Newbuild
New Shetland Cleopatra
Icelandic boatbuilder Trefjar’s latest delivery is a new Cleopatra 33 delivered to Whalsay owner Allister Irvine.
FiskerForum
05/10/2017
ANNONCER
Country Specific News
Land: UK
Fish Species
SAGB appoints new Business Development and Promotions Manager
Having recently secured 60% EMFF funding via the MMO, the Shellfish Association of Great Britain (SAGB), it has appointed freelance food writer, fisheries journalist and seafood sustainability consultant Mike Warner to oversee a two year project.
FiskerForum
03/10/2017
Fish Species
Landing berried lobsters outlawed
From Sunday 1st October fishermen will no longer be able to land egg-bearing ‘berried’ lobsters and crawfish in English waters, a move designed to protect these animals and the sustainability of the fishery.
FiskerForum
30/09/2017
Fishing
Swan Net Gundry opens up in Shetland
Swan Net Gundry (SNG) have officially opened a new net loft and stores in Lerwick, enhance their current facilities and services, and allowing the company to extend its area of operations.
FiskerForum
27/09/2017
Fishing
Macduff completes largest new fishing vessel to date
Macduff Shipyards have delivered the new Venture III to Whitehills skipper Mark Lovie, the largest new fishing vessel the yard has built so far.
FiskerForum
23/09/2017
Exhibitions
Shift to Bristol a success for Skipper Show
The decision to take the Skipper Expo Int. back to its original home in Bristol after having held the event for a few years in Bournemouth was a success, according to the organisers.
FiskerForum
21/09/2017
Fish Species
Back in the black, and red all over
A refit was long overdue and the chance to give Brixham scalloper van Dijck a facelift and a set of new deck equipment has come after a tough few years for skipper and owner Drew McLeod.
FiskerForum
10/09/2017
Exhibitions
Skipper show opens its doors in Bristol
The Skipper Expo International exhibition today opens –back in Bristol in a new venue after relocating from a few years of being held in Bournemouth.
FiskerForum
07/09/2017
Fishing
Zephyr goes Norwegian for new pelagic trawler
The Lerwick-based Zephyr Fishing Company has signed a contract with Larsnes Mekansiske Verksted for a new pelagic vessel to be built to a Skipsteknisk ST-125 design.
FiskerForum
29/08/2017
Administration
No foreign ownership probe, says MMO
The UK’s Marine Management Organisation has quashed rumours that it is carrying out an investigation into foreign ownership of UK-flagged fishing vessels.
FiskerForum
23/08/2017