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BREXIT MELTDOWN New Taits arrives at Fraserburgh

The new 74.8m midwater trawler Taits FR 229 berthed in its home port of Fraserburgh for the first time last week, after being handed over to the Klondyke Fishing Company by Westcon Yards AS at Ølensvåg, Norway, reports David Linkie.

After arriving at Fraserburgh, skippers Peter and Willie Tait and crew immediately started rigging out for the blue whiting fishery, before Taits

quickly left Fraserburgh to start fishing west of Ireland.

Designed by Rolls-Royce Marine AS, Taits incorporates a number of new features. These include a heat recovery system, in which hot water from the main and auxiliary engines is used to heat all internal areas throughout the vessel; a fuel-saving Rolls-Royce Promas propulsion and manoeuvring system; two stern

thrusters; and a Furuno big bridge system, in which five 55in tilting displays can be arranged in multiple configurations through an embedded video wall controller.

Featuring an extensive full-length boat deck, Taits is rigged for pumping pelagic fish both amidships on the starboard side and at the stern.

A detailed feature on Taits will be included in Fishing News soon.

� The 74.8m midwater trawler Taits entering Fraserburgh harbour for the first time following its delivery trip from Ølensvåg, Norway. � Taits recorded a top speed of 19.5 knots on Class endurance trials.

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Brexit delay looms as MPs torpedo withdrawal dealThird vote attempt this week

Fishing for Leave (FFL) organised an event on Tyneside on Friday last week (15 March) to highlight what it said was the ‘death sentence’ that Theresa May’s withdrawal agreement, or MPs thwarting Brexit, present to British fishing and coastal communities.

FFL says it is throwing its weight behind Brexit groups – and increasing public calls, shown in new polling – for the government to scrap the ‘loathed’ withdrawal

FFL organises Tyneside protest

With the official Brexit departure date just days away, the entire future of Brexit, and the freedom from the CFP that fishermen have longed and fought for over so many years, is in peril, reports Tim OliverLast week, MPs voted down Theresa May’s withdrawal deal, voted against leaving without a deal, and backed the PM’s call for a delay to the 29 March Brexit date, to 30 June.

Mrs May was set to put the withdrawal deal to MPs for a third time this week. She hoped that Brexiteers in her party and the DUP would back her deal as time runs out, rather than risk a possible long delay to Article 50, or even losing Brexit altogether.

She was set to visit Brussels again this week for an EU summit on 21 March.

Although MPs voted to take a no-deal Brexit off the table, the prime minister warned them that legally the default position, if parliament does not agree a deal by the Article 50 departure date of 29 March, is that we leave with no deal.

She urged MPs to back her deal, and a three-month Brexit postponement to 30 June to allow the legalities to be finalised, or face the threat of a much longer delay. She effectively told Conservative

rebel MPs: “Back me or risk losing Brexit altogether.”

And she warned that if they do not vote her deal through, Brussels could demand a long delay of two years or more that could also have tough conditions attached.

She told MPs, “If the House finds a way in the coming days to support a deal, it would allow the government to seek a short limited technical extension to Article 50 to provide time to pass the necessary legislation and ratify the agreement we have reached with the EU. But let me be clear: such a short technical extension is only likely to be on offer if we have a deal in place.

“Therefore, the House has to understand and accept that, if it is not willing to support a deal in the coming days, and as it is not willing to support leaving without a deal on 29 March, then it is suggesting that there will need to be a much longer extension to Article 50.”

She warned that a long delay would mean that the UK would have to hold elections for MEPs in May. A long delay, possibly of two years, would also give more time for Remainers to bolster their position, for a general election, and even for a second referendum.

There is also the problem that the EU would have to agree to a withdrawal delay. EU leaders have stressed that they would

need to know what the extension was for. They would probably agree to a short extension if parliament agrees a deal, to allow the technicalities of withdrawal to be completed, but otherwise would demand a much longer delay.

EU negotiator Michel Barnier said that there needs to be a

clear answer from Britain on what the way forward should be, before Brussels decides on any delay.

He said: “What will their choice be; what will be the line they will take? That is the question we need a clear answer to now. That is the question that has to be answered before a decision on a possible further extension.

“Why would we extend these discussions? The discussion on Article 50 is done and dusted. We have the withdrawal

agreement. It is there. That is the question asked, and we are waiting for an answer to that.”

Former fisheries minister George Eustice, who resigned from the government to fight for Brexit, said that the UK was ‘on a very dangerous path’ and should leave without a deal. He told the BBC: “The EU might revoke Article 50 altogether, and they might demand £50bn from us as the price for giving us an extension. They might say it has to be at least two years.”

“Alec, while I still have the will to live, remind me why we voted for Brexit!”

“ She effectively told Conservative rebel MPs: “Back me or risk

losing Brexit altogether “

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agreement, and for MPs to honour the Brexit vote by ensuring that Britain leaves the EU with no deal.

“The terms of the withdrawal agreement are an existential threat to fishing, and a total betrayal of Brexit and Britain. It means a second surrender of our industry and coastal communities, and places a constitutional bomb under democracy,” said FFL leader Aaron Brown.

“The protest’s purpose is to

remind our representatives, whom we elect, to ensure we leave on 29 March, and to highlight our industry’s plight, as symbolic of EU misrule, to a public who are equally sickened by the government’s actions.”

A 30ft fishing boat on a lorry, escorted by a pipe band, left North Shields harbour at 8.30am and arrived at Newcastle quayside at midday. At the same time, a flotilla of some 12 fishing vessels left North Shields and headed up the Tyne to the Millennium Bridge to join the boat, lorry and pipe band at Newcastle quayside. The parade then crossed the Tyne Bridge.

The parade then headed to Jarrow for the start of the Jarrow March for Brexit – a modern-day repeat of the famous Jarrow Hunger March in October 1936. This was an organised protest against the unemployment and poverty in Jarrow and the NE region in the 1930s. Around 200 men marched from Jarrow to London, carrying a petition to the British government requesting the re-establishment of industry in the town.

Brexit groups were due to set off from Jarrow on Friday, 15

March, to arrive in Sunderland the following day and then walk to Parliament Square in London, arriving in London on the Brexit departure date of 29 March – ‘a date that will be Brexit victory or betrayal day’, said FFL.

“The fishing industry will start this historic march of the British people to our capital to send a message to our elected representatives to obey our democratic instruction, and that our industry won’t accept a second surrender of Britain and

our fishing,” said Aaron Brown.“We’ve hit a crossroads. This is

our last chance to bludgeon MPs to stop this surrender of Britain, Brexit, and one of our country’s greatest renewable resources, one which can support generations to come in areas like the North East. No deal is better than this bad deal!

“We appeal to every Briton who loves their country – you must shout and thunder to stop MPs betraying the largest democratic instruction in British history.”

� Trawlers from North Shields moor up on Newcastle quayside at midday on Friday 15 March in support of FFL’s event to highlight the ‘death sentence’ represented by the current Brexit betrayal.

� A 30ft fishing vessel led by a pipe band passes the Millennium Bridge at the start of a journey that will end in Parliament Square on 29 March.

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A government fisheries spokesman has said that the Irish prime minister is committed to restoring the ‘voisinage’ agreement between the UK and Ireland that gives each nation reciprocal access to fish in the other’s waters in the 0-6nm zone, reports Tim Oliver.

Ireland suspended the arrangement following a decision by the Irish Supreme Court in 2016. This means that fishing by Northern Irish vessels within Ireland’s

Ireland ‘committed’ to voisinage restoration0-6nm zone is currently not permitted. On 26 February, two Kilkeel vessels were detained in Dundalk Bay for continuing to fish within the Irish 0-6nm limit, but the skippers were released without conviction and the boats returned (Fishing News, 14 March, ‘Boat arrests highlight Irish limits problem’).

The UK government fisheries spokesman in the House of Lords, Lord Gardiner of Kimble, said that the Irish prime minister Leo Varadkar ‘committed on 1 March to changing the

law to restore the status quo to what it was before 2016, and has indicated that he is confident the legislation can be passed quickly’. He added that Ireland’s fisheries minister, Michael Creed, had made similar commitments.

He was replying to a written question from Lord Kilclooney, who asked what representations the UK government had made to the Irish government to restore the voisinage agreement, and whether the ‘seizure’ of the two Northern Irish vessels

Electronic beacons aim to cut gear lossesTrials are taking place in Plymouth of electronic transponder beacons to mark static fishing gear. It is hoped that these will cut gear losses and gear conflict, and also help the marine environment by reducing ‘ghost fishing’ by lost gear, reports Tim Oliver.

One potter and one netter in Plymouth are taking part in the month-long Safegear pilot scheme, which is being funded by the Blue Marine Foundation.

The beacons are existing products, sourced and supplied by Blue Marine, and are attached to normal dahn buoys at each end of a string of pots, or tier of nets. They emit signals that can be picked up on vessels’ automatic identification systems (AIS) as a diamond-shaped echo, alerting them to the position of the gear and thus enabling them to avoid it.

Loss of static gear towed away by trawlers or scallopers is a serious problem in many areas. Gear losses amounting to tens of thousands of pounds have been reported on some occasions, and the beacons could be an answer.

The beacons are not new technology. The aim of the pilot scheme is to determine whether the theory works in practice, and to assess the extent to which the beacons need to be adapted so

that they are easy for fishermen to use, and suitable for the rigours of commercial fishing.

Two changes that will need to be made are to the batteries and to the brackets that fasten the beacons to the dahn buoys.

The existing batteries only last about eight days before needing to be recharged, which is not practical. Local electronics firm Techmarine is working on extending the battery life, without recharging, to a month.

Also, the beacons are attached to the bamboo dahn buoy poles with brackets that are tightened by metal nuts and bolts, and this again is not practical for conditions at sea. The pilot will aim to develop an attachment method that is quick and easy to use, and will not corrode.

Terri Portmann, a consultant working with Blue Marine on the Safegear pilot, said it is asking for feedback from mobile-gear vessels, as well as from the potter and netter using the beacons.

“We know the fishermen will only take up the beacons if they are easy to use,” she told Fishing News.

“So we want to find out two things from the pilot – we need to prove the beacons work in practice, and we want to know if any changes are needed to

adapt them for marking gear, and to make them easy to use.

“We are also asking the trawlers if the beacons are helping them to avoid gear. Static-gear fishermen mark their gear now with dahn buoys, but the sea is a big area, and a pole with a small reflector on top isn’t easy to see, especially in the approaches to Plymouth.”

Terri Portmann said the beacons could also be useful for trawlers. If they had to drop their gear, they could buoy it off and use the beacons to mark it, so they did not have to waste time and effort grappling for it.

One feature of the beacons is that skippers can set up an alert warning in case a mobile-gear vessel does snag their gear and tow it away from its position.

A potential problem is the cost of the beacons which, at £400 each, would mean a significant outlay for small boats working multiple strings of pots, or tiers of nets.

Blue Marine hopes that if the trials prove the system works and the beacons are taken up on a large scale in many other areas, the costs could be reduced significantly. It is working with its funders on the financial aspects of the Safegear project.

One possible solution might be to use just a few buoys to

mark off the whole area where gear is set. They could also be used to mark potting boxes where potting box agreements are in place.

“We hope the beacons will make mobile-gear and other vessels aware that gear is there. If it works, it’s a win-win situation for both fishermen and the marine environment, by reducing the amount of lost gear,” said Terri Portmann.

Dan Crockett, Blue Marine’s head of development, said: “Lost

fishing gear comes at a huge cost to fishermen and sea life alike. If we can eradicate ghost gear, by preventing pots or nets being lost in the first place, it will benefit fishermen and be a huge step in fighting the war against plastics where it matters most – at source.”

The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation claims that more than 600,000t of fishing gear is lost or discarded annually in the world’s oceans.

The EU is proposing that all vessels, including all under-12m vessels, must have electronic tracking and catch reporting systems installed, reports Tim Oliver.

The proposal points out that for under-12m vessels, catch reporting can now be carried out by easy-to-use mobile phones that are not expensive, avoiding any additional burdens for small-scale fishermen.

Brussels says the changes should see an end to paper reporting, which generates a huge amount of work for the control authorities.

The plans are included in a revision of the European fisheries control regulation that is now before the European parliament and

Council of Ministers – although EU political and bureaucratic processes mean that the new regulation is unlikely to come into force until 2023, giving four years to prepare.

Brian O’Riordan, executive secretary of Low Impact Fishers of Europe (LIFE), says that the small-scale fleet has ‘a significantly lower impact’ than the large-scale fleet. For example, the under-12m passive-gear fleet accounts for 80% of the EU fleet by vessel numbers, but contributes only 6% by weight and 12% by value of the total EU catch.

He says that while some may suggest that electronic monitoring and catch reporting for the under-12m fleet is ‘a sledgehammer

to crack a nut’, LIFE believes that digital technology provides ‘a huge opportunity’ for the small-scale fleet, and encourages it to ‘grab it with both hands’.

The technology, and EMFF funding for it, were discussed at a workshop in Brussels last December. The Commission’s proposals for the new EMFF due to begin in 2020 says that the introduction of the technology to the small-scale fleet ‘justifies EMFF support’.

But while welcoming the technology, LIFE points out that there must also be an effective interface between the mobile technology and the server that logs the catch data sent, and the

infrastructure to handle it. Without that, ‘the new control regulation is going to be more of a road block than a route map for effective and efficient fisheries management in Europe’, says Brian O’Riordan.

Data protection and privacy are also an issue, especially in relation to CCTV footage recorded by onboard cameras. CCTV is a major element in the control regulation, particularly as regards the implementation of the landing obligation.

There were also calls at the workshop for catch reporting to be done after entry into port, rather than prior to landing – a requirement of the DEFRA plans for electronic catch reporting for

under-10s in England and Wales, due to come into force this summer (Fishing News, 7 March, ‘U10 e-catch reporting soon’).

The workshop also discussed the rising age of small-scale fishermen, who might have difficulty adapting to digital technologies and make mistakes in entering catch details, invalidating catch reports. Training would be required, as would adequate time to adapt to the new technology.

It was pointed out that an upside of the electronic monitoring and catch reporting for control purposes is that the data produced could help fishery managers, scientists and fishermen.

EU e-tracking and reporting for under-12s

‘constitutes a hard border in the Irish Sea’.

Lord Gardiner said that the UK government has continued to respect the arrangement, and has made numerous representations to the Irish government since 2016 to push for the reinstatement of the arrangement as soon as possible.

Former fisheries minister George Eustice met his Irish counterpart Michael Creed on 24 March, 2018, wrote to him on 6 June, and met him again on

13 June, ‘to reiterate concerns about the suspension of the arrangement by Ireland’.

Lord Gardiner added, “The government is committed to avoiding a hard border, and to continued co-operation between Northern Ireland and Ireland over fisheries matters. We welcome the Irish government’s commitments, and stand ready to work with the Irish government to reinstate a level playing field as quickly as possible, for the benefit of all our fishermen.”

� Lawrence Turner, a crewman on the potter Elsie Leigh, which is piloting the Safegear project, shows the beacon attached to a dahn buoy.

� Close-up of the beacon, showing the fixing brackets that the pilot project will aim to replace with a more practical system.

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COMMENT

The new deal for British fishermen promised by the referendum vote to leave the European Union, getting on for three years ago, looks as though it could be slipping away.

With the prime minister’s authority weakening by the day, and a majority of the MPs who are now holding the reins of Brexit opposing it, there is a real danger that it could be delayed for years, or not even happen at all.

With days to go until the official withdrawal date of 29 March, a delay of at least three months looks inevitable, even if warring MPs manage to agree some sort of deal to put to Brussels.

If they do not, the consequences are unthinkable for the majority of the fishing industry. Brussels may demand a long delay of two years, or even more, to allow a deal to be done.

They could also impose tough conditions as the price of delay,

that could include onerous fisheries demands.

There is also the danger that a long delay could mean we would end up not leaving the EU at all, as the Remain campaigners stepped up their efforts and demanded a second referendum.

This must surely be the hope of the EU, which never wanted us to leave in the first place and has been as obstructive and difficult as possible throughout the whole Brexit negotiations.

It certainly does not want us to leave with a good deal, and wants to discourage any other disenchanted member states from pulling out of the faltering bloc.

It is still possible that we could leave next week without a deal, trading under WTO rules.

The majority of the fishing industry would welcome this, as would many of

the general public. They are fed up to the back teeth with endless Brexit wrangling and speculation, and just want a clean break, and to know where they stand.

A no-deal exit would mean no transition period, and Britain instantly becoming a sovereign coastal state with control over its waters and fish stocks, and access to them.

It would also almost certainly mean problems in exporting fish and seafood to the EU, with border checks and delays as well as tariffs. In addition, it would mean tough talking on EU access to UK waters, and vice versa.

But with MPs dead against leaving without a deal, and voting for a Brexit delay, a no-deal departure looks increasingly remote, and a sell-out of fishing that the industry has long feared and warned against, looks increasingly likely.

Brexit delay threat to fishing

Two new shellfish vessels are currently in contrasting stages of build in Macduff Shipyards’ boatbuilding premises at Buckie, reports David Linkie.

The hull and superstructure of a 19.2m automated scalloper for Whitelink Seafoods of Fraserburgh was being fully painted last week, at the same time as hull modules for a 14.95m vivier-crabber continued to be fabricated.

Designed to work 10 dredges a side in conjunction with hydraulically operated tipping doors and side conveyors, the scalloper was scheduled to be launched into Buckie harbour on Wednesday, before final fitting-out at a quayside berth ahead of fishing trials.

