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GRACIOUS PD 103
Macduff Shipyards Limited recently delivered their latest new build fishing vessel, GRACIOUS PD 103, to local company MV GRACIOUS LTD. The ‘GRACIOUS’ is a new design of fishing vessel, arranged for twin rig trawling, and is expected to fish in the North Sea region,...
Momentum Builds Following Successful Seawork Meetings
Sharon Boyle, Commercial Fishing Manager at Mara Media, returned from the Seawork Exhibition in Southampton (10–12 June 2025) with a diary full of productive face-to-face meetings and a reaffirmed commitment to the forthcoming Scottish Skipper Expo 2026....
Parkol have delivered a 2nd state of the art scalloper for West Coast Sea Products Ltd.
Parkol have delivered a 2nd state of the art scalloper for West Coast Sea Products Ltd. In late March, looking resplendent in her blue and white paintwork, Halcyon BA 72 left Whitby on her maiden fishing trip. The boat was built as a sister ship to the Alcedo BA 77...
New ‘Mackerel Industry Briefing Document’ from Scottish Pelagic Sustainability Group – SPSG
The Scottish Pelagic Sustainability Group (SPSG) has produced a new ‘Mackerel Briefing Document’ for stakeholders outlining the current facts behind the ongoing failure to reach a comprehensive agreement on international quota shares, as well as the key points of...
APPGs Issue Statement on UK Fishing and Coastal Growth Fund
On 19 May, the UK Government announced a new twelve-year £360 million Fishing and Coastal Growth Fund to drive growth and boost the sector for the future. Defra has indicated that the fund will see investment in new technology and equipment to modernise Britain’s...
Cornish Young Fishermen Take Center Stage
Cornish Young Fishermen on the Global stage at the third United Nations Ocean Conference On the 9th June, in Nice harbour, the UK Young Fishermen Network (YFN) partnered with the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations...
Stand bookings for Scottish Skipper Expo 2026 Opening Soon
Scottish Skipper Expo 2026: The UK’s Premier Commercial Fishing Exhibition Set to Welcome the Industry Once Again to Aberdeen Mara Media is delighted to announce that the Scottish Skipper Expo 2026 will take place on Thursday 7th and Friday 8th May 2026 at the P&J...
UK PM urged to meet fishermen he insulted and patronised after EU trade deal
The UK Prime Minister owes an explanation to the fishermen he insulted and patronised by describing the UK-EU trade deal as good for the industry, according to the leader of the UK’s largest fisheries organisation. In a letter to Sir Keir Starmer today...
EU-UK Deal – Opportunities for Shetland Wasted
Statement from Shetland Fishermen's Association on UK-EU trade deal Reacting to the UK/EU trade agreement revealed today, James Anderson – skipper of whitefish vessel Alison Kay (LK 57) and chair of the Shetland Fishermen’s Association – said: “The fact is that...
EU-UK Deal – Horror Show for Scottish Fishermen!
Official statement in response to the UK-EU fisheries deal from Elspeth Macdonald, Chief Executive of the Scottish Fishermen's Federation. “This deal is a horror show for Scottish fishermen, far worse than Boris Johnson’s botched Brexit agreement. It is clear that Sir...
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Public support for UK control of fishing amid crunch EU talks
Survey reveals Scots believe Brussels must offer benefits to fishing in return for access to our waters Almost nine out of 10 Scots believe the UK should definitively control which vessels fish in its waters, a stark new poll shows. And more than 80% think the...