‘UK CAN’T PROTECT EEZ’ White Eagle lands at Kallin The arrival of the new eight-a-side automated scalloper White Eagle CY 525 on the small island of Grimsay in the Western Isles was a proud occasion for brothers Konrad and Kamil Kosieradzki and their families, reports David Linkie. Built by C Toms & Son Ltd at Polruan for K&K Fishing Ltd, White Eagle called at Mallaig after steaming nearly 600 miles from Cornwall in 64 hours, before completing the short second leg of her delivery passage across the Minch to Kallin, Grimsay. Calling into Mallaig for a few hours enabled Bertie McMinn of Western Battery Service to set up White Eagle’s WASSP multibeam sounder. Designed by Ian Paton of SC McAllister & Co Ltd, White Eagle incorporates a number of interesting features to meet the owners’ specific requirements. These include a forward engineroom, split trawl winches from which the wires are worked over the top of the open shelterdeck, and direct access around the stern of the vessel. Insured by Sunderland Marine, White Eagle is fitted with Volvo main and auxiliary engines. A number of well-known companies, including Macduff Shipyards, Stride Engineering, Tecmarine, Hercules Hydraulics, John Reid & Son, R&A Engineering and Tyson’s Ships Riggers, worked closely with the yard and owners during the construction and rig-out of White Eagle. A detailed feature on White Eagle will be included in Fishing News next week. £3.25 22 August 2019 Issue: 5477 Find us on Twitter Join in the conversation @YourFishingNews TURN TO PAGE 2 FOR THE FULL REPORT Bow view of Konrad and Kamil Kosieradzki’s new sub- 15m scalloper White Eagle. White Eagle crossing Loch Nevis last week after arriving at Mallaig from Polruan. E D M C Inverness/Plymouth/Glasgow gaelforcemarine.co.uk m Douglas Bowman 07768 336213 m Stuart Cameron 07801 526960 We continue to work closely with our customers to understand the demands and challenges of inshore fishing, something we are proud to have done for over 35 years.
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‘UK CAN’T PROTECT EEZ’ White Eagle lands at KallinThe arrival of the new eight-a-side automated scalloper White Eagle CY 525 on the small island of Grimsay in the Western Isles was a proud occasion for brothers Konrad and Kamil Kosieradzki and their families, reports David Linkie.
Built by C Toms & Son Ltd at Polruan for K&K Fishing Ltd, White Eagle called at Mallaig after steaming nearly 600 miles from Cornwall in 64 hours, before completing the short second leg of her delivery passage across the Minch to Kallin, Grimsay.
Calling into Mallaig for a few hours enabled Bertie McMinn of Western Battery Service to set up White Eagle’s WASSP multibeam sounder.
Designed by Ian Paton of SC McAllister & Co Ltd, White Eagle incorporates a number of interesting features to meet the owners’ specific requirements. These include a forward engineroom, split trawl winches from which the wires are worked over the top of the open shelterdeck, and direct access around the stern of the vessel.
Insured by Sunderland Marine, White Eagle is fitted with Volvo main and auxiliary engines.
A number of well-known companies, including Macduff Shipyards, Stride Engineering, Tecmarine, Hercules Hydraulics, John Reid & Son, R&A Engineering and Tyson’s Ships Riggers, worked closely with the yard and owners
during the construction and rig-out of White Eagle.A detailed feature on White Eagle will be included in
Fishing News next week.
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‘We can’t protect our waters after Brexit’Government admits lack of enforcement capacity
Sustainable fishing boosts EU fleet
The government doubts that Britain will be able to control fishing in its 200-mile EEZ when we become an independent coastal state after Brexit, reports Tim Oliver
This was made clear in a memo from DEFRA, sent by mistake to the BBC, that says that there are just 12 ships ‘to monitor a space three times the size of the surface area of the UK’.
The note says, “While our public position on this wider issue is already clear and widely communicated, in that post-Brexit we will be an independent coastal state with control of our waters, both policy [officials] and MoD [Ministry of Defence] have indicated we are not on an overly strong footing to get ahead of the potential claims that could arise from this story.
“At this stage, there is a lot of uncertainty about the
sufficiency of enforcement in a no-deal because we have 12 vessels that need to monitor a space three times the size of the surface area of the UK.”
Brexit campaign group Fishing for Leave (FFL) slammed the government’s ‘defeatist’ assessment of the enforcement position (see below).
The internal DEFRA email referred to a number of media stories, including one being worked on by a freelance journalist for the Independent, that planned to look at the preparation being made to deter EU fishermen from UK waters in the event of a no-deal Brexit, and also whether the UK will enforce the exclusion of foreign vessels.
In addition to a shortage of ships, the email indicates that the UK needs to urgently hire more maritime enforcement officers ahead of the 31 October Brexit deadline, with ‘additional officers undergoing enforcement training’.
Former First Sea Admiral Lord West, now a Labour peer, said that the UK does not have the capability to enforce a ban on EU fishing vessels.
He told Sky News: “We do not have enough ships to protect our fishing zones should we suddenly have a disagreement with the EU about who is fishing where [after we leave] – we just don’t have enough ships.
“When you include the job
of stopping illegal immigrants, where the Navy needs to help because there aren’t enough cutters, and smuggling, terrorists and so on, we have not got enough vessels in all the agencies to ensure the safety and security of our territorial seas and the protection of our fishing zones.”
NFFO chief executive Barrie Deas said that any EU vessel would be ‘foolish’ to fish in UK waters – even without a deal in place.
He told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme: “Under international law, the UK would automatically become an independent coastal state with the rights and responsibilities of that status, and there is an obligation under
the UN Law of the Sea for countries that share stocks to co-operate.
“So I think there will be a fisheries agreement post-Brexit between the UK and the EU, but on a different basis from the Common Fisheries Policy.”
A government spokesperson said: “Unfortunately, this evening an internal email was inadvertently sent outside of DEFRA. Handling emails allow officials to examine the veracity and details of media enquiries.
“Britain is leaving the EU on October 31, with or without a deal. We are confident that we will have the ships and the expertise we need to properly enforce security in UK waters.”
“Right, to hell with fishing... that’s the torpedo tubes installed, the depth charges on order... all we need to
do now is paint her grey, call DEFRA and tell them we’ve joined the FPV squadron.”
Fishing for Leave (FFL) said that DEFRA’s attitude was ‘rather defeatist’. Britain should be able to make ‘a semi-decent fist’ of protecting its waters, and it would be a ‘high risk’ for EU vessels to fish far into UK waters.
The main front line would be the border zone running from the Dogger Bank in the middle of the North Sea all the way round to between the UK and the Republic of Ireland off Anglesey.
“That’s about 1,200 nautical miles,” said FFL. “Even if there’s only four of the 12 ships that DEFRA lists deployed at once, that’s 300nm per sector for each ship. Steaming at 15 knots, that’s 20 hours from one sector end to the other.
“Therefore, a ship could steam up and down the line daily, watching out for any EU vessel chancing their arm being a half dozen miles the wrong side of it.
“Add in modern radar, monitoring targets behaving as though they are fishing, and spotter planes deployed to direct patrol ships onto vessels fishing illegally with their AIS or legally required VMS switched off, and it doesn’t become insurmountable to pick up most offenders.
“Does DEFRA not rate our proud Royal Navy, or is DEFRA/Whitehall looking for excuses to be soft so as not to upset the EU? We wouldn’t be surprised, going on past form. They never seem to lack the capacity to chase UK boats here, there and everywhere for any offence.”
FFL pointed out that it is a legal requirement for all contracting parties to the North East Atlantic Fisheries Council (NEAFC) to have their vessels fitted with VMS, and to share the data between enforcement agencies. It should therefore not be
difficult to track the majority of law-abiding vessels.
“The EU constantly calls for everything possible to be done to prevent illegal (IUU) fishing, and has the obligation under international law in UNCLOS to prevent its own vessels from illegal fishing – are they going to sit back and let their fleets fish illegally in UK waters?”
Calling for vessels fishing illegally to be impounded and hit with heavy fines, FFL said that Iceland had managed to protect its waters against the Royal Navy during the 1970s cod wars with two small gunboats and no electronic or aerial technology.
It said that protecting our waters was ‘a question of political will’ and that the world would be watching to see whether an independent Britain would stand firm in defence of its waters or be ‘a pushover in international affairs’.
FFL slams ‘defeatist’ government
An EU report has linked the continuing high level of economic performance by the EU fishing fleets with the use of sustainable fishing practices.
The 2019 annual economic report on the EU fishing fleet shows that the high levels of economic performance in 2016 continued into 2017.
EU fisheries commissioner Karmenu Vella said: “This report on Europe’s fishing fleet shows that good results come with good practices. Over the
course of my mandate, I have emphasised the fundamental importance of sustainable fishing. Europe’s fishers are seeing the benefits.”
In 2017, the EU fleet registered a net profit of €1.30bn, only slightly lower than the record €1.34m in 2016. The Commission says that the continued strong performance was the result of higher average fish prices, continued low fuel prices, and the improved status of some important stocks. It
expects the trend to continue into 2018 and 2019, despite some fluctuations in fuel prices.
The sustainable exploitation of fish stocks was identified as an important foundation for the strong performance. The report indicates that economic performance tends to stagnate where fleets depend on stocks that are still overfished or overexploited. While the entire EU fleet was profitable, the results varied by scale of operation and by fishing region.
As expected, the large-scale and the distant-water fleets registered higher economic performance than the small-scale coastal fleets. Fleets operating in the NE Atlantic, where most stocks are being fished at sustainable levels, registered higher economic performance than the Mediterranean fleets, where there is a continuing, though improving, problem of overfishing.
In 2017, the EU fleet’s
gross value added (that is, the contribution of the fishing sector to the economy through wages and gross profit) was €4.5bn – stable in comparison to the record-breaking 2016.