The propulsion machinery includes a Mitsubishi S6R2 main engine, Masson 7.063:1 reduction gearbox, 2,200mm-diameter propeller and triple rudder. Mitsubishi 6D24 and S4KT auxiliary engines are also fitted.

With main dimensions of 14.95m LOA, 6.20m beam and 3.60m depth to main deck, the new crabber will have a vivier capacity of 34m³.

Engineroom machinery will include a Doosan L126TIH main engine and two Mitsubishi 6D16 generators of 106kW each.

Two new shellfish boats in build at Buckie

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BREXIT MELTDOWN New Taits arrives at Fraserburgh

The new 74.8m midwater trawler Taits FR 229 berthed in its home port of Fraserburgh for the first time last week, after being handed over to the Klondyke Fishing Company by Westcon Yards AS at Ølensvåg, Norway, reports David Linkie.

After arriving at Fraserburgh, skippers Peter and Willie Tait and crew immediately started rigging out for the blue whiting fishery, before Taits

quickly left Fraserburgh to start fishing west of Ireland.

Designed by Rolls-Royce Marine AS, Taits incorporates a number of new features. These include a heat recovery system, in which hot water from the main and auxiliary engines is used to heat all internal areas throughout the vessel; a fuel-saving Rolls-Royce Promas propulsion and manoeuvring system; two stern

thrusters; and a Furuno big bridge system, in which five 55in tilting displays can be arranged in multiple configurations through an embedded video wall controller.

Featuring an extensive full-length boat deck, Taits is rigged for pumping pelagic fish both amidships on the starboard side and at the stern.

A detailed feature on Taits will be included in Fishing News soon.

� The 74.8m midwater trawler Taits entering Fraserburgh harbour for the first time following its delivery trip from Ølensvåg, Norway. � Taits recorded a top speed of 19.5 knots on Class endurance trials.

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� Fabricating the stern section of a vivier-crabber, at the same time as painting the 19.2m scalloper. The completed bulbous bow and other hull modules for the vivier-crabber are positioned aft of the scalloper.

Bow section lifted in place on new trawler at Macduff The stem module was lifted into position last week to complete the hull of the 26.5m twin-rig trawler being built by Macduff Shipyards for Good Hope Fishing Ltd, reports David Linkie.

The first hull sections of the new Good Hope started to be assembled in the yard’s main fabrication hall at Macduff in mid-November. The completed hull and superstructure are scheduled to be fully painted in two weeks, when most of the yard’s workforce are on holiday for a week.

Of double-chine hull form, the new build has a registered

length of 23.95m, 7.8m of beam and a moulded depth of 4.2m.

The trawler will feature a Caterpillar C32 main engine, a Masson gearbox and a 2,500mm-diameter propeller, Wärtsilä nozzle and triple rudder.

Three Cummins auxiliary engines will run the vessel’s main hydraulic and electrical systems.

The trawler’s deck machinery, including four sets of split net drums, has been manufactured by Macduff Shipyards.

� The completed bow section, ready to be lifted into position on the main deck, to enclose the three-drum trawl winch already in situ...

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LETTERS Letters continues on page 20

Replacing one sector of the fleet with another doesn’t yield stock benefitsDear Editor,With regard to the letter ‘Inner Sound of Raasay pilot proposal offers opportunities’ (Fishing News, 7 March), there are many reasons why the true purpose of this pilot should be called into question.

This proposal is being pushed for by the same group who are desperately trying to force the reintroduction of a three-mile limit, banning all mobile gears from within that area on the Scottish west coast. They claim to have environmental considerations at the core of their reasoning, but let’s be clear – while the group consists of a couple of prominent ENGOs, it is otherwise made up of creel fishers and scallop divers.

I do not know of any other sector of our industry that wants, or would want, anything to do with these types of groups – groups that openly and vehemently despise just about every aspect of what we stand for as an industry – with the exception being, of course, some of the creel and dive sector.

It is surely not credible for Marine Scotland to allow such groups to be involved in any form of scientific or advisory capacity. If this proposal was to be approved, given their obvious disdain towards the mobile sector of the fleet, who are the ones that this pilot is being designed to drive out, there is no way that they could be trusted to deliver an impartial view. See the letter ‘Inshore fishing in peril from NGOs’ (Fishing News, 7 March) for further opinion on the ‘diametrically opposed agenda to commercial fishermen’ that they are working to. This letter refers to the situation in the southeast of England; the opinions of the majority in the west of Scotland are the same.

How much support would the few in the industry who are trying to form an alliance with these ENGOs actually give the currently closed areas (MPAs and SACs) and the many more that are proposed, if they were complete no-take zones – no diving, no creeling, as well as no mobile gears? It would be a completely different story, as they too would be displaced and in a position of losing out financially, and I suspect that the environmental ethics of their argument would quickly fade. The debate can be dressed up whichever way you want, but ultimately it boils down to economics, and is nothing short of a financial land grab, with the goal being vast areas of the seabed cordoned off exclusively for them to benefit from.

The ENGOs that spread vicious, doomsday scenario propaganda about the effects of mobile gears on our seas appear to be a convenient partner for some, and have way too much influence

on what is happening in our coastal communities.

While delivering a presentation on why they believe the three-mile limit should be reintroduced at the Scottish inshore fisheries conference last year, the same group of people behind the Inner Sound pilot proposal suggested that the government should buy out any trawlers that didn’t want to switch to creels, in the event of a three-mile limit. It is shocking the lengths to which they have it all worked out to suit their own agenda. Does this mean that they would support a ban on creels outside of three miles? Possibly so, because it wouldn’t bother them, but it would affect many others, something which they really don’t appear to care about.

Some creel boat operators appear to have a serious problem with the term ‘tow’, as if it is a brick-wall segregation – the most common rebuff being that there is no such thing as a tow. This argument is really trivial; massive areas of Scotland’s coastline are covered in creels, and are no-go areas for mobile vessels. These areas are known as creel ground, a fair enough and accepted term. It’s not a legal definition, but there is a general understanding that if you go into a creel area with mobile gear, you will likely get grief, and if you set your creels in a recognised towing area, the same may apply. Take your chances by all means, as many of us do, but appreciate the risks, and accept the repercussions if you get it wrong. In my opinion, mixed fisheries are vitally important to the well-being of the stock.

The creel fishermen of the Inner Sound, Torridon and Loch Alsh areas have a unique situation in that just about all of the area is completely closed to mobile gears the whole year, and there is only some of it that they have to share for six months. Obviously, given their argument, they are not happy with this agreement, and want exclusive access to the tow area. Could it be that this is the most productive area? And could it be that this is the case because it is spared from the intensive, overly efficient prosecution of the prawn creel for those six months?

One can only have one’s opinion on that, but my own opinion, based on 20 years of involvement in an intensive prawn creel fishery, would lend me to thinking that this is the case.

At the north end of the Inner Sound, the Loch Torridon Nephrops creel fishery was created in 2001. This established a static gear-only area in Loch Torridon and the Inner Sound. By 2003, the fishery achieved MSC accreditation for being a sustainable fishery, but by the winter of 2010/11, the certificate was withdrawn, as the catch per

unit of effort ratio had declined drastically, to such a level that sustainable harvest of the stock was compromised. This was not the fault of anyone except the creel fishermen themselves who, due to mismanagement, raced to fill the area with gear and decimated the stock.

The Torridon Nephrops Management Group lodged a petition on 12 January, 2011 to have further areas of the sea closed off to mobile gears; thankfully, this never came to be the case. This example alone should stand as concrete evidence of the dangers of creating exclusive static-gear areas, and be something that is learnt from going forward. It’s one thing to boast about minimal by-catch and minimal interference with the habitat, but what about the equally important stock you are targeting being so over-exploited that it becomes unviable to fish. That’s surely not a form of fisheries management to be proud of?

What is going to be any different about this proposal for the Inner Sound, and who has the right to dictate who has access to the fishery? When will enough ever be enough, and how long before they want the area to be extended further and further, as it is fished out? Why don’t they look at opening up the creel areas which are currently closed off to mobile gears, and share access, in the same way that they get access to the tow area for six months?

Despite their claims, there is not that much unique about the proposed pilot. The Outer Hebrides pilot pot limitation, which is due to begin this summer, will cover many of the same aspects, limiting pots per vessel and also looking like a cap on overall effort. Despite being called for for more than 20 years, only now is it looking like beginning. While numbers and structure are still hot topics of debate, most fishers are agreed that there is a need to do

something about the intensive effort that is currently deployed in this area, and the effect it is having on the stock. It will hopefully be a starting point towards better local management of our economically vital stocks. One important aspect of the pilot here is that it doesn’t look to displace any other sector of the fleet, accepting fully that the issue is too many creels, and was the making of the static-gear sector alone.

The current consultation can be found on the Scottish government website, entitled ‘Inshore Fisheries Pilot: Inner Sound of Skye’, and runs until 11 April. Anyone with a view should really take part, as the outcome could potentially have seriously damaging implications for the future of inshore fisheries management in Scotland.

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OFFSHORE SAFETY BOOST FOR IFA2 INTERCONNECTORNational Grid and RTE’s IFA2 interconnector project is using a powerful combination of safety and security measures to prevent disruption to marine users while it lays high voltage direct current (HVDC) cables in the Channel between March 2019 and February 2020.

The HVDC cables linking the electricity transmission systems of Great Britain and France are an essential part of IFA2, and will run 200km from Merville in Normandy to Fareham in Hampshire. The cables will be buried in the seabed and installed by large specialist vessels which can transport and lay long sections of cables (up to 60km). There will be an exclusion zone extending to 500m either side of the cable route during the laying and burial operations.

For the first time on an offshore cable project, IFA2 will use a combination of fast response patrol vessels with manned and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) linked by satellite to an operations room to monitor its work areas. The UAV will provide high definition images of the working area, and traffic approaching it, every five to ten seconds. The protection package aims to ensure the cable laying exclusion zone is avoided by fishing vessels which could otherwise result in costly damage to both the cable and vessel.

This is in addition to the traditional measures of AIS monitoring, safety vessels, Notices to Mariners, and follows consultation with marine authorities and local fishermen in both countries.

IFA2 is a 1,000 MW high voltage direct current (HVDC) electrical interconnector currently under construction between the British and French transmission systems. When it becomes operational in 2010 it will provide the capability to export or import 1,000MW of power. More information on the project can be found on www.ifa2interconnector.com


Ireland ‘staring into the abyss’

Brussels sets out ‘no-deal’ movesBrussels has set out measures to be put in place if there is a ‘disorderly’ Brexit, reports Tim Oliver.

The Commission has set out measures under two possible scenarios – one of full reciprocal access to EU and UK waters by the respective fleets, and one where the UK does not agree to reciprocal access.

The aim is to ‘guarantee economic sustainability of EU and UK fishing communities in case of a disorderly withdrawal of the UK’.

MEPs approved the Commission’s proposals last week, and they are expected to come into force before the UK withdrawal date of 29 March.

If the EU and the UK agree on full reciprocity of access to each other’s waters after a no-deal Brexit, amendments to fishing authorisations for EU vessels fishing in UK waters, and for UK vessels in EU waters, foresee:● Introduction of a ‘light procedure’ to facilitate access for EU vessels. This includes member states submitting to the

Commission bulk applications to obtain authorisation from the UK to fish in UK waters. A similar simplified obligation will apply for UK vessels requesting permission to fish in EU waters● Quota swapping within UK allocated quotas, as well as quota transfers or exchanges between member states and the UK, would continue to be allowed● Measures would apply from the date of the no-deal withdrawal until 31 December, 2019.

If the UK decides not to allow EU vessels access to its waters, amendments to the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF) would allow financial compensation for temporary cessation of fishing activities caused by the closure of UK waters for a maximum of nine months.

A European parliament spokesperson said that the measures adopted aim to create a legal framework to guarantee the sustainability of EU fisheries.

“About 150,000 EU jobs

depend on fisheries, mostly in coastal areas where employment opportunities are limited. Member states carry out fishing activities worth €585m in UK waters,” said the spokesperson.

“The overall dependency of eight member states (Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Spain, Sweden and the Netherlands) on UK waters averages 14% of their overall landings, ranging from 50% for the Belgian fleet to around 1% for Spain.”

The Irish fishing industry is ‘extremely concerned’ about the Brexit situation.

Killybegs Fishermen’s Organisation CEO Seán O’Donoghue said at the end of last week that his members and the wider fishing industry are in ‘a heightened state of anxiety’ about what the UK’s next steps might be, and that the Irish industry is ‘staring into the abyss’.

He said that the Irish seafood and fishing industries are ‘uniquely exposed’, given the sharing of fishing grounds with the UK. All the important commercial stocks Ireland relies on are shared with the UK, and approximately one-third of

any nationality, our trawlers don’t have this luxury, and must obey boundaries and exclusion zones. Our industry is standing on the edge of a precipice, and everything that we have strived for and developed for generations is staring into the abyss.

“We’ve worked tirelessly on this for almost two years. We’ve achieved a great deal in terms of commitments, in both the withdrawal agreement and the political declaration, only to be now faced with this latest shambles in Westminster. The situation is much too serious to be playing politics with the livelihoods of Irish fishermen.”

all landings by Irish vessels come from UK waters.

“An orderly Brexit is imperative, otherwise we face chaos and conflict on the high seas in the very near future, not to mention the major conflict issues around exports and landings,” said the KFO chief.

“We cannot countenance this happening, and in the event of a no-deal Brexit, we must, at a minimum, maintain the existing access and quota-sharing arrangements until the end of 2019, as covered in the Commission’s recent proposal.

“Whereas fish are mobile, and do not know any borders or bear

South West fishing company Waterdance has announced that Martyn Youell, currently head of the fisheries management team at the MMO, will be joining the company at the end of April.

Martyn will head up fisheries and quota management for Waterdance, which is part of the Greendale Group. It has 23 fishing vessels based in the South West, including beam trawlers, netters, potters and scallopers, with two new boats currently under construction – a 35m beam trawler and a 15m vivier-crabber.

Waterdance managing director Nigel Blazeby said: “We are looking forward to having Martyn as part of our dynamic team. There are considerable challenges ahead in fisheries, from quota management and sustainability to the landing obligation and Brexit!

“Having someone who has an understanding of how fisheries management works will be of great benefit. A

flow of skills and experience between regulators and the fishing industry is a positive move. ‘Revolving doors’ and crossing-over of expertise can only make for a better industry.”

New fisheries and quota manager joins Waterdance

� Martyn Youell is joining Waterdance from the MMO at the end of April.

A well-known figure in the Shetland and Scottish fishing industry has died aged 88.

Duncan Robertson was the former managing director of vessel agents and salesmen LHD Ltd, and retired 26 years ago. He ran LHD for 18 years, taking over in 1973 and retiring in 1992.

He served on the Scottish Fishermen’s Federation’s executive committee from 1980 until 1992, and was on the Shetland Fishermen’s Association (SFA) board from 1963 to 1992.

Duncan Robertson left Shetland on leaving school to study medicine at Edinburgh University. But he decided against this, and returned to Shetland and joined LHD,

where his father Bertie was managing director.

In an article in the 2017 SFA handbook, he said that working in the fishing industry was ‘a vocation’ that ‘kind of takes over your life’.

In his long career, he saw huge changes in the industry, noting in particular in the article the change from the old manual book-keeping and boat-landings recording systems to modern automated electronic technology, and the huge increase in the horsepower of fishing vessels.

He kept in touch with the industry throughout his retirement, and said he was ‘amazed’ at modern fish prices.

Duncan Robertson was awarded the MBE in 1987.

Former LHD MD dies

Crowds welcomed the new £2.2m lifeboat Ella Larsen to Barmouth, Gwynedd, on the morning of Sunday, 10 March, reports Nicholas Leach.

In strong winds and bright skies, the new Shannon-class lifeboat was brought across from Pwllheli, escorted by the Criccieth lifeboat and the boat it is to replace, the 12m Mersey Moira Barrie. Hundreds of people braved the harsh conditions on the beach to witness the boat coming ashore for the first time, and being recovered onto the purpose-built SLRS rig.

The new lifeboat, the 30th Shannon-class lifeboat to enter the RNLI’s fleet, has been funded by an anonymous benefactor and was built at the RNLI’s All-Weather Lifeboat Centre

in Poole. It was launched a few months before its arrival at Barmouth, and has been undergoing proving trials prior to its entry into service, as well as being used at Poole for crew training.

The passage from Poole to Wales saw the boat make stops at Brixham, Newlyn and Kilmore Quay in Ireland, before heading across to North Wales and the marina at Pwllheli on 9 March. The passage was an opportunity for the volunteers to put their training into practice and get to know the new lifeboat, its equipment and capabilities before bringing it home, and at times was testing, as rough weather was encountered throughout.

The Shannon lifeboat is the first modern all-weather lifeboat

to be propelled by water jets instead of propellers. Reaching top speeds of 25 knots, the Shannon is faster than the Mersey lifeboats it is replacing, giving crews the ability to reach those in need more quickly. The boat can turn in its own length and is very manoeuvrable, making going alongside a vessel to take off casualties safer.

RNLI volunteer Paul Williams said: “It can do a lot of stuff that the other one couldn’t. We’re very fortunate; Barmouth has a good community behind us. We do a lot of fundraising, and we have had numerous events for this.”

