by Niall Duffy | Oct 6, 2021 | News, Regional
By: Chloe Irvine Retired skippers John Arthur Irvine and Willie Williamson have more than 100 years of fishing between them. Both played a key role in progressing Whalsay’s pelagic fishing industry to what it is today. Here they share some of their stories with Chloe...
by Niall Duffy | Aug 20, 2021 | News, Regional
More than 70,000 hazard alerts have been issued by the Kingfisher Bulletin website and app in its first year Skippers are being urged to download and use an app designed to alert them to hazards at sea and offshore activities. The Kingfisher Bulletin...
by Niall Duffy | Aug 18, 2021 | International, News
Environmental groups are calling on the Scottish fishing industry to take urgent steps to decarbonise the sector. They say they have calculated that the UK fleet emits the same carbon dioxide as 110,000 homes every year. A new report says fishing practices need to...
by Niall Duffy | Aug 16, 2021 | Ireland, News, Products & Gear
SeaQuest Systems have been awarded the contract to deliver the complete deck machinery package for recently signed Christina S at Karstensens Skibsvaerft, Denmark This will be the second complete package supplied to Karstensens, based on the success of the...
by Niall Duffy | Aug 4, 2021 | News, Regional
There is no evidence that a three-mile limit around Scotland’s coastline banning fishing vessels with mobile gear would improve sustainability or raise earnings in the creel fleet. That is the conclusion of a new Scottish Fishermen’s Federation paper, SFF The 3 Mile...
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