The improved efficiency of the fleet has resulted in a decrease in repair and maintenance costs, as well as other variable costs. Despite a small increase in energy costs (fuel), the average salaries in the sector increased in 2017, continuing a trend that started in 2012.
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An Anglo-Spanish longliner that ran aground off Shetland in the early hours of Sunday, 4 August is now in a precarious position, after initial efforts to tow her off failed, reports Tim Oliver.
The 27m Oban-registered Coelleira OB 93 ran aground on the Vee Skerries near Papa Stour west of Shetland, and a full rescue operation was launched after the vessel put out a distress call at around 1.30am.
All 15 crew were winched to safety by an SAR helicopter from
Anglo-Spanish longliner remains stranded off ShetlandSumburgh, and the RNLI Aith lifeboat was sent to the scene.
There were no injuries, and all the crew were wearing lifejackets. They were taken to hospital in Lerwick for a precautionary check-up, and the Fishermen’s Mission provided support for the stranded fishermen.
The skipper and chief engineer were later taken back onboard to inspect the propeller and engine, but were taken off again after the longliner listed to port.
An attempt to tow the vessel
to discuss the salvage operation, and it was decided that due to poor weather it was not safe to attempt to refloat the vessel.
Revised plans were being developed by the salvors, and the situation was being monitored.
“There is a light sheen in the vicinity, which is being dispersed by the sea. It is believed that the vessel’s fuel and cargo (19t of
Mackerel as far north as SpitsbergenA Norwegian mackerel ecosystem survey has located large volumes of mackerel, but only small quantities of juveniles in coastal waters. Six participating vessels have mapped an area spanning around 3,000,000km2.
The main objective of the survey was a volume measurement of the NE Atlantic mackerel stock, which is used in annual stock calculations and ICES quota advice for mackerel, reported Fiskerforum.
Acoustic assessments of Norwegian spring-spawning herring and blue whiting were also key objectives, along with tracking Atlantic salmon abundance, systematic plankton surveys and observations of marine mammals.
Expedition co-ordinator Leif Nøttestad of the Norwegian Institute of Marine Research said: “Now we better understand that the mackerel, Norwegian spring-spawning herring and blue whiting are distributed over significant sea areas in the summer.”
The survey tracked mackerel all the way north to 76°30’N, and surveying vessels had to travel all the way to 78°N – the latitude of
Spitsbergen – to establish the limit of mackerel distribution.
“There were historically high single catches of mackerel in the northernmost oceans, with a full 4.5t of mackerel after 30 minutes of towing at 76°N, and 700kg of mackerel close to 77°N.
“The average size ranged from 214g south to 609g in the northernmost regions, showing that it is the largest mackerel that are migrating farthest north in the summer. There were several year classes, with two- to 14-year-old mackerel represented in the catches,” said Leif Nøttestad.
“There were small mackerel catches along the entire Norwegian coast from Hordaland in the south to Finnmark in the north, and in more open sea areas between the northeastern Norwegian Sea and the western Barents Sea.
“We established the zero line, where there is no more mackerel, along the coast to the north and towards the Barents Sea. It was also striking how few juvenile mackerel were mapped along the Norwegian coast this year, compared to last year.”
French fishermen have warned that they will blockade Calais and stop any UK fish from entering France if they are not allowed to fish in British waters after a no-deal Brexit, reports Tim Oliver.
Olivier Leprêtre, chairman of the regional fisheries committee in northern France, said: “If there is a hard Brexit, I can assure you that not a single kilo of seafood or fish from Britain will get into France,” reported the Times.
Amid mounting signs of a likely confrontation between the UK and EU fishing states in the event of a no-deal Brexit and restrictions on access to UK waters for EU vessels, Olivier Leprêtre said, “We would set up barricades. All the fishermen along the northern French coast will tell you the same thing.”
He said that if EU trawlers were banned from British waters after Brexit, French waters would be ‘crammed’ with Belgian, Dutch and Spanish boats. He also said that UK scallopers would be banned from French territory.
“But we mustn’t get into a situation where we are killing each other,” said Olivier Leprêtre.
He added that he understood why most British fishermen had voted for Brexit, and said that every fisherman in Europe was ‘fed up’ with the CFP.
The influential Social, Economic and Environmental Council that advises the French government has reported that the country is preparing for violent confrontations between British and French fishermen in the event of a no-deal Brexit.
The Times reported that the council, which sends its reports to the French prime minister, the National Assembly and the Senate, warns of ‘potentially dramatic consequences of Brexit’ for the French industry if there is no
Brexit agreement. The report forecasts bigger
confrontations than those that took place between UK and French fishermen over the east Channel scallop fishery last summer.
The report says that about 200 French vessels take up to 60% of their annual catch in UK waters, and that 1,300 jobs and annual revenue of €150m would be lost if the vessels were banned.
There would also be heavy consequences in the processing and shore sectors.
Further evidence of likely clashes over fisheries after Brexit came in a report from the European parliament. It suggests that Britain should continue to apply CFP regulations after Brexit, and was endorsed by Labour and SNP MEPs.
The report also suggests excluding fish from any future trade deal between Brussels and London unless the UK applies the CFP, which a British MEP branded ‘blackmail’.
Nosheena Mobarik, Conservative MEP for Scotland and the party’s fisheries spokeswoman, slammed the MEPs for backing the report, according to the Daily Express.
She said: “While Conservative MEPs stood up for Britain’s interests, the fisheries sector was betrayed by Labour, the SNP, Lib Dems, the Greens and Plaid Cymru.
“I cannot understand how any British MEP can endorse what amounts to blackmail by the European parliament. This report says the UK must either give up the right to exercise control over its fishing grounds or face losing EU markets for its fish.”
She said that while Conservative MEPs have faith that the UK can become a strong and dynamic maritime nation, ‘it seems
that the opposition parties have no such ambitions for our fishing fleet’.
“This vote will not be forgotten by our fishing communities.”
In another development, leaked documents from civil servants in Whitehall planning for a no-deal Brexit, obtained by Sky News, make similar predictions of potential clashes in British waters.
They voice concerns that there would be ‘friction’ between UK and EU fishing vessels if Britain leaves without a deal, and that this could escalate.
Produced before Boris Johnson became prime minister, headed ‘What this could look like on the ground’ and marked ‘official sensitive’, the documents set out the government’s ‘reasonable worst case’ no-deal Brexit scenarios.
Fishing for Leave (FFL) welcomed the leaked government report as official acknowledgement that EU vessels will be automatically barred from UK waters post-Brexit.
“The only way EU vessels can legally fish in British waters is if our government signs a new agreement to let them,” said FFL leader Aaron Brown.
“Any limited access or resources swaps must only be on a strictly annual basis, and only when Britain receives an equal value of access or resources in return – anything else is a sell-out.”
He said that such a sell-out would see British fishing interests being traded in a wider context – something Boris Johnson had ‘categorically’ said would not happen.
He called for a ‘zero tolerance’ approach to any illegal fishing by EU vessels in British waters along the lines of Norwegian enforcement policy, with vessels impounded and heavy fines for fisheries offences.
French threaten Channel blockade
Waves break over Coelleira…
fish) remain onboard,” said the spokesperson.
Since the initial grounding, Coelleira has constantly been buffeted by northerly winds and swell, with the result that the vessel is virtually underwater.
The MAIB is conducting an investigation into the grounding of Coelleira (formerly Poolster LT 91), which was built in Holland in 1970.
� … aground on the Vee Skerries on Monday, 12 August. (Photos: Sydney Sinclair)
� The areas that the six vessels have mapped during this year’s survey. (Illustration: Institute of Marine Research)
off the rocks was made by a Coastguard emergency towing vessel on the afternoon of 7 August, but failed.
An MCA spokesman said that the vessel had a 55° list to port, and the Coastguard emergency tug Ievoli Black remained on the scene.
A meeting was held on 8 August with all parties involved
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Concerns have been voiced in the past about Britain’s capacity to patrol what will be its extensive exclusive economic zone (EEZ) after Brexit, and to enforce whatever fishing opportunities are agreed between Britain and other EU states, and third countries such as Norway and Faroe.
Doubts have been expressed by senior Navy personnel such as former First Sea Admiral Lord West, who would be expected to have an inside knowledge of the patrol capacity required for the task. Lord West has expressed his view again after the astonishing government email, sent to the media in error, that says we have only 12 ships to enforce our regulations in an area three times the size of the surface area of the UK.
Lord West said that there are ‘not enough vessels in all the agencies to ensure the safety and security of our territorial seas and the protection of our fishing zones’.
If there is a last-minute deal with the EU, the current fisheries arrangements under the CFP will continue for another two years, which will give time to address the problem – although new
patrol capacity cannot be conjured up in five minutes.
But the problem will become particularly acute in the event of a no-deal Brexit on 31 October – which is looking increasingly likely – when we will immediately take full control of our EEZ as an independent sovereign state. There will presumably be a rollover of current arrangements until the end of the year, but we will then have to sit down as a third country and negotiate a fisheries deal for 2020 with the EU and Norway.
This will be a mammoth task, in which the starting negotiating position of the EU will be for nothing to change. Britain will not, of course, throw out all foreign vessels, but will be seeking a significant reduction of fishing effort in our waters.
It is highly likely that this will be unacceptable to other EU member states, and we could well see many vessels continuing to fish as though nothing has changed. In that situation, the UK will need a powerful and effective monitoring and enforcement capacity, which the government has admitted we do not possess.
It remains to be seen just what actions will be taken in such circumstances. There will be a heavy onus on the EU itself to put pressure on the member states to comply with whatever new arrangements are negotiated. The Union lays a heavy emphasis on the need for all vessels to fish legally and sustainably, and will therefore have to bring maximum pressure to bear on any member states that flout the regulations if it is to avoid the charge of hypocrisy.
