,145 £0.84 £1.01 £1.29 Whiting £1.00 £1.05 £1.30 £3.12 Whiting (3) 438 £0.71 £0.70 £1.47 Wings - blonde (1-1.5kg) 207 £1.63 - - 28 January 2021 Join Fishing News on Facebook http://on.fb.me/fishingnews PORTS AND PRICES 23

UK monthly pelagic and shellfish landings & prices, last two years UK monthly pelagic and shellfish landings & prices, last two years UK mackerel landings into UK ports UK herring landings into UK ports UK sardines landings into UK ports 30,000 2.50 18,000 1.80 2,500 5.00 Landings (t, left scale) Landings (t, left scale) 4.50 Price per kg (right scale) 16,000 1.60 25,000 Price per kg (right scale) 2.00 14,000 1.40 2,000 4.00 Landings (t, left scale) 3.50 20,000 12,000 Price per kg (right scale) 1.20 1.50 1,500 3.00 10,000 1.00 15,000 2.50 8,000 0.80 1.00 1,000 2.00 10,000 6,000 0.60 1.50 0.50 4,000 0.40 5,000 500 1.00 2,000 0.20 0.50 - 0.00 - 0.00 - 0.00 Nov-18 Mar-19 Jul-19 Nov-19 Mar-20 Jul-20 Nov-18 Mar-19 Jul-19 Nov-19 Mar-20 Jul-20 Nov-18 Mar-19 Jul-19 Nov-19 Mar-20 Jul-20

UK other pelagic landings into UK ports UK total pelagic landings into UK ports UK total shellfish landings into UK ports 2,500 1.50 30,000 2.40 25,000 3.50

Landings (t, left scale) Landings (t, left scale) Price per kg (right scale) Price per kg (right scale) 3.00 25,000 2.00 2,000 1.20 20,000 2.50 20,000 1.60 15,000 1,500 0.90 2.00 15,000 1.20 1.50 1,000 0.60 10,000 10,000 0.80 1.00

500 0.30 5,000 5,000 0.40 Landings (t, left scale) 0.50 Price per kg (right scale)

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

4,500 4.50 3,500 3.00 3,000 2.50 4,000 4.00 3,000 2.50 2,500 3,500 3.50 2.00 2,500 3,000 3.00 2.00 2,000 2,500 2.50 2,000 1.50 1.50 1,500 2,000 2.00 1,500 1.00 1,500 1.50 1.00 1,000 1,000 1,000 1.00 Landings (t, left scale) 0.50 Landings (t, left scale) 500 Landings (t, left scale) 0.50 500 500 Price per kg (right scale) Price per kg (right scale) 0.50 Price per kg (right scale) - 0.00 - 0.00 - 0.00 Nov-18 Mar-19 Jul-19 Nov-19 Mar-20 Jul-20 Nov-18 Mar-19 Jul-19 Nov-19 Mar-20 Jul-20 Nov-18 Mar-19 Jul-19 Nov-19 Mar-20 Jul-20