Moira Barrie, which has been in service since October 1992, remained on station for a number of weeks before handing over to Ella Larsen following the completion of crew training. The new boat will be officially named in a ceremony at the station planned for 8 June.

New Shannon-class lifeboat arrives at Barmouth

� The Shannon-class lifeboat Ella Larsen arriving at Barmouth.

� Barmouth RNLI crews on the outgoing Mersey Moira Barrie and the incoming Shannon Ella Larsen.


PFD aids rescue of Brixham fisherman

24-hour double-tow in severe weather The 23.4m twin-rig trawler Leanne PD 345 was berthed safely at Peterhead last week, on Tuesday, 12 March, after being towed in for 140 miles by the pair-seiners Audacious and Faithlie in extremely challenging weather conditions, reports David Linkie.

Wind speeds of up to 50 knots and a rapidly deepening swell were encountered over the course of the 24-hour tow, during which the tow broke on four separate occasions.

Due to main engine failure on Leanne when the trawler was

140 miles NNE of Peterhead, skipper Robert Wilson requested the assistance of a tow ashore at 10am last Monday. Towing some 16 miles WNW of Leanne, the pair-seiners hauled their gear and steamed towards Leanne.

With severe weather from Storm Gareth imminent, for all-round safety the decision was taken for both vessels to pass ropes across to Leanne to assist with the tow, which commenced in mid-afternoon, when a westerly wind started to pick up towards 25 knots,

although there was little swell.Shortly before midnight, by

which time the wind speed had increased to 35 knots from the southeast with a moderate swell, Audacious parted the tow close to Leanne’s stem. Shortly after, Faithie’s tow parted in a similar position. As the swell height continued to increase, both boats prepared and passed across new lines.

In the early hours of Tuesday morning, when the wind had risen to 50 knots in very rough sea conditions near the Claymore and Tartan platforms,

Audacious’ tow broke for a second time, when due to the now dangerous conditions, it was replaced with chain and wire.

Shortly before midday, Faithlie’s tow parted again, when it was also replaced with wire.

After shortening up the tows before passing through the breakwaters at Peterhead, Faithlie and then Audacious slipped their tows in the bay, where the harbour tug Flying Scud and the pilot boat Ugie Runner were waiting to assist Leanne to a quayside berth.

Professional survival training, allied to highly efficient emergency MOB procedure, contributed to the safe recovery of crewman Reagan Green (28) of the Brixham beamer Emilia Jayne BM 10, when the vessel was fishing in poor weather 25nm southeast of Salcombe, in the early hours of Saturday, 10 March.

Emilia Jayne skipper Mike Sharp made a Mayday broadcast at 4.45am to report a crewman in the water. The HM Coastguard search and rescue helicopter based at Newquay was immediately tasked, along with Salcombe and Torbay RNLI all-weather lifeboats.

A French navy aircraft which was training in the area at the time, and a number of fishing vessels responding to a Mayday relay broadcast issued by HM Coastguard, also joined the search.

The fisherman was located by his own crewmates at 5.45am, and the Newquay Coastguard helicopter was alerted to his position and winched him from the water. He had been in the water for an hour in 3-4m seas and 9°C sea temperature, and was suffering from the cold.

The Newquay Coastguard helicopter flew him directly to hospital in Plymouth.

HM Coastguard duty controller Dai Jones said: “We could not have hoped for a better outcome. Our own Coastguard helicopter and a French navy helicopter, along with a number of fishing

and saw the casualty immediately, as he was wearing a reflective lifejacket.

“We lowered our winchman into the water in very rough conditions, and conducted a double-winch recovery, which only took about two minutes.

“Once he was onboard, we flew straight to Derriford Hospital and handed him over to the A&E department, where we have now heard that he’s doing well and is in good spirits.”

R o b e r t G r e e n w o o d , NFFO training and safety officer, said the successful rescue was ‘truly great news’. He said the outcome could have been far worse, and that preventing fishermen from going

vessels and the RNLI, had been searching for an hour this morning in very rough seas and challenging weather conditions. Thankfully, the fisherman was wearing a lifejacket, which no doubt aided his survival and enabled his crewmates to find him quickly.

“Taking this simple safety precaution meant that when he fell into the water, his survival time increased significantly, despite the cold water and the horrendous weather conditions.

“This could have been a very different outcome today had he not been wearing his lifejacket, and we commend his actions, which have assisted in saving his life. We wish him a speedy recovery.”

Following the rescue, Captain Jörg Brunner from HM Coastguard Newquay helicopter said: “This is an incredible rescue story. We got the call to help just five minutes after the fisherman had fallen overboard. Despite horrendous weather conditions on scene, with winds in excess of 60 knots, we were preparing ourselves for an extensive search and rescue operation. The fishing crew had done all the right things, and even from a distance we quickly spotted the smoke marker and the life ring they had released.

“The fisherman was spotted by his crew about 40m from the starboard side of his fishing vessel, some 400m away from the smoke marker position.

“We flew towards that position,

� The Brixham Eurocutter beamer Emilia Jayne. (Photo: Martin Johns)

� Reagan Green survived an hour in 9°C waters and storm force winds.

Faithlie and Audacious approaching Peterhead with Leanne in tow.

Audacious slips its tow, with Peterhead harbour tug Flying Scud and pilot boat Ugie Runner in position to take Leanne alongside.

where survival was unlikely, the wearing of a PFD has prevented a tragedy. Lessons must be learned from this accident, and accidents like this.”

The skipper and crew of Emilia Jayne were due to visit the SAR helicopter base at Newquay on Tuesday this week, to thank the helicopter crew for their efforts in rescuing Reagan Green.

Skipper Mike Sharp told Fishing News that they wanted to express their appreciation of the rescue, and to highlight the importance of wearing lifejackets.

He said a freak wave had washed the crewman overboard,

and that the rescue was a ‘textbook’ event where everyone had been wearing lifejackets, and all the training had kicked in.

But he said that the lifejacket Reagan Green was wearing had not been fitted with a personal locator or AIS beacon, and that it was the crew who had found him. It was vital that lifejackets should be fitted with them. The issue had been discussed at meetings for months, and had been raised again at the local

PO meeting the previous Friday. Following the rescue, about 200 lifejackets fitted with PLBs or AIS were ordered the following Monday.

“Without a PLB, someone could go over and you might not see him. But the PLB would activate and alert the rescue services, and you could have a situation where the helicopter’s picking them up before you know they’re missing,” said Mike Sharp.

Skipper calls for PLBs in lifejackets

overboard in the first place should

be a key point to be taken from the incident.

He said: “In circumstances


Irish officials summoned to Brussels over EU audit of pelagic landingsThe European Commission is seeking a meeting with Irish officials this month over a damning audit of the state’s monitoring and fishery controls involving the €1bn mackerel industry, reports Lorna Siggins.

In a letter to Dr Cecil Beamish of the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, the European Commission’s fisheries directorate, DG MARE, says that ‘follow-up’ by Ireland to address the audit findings is ‘imperative’ and a ‘matter of urgency’.

Ireland may face penalties over the final EU audit report, which identifies ‘severe and significant weaknesses’ in the Irish control system for pelagic (mackerel/herring/blue whiting) catches.

Warnings of such weaknesses were flagged in a review of Ireland’s fishery control regime commissioned back in 2007 by the then Department of Communications, Marine and Natural Resources.

The EU report highlights

The Sea Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA) held the second of a series of seminars in Dublin last week. For fishermen, processors and shellfish producers who attended the breakfast seminar, Brexit was high on the agenda, reports Pauric Gallagher.

This series of free seminars, taking place around the coast over the coming months, will look at the topical issues for the sector, including the landing obligation, vessel compliance and risk assessment.

Attendees also heard about the latest developments and regulations in the fishing sector, and had their questions answered personally by relevant experts from the SFPA and other organisations.

Among the wide range of organisations represented at the Dublin event were the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, the Workplace Relations Commission, the Revenue, Health and Safety

Authority, BIM, the Food Safety Authority of Ireland, the Marine Institute, the Naval Service, Inland Fisheries Ireland and the National Parks and Wildlife Service. These organisations will also be attending the remaining events in the series.

Dr Susan Steele, chair of SFPA, said: “The sector faces a number of other significant challenges, and these seminars will equip the industry with the information it needs. The response from industry has been very positive, with a strong attendance at the first two events in Waterford and Dublin.”

The next events are taking place in the Abbey Hotel, Co Donegal on Wednesday, 10 April, and in Maritime Hotel, Bantry, Co Cork on 29 May. Further events are planned for Galway and Kerry.

Places at the seminars are limited, and anyone interested in attending is asked to register in advance by emailing: [email protected]

Second SFPA fishing industry seminar held in Dublin

� Sarah Twomey of the SFPA, giving a presentation on Brexit at the seminar at the Hilton Hotel, Dublin Airport.

� David Kirwan, of D & N Kirwan, Clogherhead, and John Lynch of the Eblana, Howth, with Sarah Twomey of the SFPA at the Dublin seminar.

The potential loss of earnings for Irish fishing crews in the event of a no-deal Brexit was raised at the Committee for Agriculture, Food and the Marine last week by Deputy Thomas Pringle, reports Pauric Gallagher.

After raising the issue at committee, Thomas Pringle, an Independent TD from Donegal, was given confirmation that crew fishermen, as well as boat owners and skippers, will be able to access compensation for loss of earnings from the EMFF.

Following the committee meeting, Mr Pringle said: “I think this is a very positive confirmation, particularly for fishing crew, as they will likely

suffer loss of earnings if a no-deal Brexit is in sight.

“However, I did raise concerns that because compensation must come out of existing funding within the EMFF, this could inadvertently impact on existing projects. It will be important to take into account any impact compensation will have on existing projects.”

He added, “Another point I raised was the fact that factory workers in the fishing sector will not be able to access compensation in the same manner as fishing crew, boat owners and skippers.

“I believe this is wholly unfair,

as factory workers depend on the fishing sector for their income. The Department stated that factory workers would have to claim income supports from social welfare, which I do not believe will be sufficient to compensate for loss of earnings. This could unfairly impact on seasonal workers in Donegal and elsewhere.

“Much remains to be seen with regard to how Brexit will unfold in the coming weeks, and until then, everything is up in the air. However, I am satisfied that I was given reassurances for fishing crew in the event of there being a no-deal Brexit,” Mr Pringle concluded.

‘inadequate’ sanctioning, and infringements which ‘often go unpunished’ due to the cost and lengths of procedures in a ‘purely criminal sanction system’ which has no administrative alternative.

The audit also identifies the state’s failure to control a recreational fishery for bluefin tuna, with evidence that some tourist trips advertised over the internet resulted in bluefin tuna being ‘kept, landed and offered for sale’, in breach of regulations.

The audit of monitoring conducted by the state’s Sea Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA) was carried out by EU officials in March 2018, in the largest fishing port of Killybegs, Co Donegal.

The auditors scrutinised weighing systems in seven fish factories in Killybegs, and analysed monitoring of the fleet of large pelagic vessels, some of which were found to have under-recorded storage capacity in 2014 and 2015.

The auditors highlighted that ‘no infringements have been cited by

Ireland for this non-compliance, nor has any enforcement action been taken against the vessels’.

The report questions why the SFPA did not alert the state’s Marine Survey Office about the discrepancies, which might have led to prosecutions by that body.

It also notes ‘no attempt made by the Irish authorities to quantify the level of historic under-reporting of pelagic catches’.

Weighing systems in factories also form part of the EU audit, which notes several cases of suspected manipulation of weighing systems – one of which was successfully concluded in the courts in 2017.

The audit says that weighing of fish should ‘ideally’ be done on piers or at point of landing to prevent under-reporting.

It finds that only one ‘benchmark’ for inspections of mackerel, herring, blue whiting and horse mackerel was met for 2017, in breach of regulations.

It notes that the dual role of SFPA inspectors as both seafood

health officers and fisheries control officers ‘clearly creates a significant draw on resources, away from fisheries control duties’.

It also notes that previous EU audits had highlighted the lack of automated crosschecks of data in Ireland.

The 2007 review by consultants for the Department of Communications, Marine and Natural Resources said that weighing of pelagic fish should primarily be undertaken at the quayside. It said that weighing in factories should only continue where ‘strict additional control assurances’ were implemented.

This is not referred to in Ireland’s response to the audit, in which it defends its approach but makes a number of commitments – including hiring more SFPA staff and developing a protocol with the director of public prosecutions.

The SFPA notes difficulties with weighing fish at the pier, as this can affect quality, and therefore value, and that the method is opposed by the industry for this reason.

It says that it ‘operates a broad matrix of official controls’, but admits that ‘total control is not possible and no single step ensures zero risk of under-

declaration’.The SFPA has confirmed that

its officials will attend a meeting with the European Commission later this month, and said, “Ireland’s pelagic fisheries are among the world’s most valuable fisheries.

“Due to the increased risk of non-compliance in high-value fisheries, the SFPA devotes a significant portion of its inspection resources to them. Nonetheless, compliance with regulations is a matter for the fishing industry.”

Since the draft audit was sent to Ireland for a response, the prestigious Marine Stewardship Council has stripped mackerel caught in the northeast Atlantic of its blue label, denoting sustainable status.

The EU has recently stepped up infringement proceedings against Denmark for failing to ensure that all fishery products are weighed at landing.

Non-governmental organisation Client Earth recently published a study of EU fisheries control and enforcement in England, Ireland, France, the Netherlands, Poland and Spain, and found that all states had problems.

Landing obligation discriminates against Irish fishermenFollowing a public hearing at the European parliament, Irish MEP Liadh Ní Riada warned that the landing obligation discriminates against Irish fishermen, reports Pauric Gallagher.

Ms Ní Riada, who sits on the EU fisheries committee, was speaking after hosting Irish fishing representatives from Munster at the European parliament public hearing.

She said: “It was a pleasure to have the Irish South & West Fish Producers’ Organisation over, and I was happy that the committee accepted my proposal to have Irish fishermen address the committee as official speakers, as their voices need to be heard.”

She added, “The difficulties surrounding the landing obligation for Irish fishing communities are unquestionable. Simply put, there is a shocking lack of port facilities.

“While the landing obligation may be easier to implement in countries where fishermen only fish for a single species, and have little to no mixed fisheries, the fact is that

Ireland has many mixed fisheries, which means that Irish fishers have to move fishing grounds to legally catch their allocated quota. It makes it very difficult for fishers to be financially viable as a result.

“The extra expenses incurred from this practice include extra fuel, provisions, maintenance and crew costs for longer hours, as well as other additional costs imposed on the fishermen.

“There is also the extra strain on the stability of the vessels themselves, with a greater risk of them being compromised due to unwanted catches having to be retained onboard until they are stored separately and landed.

“This leads to increased costs, jeopardising the financial viability of these businesses, the majority of which are family-owned. All signs point towards the landing obligation wreaking economic havoc if no measures are put in place to help fishermen, or to invest in port facilities to handle larger volumes of landings.

“Quite frankly, the landing obligation does discriminate against Ireland, as we consider fisheries to be a national resource, in a way it isn’t in any other EU member state.

“Stakeholders, the European Commission and Irish authorities need to recognise the major problems that exist with the landing obligation, and work to provide a level playing field for Irish fishermen,” she concluded.

� MEP Liadh Ní Riada with Patrick Murphy, CEO of the Irish South & West Fish Producers’ Organisation, in the European parliament.

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ABOUT TIMENewhaven skipper Neil Witney and crewman Darren ‘Daz’ Fox welcomed Fishing News aboard the under-12m trawler About Time NN 8, to view a day’s fishing in the English Channel. John Periam and Geoffrey Lee report

Neil Witney has been fishing from Newhaven in East Sussex on and off since

1986. In the early days, there used to be 80 boats fishing from the port. Currently, there are 25 moored at the quay, and 10 inside the small marina.

Neil is a close friend of Mudeford fisherman Peter Dadds (Fishing News, 25 October, 2018), and it was due to reading that feature that he invited us to spend a day at sea with him.

Neil’s boat is the 11.99m wooden-hulled trawler About Time NN 8, which was launched in 1988 by Greensleeves Boatbuilders in Lytchett Bay boatyard, Poole, Dorset, as Tudor Rose PE 8.

On moving down the coast, Tudor Rose was renamed About Time PE 8. The vessel’s registration changed to GK 8 when About Time was sold to Girvan, later becoming HH 8 when sold on to Essex.

When skipper Neil Witney bought About Time two years ago, its registration changed for a fourth time, with the number 8 being retained.

“I like wooden-hulled boats, so it was ideal for me,” said Neil. “Its registered tonnage is 16.4t, and it is powered by a Gardner 8LXB of 127kW @ 1,200rpm, with a cruising speed of 7-8 knots.

“Deck machinery includes a

Spencer Carter two-barrel

2.5t trawl winch and 3t net drum.

A Hiab Type 90 deck crane is fitted aft to assist

with handling the trawl, as well as landing. The hydraulics are driven off the fore end of the Gardner

main engine.“The accommodation cabin

forward has three bunks, together with the usual bench seating, table, and washing and cooking facilities.

“Communications, navigation and fishing wheelhouse electronic equipment includes Sailor

RT2048 and Simrad RD68 DSC VHFs, a handheld HYT TC-700 VHF, Comnav AIS, Simrad DS34 chart plotter, JRC JLR-21 GPS compass, Furuno GP32 navigator, Simrad CX44 chart navigator, Hondex HE-7300V sounder, MaxSea TimeZero 2D and 3D plotting system, and Simrad AP35 autopilot.”