Meanwhile, we are seeing increasingly belligerent rhetoric from both the French fishing industry and its agriculture minister, threatening blockades and loss of access to the EU market if French fishing rights in UK waters are curtailed after Brexit.
The European parliament has also issued a report calling for UK market access to be denied if fishing opportunities are restricted for EU fleets.
In this confrontational situation that seems to be brewing, the UK appears to be woefully unprepared to protect its new EEZ.
Patrol power must be beefed up
Rod Sadler, a formerly well-known figure in the fishing and marine electronics industries, passed away on 27 July after a long battle with cancer, aged 81.
Rod became well-known in the fishing industry throughout the UK during a 20-year career with Furuno, where he was instrumental in building the Furuno brand.
He joined Furuno in 1979 as UK marketing manager when the Japanese company first entered the UK. Before joining Furuno, he was a service engineer with Redifon, and before that, he was a marine radio officer for Maersk Line.
He was based largely in Southampton, and was particularly well-known in the South West.
John Williams, managing director of Furuno (UK) Ltd, said: “Rod was with Furuno from day one of its starting up in the UK, and all who knew him would agree that his product and industry knowledge was second to none.
“He threw himself into the job, and would go to sea with the skippers whenever a new piece of kit came onto the market, and explain how it worked – he knew the products inside out and upside down, and the skippers respected his knowledge and commitment.
“He also got on extremely well with the dealers, and built up a successful network throughout the country.
“Rod got Furuno into Brixham, where he built strong relationships with leading skippers like Johnny Perkes and John Day. He was a character in a different era, and it was a great loss to Furuno and the fishing industry when he retired
in 1999.” After retirement, Rod enjoyed his passion for photography
and tall-ship sailing. A Southampton FC supporter, Rod was also a keen gardener and enjoyed looking after his allotment.
Rod leaves his wife Iciar, to whom he was married for 51 years, sons Erik and Christian, grandchildren Luke and Daniel, and daughter-in-law Claire. TO
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‘UK CAN’T PROTECT EEZ’ White Eagle lands at KallinThe arrival of the new eight-a-side automated scalloper White Eagle CY 525 on the small island of Grimsay in the Western Isles was a proud occasion for brothers Konrad and Kamil Kosieradzki and their families, reports David Linkie.
Built by C Toms & Son Ltd at Polruan for K&K Fishing Ltd, White Eagle called at Mallaig after steaming nearly 600 miles from Cornwall in 64 hours, before completing the short second leg of her delivery passage across the Minch to Kallin, Grimsay.
Calling into Mallaig for a few hours enabled Bertie McMinn of Western Battery Service to set up White Eagle’s WASSP multibeam sounder.
Designed by Ian Paton of SC McAllister & Co Ltd, White Eagle incorporates a number of interesting features to meet the owners’ specific requirements. These include a forward engineroom, split trawl winches from which the wires are worked over the top of the open shelterdeck, and direct access around the stern of the vessel.
Insured by Sunderland Marine, White Eagle is fitted with Volvo main and auxiliary engines.
A number of well-known companies, including Macduff Shipyards, Stride Engineering, Tecmarine, Hercules Hydraulics, John Reid & Son, R&A Engineering and Tyson’s Ships Riggers, worked closely with the yard and owners
during the construction and rig-out of White Eagle.A detailed feature on White Eagle will be included in
Fishing News next week.
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European investment in Scottish seafood sectorScottish fisheries and processing businesses are to share more than £5.6m in European investment aimed at increasing growth and creating local jobs.
The eighth round of the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF) includes £1.3m for Seafood Scotland, to help it maximise key export markets, and £1.35m for JK Thomson in Musselburgh, to support the construction of a new processing factory.
Announcing the latest awards, rural
minister Mairi Gougeon said: “The marine economy plays a vital role in supporting coastal communities, and is critical to our ambitions to double the value of our food and drink industry.
“From grants which will help open up existing and new export markets, to the funding of new and improved factory facilities, this £5.6m investment will support the marine economy supply chain, boosting growth and creating local jobs.
“With this round fully committing all allocated funding to the Scottish
processing sector, I call on the UK government to meet its pledge to provide the required additional funding to allow future rounds to proceed, so that businesses can continue to grow and deliver sustainable economic growth for the seafood sector.
“This funding should be transferred to the Scottish government for disbursement in Scotland, in line with the devolved settlement.”
The total £5.6m grant comprises £4.2m from the EU and £1.4m from the Scottish government.
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Agreement between mobile and static-gear vessels as Windsock reopened
� Chart showing the designated areas agreed before the Windsock reopened.
The recent revision of the EU’s Technical Conservation Regulation (850/98) has reopened an area of sea to the north of Scotland known as the Windsock that has been permanently closed to mobile fishing since 2003.
The change, which is applied from 14 August, has been widely welcomed by trawlers, but less so by creel fishermen, who have had exclusive use of the area for a number of years.
In a move to avoid potential conflict, a number of associations have been working for some weeks in an attempt to strike a balance and reach agreement on shared use of the space. With the welcome involvement of Marine Scotland, which facilitated the meetings and helped the group navigate some early hurdles, industry representatives are pleased that agreement has been reached which is seen to strike a fair position for all concerned.
Mike Park, CEO of the Scottish White Fish Producers’ Association (SWFPA), told Fishing News: “While my members are looking forward to getting access to what was once traditional fishing grounds, they do understand the need to come to agreement on shared use of the space. They understand the right for everyone to make a living, and that no one has primacy over the sea. However, they are under increasing pressure for space from foreign gill-net and line vessels, and were keen to see a sensible agreement reached as a result.”
Fiona Matheson, secretary of Orkney Fishermen’s Association, who was representing a mix of mobile and static members during the negotiations, said: “I am pleased that we have been able to sit down with others and talk through a number of options to come to a compromise which addresses planned access. Displacement was an important issue for us to mitigate pressure elsewhere, as were the economic links to the Orkney processing factories that are so important to us locally. I hope this type of positive negotiating atmosphere can help all sectors going forward.”
To address the issue, representatives of both sectors met with a view to agreeing a joint approach. The following agreement is understood to be a social contract between organisations, and by extension the operators.
Over two meetings and one conference call which included representatives from the Orkney, Clyde and Shetland fishermen’s associations and the SWFPA, agreement was reached as
follows:1. Shared use of an area that has been designated as the West Shetland Shelf MPA 2. The agreement contains four distinctly different levels: ● areas of exclusive use for both mobile and static gears● an area of shared access subject to communication at the vessel level ● increased VMS pings from vessels operating within close proximity to the MPA (possibly 10 miles) ● ring-fenced monitoring by Marine Scotland Compliance of the area currently designated as creel only3. The areas of exclusive use will be in place from 14 August, 2019 to 14 February, 2020, although
the situation will be revisited after three months4. The area on the map shaded orange, enclosed by joining waypoints Z1, Z2, J, L and A, will be exclusively for creel operations. The remaining area, shaded green, enclosed by joining waypoints B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, Z2 and Z1, is for exclusive use of mobile gears 5. The area shaded yellow, formed by joining waypoints J, K and L, is an area of joint access, where skippers operating mobile gear are expected to communicate with creel vessels. Mobile vessels will deploy gear in the area only when it is confirmed that conflict will not occur6. Mobile vessels will be encouraged to increase the frequency of VMS pings when
operating within 10 miles of the MPA, on the premise that it provides a higher degree of transparency and accountability. Guidance has been requested from Marine Scotland with regard to the required procedure7. There is an expectation that Marine Scotland will support this agreement by monitoring and informing on incursions into the exclusive creel activity area. It is expected that such monitoring will be similar in approach to that applied to the voluntary closed area within the Fladen Grounds. Incursions should be communicated to both Orkney FA and SWFPA. There is a responsibility on these associations to contact the vessels concerned.
� Table of lat/long co-ordinates for the boundaries.
The Welsh government has published a management action plan for marine protected areas (MPAs) for 2019-2020.
Welsh environment minister Lesley Griffiths said that the Welsh government is committed to improving Wales’ marine biodiversity, and that she has approved additional funding for four actions costing £138,500.
She said: “Management of our network of MPAs is a shared responsibility across a number of management authorities. A well-designed and well-managed network of MPAs, alongside wider marine management measures such as marine planning, is integral to achieving clean, healthy, safe, productive and biologically diverse seas.
“It contributes to the resilience and long-term sustainability of our seas, which is important to our coastal communities, the well-being of the people of Wales, and to those who visit our shores.”
The action plan for 2019-2020 has been produced by the MPA management steering group and is the key tool for guiding management authorities to deliver the long-term vision for the management of the MPA network in Wales.
It lists 25 priority actions that reflect the breadth of MPA management activity that takes place day in, day out across Wales, as well as specific interventions and projects.
The action plan reflects progress over the past 12 months, and the steering group has also published its MPA network management annual report for 2018-2019.
This report details progress in the delivery of management actions and activity relating to improving the evidence base, increasing understanding of pressures on MPA features and the wider marine environment, and strengthening the decision-making and implementation processes.
� Pathway crossing the bay before landing MSC-accredited North Sea herring at Peterhead last week.
Tasty, healthy to eat and sustainable – new herring season gets underway!The North Sea summer herring fishery gathered momentum last week when several boats left Fraserburgh harbour to start fishing. More vessels are expected to sail following the Invercairn Gala festivities.
With the Scottish North Sea herring season moving into top gear, now is the perfect time for consumers to include this tasty and nutritious fish in their weekly shopping basket.
Herring is an incredibly nutritious fish, packed full of minerals, vitamins and omega-3 fatty acids that are so important for heart health.