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

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UK cuttlefish landings into UK ports UK cockle landings into UK ports UK prawn landings into UK ports 1,000 20.00 3,500 2.50 400 12.00 Landings (t, left scale) Landings (t, left scale) 900 Landings (t, left scale) 18.00 Price per kg (right scale) Price per kg (right scale) 3,000 350 Price per kg (right scale) 10.00 800 16.00 2.00 300 700 14.00 2,500 8.00 1.50 250 600 12.00 2,000 500 10.00 200 6.00 1,500 400 8.00 1.00 150 4.00 300 6.00 1,000 100 200 4.00 0.50 2.00 500 50 100 2.00 - 0.00 - 0.00 - 0.00 Nov-18 Mar-19 Jul-19 Nov-19 Mar-20 Jul-20 Nov-18 Mar-19 Jul-19 Nov-19 Mar-20 Jul-20 Nov-18 Mar-19 Jul-19 Nov-19 Mar-20 Jul-20 Source: MMO 24 CLASSIFIEDS/PUBLIC NOTICES Visit us at fishingnews.co.uk and on Twitter @YourFishingNews 28 January 2021 CLASSIFIEDS PUBLIC NOTICE MARINE & SAFETY EQUIPMENT ELECTRICITY ACT 1989 (AS AMENDED) THE ELECTRICITY GENERATING STATIONS (APPLICATIONS FOR VARIATION OF CONSENT) (SCOTLAND) REGULATIONS 2013 (AS AMENDED) Notice is hereby given that Inch Cape Offshore Limited (ICOL), registered under company registration SC373173 at 5th Floor, 40 Princes Street, Edinburgh EH2 2BY, has applied to the Scottish Ministers to vary the consent granted under section 36 of the Electricity Act 1989 granted on 16th of July, 2020 to construct and operate offshore generating station known as Inch Cape Offshore Wind Farm, located 15-22km east off Angus coastline with a total area of 150km2 (central latitude and longitude co-ordinates: 56o 49.457’N 2o 19.554’W) The application made under section 36C of the Electricity Act 1989, seeks to remove the maximum generating capacity of the Inch Cape Offshore Wind Farm from the Section 36 Consent. 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£165,000. Engine: Gardner 6LXB with PRM 1000 gearbox.Keel cooled and running 2 x deckwash. Electronics: Chartplotter x 2, Sounders x 2, GPS x 2, POA. 33ft Cat A with shellfish under Radar, Olex, AIS, Autopilot, Music stereo, 10, 115kw, 13-19 ton. Gardner 6LXB Tv. Hydraulics: Spencer Carter package, twin disc 509 box. May consider PX 1 ton winch, Net drum. Licence: Cat A 33-40 foot. Please call 07760 413223, (under 10), no Shellfish or Bass. Sowenna Scotland. (35.09) is a well built and well kept boat. She is an ideal inshore trawler with all the added FRENCH BUILD comforts of hot and cold running water in wheelhouse and on deck, a cooker, £10,000. Comes with a Yamaha 50hp a fridge, a toilet, a full standing height 4 stroke outboard which is connected shower room, a large and a small bunk. All up to hydraulic steering! Great boat in deck metalwork, inc gantry, is in stainless perfect condition. Please call 07926 steel. 240v Shore power socket so can 554627, Scotland. (37.09) easily be connected to power whilst alongside. She has dual steering and GEMINI G10 engine controls outside the wheelhouse £27,000. 21ft Malahide, beta 30 including steering lever on the gantry for 4000hrs. Cat a licence (no shelfish) when working with the net drum. She is plotter, vhf, sounder, radio, usb to be sold with the following gear: A set of charger, 2 automatic 1 manual bilge 4’ byson trawl doors, A set of 3’3” pukka pump. Newly fitted makerel strippers trawl doors (brand new), A 10fthm prime fished 1 season. Jigging machines may fish trawl on 6” and 8” discs, A 7fthm sole be with boat by seperate negotiation. trawl on 3” and 4” discs (brand new), 10 Please call 07741 252610, Scotland. x insulated tubs. NO VAT to be added. (34.09) Please call 07977 821962, Wales. (33.09)