Currently, skipper Neil Witney fishes About Time with crew member Darren ‘Daz’ Fox, who joined him in January this year. “I know Darren and his family well; he has strong fishing connections, which helps a lot. It is nice to have someone onboard I can share a good working relationship with,” said Neil.

� Ready to throw the ropes off – About Time moored outside Neil Witney’s previous boat Emma Louise RX 433 on Newhaven’s West Quay.

TRAWLING IN THE CHANNEL FROM NEWHAVEN

� The Newhaven inshore trawler About Time.� Skipper Neil Witney.

� Hauling the rockhopper trawl …� … and taking the codend aboard About Time

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The day proved to be a normal day’s fishing for Neil and Daz. They left Newhaven at 5am, and headed out nine miles to target squid, lemons and whiting in the deep water south of Beachy Head.

Fishing in 30 fathoms of water, About Time towed a 42ft fine-wing rockhopper trawl rigged on 8- to 10in-diameter discs. A set of

Bison No. 5 trawl doors, together with 30 fathoms of bridles, are used to spread the net. From the back of the trawl doors, the bridles are made up of eight fathoms of 18mm combination warp, a short (two-fathom) length of chain, 20 fathoms of 14mm wire, and eight fathoms of splits. Ninety fathoms of 12mm-diameter trawl wire are usually shot, to give a typical door spread of 160ft.

� Neil Witney and Darren ‘Daz’ Fox, looking forward to a routine day’s fishing in fine weather.� Starting to plank the fully-framed hull of Tudor Rose in the Greensleeves boatyard at Poole in 1988.

Tudor Rose PE 8 as a Poole potter.

� Daz tying the codline in preparation for… � … shooting the trawl off the net drum…

� … and running the wires.


The bridles are hauled on top of the wires on the trawl winch.

When About Time arrived at the designated waypoint on the plotter, skipper and crewman slipped into their well-established routine, with the trawl being shot off the drum before the doors, and the wires run off the winch barrels, before the brakes were applied. When the gear was square, About Time followed an easterly heading across the

ground at a steady 1.5 knots, with the Gardner engine running comfortably at 1,125rpm.

After four hours, the hydraulics were clutched as Neil and Daz prepared to haul. With the wing ends hanging from the trawl gallows, Neil took a few turns of the dogrope around the port whipping drum of the winch, to haul the codend to the port quarter, before it was taken aboard, and the catch released.

� About Time’s engineroom and Gardner 8LXB engine.

The Newhaven trawlers Much More SU 11 and Christina Cara CK 168

towing on the offside of About Time.

� About Time’s wheelhouse.

� Plotting the course of the Belgian beamer…

… Artevelde B 65, towing near About Time.

� Neil securing the starboard Bison trawl door to the gallows at the end of the first tow.


Satisfied with a mixed catch of whiting, squid and lemon sole that they described as ‘fairly average’, and that there were no problems with the net, the trawl was quickly shot away again for the second, and what would probably be the last, shot of the day.

Crewman Darren Fox said: “About Time was well-built, and the working arrangements are carefully thought-out and well-suited to our requirements. As a result, hauling the trawl, taking

fish aboard, and selecting, gutting, washing and boxing the catch is a very methodical process. Working on the deck area, one feels safe, and the safety rails help a lot if the weather changes quickly. Neil is very safety-conscious; we have all the required safety gear

onboard, and he checks it on

a regular basis. Cleaning the decks

and storage is also important, minimising any risk of slipping or falling. It is a real delight to work with Neil.”

The new Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) regulations regarding the wearing of PFDs may not appeal to all fishermen, and there have been some concerns aired. Neil feels it is important, when at sea, to wear them in certain situations. “You only have to look at Peter Dadds’ incident off Mudeford to realise just how lucky both onboard his 6.9m Cheetah Déjà Vu were to survive after its capsize. It was their knowledge about safety at sea, having the right gear onboard, and build quality and proper vessel maintenance that helped. Going to sea on a

safe boat is top of my list. It is important to me that I can return home, along with Daz, after a day’s fishing, to see my wife Emma and my six children.”

On an unseasonably fine morning in early March, other vessels were fishing near About Time, including another six Newhaven boats and a bigger

� Daz pulling the port wing clear...

� … as Neil hauls the dogrope…

� … to bring the codend towards the stern…

� … before it is lifted aboard… � … and the return from the first haul is released onto the deck.

� Neil retying the codline.

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Belgian beamer.While monitoring the AIS track

of that vessel, Artevelde B 65, skipper Neil Witney said, “The bigger boats are getting more common. The other day, we had close encounters with French, Belgian and Dutch boats. Some of these are former beamers converted for fly-shooting. If they were still beam trawling, with their horsepower they would be working outside the 12-mile limit. By changing to fly-shooters, they are now allowed into our six-mile limit according to EU regulations, which I personally think is wrong.”

When asked why, Neil replied, “Most of the inshore fleet in this area have a maximum length of 14m – otherwise you’re outside six miles anyway. The smallest size of one of the foreign boats is around 24m. Earlier this year, a boat of LOA 40m with 3,500hp

was fishing nearby, with its AIS turned off.

“Only last week, I reported one, as the coastguard clearly states that any commercial vessel of 15m should have its AIS on, in order to display its position and track at all times. When they are coming at you, and you don’t know who or where they are, it can cause concerns.

“For example, fly-shooters can have up to four miles of gear astern of them, as they shoot in a diamond pattern, which can be very worrying. They work very close to their designated limits, and often cross them. We often refer to ‘zero 6.001’, which clearly is as close as they can get – when staying within the rules.”

Daz said, “The other day, there must have been 25 Boulogne trawlers fishing in a pack 11 miles south of Newhaven, and the AIS

was covered with brown dots. They were there because they knew there was an abundance of squid in the area. It is at times like this that their movements need to be monitored. I will be glad when we can see more of the Royal Navy fishery squadron vessels around. I know there are issues with both replacement ships and with migrants, but there is no doubt that having them in view, at times, acts as an excellent deterrent.”

Inevitably, the conversation turned to what UK inshore

fishermen, trying to eke out a living on meagre quotas, have to do to comply with current regulations. Only a few days before this trip, Neil and Daz returned to Newhaven having had to throw back 1.5t of bass, after taking a surprise and unwanted by-catch they had no control over. Even when the bass ban ends later this month, they will only be

The Newhaven beam trawler Sajenn NN 444, towing past About Time.

� Daz selecting fish off the deck…

� … as Neil shoots away again.

� Daz makes a start on gutting and selecting the fish...

� … using a trusted measuring board to check MLS.

� Neil and Daz continue to clear the first haul…

�… which yielded a good mix of fish, including plaice.


allowed to land a 1% by-catch.Skipper Neil Witney said, “That

was about £6,000 to £8,000 of fish that went back over the rail, which immediately raises the question: are foreign boats doing the same, and if not, why not?”

For Geoff Lee, who was onboard taking pictures for this feature, it was another learning curve. “To hear such stories relating to dumping fish back in the sea was very upsetting,” he said. “I could see it in Neil’s face when he was explaining the

situation to me. “Every aspect that they do in a

day’s work was so well-organised. Together, Neil and Daz make an excellent team, and they work so hard to make a living.

“They have families to support, and are at sea for long hours, as I found out. Today, it was for just over 10 hours, but more often, it is 15 to 18 hours. Wind farm development, cable areas, MCZ zones and proposed new seaweed farms are sending them ever-further out to sea. They use

more fuel, and are involved in a lot more administration work when they return to Newhaven. It is not an easy life, and that is without taking quotas and inclement weather into account, on a daily basis. Every day on shore is more lost income.”

At Newhaven, in common with many other ports that, just a generation ago, were home to sizeable fleets, there is little, if any,

evidence of youngsters coming into the industry.

Neil commented, “I have two 17-year-old sons, and neither wants to go to sea or follow in my footsteps. It was so different when I was young – I have tried to encourage them, but to no avail, and there is no incentive.”

Returning home to Newhaven at a steady seven knots, after the second haul of the day, gave skipper Neil Witney an opportunity to share more of his concerns.

“There is no doubt, when it comes to Brexit, that the larger vessels should be outside the 12-mile limit. There are some places where three beamers a week are

working, and they are taking, on average, between £25,000 and £30,000 of fish, mostly made up of soles, plaice and lemons. What is happening is that fish are not being allowed to breed there, so they are not coming into our shores. We know that if the beamers have been very active in an area, we will get nothing for at least six weeks afterwards.

“There is a lot of squid at the moment, which like clear water, and that is what is attracting the EU vessels.”

Neil also expressed concern about issues relating to wind farms and power cables, citing the mounting evidence that they are having a negative impact on

� Gutting whiting before washing.

� Neil releasing squid from the fish washer.

� A basket of washed fish ready to be lowered down into the hold.

� Daz transferring washed fish from basket to box…

� Skipper Neil Witney with a good-sized squid.

� … and selecting prime flatfish.


the fishing industry, as Paul Gilson of Leigh-on-Sea highlighted in Fishing News (28 February, ‘Human interference – are wind farms environmentally friendly?’).

“I have a great deal of respect for Paul, and he works very hard. He is one of a special breed of fishermen, who gives a lot of his time to the industry.”

In the area that Neil Witney fishes south of Newhaven, there is currently a closed area of eight by six miles, due to wind farm development work. There is also

the cable route running from the shore out to the new site, which is 0.5 miles wide and 6.5 miles long, resulting in a lot of rock movement on the seabed.

Further ground could be lost as a result of the proposed development of five seaweed farms, each of which would be the size of more than five football pitches.

“They put an anchor down on each corner of the site, and then there are ropes running about 3m down on which weeds grow,

similar to mussel farms. When the seaweed is ready, it is hauled to the surface,” explained Neil.

“This development is in the final approval stage, and could well be another hazard for us to look out for, linked to further loss of fishing grounds. From what I gather, some will be in close

proximity to marinas, and in other more accessible areas. Little publicity has been given to these, other than a small mention in the local press, and on some yacht club noticeboards. I wonder why?

“The Sussex Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authority (IFCA) ruling on not working from a quarter- to a half-mile off the beach is also causing us some worries. If you haven’t got AIS, before you know it, you could be outside the mile. We need to be able to sit around a table and discuss things more, rather than be told of changes when it is too late.

“It now costs a lot more to do a day’s fishing. Paperwork has increased, which at times results in more worries, in case one has forgotten to fill one of many columns by a specific date – not because you are doing wrong, but because it is so easy to make a small mistake, and before you know it, issues can develop and fines be incurred. At the end of the day, it is all about keeping abreast of the many changes

in regulations made by others behind the scenes.

“We need sustainable fishing where common sense prevails. We need more opportunities to communicate – there are barriers put up, when doors should be opened. Every time we go to sea, there are other hurdles to overcome. For example, why is it that fishermen know more about the proposed seaweed farms than others, who should do?

“At Newhaven, things have changed, and like in many fishing communities, the opportunities to meet the public have all but gone. Any new developments we want to make around our moorings can cause some issues. Newhaven is a port, and facilities to fit into that description can be of concern to some local residents. New property developments around fishing communities often bring in people who expect fishermen to fit their working day to their requirements. That cannot be the case, and they must understand that fishermen do need to go

� Neil climbing up out of the hold…

� … after passing some of the spare boxes up to Daz on the deck.

The Brixham scalloper Emulate BM 1 steams past the towing Emma Louise, when returning to Devon after fishing off the Yorkshire coast.

� Skipper Neil Witney updating About Time’s logbook.� Daz puts the kettle on for teas and coffees in the wheelhouse.

� Preparing to take the trawl back onto the drum, at the end of the second and last haul of the day.

We need sustainable fishing where common sense prevails. We need

more opportunities to communicate – there are barriers put up, when doors should be opened


to sea early in the mornings. Similarly, returning to port after a day’s fishing is linked to tides, and the harbour entrance at Newhaven can be a little challenging at times.”

The boxed catch from About Time’s trip included gurnard, whiting, pout whiting, squid, plaice, flounder, brill, lemon sole, red mullet, pollack and tope. After being lifted onto West Quay, the boxes were placed on a pallet, before being iced and placed in a modern refrigerated store. At midnight, the

next team come in to weigh and record the catch before it is distributed. About Time’s catch goes through Southern Head Fishing Company at Eastbourne, as well as to Belgium.

There is no doubt that Neil and Daz enjoy what they do. They wake up wanting to go to sea, even though the hours can

be long, and catches can vary. As in

most fishing communities, the wives behind the scenes are very supportive.

Neil added, “Things will

improve if we can get that all-important six-mile limit up and running, move away from quotas, and work together a lot more to solve the industry’s problems. As I mentioned earlier, my two sons do not want to follow in my footsteps. I do find that a little worrying. We really need to encourage youngsters into fishing. If they can see a safer, sustainable and supportive industry taking away some of the financial hardships involved, I am sure some will look favourably at learning new skills.

“It was our pleasure to have Geoff Lee onboard today, and I look forward to seeing his photos.

He came highly recommended by Peter Dadds. By running these features, Fishing News gives an insight into how many of us working in the inshore sector try to make a living. It would be nice if the national press realised the same, and supported us just that little bit more.” ■

� The wing ends…

� … and extension are guided onto the net drum.

� Neil and Daz, homeward bound, in early evening sunlight.

� Landing the day’s catch… � … onto a pallet and trolley on West Quay.

� Icing fish…

� … before moving it into the refrigerated storage area.

� About Time moored up, ready for another day’s trawling.

� Christina Cara CK 168, Jessie Alice HL 81 and Emma Louise RX 433 returning to Newhaven to land, shortly after About Time.


Scottish seafood companies exhibit in North America

St Ives MP meets SeaFit team at Harbourside PhysiotherapyDerek Thomas MP visited Harbourside Physiotherapy in Newlyn recently to hear about the work of the SeaFit programme. Harbourside is working with the Seafarers’ Hospital Society (SHS) and the Fishermen’s Mission, partners in the SeaFit programme, to create a network of physiotherapists providing free treatment to fishermen and merchant seafarers in Devon and Cornwall. SeaFit is funding the development of the network, and SHS is funding the treatment.

Welcoming the MP, Claire Stevenson, network co-ordinator, said: “We’re really grateful to Derek Thomas for making the time to come and meet us. Having his support for the work we do here at Harbourside, and knowing that he will promote the SeaFit programme, means a great deal to us.”

Going on to explain about the network, she said, “We’ve been working with the Seafarers’ Hospital Society for over 10 years now, offering free physiotherapy to local seafarers. In that time, we’ve developed a unique understanding of the impact that being at sea has on the body, and we want to share that with others. By creating a network of physios across the South West and sharing our knowledge and expertise, we hope that many more

fishermen will benefit from this scheme.”Derek Thomas also heard all

about SeaFit – a health and wellbeing development programme run in partnership by SHS and the Fishermen’s Mission, with funding from Seafarers UK. As well as the physio network, the SeaFit programme includes health checks on the harbourside, health trainers in the community, free dental checks and treatment, and access to mental health and wellbeing support.

Thanks to SeaFit, Newlyn fishermen and their families have two local healthy lifestyle advisors funded by the programme and provided by Healthy Cornwall, and access to a local mental health and wellbeing service, Fairwinds. Dental checks and emergency treatment will be coming to the harbour in June.

SHS health development manager Lysanne Wilson was there to meet the MP and explain about the programme. “We hope that by bringing a range of health and wellbeing services to fishermen and their families at the harbourside, we will begin to make a real and sustainable difference to their health and wellbeing. Having the support of local politicians is really important to us, and we hope that after meeting with us, Derek Thomas will use his influence to raise awareness of the

programme, and the health and wellbeing issues facing local fishermen,” she said.

Following his visit, Derek Thomas said: “I was fascinated to learn of the great work being done by Harbourside Physiotherapy in Newlyn, and by physios in many other sea ports to support fishermen and other seafarers to get fit for sea. With the support of SeaFit, they are helping our fishermen to keep doing the job they love, and do it well. The last thing a fisherman needs is to be grounded or, worse still, to go to sea without being fully fit. The team I met, led by Claire, are leading in this area, and I hope people make good use of the free physio service they provide, with funding from SHS.”

Earlier this month, Harbourside hosted physiotherapists from across the area at an event designed to help them understand the fishing environment and the impact it has on the body. By meeting local fishermen and spending time on a range of vessels, the physios were able to see first-hand how hard it can be to work at sea.

Reflecting on the day and what she’d learnt, Stephanie Murray of Tidal Physiotherapy in Brixham said: “It was a really informative and interesting day, and we learnt so much. Hearing about the SeaFit programme, learning about the

MCA certification requirements, and going onboard the different types of vessels helped us understand so much more about what’s expected of fishermen and what it means to be fit for sea. Seeing it all first-hand really opened my eyes to the dangers of the job and the physical effort required. It will certainly influence the way we assess and manage our patients in the future.”

A five-strong team of Scottish seafood companies, together with industry body Seafood Scotland, displayed their products this week (17-19 March) at the three-day Seafood Expo North America (SENA).

With Brexit on the horizon, North America provides opportunities for seafood businesses to expand within an existing market. Multiple meetings with buyers, retailers, hoteliers and chefs were expected to take place at the three-day show, which is attended by over 22,000 seafood professionals from across North America and the rest of the world.

Seafood Scotland’s trade marketing manager Clare MacDougall, who is responsible for the Scottish delegation and representation at the show, said: “We are always working with the industry to build on existing trade, as well as attracting new business from emerging markets. SENA is a huge opportunity for companies to talk directly with those responsible

retailers and restaurants in Boston, asking them to try out some of the wonderful Scottish seafood available in North America. Our aim is to increase the opportunities available to the industry and create further demand for our incredible variety of species.”