Robert Duthie of the Scottish Pelagic Processors’ Association said: “Scottish North Sea herring has great flavour and is healthy to eat, which means it ticks all the right boxes when looking for something new to try in your weekly shop.”
Once affectionately known as ‘silver darlings’, North Sea herring is one of the most sustainable types of fish, and carries the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) ecolabel for the responsible way the fishery is managed.
Ian Gatt of the Scottish Pelagic Sustainability Group added: “Our herring fishermen are committed to sustainable fishing, and with the stock in great shape, this is a fish that should be on everyone’s menu.”
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Fleet Survey researcher’s diary 4: how to deal with seals by Seafish fleet researcher Oscar Wilkie For some of the fishermen I’ve been speaking to, the biggest challenges aren’t coming from geo-political factors or economic uncertainty, but rather from dealing with one particular species: seals.
I spoke to many net fishermen in South Devon whose businesses are being made almost unviable by seals helping themselves to their catch.
Catches from trammel and gill nets set overnight often comprise 10 times as many partially eaten (and completely unsellable) fish as untouched ones. Some fishermen were even aware of seals following their boats as they headed out to set nets, seemingly aware that an effort-
How then do tourism and fishing – and even fishermen and seals – find a way to peacefully coexist?
Many of the fishermen I spoke to have been trialling non-lethal controls, although contrasting fortunes have been reported. In areas where tests of acoustic devices have been allowed, some have suggested that they can act as a ‘dinner bell’ for seals, while one fisherman – who had noticed positive results thanks to the method – thought that if the reward was significant enough, then seals could bear the devices for long enough to claim it!
But it’s clear that not all fishing businesses can bear the seals forever.
free meal would soon be on offer. But there is no such thing as a free lunch, and it’s the fishermen who have to pick up the bill, sometimes with the added costs of repairing damaged nets.
With seal numbers in the South West thought to be increasing, some advocate culling as a solution. Talk of the c-word is guaranteed to evoke strong and differing opinions, but there is a local economic reality to consider. The busy boat tours promising tourists the chance to see these admittedly beautiful creatures up close reminds us how much tourism contributes to Devon and Cornwall’s fishing towns.
� Seafish fleet researcher Oscar Wilkie.
MAKING RISK SIMPLE
The UK Fishing Safety Management Code was launched on a voluntary basis two years ago. This was quite a shift in the way many in the industry thought about safety. Traditionally, safety regulation concentrated on the vessel itself – is it structurally safe, is it stable, and is there safety equipment onboard? With safety management, the emphasis moves more towards how safely the vessel is operated. Basically, is it a safe place to work?
A fundamental part of safety management is the dreaded risk assessment. It doesn’t matter if you work on a fishing vessel, on a construction site or in an office – these two words nearly always elicit a response of despair (or something stronger…).
Unfortunately, all too often risk assessments have been seen as something that gets in the way of
doing proper work, or as being too long-winded and bureaucratic. Even worse, risk assessments are often carried out by someone who has little idea of the realities of the task in hand. Somehow, we have lost sight of the real purpose of the risk assessment, and the process has been overcomplicated.
Resources such as the ‘Safety Folder’ provide an excellent common-sense approach to all the necessary aspects of safety management and risk assessments. But let’s strip this back to basics. Everyone carries out risk assessments all the time without even knowing it. Crossing the road? You assess the risk and then you decide how, where and when it is safe to cross. So why is it difficult to transfer this natural and simple process into the workplace?
The following simple process can help anyone assess the risk when planning a task, or when circumstances change in the middle of carrying out a task.
Think: What is the job in hand? What can go wrong? This is the hazard. A hazard is something that can cause you, others, or the vessel, harm.Think: What is the chance of it happening? How likely is it that what could go wrong will actually happen? Think: How badly can it hurt me, others or the vessel? If it does go wrong, how harmful could it be? Think: What can I do about this? How can I prevent it, or make it less harmful? These are the actions that can be taken to lower the likelihood of it going wrong, or to make it less harmful if it does go wrong.Think: Is it now safe to do the job? Is the risk now acceptable?
A high chance of something bad happening, coupled with a high level of harm, would clearly be an unacceptable risk. Something will have to be done. The steps taken to lower the risk are commonly referred to as ‘control measures’, and can be
used to form the basis of a work procedure or job checklist. It’s important to get these control measures right, and that they are reasonable and practical. The cost and manpower needed should be proportional to the benefit they bring. If they’re over the top, then the crew are likely to work around them just to get the job done, potentially resulting in the job being made more dangerous.
Risk does not have to be complicated, and it doesn’t always mean having to hand over money to safety consultants. Sometimes it pays to keep it simple.
Risk assessment top tipsThe crew actually carrying out the job must be involved in the risk assessment process. They should all think about the risk – it’s not somebody else’s responsibility.
People are more likely to use a risk assessment if the process and the reasons for it are explained.
Remember that a pre-written risk assessment might not cover all the risks for your specific task. Don’t assume that by following the old one, the job will be made safe.
Keep reviewing your risk assessments – things can and do change!
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In the third of an occasional series, the Sunderland Marine team provides guidance on safe working and claims avoidance in a number of key areas on fishing vessels. Alvin Forster, deputy director of loss prevention at Sunderland Marine and North P&I Club, discusses risk assessment
� Alvin Forster, deputy director of loss prevention at Sunderland Marine and North P&I Club.
The MMO and DEFRA have an ongoing project to assess the scale of seal problems for small boats on the English coast, and have recently published a report documenting their findings so far. While it’s not surprising that nature should find a way to benefit from fishing, an equally creative solution is going to have to be found for the fishermen.
Seafish’s fleet researchers are visiting ports across the UK and talking to skippers and vessel owners for the annual Fleet Survey until September. Visit Seafish’s website to find out more about the survey and when they will be in your area, at: bit.ly/2MiCw9l
Photographers across the UK have just one week left to enter their best images of the sea in the annual photography competition run by national maritime charity the Shipwrecked Mariners’ Society.
The competition, which closes on Monday, 26 August, encourages amateur and professional photographers to submit pictures that best encapsulate Britain’s enduring connection with the sea, to celebrate the nation’s proud maritime heritage and its reliance on seafarers. The winning photographer will win a prize of £500 in photographic equipment vouchers.
The Shipwrecked Mariners’ Society, which this year celebrates its 180th anniversary, is on the lookout for images including ships and wrecks, seascapes, industry and leisure for its seventh annual photography competition, which is backed by headline supporter Ensign and the Fishmongers’ Company.
The competition’s prestigious judging panel includes Sunday Times picture editor Ray Wells, picture editor of the i Sophie Batterbury, and the chief executive of the Shipwrecked Mariners’ Society, Captain Justin Osmond RN.
Captain Osmond said: “The UK has always had a close relationship with the sea, and the beauty of this competition is that we get to see what it means to different people throughout the nation – whether it
relates to work or recreation. “The standard of entries we’ve seen this year has
once again been exceptional, with a vast number of entries from across the country, showcasing the true beauty of our coastlines and those who live and work along them.
“So if you are an amateur or professional photographer, we are extremely enthusiastic to see all of your entries, and hope that the competition continues to grow, further increasing awareness of the critical role played by maritime professionals every single day.”
The Shipwrecked Mariners’ Society provides financial assistance to fishermen, mariners and their dependants who are suffering hardship, whether due to accident, ill health or unemployment, or in retirement after a life spent working at sea. Over the past year, the society has helped former seafarers, their widows and dependants in over 2,000 cases of need, distributing grants totalling over £1.4m, which made a huge difference to their quality of life.
To enter the competition, for full terms and conditions, and for more information about the work of the society, visit: shipwreckedmariners.org.uk or the society’s Facebook or Twitter pages: facebook.com/shipwreckedmariners and @ShipwreckedSoc
Last call for winning sea photosSeafarers UK is asking owners of flagpoles throughout the island nation to raise awareness of merchant navy seafarers by flying a Red Ensign ashore on Merchant Navy Day – Tuesday, 3 September.
Continuing its campaign, started in 2015, the charity has invited more than 10,000 local authorities and councils around the UK to hoist the British merchant navy’s official flag on civic buildings and prominent flagpoles in public places.
Nick Harvey, campaigns manager at Seafarers UK, said: “Merchant Navy Day on 3 September provides a perfect opportunity to show support for the seafarers on whom the UK depends by
proudly flying the Red Ensign as publicly as possible, for all to see.”
Seafarers UK is now reaching out to owners of private and commercial premises with flagpoles, offering inexpensive Red Ensigns in a wide range of sizes from the Hampshire Flag Company.
A free guide to taking part is available to download at: bit.ly/31szhAr
All participants are being added to a prestigious ‘roll of honour’ at: merchantnavyday.uk
Flying the Red Ensign to signal the UK’s dependence on merchant navy seafarers
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GOOD HOPEFraserburgh skipper Willie Farquhar and the crew of the 26.5m trawler Good Hope FR 891 fished their first North Sea trip earlier this month, before landing 840 boxes of mixed fish into Peterhead last Tuesday for the midweek market, reports David Linkie
Good Hope is reported to have performed well on her seven-day
maiden trip, during which the trawler encountered a spell of scruffy weather that provided an encouraging early indication of the vessel’s seakeeping capabilities.
Good Hope is the latest in a succession of new builds by Macduff Shipyards to be completed ahead of schedule. As a result, the vessel was able to complete two successful back-to-back shakedown trips before being named at Macduff
this week, on Thursday, 22 August.
Designed and built by Macduff Shipyards for the Good Hope Fishing Company Ltd, Good Hope replaces a previous 20.4m wooden-hulled boat of the same name, built at Macduff in 1987 as the pair-trawler Solitaire BF 99 for Grimsby skipper Bob Collins.
From the start of the new Good Hope project, the owners and skippers liaised closely with the yard to develop a vessel that would combine optimum levels of fishing flexibility with good
seakeeping qualities and fuel efficiency.
