Kirkella lands final cod of the year
Hull freezer trawler Kirkella has made its final landing of cod for this year, discharging 553 tonnes of fillets and 60 tonnes of fishmeal. Most of the crew left the…
Kirkella aims to take Flemish Cap quota in one trip
The UK’s last remaining distant waters trawler, the 81-metre Kirkella operated by UK Fisheries, is fishing on Flemish Cap, providing a British presence on these fishing grounds for the first…
The Flemish Cap northern shrimp fishery, closed since 2011, is to be re-opened. Image: NOAA
Flemish Cap northern shrimp fishery re-opens
Following a nine-year moratorium, the condition of the northern shrimp stock on Flemish Cap is judged to have improved with an increase in biomass over the last five years. As…