The Scottish seafood delegation in Boston included Loch Fyne Oysters, the Scottish Salmon Company, Dawnfresh, Wester Ross Salmon, and Scottish Seas, with additional companies walking the show or hosting their own company pavilions.

Bill McKenzie, director at Scottish Seas, said: “Chefs and restaurants across the US have been particularly excited about our co-ordinated efforts to provide them with top-quality catch from the North Sea under the Scottish Seas moniker. We have now established successful routes to market to import whitefish such as cod, and interest in ‘star’ species, such as langoustines, is also growing, due to the uniqueness and high quality of the product. With this being our third time exhibiting at SENA, we’re looking to extend this interest further, reaching out to buyers and representatives at the show.”

Seafood Scotland was also joined by popular Canadian chef John Higgins. Originally from Scotland, John Higgins is an advocate for Scottish seafood and its success in the North American market. The former Buckingham Palace chef believes that seafood from Scotland is some of the best produce available to chefs across the globe. He joined Mark Greenaway at a Scottish networking reception at The Kitchen at the Boston Public Market, where a Scottish/US-styled seafood ‘cook-off’ was held to entertain the guests.

for making purchasing and buying decisions about our world-class seafood.”

As part of its in-show activity, Seafood Scotland hosted a series of cooking demonstrations with Scottish chef Mark Greenaway. Mark also took part in the Great Scottish Seafood Cook Off against a local Boston chef. Both chefs used a variety of species, including cod, langoustine, salmon, trout, crab and smoked salmon, to create unique dishes representative of their signature styles.

Seafood Scotland also planned activity around the show that would see local restaurants feature Scottish seafood on their menus, and worked with local retailers to promote the provenance and quality of Scottish produce.

Clare MacDougall added, “This is our fifth year at SENA, and we like to do things a bit differently, ensuring we engage with the market in new and exciting ways. For the past few months, we have been working with influencers,

� The Seafood from Scotland stand at SENA.

� Inshore skipper Stephen Astley talks to members of the Harbourside and Tidal Physiotherapy teams on the pontoons at Newlyn alongside his boat.

New Valhalla arrives at Lerwick

Lerwick skipper Ivan Garriock berthed his new command, the 19m whitefish trawler Valhalla LK 687, in Lerwick for the first time at the start of last week, reports David Linkie.

Now owned by skipper Ivan Garriock and partners, Valhalla is the former Devon trawler Aurelia BD 247. The previous 18.15m wooden-hulled seiner/trawler Valhalla LK 687, which

is now for sale, reverted to its original name of Morvenna before its replacement arrived in Shetland.

Seagate Fabrication manufactured and installed a new fish-handling system on Valhalla at Peterhead, where the vessel was fully painted by Alexander Paterson Ship Chandlers and Painters, before heading north to Lerwick.

� Valhalla arriving at Lerwick last week. (Photos: Sydney Sinclair)

� Skipper Ivan Garriock (second left) and Valhalla’s crew.

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Seafood Scotland is offering one lucky Scottish chef a stage with world-renowned chef Gary Foulkes, at his Michelin-starred restaurant, Angler, in London.

Launched last week (11 March), the #PrideofPlate competition encourages chefs to share a proud seafood dish of their creation with Seafood Scotland via its Instagram account – @seafoodfromscotland – in a bid to secure the all-expenses-paid work experience.

The one-week placement will provide the winning chef with a career-boosting opportunity to work in the kitchen of a prestigious London restaurant known for its sensational seafood, enhancing their seafood culinary skills and educating them on the versatility of different species.

The competition is part of a wider campaign by Seafood Scotland that aims to increase the use of Scottish seafood on menus

across the country. The campaign will include useful information on seasonality, versatility, recipes, and support to bring together the supply chain connections within the catering and hospitality sector.

Gary Foulkes said: “Seafood is, of course, a very seasonal and versatile food source, and one of its main beauties is that it can be prepared and cooked in a variety of ways, keeping a menu refreshed and adding a bit of excitement and surprise for the customer. I personally love cooking with Scottish shellfish, such as Orkney scallops, Scottish langoustine, and cockles and clams from the clear and cold waters of the Isle of Barra.”

Located in the City of London, Angler showcases sustainable seafood from British waters. Gary joined the restaurant in 2016 as executive head chef, and has since retained the restaurant’s Michelin star.

Clare Dean, trade marketing manager at Seafood Scotland, said: “Scottish seafood is among the best in the world, and we want our native chefs to share their pride in our catch through the beautiful and delicious dishes they produce with it. From langoustine and scallops to haddock and salmon, we have it all in Scottish waters, and would like to see more of it on menus across the country. We hope that by learning more about the varied industry, Scottish chefs will be inspired to experiment, share and champion the fantastic ingredients we have access to, right on our own shoreline.”

The #PrideofPlate campaign is in line with Connect Local’s seafood programme for 2019, which aims to strengthen the local food and drink economy, including the seafood supply chain, provide advice, and increase skills within the sector, to enable

business growth and support the implementation of the Scottish Food Tourism Action Plan.

The winner and four runners-up of the competition will also receive a chef goody bag, containing a set of Wüsthof Silverpoint knives and other Seafood from Scotland goodies, as well as three seafood deliveries to allow the chefs to continue exploring and sharing

recipe development. If you are a chef working

in a professional kitchen in Scotland, whether you have been working for years or are just starting out, this competition is for you. To enter, visit the @seafoodfromscotland Instagram account before Friday, 22 March. For full terms and conditions, visit: bit.ly/2F41Prz

Major ‘stage’ up for grabs for Scottish chefs in #PrideofPlate seafood competition

� Chef Gary Foulkes in the kitchen of his Michelin-starred London restaurant Angler.


LETTERSUK sea anglers have no desire for further marine mismanagementDear Editor,As a keen recreational sea angler for the past 48 years, as well as being a full-time commercial fisherman for 38 years, I have concerns with David Mitchell’s somewhat ironic letter, ‘Anglers are the wrong target’ (Fishing News, 14 March).

If anyone has made anglers a target for commercial fishermen, it is the Angling Trust (AT) and its co-conspirator in the recent bass fiasco, the Bass Anglers’ Sportfishing Society (BASS).

Mr Mitchell appears to attempt to rewrite history, but unfortunately for him, almost every move has been very well-documented. The AT’s role, as well as that of BASS, in depriving many UK small commercial vessels viable access to the important bass fishery is well-publicised, often by themselves. On the back of this fiasco, any anger targeted towards these two organisations is more than justified. It should also be noted that despite being based south of the border and, I believe, having no members at all north of the border, the AT has recently been trying to influence Scottish commercial fishing policy. One thing that Mr Mitchell understandably does not touch upon is the level of anger aimed towards these two organisations by

recreational sea anglers themselves. This anger is widespread and endemic in the UK sea angling world.

Mr Mitchell makes a good point that anglers are the wrong target – he is correct in this assertion. I say that as those creating any animosity only represent a tiny fraction of Mr Mitchell’s claimed huge numbers of UK sea anglers – a number that, as they say in polite circles, is not one that many sea anglers would recognise. Nor would they recognise the creatively calculated figures for angler spend or related employment.

Despite intensive recruitment campaigns by both organisations, the AT has an individual sea angler membership of somewhere around 0.5% of the UK’s recreational sea anglers, and its co-conspirator BASS one of around 0.03%. Actual membership numbers for both organisations are like state secrets and all but impossible to discover. These estimates of the percentage of the UK’s recreational sea anglers that the AT and BASS actually do represent are, by all reports, overly generous. If these figures are wrong, then I would be delighted if Mr Mitchell was to provide accurate individual recreational sea angler membership numbers for both groups. These have proven very elusive, despite countless people

asking on numerous occasions over the past few years.

These two minority organisations should be the target for any anger, and not the wider sea angling community, the vast majority of whom have chosen not to support either organisation by joining. Many of those sea anglers are quite frankly disgusted by the actions of this tiny minority, being both fearful and angry at the path down which these organisations seem to be taking UK recreational sea angling, hell-bent on dragging the entire sector along by default – somehow assuming that inclusion and parity in the management regime can be a fantasy fishing pick and mix, where you decide which parts you want to be a part of, and assume that you will somehow be able to reject those which do not suit.

I notice that Mr Mitchell tries to distance the AT from NGO status, which is rather odd given that a quick search throws up these quotes from the AT’s own website. These are the AT’s own words, so there can be no suggestion of anyone being misquoted:

“The Angling Trust co-authored the ‘Flood and Dredging – A Reality Check’ report with other NGOs [emphasis added], lobbied the DEFRA minister and highlighted the issues in the media to ensure this didn’t happen. As a result, we have

managed to fight off widespread dredging programmes.”

Another random one:“A 100-strong pan-European coalition of NGOs, including the Angling Trust, have gathered together to launch a new campaign calling on the European Commission to defend the EU law that protects all sources of Europe’s water, such as rivers, streams, lakes, wetlands and groundwater, during its ongoing evaluation (known as a ‘fitness check’).”

Plenty of NGOs have members, as do the three commercial fishing groups that Mr Mitchell refers to – I am unsure what his point was there. I doubt if any of the three commercial fishing groups mentioned received well in excess of £1.6m in UK government funding last year, or such a substantial sum from one of the well-known UK conservation trusts. Individual angler membership dues made up considerably less than 10% of the AT’s annual income last year – this is from all angling disciplines. Individual sea angler membership dues make up a fraction of this 10% – by all reports possibly as little as 1% of last year’s annual income.

Given his touchiness on the AT’s self-proclaimed NGO status, we had probably best not invite Mr

Mitchell to expand on which of his fellow NGOs it was that part-funded his salary at one time. It possibly still does – who knows?

I have followed sea angling politics closely for many years, long before the partly ENGO-funded Mr Mitchell ever appeared on the scene, and in all that time I have never known anything to galvanise so many of the country’s recreational sea anglers like their rejection of the AT and BASS and their elitist and alarming policies.

Do not assume that David Mitchell speaks for any more than his sea angling membership, because he quite simply does not. I am not even convinced that he speaks for too many of those members, given the concern emerging from within the membership about where the AT and BASS seem to be trying to take UK recreational sea angling.

The vast majority of the UK’s sea anglers have voted with their feet by choosing not to join Mr Mitchell and the concerning views of AT or BASS. There appears to be a real lack of appetite among UK sea anglers to be dragged further into marine mismanagement by these two organisations.

Steven GirganCommercial fisherman/recreational sea angler,

Kirkcudbright

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industry a happy new year, what

were subsequently described as

‘challenging’ discussions had just

started at the fisheries council in

Brussels, reports David Linkie.

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Stormy last trip of the year

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The skippers and crews of the Peterhead pair-seiners

Guiding Light H 90 and Guiding Star H 360 endured

heavy weather on their last trip of 2018, reports

David Linkie.After dodging for 24 hours north of Whalsay as

Storm Deirdre generated a force 10 south-easterly

gale, the boats fished for another 36 hours east of

Shetland, before encountering 50-knot winds when

making in to land at Peterhead.� The 26m pair-seiners

Guiding Light H 90 and

Guiding Star H 360 head

back out to fish east

of Shetland as seas

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sheltering from 70-knot

winds north of Whalsay…

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� … before coming through the breakwaters at

Peterhead 48 hours later in another south-

easterly gale, gusting up to 50 knots.

Peterhead boats light up for ChristmasFestive lights and spirit were

increasingly evident at Peterhead

last week, when many of the boats

in harbour were decorated with

hundreds of Christmas lights,

reports David Linkie.Immediately after landing their

last trip of 2018 and scrubbing

down, skippers and crewmen

climbed to the top of the masts to

put up long strings of lights. Landing cranes, safety rails

and wheelhouse roofs were also

imaginatively festooned with lights,

which on some whitefish vessels

were expected to be removed before

they left harbour after Boxing Day

to fish New Year trips.

The local trawlers Favonius and Ocean

Bounty dressed overall with Christmas

lights at Peterhead.

E-CATCH RECORDING FOR U10SEarly records and winter weather in Shetland

A succession of early winter gales in Shetland were a timely reminder that 2018 is rapidly drawing to a close, reports David Linkie.With a record number of boxes of whitefish landed, new vessels preceding the arrival of further fleet additions, large-scale investment in new shore-based infrastructure, and high uptake in fishing training courses, 2018 has been another successful year in Shetland. Concerns about the discards ban, higher than usual numbers of foreign vessels fishing in local waters, and Brexit, serve as reminders that challenge is a constant factor in fishing.A detailed Shetland feature will be included in Fishing News next week.

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Whitby and District Fishing Industry Training School held its AGM recently, when the achievements of the apprentices were recognised by the presentation of a number of awards, reports David Linkie.The Apprentice of the Year Award – Sea Fishing Pathway – was presented to Ciaran Gilmore by Craig McBurnie from sponsors Sunderland Marine Insurance.The Arries-Ide Award (in memory of the two young fishermen from Amble who tragically lost their lives in Whitby harbour in 2014) was handed over to Kieran Bush of Stevenage, Hertfordshire by Duncan Atkins of sponsors Whitby Gazette.The George Traves Excellence Award (in memory of George Traves MBE, a founder director of Whitby Fishing School), given to the fisheries apprentice displaying the highest levels of commitment, dedication, spirit and tenacity, was presented to Liam Riley of Redcar by Chris Traves.Further details in Fishing News next week.

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Ciaran Gilmore is presented with the Apprentice of the Year Award by Craig McBurnie of sponsors Sunderland Marine. (Photo: Whitby Gazette)

The Burra trawler Venture passes Hamnavoe lighthouse to resume fishing west of Shetland in moderating seas, following a force 10 southerly gale.

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New Western Chieftain for Killybegs

The new Co Donegal midwater trawler Western Chieftain SO 237 arrived at Killybegs last week after being named at Skagen, where the vessel was built by Karstensens for Frank Doherty of Premier Fish Products, Killybegs, reports David Linkie.

Designed in-house by Karstensens for pumping pelagic fish at the stern, Western Chieftain has main dimensions of LOA 51.9m, beam 11.20m, and a depth to shelterdeck of 7.55m. The hull was built at the Nauta shipyard in Poland, and towed to Skagen for completion by Karstensens.

Western Chieftain features a MAK main engine, Renk gearbox, Caterpillar auxiliary engines and Rapp deck machinery.

SeaQuest Systems of Killybegs supplied the vessel’s fish-pumping equipment and two deck cranes.

Skippered by Frank Doherty’s brother Charlie, Western Chieftain replaces a 45m midwater trawler of the same name, built in 2005, and is the fifth in a series of pelagic vessels that Karstensens has built for Frank Doherty since 1997.

REGIONAL NEWSCo Cork boats land Irish Sea herring at Ardglass

� Ocean Venture II arriving at Ardglass to land herring. (Photos: Ross Mulhall)

� Buddy M and Cisemair landing herring at Ardglass.

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Several visiting Co Cork midwater pair-trawlers landed herring into Ardglass harbour, Co Down earlier this month, after fishing in the Irish Sea, reports David Linkie.

Ocean Venture II S 121, Buddy M C 333 and Cisemair S 430 discharged top-quality herring to lorries on the quay, for delivery to the local processors S&P Milligan and C&O Milligan.

The Kilkeel pair team Havilah N 200 and Stefanie M N 265 also fished short trips on some of the traditional herring grounds in the Irish Sea in recent weeks, regularly landing into Belfast, from where the catches were delivered by road to factories at Ardglass and Kilkeel.

Western Chieftain completed sea trials

at Skagen prior to the naming ceremony…

� … and leaving Denmark last week for Killybegs.

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PORTS & PRICESQuota concerns, poor weather and trip patterns contributed to the lowest full-weekly total for three years at Peterhead last week, reports David Linkie.

With nearly one-third of the weekly total of 18,210 boxes being landed for Friday’s market, and three sub-3k sales, the scarcity of fish kept prices high, with cod selling at up to £5.85 per kg, coley £1.60 and round whiting £2.40 on Tuesday morning.

Five boats, Steadfast Hope, Fruitful Vine, Carina, Opportunus IV and Renown, together with two consignments from Enterprise II and Venture, contributed 2,442 boxes to the first market of last week at Peterhead.

Monday’s sale, the smallest of the week, included 560 boxes of coley, 330 boxes of gutted and 53 boxes of round haddock, 274 boxes of whiting (224 rounders), 244 boxes of cod, 238 boxes of monkfish, 166 boxes of megrim, 153 boxes of ling, 144 boxes of squid, 95 boxes of hake and 94 boxes of flatfish.

At the start of last week at Peterhead large cod sold at £4.75-£5.45 per kg, medium £3-£4.10, selected £2.90-£3.65 and small £3.05-£3.40. Large/medium gutted haddock made £3.90-£4.10, selected £2.45-£4.20, small £2.35-

£3.90, chippers £1.80-£3.15, metros £1-£2.25 and round haddock £1.10-£1.55. Gutted whiting were at £2.25-£3.20 and round whiting £1.60-£2.60 per kg. Monkfish sold at £2.30-£3.90, lemon sole £3.40-£10, plaice £1.75-£3.70, megrim £1.10-£5.15, hake £1.65-£4.40, ling £1.35-£2.40, coley £1.35-£2.05 and squid £3-£7.85 per kg.