In years to come, Good Hope is expected to fish in a wide arc across the top of Scotland, extending from Rockall to north and east of Shetland.
Given the continuing absence of a crystal ball and any defining clarity on the outcome of
Brexit, which has been the one constant factor throughout the design and build of Good Hope, the owners focused on trying to futureproof the vessel as much as possible.
The end result is a vessel with the capability of twin-rig trawling for whitefish or prawns, as well as being equally suitable
for either single-boat trawling or pair-seining.
Given the contrasting requirements for these different fishing methods, delivering these took a considerable amount of divergent thinking, particularly in relation to the potentially greater carrying capacity and ice production associated with
Good Hope heading out from Macduff for sea trials, in early-morning mist and rain.
� General view of the catch-handling arrangements.
– DESIGNED TO DELIVER MAXIMUM LEVELS OF FISHING VERSATILITY IN YEARS TO COME
� Two single net drums and trawl tracks are arranged abaft the wheelhouse on the shelterdeck.
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pair-seining.As a result, although
broadly similar to recent 24m LOA vessels built by Macduff Shipyards, Good Hope features a new hull design. The biggest single difference is that the overall length was increased to 26.5m in order to allow for a larger fishroom, and to fine the underwater lines to help increase efficiency of water flow around the hull to the propeller aperture. The benefits of increasing the hull length are fully obvious from the amount of space available throughout Good Hope, particularly aft of the six net drums located on the quarter and atop the shelterdeck.
The initial hull design began with CFD testing on the proposed model to evaluate resistance and compare it to the previous 24m model, with the CFD study also helping to steer the direction for the final production hull model. At the same time, the stability was calculated and assessed to confirm a good margin over the MCA requirements.
As is customary for the yard, the hull development was the product of close collaboration with Macduff Ship Design, which also provided full stability and kit construction information. The kit construction details were then sent to Macduff Profilers, a division of the shipyard, which supplied the steel kit for the vessel, and the complete vessel was fabricated, engineered and fitted out in the yard’s build hall in Macduff prior to being rolled out on the adjoining slipway.
A few hours before Good Hope sailed on her maiden trip from Fraserburgh harbour, skipper Willie Farquhar said: “The Macduff team was very receptive to our suggestions during the design and build stages, and helped us to customise Good Hope to our personal preferences and specification, by being willing to accommodate all requests effectively every step of the way.
“That Good Hope performed totally as planned and expected on fishing trials says everything about Macduff Shipyards. The level of internal finish and engineering speaks for itself.
“Everyone who contributed to the end result should be
very proud of the part they played in building Good Hope. Although no one can predict the fishing opportunities that will be available in the future, either short- or long-term, I’m confident that Good Hope will prove to be a safe, efficient and
� The wheelhouse interior.
First boxes raise £820 for Fraserburgh MissionThe first two boxes of fish landed at Peterhead by skipper Willie Farquhar and the crew of the new Good Hope raised a total of £820 for charity when the longstanding tradition was generously supported by buyers on Peterhead fishmarket.
A box of cod attracted a final bid of £320 from Cowie Seafoods of Peterhead.
The second box, of monkfish, sold for £500 when
five local fish-processing companies, AGD Duff & Partners, Whitelink Seafoods, Jack Fish (PD), Seafood Ecosse and G&J Jack (FR), offered to donate £100 each before the sale.
The £820 raised will be donated to Fraserburgh Fishermen’s Mission.
Skipper Willie Farquhar and Good Hope’s crew expressed their sincere thanks to the merchants for their support of the first boxes.
� Good Hope skippers Willie Farquhar and John Watt.
� The C32 ACERT main engine and twin Beta Marine gensets.
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economical boat to run.”While boxing and storing a
new boat is a red-letter day for all skippers and crew, it was particularly memorable for mate/relief skipper John Watt who, just six hours before throwing off the ropes in the Balaclava basin, learned that he had passed his Class 1 skipper’s ticket following three months of intensive study at the Scottish Maritime Academy, Peterhead.
Insured by British Marine, and working through Peter & J Johnstone (Fraserburgh) Ltd, Good Hope is initially expected to fish trips of six to eight days’ duration, before landing her catches into Peterhead fishmarket.
The vessel is of double chine hull form, incorporating a box-
section keel with a bulbous bow and transom stern. It features two complete decks and is fully built from Lloyds Grade A steel, apart from the aluminium wheelhouse and mast.
Good Hope has main dimensions of LOA 26.5m,
� A spacious galley is situated aft of the messdeck on the starboard side of the deck casing.
� Premier Refrigeration installed the deck and aft bulkhead chilling system fitted in Good Hope’s fishroom, which has a working capacity of 1,200-plus stacker boxes.
� Three beds are arranged on the starboard side of the main eight-berth accommodation cabin.
� Ready for Good Hope’s maiden trip – left to right: James Simpson, Rene Boy, Ryan Buchan, David McLean, Willie Farquhar and John Watt.
� Clothes-washing and drying facilities are built into the shower room.
Below the main deck, from the transom Good Hope is arranged into four compartments: cabin, engineroom, fish hold and
forepeak, in which a large freshwater tank is housed.
Under the full-length steel shelterdeck, which is formed as an extension of the hull without a gunwale rail, a watertight full-width deckhouse separates the weathertight catch-handling
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area forward from the net-handling area on the quarter. The connecting passageway in the deck casing is offset to the port rail.
In line with the now customary practice, an additional bulkhead is fitted forward on the main deck to create a dedicated winch compartment, thereby keeping the trawl wires clear of the fish-handling area.
The winch room is accessed through a dedicated watertight walk-in compartment, housing a 2.5t Geneglace flake ice machine and some of the
� … including Crewsaver lifejackets fitted with PLBs.
� An extensive selection of protective clothing is ready for use in the port passageway…
� Two tables are fitted in the spacious messdeck and galley.
� A 2.5t Geneglace flake ice machine and machinery for the fishroom chilling system, installed by Premier Refrigeration, are arranged in a dedicated compartment that leads forward to the winch room.
machinery serving the fishroom chilling system, supplied by Premier Refrigeration.
A similar-sized room is positioned on the starboard side
forward of the catch reception hopper, enabling a second ice machine to be easily installed at a later date should Good Hope be used for pair-seining.
Fraserburgh twin-rig trawlsTwo Fraserburgh companies, Faithlie Trawl and Strachan Trawls, made the twin-rig nets now being used by Good Hope.
The choice of suppliers maintains skipper Willie Farquhar’s longstanding association with Willie Hepburn and Bruce Strachan’s teams.
When targeting mainly groundfish on cleaner ground, Good Hope tows two Faithlie Trawl scraper-style nets rigged on 220ft of ground gear made up with 8in- and 10in-diameter discs.
Strachan Trawls supplied three discer nets for use on harder bottom. These slightly higher-standing semi-hopper Rockall-style nets are set on
140ft of 10in- and 12in-diameter ground gear.
Both types of twin-rig gear work in combination with 60 fathoms of 34mm-diameter Malleta steel core combination sweeps, supplied by Jackson Trawls of Peterhead.
The twin-rig trawls are spread by a set of Thyborøn semi-pelagic Blue Stream Type 22 trawl doors with a high-standing surface area of 3m² and weighing 840kg, and a 1,150kg middle roller manufactured by Macduff Shipyards.
Three 275-fathom lengths of 22mm-diameter fire-core wire were supplied by Karl Thomson of Buckie.
� A 220ft scraper net wound on the port-side single net drum atop the shelterdeck.
� Good Hope’s scraper and discer nets were supplied by Faithlie Trawl and Strachan Trawls of Fraserburgh.
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Arranged on the starboard side, the immaculately finished combined galley/messdeck features two smaller tables rather than a single bigger one, providing maximum ease of access for the skipper and crew at all times.
The usual range of electrical
units in the galley were supplied by RD Downie of Fraserburgh which, as customary with all Macduff builds, wired Good Hope and manufactured the engineroom and wheelhouse electrical distribution cabinet boards.
Accessed from the port-side
passageway, the deckhouse also includes a spacious shower room incorporating washer and tumble-drier units, in addition to a separate WC compartment. Incorporating bench seating, wash basin and extensive locker storage, the spacious passageway also includes heated storage for the crew’s protective clothing. Crewsaver lifejackets fitted with PLBs and hard hats were among the extensive range of personnel safety equipment supplied by Caley Fisheries of Fraserburgh.
Good Hope’s lifesaving appliances and pyrotechnics came from Caley Fisheries.
Blue Anchor Fire and Safety supplied the vessel’s CO² system and fire extinguishers.
Down the aft stair, the main accommodation cabin is arranged to give eight berths – five to starboard and three on the port side, together with generous locker and drawer storage provision. A separate two-berth skipper’s cabin lies
to port, opposite a walk-in compartment housing medical and associated equipment.
Trawling arrangementsMacduff Shipyards manufactured most of the deck equipment installed on Good
Hope, including the three-drum trawl winch positioned forward on the main deck in a separate winch room. Rated 30t core pull, the winch is fitted with Hagglund two-speed drive motors for faster hauling and shooting of the wires.
� A large-capacity three-drum winch, manufactured in-house by the yard, is housed in a dedicated winch room forward on the main deck.
Two sets of two 10t split
net drums are mounted on the
quarter.
� A codend Gilson is positioned forward of the square-framed lifting gantry. Separate dedicated pair-seining and trawling sheaves are located near the forward starboard corner of the wheelhouse.
� An MKB13 kinked-boom Thistlelift crane, complete with tilting 24in powerblock, is centrally mounted on the trawl gantry between two auxiliary gear-handling winches.
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The winch barrels are spooled with 275 fathoms of 22mm-diameter fibre-core wire and an additional 25 fathoms of backing wire.
