Land: UK

There was fury in fishing ports around Scotland today after Brussels bureaucrats called for more savage quota cuts and said conservation measures were not protecting cod stocks..

At approximately ten past one this morning, Yarmouth Coastguard was called by the offshore standby vessel Putford Enterprise who reported that they were in contact with the 20m fishing vessel Fruitful Harvest III which was taking on water.

Several pair trawler teams have been completing full trips, and landing a better selection of white fish for buyers at Peterhead fishing market at the beginning of last week.
This has come after the slowest weekly total for several months.

UK Bocuse d’Or competition finalist Simon Hulstone and his sous chef Jordan Bailey, will visit Peterhead on Tuesday 9th November to learn about the Scottish seafood industry and the species they will be using for the final of this prestigious competition.

The need for the Emergency Towage Vessels (ETV) around the UK coastline was clearly highlighted again following the rescue of the stricken cargo ship Red Duchess .