The following morning seven boats, Fruitful Bough, Shekinah, Aalskere, Jubilee Quest, Guiding Star, Guiding Light and Bracoden, together with one consignment from Valhalla, landed 4,187 boxes. Tuesday’s tally included 1,479 boxes of coley, 787 boxes of gutted and 179 boxes of round haddock, 568 boxes of cod, 443 boxes of whiting (301 rounders), 242 boxes of monkfish, 86 boxes of ling, 51 boxes of megrim, 48 boxes of flatfish, 22 boxes of hake and 14 boxes of squid.

Three boats, Faithlie, Audacious and Benarkle II, plus one consignment from Russa Taign, landed 2,949 boxes to Peterhead market last Wednesday morning. This total included 881 boxes of coley, 658 boxes of gutted haddock, 461 boxes of whiting (139 rounders), 368 boxes of cod, 158 boxes of ling, 140 boxes of monkfish, 54 boxes of hake, 41 boxes of flatfish, 36 boxes of squid and 24 boxes

of megrim.Four boats, Shalimar II, Falcon,

Fruitful Vine and Steadfast Hope, plus a consignment from Harvest Hope, contributed 2,688 boxes to last Thursday’s market at Peterhead. This sale included 1,013 boxes of gutted and 14 boxes of round haddock, 942 boxes of whiting (830 rounders), 209 boxes of cod, 153 boxes of coley, 170 boxes of monkfish, 58 boxes of ling, 35 boxes of flatfish, 11 boxes of squid, eight boxes of megrim and seven boxes of hake.

Twelve boats, Tranquillity, Ardent, Arcturus, Phoenix, Helenus, Castlewood, Attain II, Karen Ann II, Tranquility, Endurance, Ocean Harvest and Harvester, brought last week to a close by landing 5,944 boxes to Friday’s market. This sale, the biggest of the week, included 1,488 boxes of gutted and 371 boxes of round haddock, 1,469 boxes of whiting (1,217 rounders), 1,419 boxes of cod, 947 boxes of monkfish, 545 boxes of coley, 176 boxes of flatfish, 61 boxes of ling, 45 boxes of megrim, 23 boxes of squid and three boxes of hake.

Last Friday morning at Peterhead, large/medium gutted haddock made £2.40-£2.80 per kg, selected £2.45-£3.05, small £1.70-£3, chippers £1.30-

LIGHT WHITEFISH MARKETS AT PETERHEAD

� The Orkney trawler Aalskere landing into Peterhead fishmarket last week.

£2.85, metros £1-£2.05 and rounders 95p-£1.85. Large cod sold at £3.10-£5.30 per kg, medium £2.90-£3.85, selected £2.80-£3.45 and small £2.55-£3.05. Monkfish sold at £3.75-£5.80, gutted whiting £1.70-£2.65, round whiting £1.20-£2.30, lemon sole £3.20-£10.25, plaice £1.40-£3.40, coley £1.20-£2, ling £1.90-£3.05, hake £2.65-£6 and squid £5-£8.20 per kg.

Thirty-one boats and five consignments contributed to last week’s total of 18,210 boxes on Peterhead market. This total included 4,893 boxes of haddock (617 rounders), 3,618 boxes of coley, 3,589 boxes of whiting (2,711 ungutted), 2,808 boxes of cod, 947 boxes of monkfish, 516 boxes of ling, 394 boxes of flatfish, 294 boxes of megrim, 228 boxes of squid and 181 boxes of hake.

CONSISTENT WEEK IN SHETLAND After 1,416 boxes were sold on Monday morning from six boats, 1,276 boxes were landed by seven boats to the electronic auction on Tuesday morning. A further 1,239 boxes from five arrivals were put ashore on Wednesday, before 826 boxes were landed by six boats to Thursday’s market, which was the smallest of the four days. Twenty-four boats landed a total of 4,757 boxes across the first four markets of a reasonably consistent week.

At 67,448kg, cod led the way on the markets between Monday and Thursday, followed by 51,031 kg of whiting (including

36,893kg of rounders), 25,953kg of haddock, of which 1,326kg were ungutted, 13,468kg of monkfish, 8,592kg of plaice, 5,509kg of saithe, 4,432kg of lemon sole, 3,699kg of megrim, 3,225kg of ling and 775kg of hake.

Top prices over the first four markets last week in Shetland included cod at £3.95 per kg, gutted haddock £3.23 and round haddock £2.30, hake £4.97, halibut £15.11, lemon sole £7.82, ling £1.98, megrim £6.54, monkfish £4.04, plaice £2.70, saithe £2.18, squid £7.68, turbot £16.07 and whiting £3.50 (rounders £3.06).

� Venture landing into Lerwick. (Photo: Sydney Sinclair)

STORM GARETH AFFECTS VOLUMES FOR BRIXHAMWith the arrival of Storm Gareth resulting in high winds and big seas, landings were down at Brixham last week. A couple of the bigger boats did manage to get out on three days, and there was a pocketful of fish landed by inshore boats fishing close to shore, but the majority of vessels were expected to be tied-up until Sunday. The forecast for the weekend was for continuing high winds, force 8-9 gusting to 50mph from Storm Hannah, but dying down to 30mph towards the end of Sunday. With low volumes available, prices were good and the total sales last week were £379k.

Blondie wing 1s averaged £7.50/kg, 2s £6.50, 3s £6.50 and 4s £4. Size one black bream averaged £10/kg, 2s £10, 3s £7.80, 4s £5.60 and 5s £2. Size 1 brill averaged £15.50/kg, 2s £11.50, 3s £11, 4s £9 and 5s £7.20.

Size 1 cod averaged £5/kg, 2s £5, 3s £4.70, 4s £4 and 5s £3.10. Size 1 coley were £2.20, 2s £1.80 and 3s £1.20. Conger averaged £1.10 for 1, 2s £1.10 and 3s were 60p. Cuttlefish size ones averaged £3.27/kg and £2.26 for 2s. Size 1 dabs averaged £2.50 and 2s 80p. John Dory 1s were £17/kg, 2s £15.50, 3s £12 and 4s £9.

Haddock 1s averaged £2.90/kg and 2s £2.80. Hake size 3s averaged £6.20/kg, 4s £6, 5s £6, 6s £5.50 and 7s £4. Lemon sole averaged £12/kg for 1s, £11.50 for 2s, 3s were £10.20, 4s £4.10 and 5s £2.65. Ling averaged £2/kg for 1s, 2s were £2 and 3s were £1.30. Prime lobster was £23/kg.

Mackerel 1s averaged £6.50/kg, 2s £5.60 and 3s £4.30. Monkfish 1s averaged £13, 2s £15, 3s £14.20, 4s £12, 5s £11 and 6s £5. Red mullet averaged £13/kg for 1s, 2s £13 and 3s were £7.

Octopus averaged £1.90/kg.Plaice 1s averaged £3.80/kg, 2s £2.80,

3s £2.70, 4s £2.30 and 5s £1.70. Pollack 1s were £3.90/kg, 2s £3.90, 3s £3.50 and 4s £2.60.

Sand sole 1s were £9/kg and 2s £4.30. Large scallops averaged £8.50 and 2s £4.10. Dover sole 1s averaged £12.20/kg with a high of £16 on Friday, 2s £16.80, 3s £19.50 with £22 on Friday, 4s £12, 5s £10.30, 6s £7.80 and 7s £4.50. Spotted wings made £5 for 3s and £3.50 for 4s. Large squid were £9.50/kg for 1s and £10.80 for 2s.

Thorny wings averaged £4.80/kg for 2s and 3s, 4s were £3.20. Large tubs were £5.20/kg and 2s £4.30. Turbot averaged £22.50/kg for 1s, 2s £21.50, 3s £20, 4s £17.50, 5s £16.50 and 6s £11. Large whiting averaged £2.70/kg, 2s £2.40, 3s £1.70 and 4s 70p.

GALES RESTRICT LANDINGS AT NEWLYNThree part-trip beamers, one netter and inshore boats landed 22.2t for Monday’s auction.

Top volume species were 0.7t of Dover sole, 1.6t haddock, 3.7t MSC hake, 1t lemon sole, 0.6t mackerel, 0.6t monkfish, 1t octopus, 1t plaice, 0.9t pollack and 7.6t of cuttlefish.

Demand was good throughout the sale for most species, however standing out were N3 Dover sole £16.50/kg, N4 MSC hake £5.61/kg and LM mackerel £6/kg.

On Tuesday, five part-trip beamers and one netter landed 19.3t.

Most notable high volumes were 4t of cuttlefish, 0.5t Dover sole, 2.5t haddock, 3.5t MSC hake, 1t lemon sole, 0.4t ling, 1.3t megrim, 1.3t monkfish and 0.4t of pollack.

Again, good prices were achieved for all species auctioned.

Only one part-trip landed on Wednesday from a local net boat with a volume of 0.7t. Ling at 0.2t of and 0.4t of pollock being the highest-volume species.

It was a rare occurrence on Thursday, with not a fish landed due to the persistent high winds.

It looked likely that the majority of the local boats would not be heading out until the weekend.

To end the week, one part-trip from a local netter and one inshore landed 1.2t. Top volumes were 0.5t of grey mullet, 0.2t ling and 0.4t of pollack.

All boats were still sheltering in harbour, and with this in mind, some good prices were achieved, most notable were N2 grey mullet £4.56/kg, N3 monkfish £13.80/kg and N2 pollack £5.80/kg.

The total volume auctioned for the week was 43.4t.

WINDS HAMPER FISHING EFFORT AT LOWESTOFT The heavy winds had a big impact on the fishing grounds along the East Coast that supply the Lowestoft market. While Monday’s auction saw 5t of supply, this was mostly herring, and the rest of the week saw a total of 650kg being sold. Five boats managed to land fish for the market, but with no additional consignments from North Shields or the west side, the variety was limited to just three species. Herring saw a high of 70p per kg, skate which was all trawled, with the liners unable to get out, saw a high of £1.80, and sole, which was in limited supply, saw prices up £3 on the previous week, at £15/kg.

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PETERHEAD, WEEK Avg Max Max, Max, mth TO 15 MARCH price/kg price/kg wk ago wk ago

week wk ago yr ago Boxes whitefish 28,254 23,259 22,120 Catfish £2.64 £3.18 £2.95 £2.85Cod(A1) £4.64 £5.42 £5.02 £4.32Cod(A2) £4.55 £5.70 £5.05 £4.56Cod(A3) £3.62 £4.03 £4.00 £3.84Cod(A4) £3.27 £3.41 £3.54 £3.55Cod(A5) £3.20 £3.50 £3.24 £3.18Haddock(A1) £2.76 £3.13 £2.81 £2.86Haddock(A2) £3.17 £3.64 £3.24 £2.97Haddock(A3) £3.16 £3.48 £3.04 £2.82Haddockchippers(A4) £2.81 £3.09 £2.79 £2.25Haddockmetros(A4) £1.91 £2.33 £2.06 £1.74Hake(A1) £4.37 £4.48 £4.24 £5.00Hake(A2) £4.07 £4.29 £4.20 £3.25Hake(A3) £2.84 £3.01 £3.44 £3.76Hake(A4) £2.92 £3.23 £3.07 £2.36Hake(A5) £2.34 £2.77 £2.26 £2.22Halibut £12.90 £14.63 £11.42 £13.08Lemonsole(A1) £9.81 £10.50 £8.81 £12.54Lemonsole(A2) £8.19 £8.52 £7.86 £8.45Lemonsole(A3) £5.26 £6.49 £5.15 £6.50Ling(A1) £1.84 £1.88 £1.71 £1.65Ling(A2) £1.84 £1.99 £1.94 £2.60Ling(A3) £2.26 £2.46 £2.13 £2.63Megrim(A1) £5.48 £5.86 £5.18 £7.81Megrim(A2) £3.53 £4.34 £3.62 £5.81Megrim(A3) £3.42 £3.94 £2.84 £4.57Megrim(A4) £1.61 £1.86 £1.62 £2.49Megrim(A4) £2.36 £3.05 £2.50 £3.97Monkfish(A1) £3.81 £4.11 £3.65 £3.75Monkfish(A2) £4.08 £4.47 £3.96 £4.24Monkfish(A3) £4.26 £4.42 £3.91 £4.52Monkfish(A4) £3.92 £4.18 £3.74 £4.41Monkfish(A5) £3.39 £3.76 £3.33 £4.27Plaice(A2) £3.29 - £1.92 £3.06Plaice(A3) £1.99 £2.24 £1.71 £2.68Plaice(A4) £1.73 £1.83 £1.94 £1.83Pollack(A1) £4.77 £4.85 £3.02 £4.17Pollack(A2) £4.73 £4.90 £3.89 £4.39Pollack(A3) £4.11 £4.63 £3.21 £3.78Pollack(A4) £4.25 - - -RoundHaddock £1.22 £1.42 £1.54 £2.01Saithe(A1) £1.53 £1.77 £1.62 £1.59Saithe(A2) £1.48 £1.71 £1.60 £1.45Saithe(A3) £1.38 £1.61 £1.57 £1.46Saithe(A4) £1.38 £1.50 £1.53 £1.37Saitheextralarge(A1) £1.37 £1.43 £1.29 -Squidtrawled £5.86 £7.50 £7.40 £7.91Turbot £13.35 £13.92 £13.53 £15.17Whiting(A2) £2.83 £3.06 £2.25 £2.02Whiting(A3) £2.59 £2.78 £1.81 £1.75Whiting(A4) £2.61 £2.77 £1.65 £1.68Whiting(round) £2.19 £2.63 £1.47 £1.34

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week wk ago yr ago Boxes landed 7,517 8,000 7,619 Catfish 301 £2.45 £2.50 £2.45Cod(2) 33,543 £3.63 £3.59 £3.63Cod(3) 27,586 £3.37 £3.41 £3.37Cod(4) 16,998 £3.01 £2.93 £3.01Cod(5) 12,092 £2.88 £2.81 £2.88Cod(6) 4,654 £2.88 £2.45 £2.88Haddock(1) 5,114 £2.11 £2.30 £2.11Haddock(2) 10,034 £2.79 £2.73 £2.79Haddock(3) 8,165 £2.83 £2.55 £2.83Haddock(4) 9,527 £2.82 £2.48 £2.82Haddock(5) 5,624 £2.32 £2.02 £2.32Haddock(round) 2,588 £1.80 £1.69 £1.80Hake(2) 97 £4.67 £4.68 £4.67Hake(3) 172 £4.67 £4.59 £4.67Hake(4) 589 £2.62 £2.83 £2.62Halibut(3) 141 £13.72 £12.18 £13.72Halibut(4) 150 £11.80 £10.61 £11.80JohnDory 2 £4.03 - £4.03Lemonsole(2) 494 £7.40 £7.05 £7.40Lemonsole(4) 2,503 £4.36 £3.89 £4.36Ling 10,991 £1.78 £1.63 £1.78Lythe 790 £3.54 £2.42 £3.54Megrim(2) 3,186 £5.64 £3.66 £5.64Megrim(3) 2,069 £4.13 £2.61 £4.13Megrim(4) 1,675 £3.17 £1.92 £3.17Monkfish(1) 591 £3.36 £3.21 £3.36Monkfish(2) 5,960 £4.02 £3.68 £4.02Monkfish(3) 9,456 £4.08 £3.57 £4.08Monkfish(4) 4,689 £3.97 £3.50 £3.97Monkfish(5) 1,040 £3.10 £2.92 £3.10Monkfish(6) 764 £2.20 £2.12 £2.20Plaice(2) 2,159 £1.96 £2.22 £1.96Plaice(3) 3,605 £1.68 £1.81 £1.68Plaice(4) 4,745 £1.28 £1.15 £1.28Saithe(2) 1,159 £1.58 £1.44 £1.58Saithe(3) 3,314 £1.29 £1.20 £1.29Saithe(4) 12,086 £1.26 £1.14 £1.26Skate 1,308 £1.65 £1.32 £1.65Skate,mixed 205 £1.34 £0.90 £1.34Skate,roker 45 £2.17 £0.94 £2.17Squid 1,949 £4.77 £4.98 £4.77Turbot 341 £15.48 £14.02 £15.48Whiting(2) 6,653 £2.99 £2.26 £2.99Whiting(3) 13,878 £2.47 £1.68 £2.47Whiting(4) 45 £0.90 £0.93 £0.90Whiting,round 54,519 £1.83 £1.21 £1.83Witches,(2/3) 457 £2.77 £2.27 £2.77Witches,(4) 717 £1.35 £1.01 £1.35

SCRABBSTER, THU Min Max Max, Max, yr 14 MARCH price/kg price/kg wk ago ago

Chippers £2.76 £2.76 £2.60Cod £3.94 £4.00 £2.59 £2.66Lemonsole £5.00 £5.67 £5.83 £7.00Ling £1.91 £1.91 £1.98Mediumcod £3.38 £3.40 £2.54 £2.13Megrims £2.50 £6.35 £3.71 £3.75Monkfish £1.43 £4.00 £3.15 £3.76Plaice £0.59 £1.82 £0.50 £2.02Roker £1.50 £1.50 £1.25 -Roundhaddock £2.49 £2.49 £1.33Roundwhiting £2.27 £2.40 £1.48Saithe £1.00 £1.11 £1.03Selectedcod £2.96 £3.05 £2.43 £2.19Selectedhaddock £2.56 £2.56 £2.51Smallcod £2.80 £2.83 £3.67 £2.25Smallhaddock £2.80 £2.80 £2.10 £2.50Sprag £3.75 £3.75 £2.76 £2.59Squid £6.00 £5.88 £6.39Whiting £2.62 £2.71 £2.13