Led up from the drums at nearly 45° to hooded rollers, the outer wires run across the top of the shelterdeck to a second set of sheaves positioned near the forward corners of the wheelhouse, from where they are directed upwards and outwards towards hanging blocks mounted on a conventional trawl gantry. The middle wire runs under the wheelhouse floor before leading
upwards to pass over a roller incorporated into the transom rail, directly above a secure track for the safe storage of the middle roller.
A fourth sheave, mounted on the shelterdeck between the side of the hull and the sheave through which the starboard wire runs when Good Hope is either single- or twin-rig trawling, will come into play when the vessel is pair-seining.
Two sets of two 10t split net drums are arranged side by side on the non-watertight wooden-decked quarter, in line with the customary transom shooting
Wheelhouse electronics from Woodsons and Furuno UKThe comprehensive array of electronics equipment installed in Good Hope’s wheelhouse was supplied and commissioned by the local Fraserburgh companies Woodsons and Furuno UK Ltd.
The majority of the display screens are flush-mounted over two levels in the main forward console, or in the U-shaped fishing console situated to starboard aft, which provides a commanding view of hauling and shooting activities across the stern.
Two NorSap seats flank a small central console, on which the controls for the autopilot and radar sets are mounted.
Including an office area and tea/coffee-making facilities, the spacious wheelhouse is finished to the exemplary high standards for which the Macduff Shipyards team is renowned.
Bottom-sounding and fish
detection duties onboard Good Hope are handled by a Simrad ES80 38Hz echosounder and a WASSP F3i (160kHz) multibeam sounder. The multibeam unit provides seabed mapping and real-time ground hardness, enabling the skippers to quickly build up an accurate 3D representation of the bottom they are fishing, so that the trawls can be towed tight to small peaks and ground edges where fish could be lying.
Information from the WASSP is displayed through the MaxSea TimeZero chart plotter.
Olex 3D and Sodena Easywin plotting systems, supporting a combination of AIS, ARPA, tides and charts, are also fitted.
Two Furuno GP39 GPS navigators process details of Good Hope’s location, and vessel heading is provided via a ComNav GPS gyrocompass.
Two Furuno FAR 1513 BB radar units are fitted, served by 6ft and 4ft scanners.
The main radar is a Furuno FAR 2127 X-band unit, backed up by a Furuno DRS6AX set.
Steering is handled by a Navitron NT921G MKII autopilot system complete with three steering tillers and rudder indicators.
Communications and safety equipment includes a Sailor 6310 GMDSS radio telephone, Icom and Sailor VHFs, Easy Navtex, Orton TR-8000 Class A AIS, Orton TRON 60S EPIRB, eSEA 60Ka internet communications and eSEA 80 satellite TV systems.
A total of 16 Neovo X-series 24in widescreen monitors,
controlled through an eight by eight-way HDMI matrix complete with iPad control, provide displays from the vessel’s fishing, navigation and CCTV systems.
Installed by Woodsons, the
vessel’s CCTV system features images from 10 strategically located cameras, in addition to an underwater camera monitoring the propeller and rudder.
� The fishing console is arranged in the starboard aft corner of the wheelhouse.
� Two NorSap skipper’s seats flank a central console.
� Fishing and navigation information is displayed through a matrix-operated system on the 24in wide screens flush-mounted over two levels in the main forward console.
� Looking forward over the central island console to the main forward console and overhead displays.
and hauling hatches, the lower edges of which are fitted with free-turning large-diameter rollers.
Two more trawls can be carried on single net drums (10t) mounted on the shelterdeck aft
of the wheelhouse. These drums are served by long deck tracks leading to an opening across the transom.
The availability of six 10t net drums provides Good Hope’s skippers and crew with a high
degree of fishing flexibility at all times. Good Hope is usually expected to carry five nets ready to shoot, leaving a sixth drum free for use in the event of a badly torn trawl.
Thistle Marine Ltd supplied
� Looking forward along the large reception hopper.
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the MKB13 kinked-boom crane and tilting 24in powerblock, which is centrally fitted atop the trawl gantry. Two general-purpose 4.5t gear-handling winches are fitted on either side of the crane to give further options when working the twin-rig trawls. Together with nylon sheaves mounted across the aft end of the wheelhouse roof, the auxiliary winches can also be used to yo-yo torn nets from the
quarter up to the shelterdeck.
Catch-handling arrangementsThe codends are taken aboard forward on the starboard side by a 5t Gilson winch serving a square-framed lifting gantry arranged over a hydraulically operated hatch and a large-capacity reception hopper, capable of holding over 200 boxes of whitefish.
The layout and working arrangements in the catch-handing area forward of the deck casing is customised to the owners’ specific requirements.
A fully integrated aluminium and stainless steel fish-handling system, designed and fabricated by Macduff Shipyards to enhance catch quality while
Port quarter view of Good Hope, showing the working arrangements across the stern.
� The main transverse conveyor moves catches across the beam, from which selections are made into integrated selection bins and chutes.
� The foreside of the catch-handling system fitted on the main deck amidships.
� A second conveyor leads gutted and washed fish forward to a double-flap hopper for delivery to the fishroom.
� Overall view of the extensive catch-handling deck.
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reducing the crew’s workload, lies at the heart of working arrangements.
A transverse conveyor lifts catches from the base of the hopper and across the full beam of the vessel. After being selected and gutted, the main selections of fish are placed in one of the eight elevated selection hoppers available. When full, the contents are released directly downwards into one of four integrated washers. After being cleaned, the selections flow on to a second conveyor positioned along the side of the reception hopper, for delivery via a double pivoting flap and twin chutes to
the fishroom for weighing and boxing.
Large monkfish and other species are placed in a trough that runs parallel to the transverse conveyor into a dedicated receiving hopper in which they can be hand-washed by hose, before being returned towards the starboard side for delivery to the fishroom.
Smaller and less frequent selections (including whole prawns and tails) can be made into any of 10 chutes, leading through the main selection hoppers to baskets placed above the washers, or on the main deck at the feet of crewmen standing on raised gratings at the selection hopper forward of the deck casing.
The catch-handling area is kept free of excess water from the fish washers by two deck sumps drained by electrically driven Azcue pumps.
On delivery to the starboard side of the fishroom, catches are electronically weighed, with part-basket weights stored on the vessel’s VCU catch management system, before a label displaying all relevant information, including species, grade, size, time and date, is printed off and affixed to the end of the corresponding box. This information is also transferred automatically to a PC in the wheelhouse, where it is accumulated to provide a
running total of Good Hope’s trips.
The vessel’s fishroom has a working capacity of 1,200-plus stacker boxes, supplied by GKN. Up to 4t of flake ice can be stored in a full-height locker on the port side, directly under the 2.5t Geneglace flake ice machine housed in the dedicated refrigeration plant room on the main deck. Similar storage capacity will be
� A VCU catch management system is located in a dedicated compartment in the fishroom.
Scanmar Scanbas net-monitoring system Good Hope is equipped with the new generation of Scanbas 365 multi-trawl software system to monitor her fishing gear.
Supplied, installed and commissioned by the team from Scanmar UK, Peterhead, the system uses the new WDR-42 receiver unit (wideband digital receiver) and
the new sensor configuration unit (SCU). Together with the latest 365 software, this allows the sensors to be configured from the multi-display units in the wheelhouse. The system is very similar to the one that Scanmar UK supplied to the new Fraserburgh midwater trawler Taits earlier this year.
Gear sensors include
SS4 double-distance units including SS4 clump and SS4 slave sensors, and an HC4-TS150 trawl sounder. The last of these shows the headline height, the headline opening and the clearance from the footrope to the bottom.
A QBC-X1 charging unit was also supplied by Scanmar UK.
Good Hope returned an average top speed of
10.8 knots on sea trials in the Moray Firth.
� A Cummins QSL9 variable-speed auxiliary engine runs the vessel’s main hydraulic pumps through a Centa drive unit.
provided to starboard should a second Geneglace ice machine be installed at a later date for pair-seining.
The fishroom refrigeration system, which uses 22mm-diameter stainless steel refrigeration pipes mounted on the deckhead, and stainless steel-sheathed copper piping on the engineroom bulkhead, was installed by Premier Refrigeration Ltd of Fraserburgh.
When landing, a small Gilson mounted on the underside of the shelterdeck is used to pull stacks of boxes forward to the centre of the fishroom, from where they are lifted ashore through a large hatch by a Thistle Marine MFB8 stiff-boom crane served by a 2t landing winch.
EngineroomGood Hope is powered by a
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Caterpillar C32 ACERT main engine supplied by Finning UK Ltd.
Developing 492kW @ 1,800rpm and solely dedicated to propulsion duties, the main engine drives a 2,500mm-diameter four-bladed fixed-pitch Wärtsilä propeller, turning in a new design of matching Wärtsilä fixed nozzle through a Masson 9.077:1 reduction gearbox.
The remaining stern gear package was designed in-house by the shipyard and manufactured by Macduff Precision Engineering on CNC machines. Good Hope is the third fishing vessel built by the yard to be fitted with identical stern gear packages. Fitted with Wärtsilä Deep Sea Seals, the oil-lubricated stern gear packages are reported to be performing exceptionally well, delivering a very smooth and quiet performance in all operating modes and strong towing
performance.As is becoming relatively
standard for the yard’s new builds, a triple rudder system is fitted. Over the years, these have proven to be popular with skippers, providing a high level of manoeuvrability and increasing the vessel’s ability to tow across the tide.
The centreline combination gave Good Hope an average
top speed of 10.8 knots on sea trials in the Moray Firth. This provided immediate confirmation of the benefits of increasing the waterline length, as indicated by CFD testing during the design of the hull, allied to the efficiency of the chosen centreline machinery package.
