by Niall Duffy | Jun 30, 2022 | News, UK
More than half of Scottish waters could be closed to fishing fleets by 2050 if the industry continues to be marginalised by the development of offshore renewables and expansion of enhanced marine protected areas. That is the stark warning contained in a major new...
by Niall Duffy | Jun 28, 2022 | News, UK
As the cost of marine fuel in Shetland reaches nearly three times the price of last year, young fishing crews in the isles have spoken out about the desperate need for government assistance. The risk of fishing businesses failing is particularly prevalent in the...
by Noreen Boyle | Jun 1, 2022 | Vessel Features
Recently the new 22.2 metre twin rig trawler, Day Dawn FR 90, for skipper Chaz Bruce and his brother Martin Bruce in partnership with P and J Johnstone, completed engine trials where she achieved a speed of 11.1 knots. Several days later Day Dawn left Parkols yard in...
by Noreen Boyle | Jun 1, 2022 | Vessel Features
LOCAL skipper Richard Grains says he was pleased how his new crabber Valentia LK21 performed during her 800-mile journey from Valentia Island, in the southwest of Ireland, to Shetland earlier in March. The new vessel arrived at the Vidlin marina for the naming...
by Noreen Boyle | Jun 1, 2022 | Vessel Features
MFV Valhalla In early December the latest new build 27 metre MFV Valhalla FR 268, for skipper Mark Andrew Masson left Parkol Marine Engineering yard in Whitby. After completing engine trials off Whitby the vessel headed North to its home port of Fraserburgh where the...
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