ICELAND (RSF), WEEK TO Kg Avg Avg, Avg, 4 THURS 14 MARCH landed price/kg wk ago wks ago

week wk ago 4wks ago Kgs sold 2,332,582 2,545,740 2,067,062 Average price £1.51 £1.73 £1.75Value of sales (£) £3.52m £4.33m £3.54mArcticcharrfillets 50 £9.11 £9.24 £9.90Blueling(gutted) 106 £1.17 £1.24 £1.71Blueling(ungutted) 3 £1.22 - £1.26Catfish(gutted) 114,113 £1.19 £1.38 £1.37Catfish(ungutted) 45,683 £0.89 £1.08 £0.95Cod(large,gutted) 248,797 £2.05 £2.18 £2.22Cod(large,ungutted) 722,942 £1.76 £1.82 £1.95Cod(small,gutted) 2,664 £0.61 £1.16 £0.93Cod(small,ungutted) 11,918 £0.98 £1.17 £1.09Codcheeks 28 £6.41 £6.97 £5.26Dab(gutted) 40 £0.51 £0.18 £0.58Greenlandhalibut(gutted)111 £2.05 £1.62 £2.90Haddock(large,gutted)192,848 £1.52 £1.75 £1.53Haddock(large,ungutted)399,661 £1.41 £1.67 £1.64Haddock(small,gutted) 5,390 £0.69 £0.92 £0.89Haddock(small,ungutted)4,592 £0.65 £0.84 £0.85Halibut(gutted) 2,114 £4.23 £3.79 £2.94Lemonsole(gutted) 11,200 £4.44 £4.78 £4.48Ling(gutted) 46,035 £1.19 £1.32 £1.22Ling(ungutted) 24,067 £1.15 £1.18 £1.31Megrim(gutted) 1,615 £1.65 £1.75 £1.00Monkfish(gutted) 2,048 £3.67 £3.56 £2.70Plaice(gutted) 29,438 £2.05 £1.98 £2.03Redfish(ungutted) 203,976 £1.18 £1.45 £1.22Saithe(gutted) 116,401 £0.83 £0.87 £0.89Saithe(ungutted) 26,641 £0.54 £0.62 £0.63Skate(gutted) 2,154 £0.50 £0.41 £0.44Spottedcatfish(gutted) 8,541 £1.49 £1.67 £1.59Spottedcatfish(ungutted) 301 £0.89 £1.01 £0.74Tusk(gutted) 22,768 £0.55 £0.80 £0.72Tusk(gutted) 22,768 £0.55 £0.80 £0.72Tusk(ungutted) 4,871 £0.26 £0.40 £0.37Whiting(gutted) 1,695 £0.49 £0.64 £0.63Whiting(ungutted) 275 £0.28 £0.42 £0.51Witch(gutted) 313 £1.50 £1.64 -Witch(ungutted) 1,178 £1.33 £1.26 £1.58

HANTSHOLM, WEEK Kg Avg Avg, Avg, 6m TO 15 MARCH landed price/kg wk ago ago

week wk ago yr ago Kgs sold 509,484 575,437 403,181 Average price £2.28 £2.32 £2.10Value of sales (£) £1.16m £1.34m £0.85mCatfish(1) 451 £4.71 £4.12 £2.24Cod(0) 563 £4.49 £4.40 £4.14Cod(1) 10,020 £3.99 £4.56 £3.80Cod(2) 11,201 £4.76 £5.05 £3.31Cod(3) 8,792 £4.78 £4.78 £2.75Cod(4) 9,303 £4.10 £3.54 £2.46Cod(5) 3,206 £3.91 £3.05 £1.39Haddock(1) 5,527 £2.34 £2.42 £2.16Haddock(2) 4,094 £2.07 £2.03 £1.42Haddock(3) 3,102 £1.44 £1.68 £1.10Haddock(4) 213 £0.45 £0.56 £0.32Hake(0) 7,198 £4.69 £4.87 £2.22Hake(1) 15,835 £3.71 £3.84 £1.76Hake(2) 26,582 £3.16 £3.74 £1.51Hake(3) 9,956 £2.28 £2.92 £1.20Lemonsole(1) 32 £9.68 £7.47 £5.63Lemonsole(2) 99 £9.93 £7.26 £4.32Lemonsole(3) 61 £5.58 £3.91 £3.64Ling(1) 12,943 £2.08 £1.98 £1.54Ling(2) 9,731 £2.21 £1.97 £1.64Ling(3) 8,263 £2.02 £1.87 £1.56Megrim 1,450 £2.04 £2.57 £2.07Monkfish(1) 4,783 £4.19 £4.27 £4.59Monkfish(2) 13,361 £4.36 £4.23 £4.07Monkfish(3) 16,099 £4.15 £4.12 £3.81Monkfish(4) 3,337 £4.05 £4.03 £3.75Monkfish(5) 172 £3.15 £2.68 £3.04Plaice(1) 410 £4.22 £2.32 £2.35Plaice(2) 1,190 £3.75 £2.47 £2.40Plaice(3) 769 £3.41 £2.84 £2.36Plaice(4) 797 £2.14 £2.04 £1.92Pollack(2) 474 £4.94 £3.42 £3.90Pollack(3) 1,452 £4.17 £3.57 £3.36Pollack(4) 271 £3.14 £2.83 £2.93Saithe(1) 11,876 £1.69 £1.43 £1.23Saithe(2) 27,485 £1.52 £1.43 £1.19Saithe(3) 102,320 £1.45 £1.54 £1.06Saithe(4) 153,615 £1.25 £1.54 £0.81Squid 1,211 £1.62 £1.50 £3.31Turbot(0) 10 £17.13 £15.19 £11.78Turbot(1) 26 £15.58 £13.85 £10.23Turbot(2) 20 £13.28 £12.72 £9.11Turbot(3) 9 £14.96 £11.29 £8.84Turbot(4) 24 £7.21 £6.51 £6.85Whiting(1) 327 £2.46 £1.42 £1.05Whiting(2) 3,320 £1.49 £1.47 £1.36Whiting(3) 209 £1.36 £1.29 £0.86Witch(1) 284 £5.08 £3.86 £2.80Witch(2) 1,669 £2.92 £2.36 £2.23Witch(3) 1,447 £1.31 £1.18 £1.15Witch(1) 819 £3.86 £4.03 £2.87Witch(2) 4,175 £2.36 £2.90 £2.27Witch(3) 3,381 £1.18 £1.39 £1.17

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BRIXHAM, WEEK TO Kg Avg Avg, Avg, yr 15 MARCH landed price/kg wk ago ago

week wk ago yr ago Kg landed 107,398 125,639 172,601 Average price £3.54 £3.60 £3.82Value of sales (£) 379,881 451,777 650,834 Brill (1) 328 £14.61 £10.73 £11.35Brill (2) 286 £10.89 £8.56 £8.48Brill (3) 522 £10.41 £8.07 £7.81Brill (4) 484 £8.52 £6.98 £6.37Brill (5) 29 £7.04 £6.25 £4.92Cock crabs 163 £5.81 £5.94 £5.12Cod (1) 61 £4.78 £3.80 £3.73Cod (2) 86 £4.93 £3.00 £4.22Cod (3) 43 £4.66 £4.13 £3.96Conger (1) 176 £1.01 £0.90 £0.86Conger (2) 31 £1.01 £1.05 £0.98Conger (3) 19 £0.57 £0.34 £0.25Cuttlefish (1) 27,822 £3.27 £3.21 £4.06Cuttlefish (2) 9,547 £2.25 £2.26 £3.11Dogfish 2,976 £0.25 £0.25 £0.23Gurnard (2) 148 £3.83 £2.43 £1.92Gurnard (4) 7,877 £0.60 £0.60 £0.59Haddock (1) 3,431 £2.83 £3.48 £2.74Haddock (2) 63 £2.74 £2.15 £1.85Hake (3) 78 £5.97 £3.46 £4.01Hake (4) 354 £5.75 £3.52 £3.97Hake (5) 1,365 £5.64 £3.50 £3.76Hake (6) 2,172 £5.37 £3.30 £3.03Hake (7) 405 £3.96 £2.98 £2.25Hen crabs 152 £3.00 £3.40 £3.00John Dory (1) 9 £16.66 £14.25 £13.03John Dory (2) 5 £14.78 £13.43 £13.38John Dory (3) 15 £11.36 £8.68 £9.89Lemon sole (1) 109 £11.79 £8.60 £8.82Lemon sole (2) 192 £11.18 £9.09 £8.25Lemon sole (3) 441 £9.93 £8.25 £7.63Lemon sole (4) 1,660 £4.00 £3.92 £5.15Lemon sole (5) 920 £2.65 £2.57 £3.10Line mackerel (1) 8 £6.21 £4.24 £3.96Line mackerel (2) 29 £5.54 £4.60 £3.68Line mackerel (3) 77 £4.42 £3.37 £1.80Lobster 50 £23.20 £22.47 £25.75Monkfish tails (1) 50 £12.81 £9.37 £10.72Monkfish tails (2) 261 £14.51 £11.05 £11.79Monkfish tails (3) 356 £13.09 £10.06 £11.48Monkfish tails (4) 406 £11.55 £9.94 £10.59Monkfish tails (5) 422 £10.81 £9.29 £9.46Monkfish tails (6) 506 £4.54 £4.17 £5.60Octopus 3,441 £1.88 £1.86 £1.73Plaice (1) 632 £3.76 £2.77 £2.66Plaice (2) 1,213 £2.69 £2.44 £2.19Plaice (3) 1,471 £2.67 £2.45 £2.04Plaice (4) 1,589 £2.29 £2.64 £1.62Plaice (5) 2,738 £1.65 £1.57 £1.49Pollock (1) 10 £3.40 £3.86 £2.80Pollock (2) 213 £3.83 £3.78 £2.84Pollock (3) 362 £3.45 £2.74 £2.62Ray wings (blonde, 1) 144 £7.18 £4.42 £5.74Ray wings (blonde, 2) 239 £6.18 £3.59 £4.85Ray wings (blonde, 3) 173 £6.28 £3.50 £4.53Ray wings (thornback, 2) 48 £4.20 £3.54 £3.56Ray wings (thornback, 3) 74 £4.44 £3.52 £3.51Ray wings (thornback, 4) 33 £3.09 £1.02 £1.87Red mullet (2) 3 £4.00 - £3.47Red mullet (3) 12 £12.34 £11.80 £9.85Round pouting 6,573 £0.46 £0.42 £0.28Scallop (2) 10,072 £4.28 £3.98 £5.24Scallop meat 177 £13.00 £13.00 -Sole (1) 252 £11.15 £9.78 £10.42Sole (2) 416 £16.36 £12.51 £11.79Sole (3) 919 £19.29 £14.17 £12.82Sole (4) 711 £11.93 £10.35 £10.10Sole (5) 612 £10.30 £8.65 £9.43Sole (6) 85 £7.62 £5.61 £7.38Squid (1) 372 £8.34 £8.30 £7.14Squid (2) 1,074 £9.83 £8.91 £8.72Squid (mix) 154 £7.97 £7.66 £7.01Turbot (1) 90 £22.14 £19.65 £22.28Turbot (2) 138 £21.05 £18.20 £18.86Turbot (3) 155 £19.85 £17.75 £18.86Turbot (4) 241 £16.46 £13.57 £15.67Turbot (5) 414 £15.95 £11.94 £12.89Turbot (6) 94 £10.61 £9.62 £8.73Whiting (1) 153 £2.59 £2.41 £1.93Whiting (2) 161 £2.35 £1.59 £1.40Whiting (3) 164 £1.66 £0.97 £0.88

GRIMSBY, WEDNESDAY Min Max Max, Max, yr 13 MARCH price/kg price/kg wk ago ago

Cod (1) £2.60 £2.80 - £2.33Cod (2) £2.50 £2.80 - £2.50Cod (3) £2.80 £2.80 £2.70 £2.33Codlings (best) £2.80 £2.80 £2.50 £2.43Codlings (small) £2.80 £3.00 £2.20 £2.40Haddock (best) £1.70 £2.80 £2.50 £1.90Haddock (jumbo) £2.20 £2.30 £2.50 £2.10Haddock (large) £2.50 £2.30 £2.20 £1.50Haddock (medium) £2.10 £2.50 £2.20 £1.93Haddock (small) £1.50 £2.00 £2.00 £2.30Lemon sole (best) £4.00 £4.00 £5.00 -Lemon sole (medium) £5.00 £5.00 £6.50 -Plaice (best) £2.50 £2.50 £2.80 £3.00Plaice (large) £1.50 £2.00 £2.30 £2.78Plaice (medium) £2.50 £2.50 £2.70 £1.57

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week mnth ago yr ago Kgs sold 5,650 11,580 6,750 Dover sole £5.50 £15.00 £12.00 £17.00Herring £0.45 £0.70 £0.45 £0.45Skate £1.00 £1.80 £2.40 £2.58

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week wk ago yr ago Kg landed 43,524 67,105 80,092 Average price £3.91 £3.28 £3.55Value of sales (£) 169,976 220,437 277,891 Blonde Ray (L) 173 £2.77 £1.80 £2.86Blonde Ray (M) 46 £2.20 £1.60 £2.45Brill (1) 20 £12.09 £11.31 £12.69Brill (2) 85 £12.14 £11.62 £12.34Brill (3) 106 £9.16 £8.36 £8.43Brill (4) 57 £7.50 £7.00 £7.80Cod (2) 53 £5.00 - -Cod (3) 220 £5.36 £5.35 £4.53Cod (4) 110 £4.78 £3.44 £1.31Cod (5) 46 £4.02 - £2.65Cuckoo ray (M) 459 £1.84 £1.34 £1.38Cuckoo ray (S) 47 £0.22 £0.46 £0.83Cuttlefish (L) 6,884 £3.24 £3.18 £4.07Cuttlefish (S) 4,889 £2.15 £2.02 £3.05Dover sole (1) 144 £11.29 £10.10 £10.76Dover sole (2) 163 £14.82 £11.55 £11.65Dover sole (3) 367 £17.23 £12.89 £12.53Dover sole (4) 350 £11.09 £9.86 £9.77Dover sole (5) 113 £9.72 £7.48 £8.60Grey mullet (2) 102 £4.56 £3.26 £2.30Grey mullet (3) 392 £4.17 £3.05 £0.92Grey mullet (4) 6 £4.20 £2.65 -Gurnard and latchet (L) 41 £3.07 £2.63 £3.27Gurnard and latchet (M) 277 £1.46 £2.27 £1.31Gurnard and latchet (S) 612 £0.71 £0.55 £0.59Haddock (1) 693 £2.62 £2.54 £2.77Haddock (2) 3,178 £2.89 £2.88 £2.75Haddock (3) 220 £3.13 £2.13 £2.93Haddock (4) 6 £0.57 - £1.33Hake (0) 7 £0.93 £0.23 £1.50Hake (1) 27 £4.55 £2.63 £3.53Hake (2) 68 £4.72 £2.69 £3.47Hake (3) 549 £5.19 £3.06 £3.58Hake (4) 2,070 £5.74 £3.21 £3.41Hake (5) 3,473 £4.59 £2.78 £2.51Hake (6) 593 £3.32 £2.74 £2.17John Dory (1) 5 £13.81 £12.04 £13.05John Dory (2) 10 £10.38 £9.43 £8.10John Dory (3) 9 £8.02 £8.36 £5.57John Dory (4) 7 £5.61 £4.40 £6.68John Dory (5) 1 £4.57 £4.00 £6.63Lemon sole (1) 276 £8.79 £8.32 £7.91Lemon sole (2) 330 £9.38 £8.23 £7.66Lemon sole (3) 634 £8.41 £7.34 £7.06Lemon sole (4) 648 £3.97 £3.55 £5.03Lemon sole (5) 123 £2.47 £2.67 £2.50Ling (L) 522 £2.20 £1.70 £1.89Ling (M) 504 £2.03 £1.84 £1.78Mackerel (LM) 16 £6.03 £4.89 £4.23Mackerel (M) 480 £3.15 £4.25 £2.07Mackerel (S) 339 £0.42 £0.45 £0.45Megrim (1) 37 £5.91 £5.54 £4.33Megrim (2) 132 £5.15 £4.78 £3.41Megrim (3) 157 £4.69 £3.95 £3.14Megrim (4) 191 £4.26 £3.82 £2.76Megrim (5) 432 £3.56 £2.90 £2.36Monkfish (1) 24 £14.97 £10.83 £11.09Monkfish (2) 256 £14.79 £12.70 £11.76Monkfish (3) 423 £12.46 £10.53 £11.32Monkfish (4) 418 £11.67 £9.87 £10.68Monkfish (5) 685 £8.87 £6.95 £9.80Octopus (M) 1,554 £1.23 £1.84 £1.44Pilchard/Sardines (1) 260 £0.30 - £0.66Pilchard/Sardines (2) 270 £0.30 - £0.60Plaice (1) 110 £3.43 £2.64 £3.02Plaice (2) 158 £2.81 £2.16 £2.00Plaice (3) 414 £2.75 £2.05 £1.96Plaice (4) 919 £1.80 £1.65 £1.49Pollack, lythe (1) 370 £4.99 £2.52 £2.91Pollack, lythe (2) 833 £4.45 £2.65 £2.98Pollack, lythe (3) 871 £3.86 £2.54 £2.85Pout whiting, pouting, bib (S) 622 £0.41 £0.35 £0.17Red mullet (1) 25 £11.52 £10.71 £10.57Red mullet (2) 33 £8.00 £9.18 £7.04Red mullet (3) 2 £6.00 £9.67 £6.43Red mullet (4) 10 £5.88 £6.16 £5.39Saithe (1) 33 £2.68 £1.47 £1.50Saithe (2) 86 £2.59 £1.40 £1.86Saithe (3) 32 £2.80 £1.10 £1.51Scallops 426 £2.18 £2.15 £2.02Sea Breams (2) 1 £4.00 £11.53 £7.30Sea Breams (3) 1 £13.20 - £11.43Shagreen ray (L) 3 £2.10 - £1.30Shagreen ray (M) 8 £2.00 - £1.63Small-eyed ray (L) 7 £1.54 £1.44 £2.26Smoothhound (L) 280 £1.31 £1.28 £1.22Smoothhound (M) 244 £1.11 £1.11 £1.16Squid (L) 10 £9.20 £8.99 £9.00Squid (M) 24 £9.39 £8.08 £9.06Thornback Ray (M) 4 £1.60 £1.00 £0.80Turbot (3) 10 £21.46 £19.40 £20.22Turbot (4) 26 £18.55 £19.31 £19.93Turbot (5) 33 £14.29 £13.81 £15.25Turbot (6) 46 £14.92 £12.06 £13.09Whiting (1) 122 £2.82 £1.73 £1.92Whiting (2) 171 £1.74 £1.31 £1.35Whiting (3) 100 £1.07 £0.67 £0.79