A Cummins QSL9 variable-speed auxiliary engine (245kW @ 1,800rpm), mounted on the port
tank top, drives the hydraulic pumps for the deck machinery through a Centa drive.
A back-up hydraulic net-retrieve system is powered by two electrically driven pump sets, each of 45kW and capable of running simultaneously if both Beta Marine generators are used.
Electrical supplies onboard Good Hope are provided by two Cummins 6BT5.9D2(M) engines (86kW @ 1,500rpm) driving 81.6kW 415/3/50 Mecc Alte generators. Supplied by Beta Marine, the electrical gensets will usually be run alternately.
Cooling for the four engines and the hydraulic system is provided through freshwater box coolers supplied and fitted by Blokland Non Ferro, arranged across the forward end of the engineroom.
Two electrically driven 150-amp Transmotor alternators provide 24V DC supplies to the four sets of batteries fitted – one for each engine and an emergency bank. A Victron 24V battery charger and inverter are also fitted.
A combination of a 5,150-litre double-bottom tank under the fishroom floor, two 9,650-litre wing tanks and the 1,500-litre daily service tank in the engineroom allow 25,800 litres of fuel to be carried.
A large bulbous bow tank and a double-bottom tank below the fish hold carry 21,800 litres of freshwater between them.
A T700 hydraulic bow thruster supplied by Hardy Engineering is fitted to give Good Hope maximum manoeuvrability when operating in restricted spaces. ■
� … drives a 2,500mm-diameter four-bladed propeller turning in a matching Wärtsilä nozzle.
� Good Hope’s Cat C32 ACERT main engine…
� Two 45kW electric-drive pumps provide a full net-retrieve system…
� … when both Beta Marine gensets are running.
Good Hope moving through Fraserburgh harbour to take on boxes.
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GOOD HOPE FR 891DETAILSOwners: Good Hope Fishing LtdDesigner/boatyard: Macduff Shipyards LtdAgent: P&J Johnstone & Co (Fraserburgh) Ltd
ENGINEROOMMain engine: Caterpillar C32 ACERT of 492kW @ 1,800rpm driving through a Masson Marine 9.077:1 reduction gearbox to a 2,500mm-diameter four-bladed propeller; Speed: 10.8 knotsAuxiliary engines: Cummins QSL9 variable-speed engine of 246kW @ 1,800rpm driving deck machinery hydraulic pumps via a Centa drive; 2 x Beta Marine generators based on Cummins 6BT5.9D2(M) engines of 86kW @ 1,500rpm driving 81.6kW 415/3/50 Mecc Alte alternatorsBow thruster: Hardy Engineering T700 112kWFuel/oil filters/separators: CC JensenBilge/deckwash and deck sump pumps: 4 x Bombas Azcue SA electrically driven
DECK MACHINERYSuppliers: Macduff Shipyards Ltd and Thistle Marine, Peterhead1 x three-drum Macduff two-speed trawl winch 30t; 2 x Macduff split net drums, 2 x 10t; 2 x Macduff plain net drums 10t; Macduff Gilson winch 5t; 2 x Macduff gear-handling winches 4.5t; 1 x Anchor windlass; Thistle MKB13 kinked-boom short-post crane SWL 1,600kg/5.5m and Thistle 24in tilting ribbed-head powerblock; Thistle MFB8 SWL 1,000kg/8m straight-boom landing crane c/w Thistle landing winch
FISH-HANDLING/FISHROOMFish-handling system: Macduff Shipyards Ltd; Fishroom chilling: Premier Refrigeration Ltd, Fraserburgh; Ice machine: Geneglace 2.5t/day, Premier Refrigeration Ltd
ELECTRONICSSuppliers: Furuno UK Ltd, Scanmar UK and Woodsons
Fish detectionSimrad ES80 (38kHz) echosounder; WASSP F3i (160kHz) multibeam sounder; Scanmar Scanbas 365 net-monitoring system c/w SS4 double-distance door and clump sensors and HC4-TS150 trawl sounder, new WRD-42 wideband digital receiver and sensor configuration units
Navigation2 x Furuno FAR-1513 BB radars; 2 x Furuno GP39 GPS receivers; Olex 3D dual-screen
seabed mapping system; MaxSea TimeZero and Sodena Easywin plotting systems; Navitron NT921 MKII autopilot; ComNav GPS gyrocompass; Ultrasonic wind speed and direction sensor
CommunicationsSailor 6310 150W GMDSS MF/HF SSB radio telephone; Icom M330 DSC and Sailor 6210 VHFs; Icom GMDSS hand-held VHF; Jotron TR-8000 Class A AIS; Phontech five-way talkback system; Easy Navtex receiver; Jotron TRON 60 EPIRB; eSEA 60Ka internet communications system; eSEA 60 satellite TV system; VCU catch management electronic fishroom scales; E-Catch logbook software; Woodsons CCTV system c/w 10 cameras; eight by eight-way HDMI matrix c/w iPad control
FISHING GEARWarp supplier: Karl Thomson, Buckie – 3 x 275 fathoms of 22mm-diameter fibre-core wire; Net suppliers: Faithlie Trawl, Fraserburgh – 3 x groundfish scraper nets rigged on 220ft of 8in and 10in discs; Strachan Trawls, Fraserburgh – 2 x semi-hopper discer nets rigged on 140ft of 10in and 12in discs; Doors: Thyborøn Blue Stream Type 22 semi-pelagic trawl doors 3m²/ 840kg; Middle roller: Macduff Shipyards – 1,150kg
ACCOMMODATION1 x two-berth skipper’s and 1 x eight-berth cabins
GENERALEngine controls: Kobelt electronic three-station; Insurance: British Marine; Lifesaving appliances: Caley Fisheries Ltd, Fraserburgh and Blue Anchor Fire and Safety, Fraserburgh; Paint: International Paints; Steering: Scan Steering Aps; Wheelhouse seats: 2 x NorSap; Wheelhouse windows: HK Van Wingerden & Zn BV, Holland
FOURTH GOOD HOPE IN 25 YEARSGood Hope is the fourth boat of the same name that skipper Willie Farquhar has been associated with since 1996.
The first Good Hope FR 891 was bought in 1996 as Harvester PD 98 from Peterhead skipper John Stephen. Powered by a 495hp Kelvin engine, this 21m wooden-hulled vessel was built by Nobles of Girvan in 1978 as Devorgilla BA 67 for Stranraer skipper David Smith. After pair-trawling for herring in the Clyde with Silver Harvest BA 130 for part of each year, Devorgilla moved to Eyemouth in 1982 and was re-registered LH 217, after being bought by James Dougal. Two years later, the boat moved north to Peterhead to be renamed Harvester PD 98, when pair-trawling with Ocean Harvest PD 198. Willie Farquhar sold Good Hope to Shaw Thomson of Portavogie in 1998, when the boat was re-registered B 900, before being decommissioned in 2002.
Skipper Willie Farquhar’s second Good Hope FR 891 arrived in 1998 in the form of the 77ft Endurance II BF 98, previously owned by Joe Nichol. Endurance II was built at the Jones Buckie Shipyard in 1985 as the whitefish trawler Crystal River BCK 16 for Buckie skipper Peter Smith. Six years later, the vessel was renamed Audacious BF 83 by Billy Gatt of Whitehills, before becoming Endurance II in 1995. After twin-rig trawling from Fraserburgh for five years, Good Hope was decommissioned at Kilkeel in 2003.
The third Good Hope FR 891 started fishing from Fraserburgh in 2005, when skipper Willie Farquhar bought the 20.4m trawler Solitaire BF 99 from Shaw Thomson of Portavogie, thereby strengthening the association established in 1998 with the sale of the first Good Hope to Co Down.
The wooden-hulled Solitaire was built by Macduff Shipyards in 1987 as a pair-trawler for Grimsby skipper Bob Collins. After initially pairing with her sistership Sonia Jane BF 31, built in the same year at Macduff for Richardson Seiners Ltd of Grimsby, Solitaire subsequently returned to Macduff for conversion to longlining. Shaw Thomson took Solitaire to Portavogie in 2002, when the vessel was converted back to trawling, returning to northeast Scotland in 2005, since which time the vessel has fished from Fraserburgh and has been extensively refurbished at Macduff.
When the new Good Hope was nearing completion at Macduff earlier this summer, her predecessor was renamed Hope FR 89 before being bought by Peter Willox and George West.
1: The first Good Hope berthed at Campbeltown, after being sold to Portavogie and re-registered B 900. 2: The second Good Hope was built by Jones of Buckie as Crystal River BCK 16. 3: The new Good Hope’s predecessor was renamed Hope FR 89 earlier this year to enable the name and number to be assigned to the new build.
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The Brixham beamer Margaret of Ladram towing in heavy weather. (Mike Smith)
A majestic sunset makes a dramatic background for an inshore boat heading
in to Scalloway. (Jim Pottinger)
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Fire destroys seafood factoryA fire has destroyed a seafood processing plant in Thurso that employs about 30 people, reported BBC Scotland.
Firefighters from across the north of Scotland were alerted at about 5pm on 4 August when the blaze took hold at the Scrabster Seafood factory in Thurso. It took several hours for crews to bring the blaze under control.
The crab-processing plant had recently seen major investment to help Scrabster Seafood grow its export market, which includes various places in SE Asia.
Councillor Struan MacKie described the fire as an ‘absolutely huge blow to the local area’, and called for government agencies to help get the business back on its feet.
Scottish Fire and Rescue Service group manager Niall MacLennan, who was at the scene tackling the fire, described it as intense. He said: “The fire had started to affect the structure of the building, already breaking through the roof, limiting our access into the building.”
The fire was contained to one building, but the factory contained highly flammable materials including plastic and polystyrene. Firefighters were able to save an office block that was located inside the factory.
The cause of the fire is not yet known.
