With most of the pair trawlers back at sea after their refits and painting the whitefish activity is again starting to pick up at Peterhead , Scotland’s premier fishing port..
At the start of the week Monday August 15 Large Haddock made £148-£165 per 57kg box and Whiting made £97-£137 per 57kg box and round Whiting made £63-£97 per 57kg box.
On the first market day of week Monday August 15 saw Thirteen trawlers a total 4887 boxes of whitefish which sold at market for the following prices. Cod Large £3.10-£4.00, Medium £2.60-£3.35, Haddock Large £2.30-£2.50, Medium £2.00-£2.40, Metros £1.00-£1.30, Whiting £1.50-£2.00, Round Whiting £1.00-£1,.70, Lemon Sole £2.00-£6.00, Monkfish £4.00-£4.50, Coley £1.30-£1.60, Megrims £2.00-£5.50, Plaice 65p-£2.00, Hake £1.00-£2.00, Witches £1.00-£2.00, and Ling £2.20-£2.60.
Trawlers Landed Ocean Harvest, Harvester, Constant Friend, Starlight Summer Dawn, Starlight Rays, Golden Gain, Minerva, Maracestina, Golden Sceptre, Moray Endeavour, Ocean Reward and Atlantic Challenge.
The following day’s market Tuesday saw eight trawlers a total of 3450 boxes of whitefish which sold at market for the following prices. Large Cod £3.00-£3.50, Medium £2.60-£3.30, Large Haddock £2.60-£2.90, Medium £2.50-£2.90, Metros 90p-£1.60, Whiting £1.70-£2.40. Round Whiting £1.10-£1.70, Lemon Sole £1.70-£5.50, Monkfish £3.50-£4.50, Coley £1.25-£1.75, Megrims £2.10-£4.50, Plaice 65p-£2.00, Hake £1.20-£2.10, Witches £1.50-£2.50.Ling £2.60-£2.75 and SQUID £3.00-£6.50.
Trawlers landed Acorn, Boy Andrew, Ocean Venture, Golden Sceptre, Moray Endeavour, Opportunus, Nordfjordr and Helenus.
On the Wednesday Market saw Seven trawlers land a total of 2201 boxes of white fish selling at the following prices at market Haddock Large £2.70-£3.00, Medium £2.50-£2.80, Cod Large £3.00-£4.00, Medium £2.60-£3.50, Metros 90p-£1.80, Whiting £2.00, Round Whiting £1.00-£1.10, Lemon Sole £2.00-£6.00, Monkfish £3.50-£4.00, Coley £1.20-£1.40, Megrims £2.00-£4.00, Plaice80p-£1.50, Hake £2.00-£2.50, Witches £1.00-£2.00, Ling £2.50-£2.80 and Squid £3.00-£6.00.
Trawlers Landed Fisher Boys, Ocean Reward, Glenugie, Pegasus, Rosebloom, Maimai, and Boy John.
Thursday’s market day saw Thirteen trawlers land a total of 2739 boxes of white fish which sold for the following prices Cod Large £3.30-£3.80, Medium £3.00-£3.60, Haddock Large £3.00 No Medium Haddock sold, Metros £1.20-£1.30, Whiting £1.50, Round Whiting 85p-£1.20, Lemon Sole £1.50-£6.00, Monkfish £3.50-£4.80, Coley £1.40-£1.80, Megrims £4.00-£6.00, Plaice 75p-£1.50, Hake £1.40-£2.00, Witches £1.00-£2.00 and Ling £2.20-£2.60.
Trawlers Landed Harvest Hope, Valhalla, Boy Andrew, MaiMai, Aurelia, Fisher Boys, Acorn, Golden Sceptre, Moray Endeavour, Budding Rose, Lapwing, Celestial, and Crystal Tide.
The last market day of the week Friday saw Fifteen trawlers land a total of 4672 boxes of whitefish sold for the following prices. Large Cod £3.00-£3.40, Medium £2.80-£3.20, No Large Haddock Sold, Medium Haddock £2.40-£2.60, Metros 75p-£1.00,Whiting £1.50-£2.30, Round whiting 40p-£1.30, Lemon Sole £2.00-£4.00, Monkfish £3.50-£4.50, Coley 31.00-£1.80, Megrims £1.00-£4.00, Plaice 65p-£1.50, Hake £1.00-£2.00, Witches £1.00-£2.00 and Ling £2.70-£3.20.
Trawlers Landed Polaris, Adrone, Ryanwood, Tranquilty, Golden Sceptre, Attain, Ocean Harvest, Favonius, Castlewood, Harvester, Daisy, Pegasus, Accord, Acheive, and Amity.
There were a landings from 56 trawlers for a total of 17, 949 boxes of whitefish landed at Peterhead over the week. There were also Five Pelagic landings of herring.
At Scrabster Harbour there were sixteen trawlers landing a total of 3694 boxes of whitefish over the week which sold for good prices.
At Buckie Harbour Nine trawlers landed a total of 534 boxes of whitefish, prawns and squid plus 71 bags of clams over the week. fair prices.
At Pittenweem harbour there were good landings of prawns from the local prawn fleet which sold for good prices at the village fish market.
Most of the prawns landed at Pittenweem are still be sold and sent to Paris.
At the small fishing villages of St Monans, Anstruther and Crail there were fair landings of lobster and crabs by the local shellfish boats.
Pictures by our John Kinsman shows the Peterhead Fishing Trawler Glenugie PD347 in her Home Port of Peterhead and the Kirkwall trawler Viking Monarch K58 in harbour.
