Jacqueline Anne Launched at Buckie Dimensions of 24.5M LOA and Manufactured In-House by 7.60M of Beam
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Visit us online for news, features and media nostalgia KELSEY KELSEY 1 October 2020 Issue 5534 £3.30 media KELSEY KELSEY fishingnews.co.uk TURN TO PAGE 2 FOR THE FULL SSA: SEAFISH MUST CHANGE REPORT Jacqueline Anne launched at Buckie dimensions of 24.5m LOA and Manufactured in-house by 7.60m of beam. Macduff Shipyards, the trawler’s The second vessel of the same deck machinery package name, and the fourth twin-rig includes three split trawl trawler to be built by Macduff winches, two split net drums, Shipyards for skipper Adam two bagging drums and two Tait, Jacqueline Anne features gear-handling winches. Thistle a Caterpillar C32 main engine BK13 powerblock and MFB8 of 558kW @ 1,800rpm driving landing cranes will also be a 2,700mm-diameter variable- fitted. pitch propeller through a Kumera On completion of final fitting gearbox of 12.3:1 reduction. A out and engine alignment, propulsion nozzle, a triple rudder Jacqueline Anne is expected to system and two Caterpillar C7.1 run sea trials from Buckie in a auxiliary engines running 118ekW few weeks’ time, before starting gensets are also fitted. to fish from Fraserburgh. Jacqueline Anne is positioned at the bottom of the slipway at Buckie before the specialist low-loaders are removed... The new Fraserburgh twin-rig Jacqueline Anne from Macduff the trawler was towed a short trawler Jacqueline Anne FR 243 Shipyards’ fabrication yard and distance to her fitting-out berth was launched on a spring tide at down an adjacent slipway at in Buckie’s inner harbour. Buckie last week, reports David low water, when the trawler Built for Fraserburgh skipper Linkie. was supported before the Adam Tait and designed Specialist low-loader units low-loaders were removed. After in-house by Macduff Shipyards, ... and is then moved to the fitting-out berth, after floating off the were used to manoeuvre gently floating off six hours later, Jacqueline Anne has main slipway on a spring tide. (Photo: John Addison) On their way: Two more new vessels for Scotland Another two new Scottish fishing vessels reached significant milestones in their build programmes last week, reports David Linkie. On the same day as Jacqueline Anne entered the water, the new midwater trawler Resolute BF 50 was running initial engine trials in the Bay of Biscay. The 68.9m Resolute was built at the Balenciaga shipyard, Zumaia, Spain, for Gardenstown skippers Alexander and Matthew West. Meanwhile, the hull of Fraserburgh skipper Brian Harvey’s new 24.5m twin-rig trawler Orion BF 432 was being prepared to be lifted into the water at Szczecin, Poland, after being built at the Kedat shipyard under subcontract to Macduff Shipyards Ltd. See page 5 for further details. Resolute heading down the narrow river estuary from Zumaia for Orion is lifted onto low-loader units at Szczecin. initial engine trials in the Bay of Biscay. 2 NEWS Visit us at fishingnews.co.uk and on Twitter @YourFishingNews 1 October 2020 Roles of Seafish and Seafood Scotland ‘need urgent review’ Overlap is hitting marketing, say Scots processors Scotland’s seafood processors are more processed and transported its own marketing body, branding demanding an urgent review into and sold across the UK and and programme. In the case of the role of Seafish and Seafood around the world. Scotland, this is currently the Scotland, reports Tim Oliver. “To seize these opportunities function of Seafood Scotland. The Scottish Seafood and allow every part of our The SSA recommends that Association (SSA), which industry to thrive, we must Seafood Scotland should be represents processors in ensure that our marketing of ‘nested’ within Seafish, avoiding Scotland, says that Seafish has these world-class products is duplication and confusion among become remote to many in the equally world-class. That is why stakeholders. sector. we need an honest appraisal of It says that Seafish has become In a paper designed to kick- the structures, functions and remote to many in the sector ‘due start debate on the issue and funding of Seafish and Seafood to drift and a skewed balancing encourage the UK government to Scotland.” of priorities’ and calls for an embrace change, the SSA notes The SSA says that support urgent review of its strategies that Seafish’s role has become for the seafood sector and and activities. It recommends a blurred with that of other marketing are currently of great change of name to ‘something organisations in the sector such relevance in view of the effects more inclusive and relevant, as Seafood Scotland, ‘leading to of Covid-19 and Brexit, which perhaps the Seafood Industry a confused landscape of bodies will bring ‘radical changes to Partnership’. with overlapping remits’. global markets’. The new fisheries The SSA also calls for a review SSA chief executive Jimmy bill will also establish ‘a new and reform of the way Seafish