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Brixham company J Reid Scallop Gear has come up with a new type of teeth for its scallop toothbars that have lasted three times longer than standard teeth during trials in Scotland and Northern Ireland.
The last few years haven’t been kind to Andy McLeod and Brixham scalloper van Dijck, as anyone who saw the Channel 4 series The Catch earlier this year will be aware.
The exchange took place at the end of last year, with the former Lady Lou becoming Amber J. Built in 1992 at Maaskant Shipyards, the new Amber J replaces a trawler built in 1962, and provides owner Neil Watson and his crew with more options for both scalloping and trawling.
Last weekend’s Skipper Expo in Aberdeen was easily the best yet, and those of us who have been to a few of these things, it’s clear that the Skipper team have polished their formula to perfection.
Marine Harvest Scotland, working in partnership with Fusion Marine, has over the last four years recycled more than a kilometre of flotation pipe from old salmon pens for use in the construction of marine access pontoons for their farm sites.
The order for Serene Fishing Co, placed at the Skipper Expo Aberdeen, marks a milestone for Karstensen Shipyard, as this represents the yard’s first newbuilding for Shetland owners.
Bobby Polson and the owners of the Shetland pelagic vessel Serene have placed an order for a new vessel.
The Skipper Expo in Aberdeen got off to a flying start yesterday, the largest Skipper exhibition in Aberdeen to date. The Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre buzzed with activity, buoyed up by a vocal Fishing for Leave and a meeting attended by Fisheries Minister George Eustice.
A record-breaking number of exhibitors are taking part in this year’s Skipper Expo in Aberdeen, which opens tomorrow and takes place over Friday and Saturday.
IFCAs, the bodies responsible for administering inshore fisheries in England are increasingly risking becoming hamstrung, warns the National Federation of Fishermen’s Associations. According to the findings of a meeting of the NFFO West Coast Committee meeting held in Carnforth, the IFCAs increasingly lack of fishing industry representatives on their committees and the appointments process is in need of overhaul in order to be more conducive to fostering positive industry engagement in the management of local fisheries.
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