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£1,500. Coble hull and engine only. Please call 07824 316743. (11.67)

CYGNUS 26

£50,000. With full cat a with shellfish no bass jcb engine don’t miss a beat ideal single handed boat price plus vat possible part ex Buccaner 21 or similar. Please call 07884 146946. (11.69)

CYGNUS SF33

£POA. Rapp 4t winch package, two drum winch. Double independent alloy net drums, landing winch. Everything is either Stainless/alloy or fibreglass no expense spared on anything, absolutely immaculate. Please call 07710 242397, Looe. (12.02)

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BOATS FOR SALE

10.42M CLINKER BUILT BOAT WITH LICENCE'

£75,000. '10.42m 1970 McCauchey Clinker Wooden fishing boat. Ford Sabre Engine 89kW, Including AO licence with shellfish. Please call 07763 355927, Kirkwall. (11.68)

18FT PLYMOUTH PILOTE£POA. Full crab licence. Capped fish, pot/net hauler, 20HP lister engine, garmin rotter/fish finder, radio post, nets and ropes included. Deck washed and in good condition. Please call 01305 788021, Dorset. (12.02)

BOAT

£11,250. Hardy family pilot 20ft with 80hp mercury efi 4stroke 92hrs, plotter,vhf,sounder, stereo radio cd in cabin, all working fine boat is on a swinging mooring in Stromness Orkney but can be delivered at cost. Please call 01856 761053, Finstown. (11.68)

CATERMARAN

£POA. 7.5m selling on behalf of a friend please contact him for more info. Comes with licence Cat A with shellfish. Please call 01520 755306, Shieldaig. (12.02)

HARDY 24

£25,000. Real nice example. Volvo 200hp . All new alloy windows . Door, suspension seat. Carpet. Headlinings. Twin batterys. Micrawave. Inverter. Deckwash. Raymarine c120 radar chartplotter. 2x vhfs. All original gell. 20 knot cruise. Please call 07968 757098, Plymouth. (12.01)

HALFISH 24 HULL

£10,000. Stripped out ready to rebuild she has the deck shelf and beams all in good condition. Fore deck still in place, ready for new deck and wheelhouse. Hull in very good condition all original outside never painted. Topsides all good just want tidying up. Stern tube and shaft still in her in good order. Full length steel keel as previously a beach boat.She will need a survey before going back on after reconstruction. Please call 07929 244996, Littlesone. (12.03)

£6,550. Brand new Icelander 600 door version and pilot house complete boat only offer we can create packages of new used engine and trailer. This is for a complete boat all moulded bonded flocculated and fitted ready for engine. Please call 07450 013532. (11.66)

PLYMOUTH PILOT 18

£8,750. Beautifully restored Plymouth pilot 18. Sole diesel 17hp only 204hrs, Heavily built iroko gunnels including fore an aft deck. Refit to include full re gel of the hull . New sealed grp deck with 2 x flush grp hatches, forward hatch is enclosed so could be a fishroom, grp fore an aft bulkheads, step boxes, sealed engine room (no bilge water) new seacock, exhaust, battery, hand pump, auto pump, throttles, rewired, grp engine box. Soundproof, New large galvanised bilge keels. All new stainless fittings -bollards, bow roller, fearleads, etc. Stainless rubbing strip around gunnels, Antifouled, week from finishing. More pics soon as it's finished. Built to last. No paint work, gel or flow coat finish throughout so maintenance free, must be seen. Please call 07909 884328, Plymouth. (12.02)

GILL NETS MOUNTING NETS REGARD MAURICE DILLON

£POA. Please call 08791 12210. (11.60

HERRING NETS

£350. 8 herring nets Approx 25m long x 4.5m deep. Good condition. No VAT. Please call 07873 476972, Swansea. (12.02)

NET HAULER

£350. Please call 07824 316743. (11.60)

POT FRAMES

£15. 24 inch side entry frames. 26 inch top entry frames. 8 gauge galvanised. Please call 07790 914475. (12.04)

YAMAHA ME422

2009, £6,000. May be available is this 2009 Yamaha me422 sti . 245hp with sterndrive , throttles, clocks , stainless prop, around 800-1000hrs and invoice for proof of year and hrs. Running smooth very quite no oil leaks , sweet as a nut. Needs the usual repaint . Still in boat seen running or test. Please call 07909 884328, Plymouth. (12.04)

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ALUMINIUM NET DRUM

£POA. Aluminium net drum with Bopp motor. 55 inches wide Please call 07802 460966, Kilkeel. (12.03)

CRANE WITH 24 INCH W HEAD

£POA. Please call 07802 460966. (12.03)

CATERPILLAR 3406

£6,000. Please call 07836 322527, Newark. (12.02)

CATERPILLAR 3412 MARINE ENGINE

£POA. Rebuilt caterpillar 3412 engine with Rina test certificate. 465KW@ 1800rpm. Injectors, nozzles, starters and various filters also available. Reasonable offers will be considered. Please call 07803 951221, Galloway. (12.01)

MARINE ENGINES

£3,250-£3,500. 1 x perkins M90 with borgwarner 2.1, £3,250. 2 x 4 cylinder nannies 115 hp keel cooled with 2.1 gearboxes, £3,500 ono the pair, will split. 1x5 cylinder nannie none runner parts offers. Please call 07783 555218, Hasttings. (12.01)

VARIOUS OUTBOARDS FOR SALE FROM 2 HP TO 250

£POA. Please call 07719 663128, Hexham. (12.04)

WOODEN BOAT

£POA. Hopeful LK7, under 10 metre with shellfish entitlement. Length, 7.4 metre, engine 36HP beta. Please call 07718 679210, Lerwick. (12.02)

ENGINES AND MACHINERY

2X FORD D 6 CYLINDER ENGINE

£1,200 Ono. Can be heard running. Please call 07753 813688, South Lanarkshire. (12.03)

200HP HPDI YAMAHA

2006/7, £2,100. Engine sat for a good while it Starts and runs but won’t take revs handy fixed to someone who knows what they are at comes with all clocks and controls , I haven’t time to sort it , would break if get the right interest. Delivery and courier available throughout Uk and Ireland. Please call 07784 717247, Kilkeel. (12.01)

SOUTH AFRICAN OFFSHORE 590

2006, £8,750. South African offshore 590 powered by twin 2006 mariner 50hp fourstrokes which are tidy and look in very good condition ,this is a brilliant piece of kit for sea or lake fishing , has teak deck and seating for about 6 good men she is just under 20ft in length , both engines can be seen running and pumping plenary of water. Please call 07784 717247, Kilkeel. (12.01)

TWIN

£POA. This is a colvic Atlanta 26ft as new with a brand new twin cylinder Petter diesel best offer. Please call 07971 101811. (12.03)

WILSON FLYER DORY

£800. (Open) with steering consel, steering wheel and hydraulic steering and lights, good solid boat with sealed fibre glass deck, boat only for sale there is NO trailer, out board motor the boat is no longer fishing registered or licenced, asking price is £800, the boat is currently on mooring at Gosport hants. Please call 07936 284880. (11.66)

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Traders to call: 01732 447008RAPP HYDEMA HMH05 NET HAULER

£300. Hauler sat for many years, would be ideal for spares or to overhaul. Please call 07400 007282. (11.61)

PROP 51 X 59 - 4 INCH SHAFT AS NEW

£2,200. Please call 07903 226202, North Shields. (12.02)

SALTED MACKEREL FOR BAIT

£POA. Salted mackerel packed in bins with screw lids and handles for easy movement. Please call 07508 355252. (11.66)

SHIELDS CREELS 10 24X16X15 10MM CREELS

£56. 10 24x16x15, 10mm plastic coated creels covered with 4mm. Three soft eyes bait bag roped, 10mm blue rubbered spinner. Ready to fish, £56 per unit plus vat. Please call 07921 540208. (11.68)

STAINLESS ROOF ARCH

£85. Stainless steel roof arch 14" high × 7" wide x 62" long. 3 bolt fit. Stainless plate for radar dome. Please call 07909 884328, Plymoutth. (12.02)

TRAMMEL NETS£100. 200 YDS x 4" deep, 200 YDS x 3" deep. Egg shape floats and lead line. In need of repair. Please call 01229 830413, Cumbria. (11.67)

TRAMMEL NETS

£25-£350. 2 x 6” x 500 yards trammel nets in bins, £350 each . anchors £25 each. Please call 07803 696614. (11.66)

TWO 80LTR PUMPS

£POA. One is good the other is not, am open to offers could deliver to Brixham/newlyn. Please call 07831 249182. (12.03)

WHELK POTS

£25. 212 Mustang pots - £25 each. These pots have external cast weights and internal steel weights good for strong tidal areas. Internal weights could be removed if preferred. Pots located in Orkney, transport to Aberdeen or Glasgow can be arranged at buyers cost. Anyone landing to Macduff Shellfish im sure they would assist with transport south from Aberdeen. Please call 07769 685991, Kirkwall. (12.02)

WOODEN PARLOUR POTS

£30. 80 x 40"Wooden parlour pots £30 each. Used 6 months. Please call 07774 757375, Whitby. (12.02)

TRUCKS FOR SALE

MITSUBISHI L200 SINGLE CAB86,000 miles, £3,500. MoT until December 2019. Timing belt has been changed, good tyres all round, upgraded rear springs and excellent condition inside and out. Ready to work. Please call 07885 463481, Isle of Mull. (12.04)

WANTED

INFORMATION WANTEDWanted. Information wanted about the disappearance of a splicing vice in Scrabster. Went missing in early February. Please call 01847 892795, Scrabster. (12.02)

OUTBOARDSWanted. We are currently looking for new stock of outboards but nothing older then year 2000. Please call 07719 663128, Hexham. (12.04)

YANMAR ENGINEWanted. 12 to 15HP, in good condition or similar. Air or water. Please call 01346 571562, Aberdeenshire. (12.02)

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SEAHOG ALASKA 500XL

£7,500. SeaHog Alaska 500XL fast fishing boat in excellent condition. Fitted with 2 x swivel seats, padded cushions, nav lights, white light, search light, battery cut off, cabin light, fish finder, fire ext, VHF radio, aux engine bracket, rod rests etc. The engine is a 50hp 4 stroke longshaft engine with power tilt trim and as new prop.It was serviced by Clyde outboards in April with no issues. It sits on a galvanised bunked trailer with winch jockey wheel and lighting board. Boat can be viewed on Loch Earn and tested by serious potential buyers. Please call 01764 670481 or 07813 200035. 11.35

FISHER FREEWARD 24

£14,000. Fisher Freeward 24 , 80 hp ford mermaid,colour sounder ,vhf,garmin plotter,cd, R10 pot hauler.open to offers Licence available. Please call 07749 220443. 11.36

ORKNEY ORKADIAN 20

£12,750. Orkney Orkadian 20 Pilothouse powered by a Honda 75 fourstroke comes with trailer and electrics, toilet , cooker everything you need any test welcome also trade welcome. Please call 07784 717247. 11.36

REDFINN 6000 20FT TURBO DIESEL

2003, £17,750. redfinn 6000 comes with trailer , powered by a Mercruiser 1.7dti with only 140 hours plenty of room to fish , comes with Chartplotter and vhf , runs well , any test welcome and trade welcome. Please call 07784 717247. 11.36

PREDATOR 165 FISHING BOAT

2006, £8,995. Predator 165 “Sea Angler”. Yamaha F50 EFI 4 Stroke Outboard. Single Axle Roller Trailer. Fitted with new brakes and wheel bearings. Freshly antifouled. Polished. All ready to use. This was traded in to us for a Merry Fisher 695. It has decent electronics, a half canopy. Full tonneau cover and is presented very well. These are popular day fishers suitable for family use or keen anglers. Easy to tow around and launch. Easy to story at home. The Yamaha 4 Stroke Outboard has low hours and runs well. There is a spare engine bracket. Please call 07930 421007. 11.38

POTTER

£10,099. Built 2008 yanmar engine put in 2014 7.26 meter.s for sale with shellfish licence open to offers. Please call 07852 947178. 11.38

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Two new shellfish boats in build at Buckie See page 4

FFL organises Tyneside protest See page 2

24-hour double-tow in severe weather See page 7

Boat of the week Ocean Star FR 77 See page 9

About Time - Trawling in the Channel from Newhaven See pages 10 - 17

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Some 50 vessels, including over 30 midwater trawlers, took shelter in Killybegs harbour last week from a prolonged period of severe weather, as Storm Gareth battered the west coast of Ireland with northwesterly gales in excess of 50 knots for three days, reports David Linkie.

As well as the Irish midwater fleet, Scottish, Danish and Norwegian boats were berthed up to four abreast on packed quays.

The severity of the weather also led to the unusual sight of 10-plus midwater trawlers, mainly Icelandic and Faroese

boats, forced in from the blue whiting grounds to the west of Ireland, dodging for three days in Inver Bay northeast of St John’s Point.

The 94m Icelandic-owned Adalsteinn Jonsson (ex Libas) was the biggest vessel tucked in behind St John’s Point, together with Beitir (ex Gitte Henning), Venus, Vikingur, Sigurdur, Katrina Johanna, Birkland and Borkjur.

The new Gitte Henning took shelter from Storm Gareth 300 miles to the north, berthed in Stornoway harbour, where the Norwegian midwater vessels Havstaal (ex Serene) and M

Ytterstad also took refuge.As the severe gales began to

moderate on Thursday morning, the first boats left Killybegs to resume searching for marks in a still-heavy North Atlantic swell.

Scottish fishing industry playA new play about the Scottish fishing industry is to open in Perth next month, and then tour around Scotland.

Lost at Sea has been written by Morna Young, whose father Donnie was lost off the NE trawler Ardent II in the North Sea in 1989, when she was five years old. His body was never found, despite extensive air and sea searches.

Now 34, Ms Young has written this new play, which

follows two brothers working in the fishing industry over 40 years.

She moved back home to Burghead on the Moray Firth from London in 2011 in preparation for writing the piece, and spent many months interviewing people from communities across Moray as research.

Ms Young told the Press and Journal: “As a child, there will have been a part of me

still waiting – fishermen are away at sea, and you are used to it.

“I knew that it was a chance for me to write something that would be a tribute, and it was an opportunity for me to get to know my dad. Because I was so young when he died, I don’t really have any clear memories of him. Writing the play was my opportunity, many years later, to grieve properly.”

Ms Young grew up speaking

the Doric dialect, which is widely spoken in fishing ports in NE Scotland, and has written the play in Doric.

She said, “I do feel closer to him having done this, and it felt really important to do something so I could say, ‘Here is my tribute to my dad’.”

Lost at Sea will premiere at Perth Theatre next month, before embarking on a tour across Scotland.

Storm Gareth crowds Killybegs

� The Fraserburgh midwater trawler Christina S discharging blue whiting on the new pier at Killybegs, berthed on the inside of the Norwegian vessels Gunnar Langva and Vea, before Storm Gareth hit the west coast of Ireland. (Photos: Ryan Cordiner)

Adalsteinn Jonsson, Beitir and Havskjer dodging winds in excess of 50 knots in Inver Bay.

Blue whiting at PeterheadThe first shots of blue whiting from the 2019 fishery were pumped ashore at Peterhead last week, reports David Linkie.

The Fraserburgh midwater trawler Challenge FR 226 was the first vessel to land blues at Peterhead, and was immediately followed by Chris

Andra FR 228. By returning to northeast

Scotland to land after fishing to the west of Ireland, the Fraserburgh duo completed round trips of some 1,500 miles.

The Norwegian vessel Endre Dyrøy also arrived at Peterhead last week to land 1,900t of blue whiting.

The fish from all three boats were processed by Pelagia (UK) Ltd, Aberdeen.

The Fraserburgh trawler Challenge was the first boat to land blue whiting at Peterhead, ahead of the waiting Chris Andra.

Chris Andra discharging blues for processing by Pelagia (UK) Ltd.

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