Buchan said: “The seafood architecture’ for UK fisheries and Seafood Scotland are funded. industry is on the cusp of new management. Seafish is currently funded via opportunities for all sectors – This would enable each a levy paid by the processing more fish caught, more landed, devolved administration having sector, suppliers of imported “The GPS is stuffed, the radar looks like it’s showing repeats of Pointless, and I still have a better idea of Scots MP calls for Seafish reform what’s ahead than Seafish.” seafood, farmers of shellfish board has started preparing A Scottish MP made a strong case spent, and that a remodelled perfect opportunity to reform the and third-party commissioned for a strategic review. Those for the reform of Seafish during Seafish would be able to exercise current system,’ said the Argyll projects. discussions will involve each of a Westminster debate on the new functions separately in different and Bute MP. The SSA says that funding of the government administrations, fisheries bill. parts of the UK. UK fisheries minister Victoria the replacement of Seafish and which we are about to embark Introducing amendments to He highlighted the complexity Prentis replied that Seafish four devolved marketing bodies upon. We’ll be seeking industry the bill, SNP Argyll and Bute MP of the UK fishing industry, with undertakes valuable work, and should be supported by ‘all feedback on proposals and how Brendan O’Hara said that the ‘a whole host of different fishing said that the current model ‘works stakeholders who wish to access we best serve the seafood sector Scottish government and many in interests and practices’. “From well’. the supported services and, in the UK as part of the process the industry believed that Seafish England’s south coast to the most She said that the authority can crucially, use the Scottish (UK) in 2021.” was not sufficiently flexible to northerly point of Shetland, the deliver or fund bespoke services in seafood brand’. A DEFRA spokesperson said: meet the needs of the entire sector industry is multi-layered, complex, each administration, but in many It says the fairest way to fund “We welcome the strategic review and required ‘radical reform’. nuanced and often localised.” cases delivers UK-wide work. Seafish would be through a being undertaken by Seafish to “Seafishhas an intrinsic flaw And given that there are “That is partly because of levy based on a percentage of provide recommendations on its in attempting to represent the also four separate national efficiencies of scale, but also turnover from stakeholders who future purpose and functions. entirety of the United Kingdom governments looking after the because the supply chains choose to subscribe – processor, “Seafish’s campaign to appoint while operating in a policy area industry, it was ‘absurd’ that across the UK are similar and harvester or grower. a new chair and board members, that is wholly devolved,” he said. there was a ‘one-size-fits-all have similar challenges and It would then be ‘optional to which opened on 18 September, He called for devolved control fishing authority’ servicing opportunities.” join the organisation and use provides a tangible opportunity to Scottish ministers of both the catching, aquaculture, processing, The minister that said the the marketing and brand, the for representatives across the funding and the executive powers importers, exporters and proposed amendments would be technical resources, responsible industry to shape the future of of Seafish. distributers of seafood, as well costly and affect the viability of fisheries management, Seafish and how it can best serve He said that Scotland should as looking after restaurants and Seafish. “I am not convinced of environmental schemes and the seafood sectors of the UK.” play a key role in deciding how retailers, he said. the need to legislate on all these R&D programmes’, the paper Donna Fordyce, head of Scotland’s share of the levy was The fisheries bill ‘gives us the matters,” she said. states. Seafood Scotland, said: “There Seafood Scotland is funded is no doubt that the efforts to through the EMFF and Scottish market our world-class Scottish government, and there is already seafood in domestic and discussion underway as to post- international markets deserve to Brexit funding. be properly funded, particularly Kirkwall RNLI rescues In terms of how Seafish as our current source of funding should be run, the SSA says it through the EU will come to an is ‘essential’ that the board of end post-Brexit. a new version of the authority “Seafood Scotland has already crew from stricken vessel ‘should be comprised of active undertaken a major strategic representatives from each sector review which looked at how to Kirkwall’s volunteer crew The lifeboat crew were tow rope for a third time, but as well as non-executive industry sustainably secure and fund our launched at the request of assisted by two other vessels, once again this parted, so the specialists’.