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Advertising on these pages is free for fishermen selling used boats and equipment. If you are a commercial supplier, please contact TalkMedia Sales on 01732 447008 SEE INSIDE! Consistent mackerel activity continues The early-year mackerel fishery is continuing to give good results, including a steady succession of landings to the three processing companies at Peterhead, reports David Linkie. The Pelagia Shetland processing factory at Lerwick also received mackerel from a combination of local and Fraserburgh midwater trawlers last week. With all the Scottish midwater fleet fishing some 100 miles north of Cape Wrath last week, Seafood lorries in central skippers were reporting vast swathes of mackerel London exports protest over a wide area of ground. In addition to miles See pages 1 and 3 of almost continuous big marks, which have regularly been seen at this time of year along the deepwater edge, providing clear evidence of the strength of the stock, the increasing appearance of younger fish is providing further good news on the stock’s long-term health. Although severe gales impacted on fishing at the start of last week, a number of Irish vessels steamed up the Minch from Killybegs ready to start fishing when conditions improved. As Storm Christoph swept across the North Atlantic bringing 50-knot northerly gales at the ‡ Altaire and Artemis lying either side of the west pier to land mackerel to the end of last week, mackerel activity was again Northbay Pelagic processing factory at Peterhead last week. Both vessels are curtailed. scheduled to be replaced by new midwater trawlers from Karstensens shipyard. New-generation Resolute See pages 10-18 Film pays tribute to Changes to lost Galway fishermen BBC Shipping Forecast The MCA announced last week that there would be changes ‘for the foreseeable future’ to the way the BBC EIFCA shrimp and whelk byelaw broadcasts the UK Marine Weather consultations Service, including the Shipping See page 20 Forecast, due to the impact of Covid-19. ‡ Sea of Souls captures images of 600 floating candles. These came into effect from 18 January. On weekdays, there will be three A tribute to Martin and Tom Oliver of container ship under San Francisco’s broadcasts on LW and FM, at 12.48am, Galway’s Claddagh, and to all those Golden Gate bridge almost three 5.20am and 12.03pm, with one further who have lost their lives at sea, has decades ago. broadcast on LW only at 5.54pm. been created in the form of a film “One Russian crew member At the weekends, there will be three made by a fisherman’s son, reports survived, but my father and his skipper broadcasts, all on LW and FM, at Lorna Siggins. did not – and the skipper’s body was 12.48am, 5.20am and 5.54pm. Entitled Sea of Souls, the film never found,” said Brendan Savage. HM Coastguard will be broadcasting captures images of 600 floating “As a child, I was taught that on as normal via NAVTEX and MF/VHF candles, set to the music of the Galway stormy nights, a candle was placed in marine radio. Strong wind and gale Baytones male-voice a capella group the window to guide home the souls of warnings will still be available as and singing the 18th-century Scottish song those lost at sea.” when needed. Scottish pelagic fisheries ‘have ‘The Parting Glass’. Shortly before Christmas, he Andrew Colenutt, head of low carbon footprint’ The film was spearheaded by arts recruited a group of volunteers to hydrography and meteorology at the See page 20 consultant Brendan Savage, who lost help assemble 600 floating candles in MCA, said: “We completely understand his own father in a trawler sinking. Galway’s Claddagh basin, timed to and support the decision of the BBC, He said he was overwhelmed light up every evening for five hours. which faces its own challenges. They with sadness when father and son He then secured the support of are a key partner in bringing this vital Martin and Tom Oliver lost their lives Heavy Man Films to document it in a information to mariners, and are doing within 24 hours of each other after video, which is now available to view all they can to make sure the service an incident in Galway Bay in early on YouTube. continues. November. “When you lose someone to the “We continue to support the maritime The two fishermen were from sea, it changes your relationship with industry at this difficult time, and the Claddagh, like Brendan Savage, the sea forever, and sadly I understand have taken all the measures we can to and were close relatives of Patrick that,” he explained. protect crew and the lifelines they are and Morgan Oliver, who have been Brendan Savage said that a large providing to the UK. Mariners should be Firm prices on variable markets involved in a number of rescues, number of individuals and businesses assured that maritime safety information at Peterhead including locating two paddleboarders supported the initiative, and it is hoped will continue to be broadcast, still See page 21 after they went missing in Galway Bay that it will become an annual event, meeting the requirements of the last August. with floating candles raising funds for international standard known as SOLAS Brendan’s father Tom Savage (59) the RNLI and Water Safety Ireland. (Safety of Life at Sea).” died when the trawler on which he Sea of Souls can be viewed at: bit. For the latest information, visit: bit. SEE INSIDE! was a crew member was sunk by a ly/3c2zm6t ly/39Fsh8U