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During a recent fisheries survey on the RV Celtic Explorer, a smooth hammerhead shark was reported in the Celtic Sea. This is the first time that this species of shark has been recorded in Irish waters, reports Pauric Gallagher.
The sighting was made on the edge of the continental shelf southwest of Ireland by experienced marine mammal observer John Power and bird observer Paul Connaughton, during the Western European Shelf Pelagic Acoustic Survey (WESPAS).
The WESPAS survey studies the waters from France to Scotland and west of Ireland each year. Marine Institute scientists collect acoustic and biological data on herring, boarfish and horse mackerel, which is used to provide an independent measure of these fish stocks in Irish waters. Scientists also monitor plankton, sea birds and marine mammals during this survey.
In a statement from the Marine Institute, John Power said: “While scanning the ocean surface, we sighted a dorsal fin unlike anything we had encountered before. It was quite different to the fins seen on basking sharks and blue sharks. After consulting available ID keys, we agreed that the shark must be a smooth hammerhead.”
Dr Paul Connolly, director of fisheries and ecosystems services at the Marine Institute, said: “Our Irish waters support a range of marine life and diverse ecosystems, including 35 known species of sharks. This is an exciting encounter, especially since a rare deep-water shark nursery, 200 miles west of Ireland, was discovered by Irish scientists last year using the Marine Institute’s remotely operated vehicle (ROV) Holland I.”
He added, “This sighting of a new shark species shows the importance of our fishery surveys to monitor our marine
environment, and to observe changes in our oceans and marine ecosystems. Observing and understanding a changing ocean is essential for protecting and managing our marine ecosystems for the future.”
To date, 35 species of sharks have been recorded in Irish waters. The large, tall and slender dorsal fin of the smooth hammerhead shark distinguishes it from other shark species. The smooth hammerhead also has a single notch in the centre of its rounded head, and is up to 4m in length.
The hammerhead shark poses little risk to humans, and there have been no known fatalities from hammerhead sharks anywhere in the world. The species is listed as vulnerable on the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species, and is being increasingly targeted for the shark fin trade, as its large fins are highly valued.
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Protection for crawfish, but V-notching and legislation failing lobster fishery
Grand welcome for new Clifden lifeboat to cover Connemara coastThe 13m Shannon-class lifeboat Brianne Aldington was welcomed by hundreds of people to the small town of Clifden on the west coast of Ireland on 31 July, as Clifden RNLI became the first lifeboat station in the west of Ireland to receive the latest in lifeboat technology, reports Nick Leach.
The lifeboat, which was built for the Relief Fleet but was allocated to Clifden earlier in the year, was brought from the RNLI’s Lifeboat College in Poole by five Clifden volunteers, accompanied by RNLI training staff. The week-long passage saw the boat and her crew call at Penlee, Kinsale, Courtmacsherry, Baltimore, Valentia, Kilrush and Rossaveal.
The new class of vessel is the first modern all-weather lifeboat to be propelled by waterjets instead of propellers, making it the most agile and manoeuvrable all-weather lifeboat in the RNLI fleet. The new 25-knot lifeboat replaces the 15-knot Mersey-class lifeboat Fisherman’s Friend, and will significantly cut response times for the Co Galway lifeboat crew, enabling them to reach casualties faster.
There are currently three Shannon-class lifeboats in Ireland, one at Lough Swilly in Donegal and the other at Clogher Head in Louth, with a relief lifeboat on duty in Wicklow. The introduction of the Shannon-class lifeboat at Clifden
represents a major investment by the charity – €2.4m into search and rescue on the west coast.
The 24-person-strong Connemara-based volunteer lifeboat crew is a close-knit community. Two of the station’s four coxswains are brothers, and there is a husband and wife serving on the lifeboat as well as a father and son.
Clifden RNLI coxswain James Mullen said: “Four years ago, we received our first all-weather lifeboat on a two-year trial, and we were thrilled with it. It meant we could launch in all weathers and cover greater distances. With the arrival of the Shannon, we have 21st-century lifeboat design and technology.
Bringing her home on the last leg from Baltimore to Clifden was a proud moment. As we rounded Loop Head, we hit a bit of weather and we really made her dance.”
Brianne Aldington was built for the RNLI’s relief fleet two years ago. The vessel was funded from the bequest of Brian and Catherine Aldington of London, and was formally named and dedicated on 8 September, 2017 at the RNLI’s All-Weather Lifeboat Centre
in Poole. The Clifden station’s former lifeboat will be sold out of service as the RNLI continues to upgrade its all-weather fleet to a 25-knot capability.
The first outings for the new lifeboat will be to make visits to nearby island communities where it can be called on to respond to urgent requests for medical evacuations. Inishbofin and Inishturk are first in line to receive a visit and have a tour of the new lifeboat that will serve the west coast.
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BREXIT STOCKS DANGERSWestro and Carvela naming ceremonies
Two new Scottish fishing vessels,
Westro PD 20 and Carvela K
751, were named within one
hour of each other in early spring
sunshine on Saturday, 23 March,
reports David Linkie.The 21.5m twin-rig trawler
Westro was christened at Peterhead, shortly before the
19m vivier-crabber Carvela was
lifted into the water and named,
300 miles away on Teesside.James and Patricia West’s
six-year-old son Ethan broke the
traditional bottle of champagne
on Westro, built by Macduff
Shipyards Ltd. Ronnie and Maureen
Norquoy’s daughter Erika named
Carvela, built by Parkol Marine
Engineering at Middlesbrough.
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REGIONAL NEWS
The eight members of the Longhope lifeboat who
lost their lives in horrendous weather on 17 March,
1969, after launching to assist a disabled Libyan
vessel in the Pentland Firth, were honoured by
commemorations to mark the 50th anniversary of
the tragedy.Relatives and friends were joined by
representatives of rescue services, including four
lifeboat crews, in a day of remembrance in Aith Voe
and at Kirk Hope cemetery.See pages 14-17 for further coverage of the
moving tributes.
Commemorations mark the 50th anniversary of the Longhope lifeboat tragedy
� The memorial to the eight Longhope lifeboat men
in Kirk Hope cemetery.
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Skipper James West with his family,
before Westro’s naming ceremony on
the West Pier at Peterhead.
� The new Orkney vivier-crabber
Carvela is named in spectacular
style on Teesside.
BREXIT MELTDOWN New Taits arrives at Fraserburgh
The new 74.8m midwater trawler Taits FR 229 berthed in its home port of Fraserburgh for the first time last week, after being handed over to the Klondyke Fishing Company by Westcon Yards AS at Ølensvåg, Norway, reports David Linkie.
After arriving at Fraserburgh, skippers Peter and Willie Tait and crew immediately started rigging out for the blue whiting fishery, before Taits
quickly left Fraserburgh to start fishing west of Ireland.Designed by Rolls-Royce Marine
AS, Taits incorporates a number of new features. These include a heat recovery system, in which hot water from the main and auxiliary engines is used to heat all internal areas throughout the vessel; a fuel-saving Rolls-Royce Promas propulsion and manoeuvring system; two stern
thrusters; and a Furuno big bridge system, in which five 55in tilting displays can be arranged in multiple configurations through an embedded video wall controller.
Featuring an extensive full-length boat deck, Taits is rigged for pumping pelagic fish both amidships on the starboard side and at the stern.
A detailed feature on Taits will be included in Fishing News soon.
� The 74.8m midwater trawler Taits entering Fraserburgh harbour for the first time following its delivery trip from Ølensvåg, Norway. � Taits recorded a top speed of 19.5 knots on Class endurance trials.
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16 MAY 2019N SEA SAITHE CHOKE FEARSNichola of Ladram arrives at BrixhamThe South West fishing company Waterdance has taken delivery of the new 15m steel vivier-crabber Nichola of Ladram E 1, which arrived in Brixham from the Luyt yard at Den Oever in Holland earlier this month.
Skipper Richard Carroll and his crew of six wasted no time in getting the new boat to sea as soon as the paperwork was all completed, to start placing Nichola of Ladram’s 3,000 crab pots.
Waterdance managing director Nigel Blazeby said that the company is delighted with the new crabber, which represents a milestone for the Waterdance fleet, as the company’s first new build for some considerable time.
“We’re very pleased her, and also with the work done by Luyt in building Nichola of Ladram to such an innovative design,” he said, adding that while Waterdance and a number of other
REGIONAL NEWS
The new 15m automated scalloper White Eagle CY 525 was lowered by hydraulic hoist into the river Fowey alongside the quay at Polruan, where the steel-hulled vessel was built by C Toms & Son, reports Phil Lockley.
Soon destined for its home port of Kallin on North Uist, White Eagle is a step aside from traditional deck layouts of similar-sized scallopers used in southwest England.
Having split winches, with full winch control from the aft wheelhouse, was a request from the vessel owners and operators, brothers Konrad and Kamil Kosieradzki of K&K Fishing.
White Eagle is expected to run sea trials from Polruan in the next two weeks.
Further details of White Eagle will be included in Fishing News shortly.
White Eagle launched at Polruan for Western Isles
� The SC McAllister-designed White Eagle incorporates a number of features designed to enable the scalloper to operate with maximum efficiency in the waters around the Outer Hebrides and beyond.
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� Waterdance’s new vivier-crabber Nichola of Ladram will be fishing South West and Mid-Channel waters, and landing in Brixham, Salcombe and Newlyn.
Nichola of Ladram berthed at Brixham.
Irish minister for agriculture, food and the marine Michael Creed announced the introduction of a new conservation measure for crawfish at the end of May that seeks to provide legal protection for crawfish V-notched under a Marine Institute project in the South West of Ireland, reports Pauric Gallagher.
The new legislation gives protection to crawfish that may be notched as part of the Marine Institute’s scientific work on establishing data on crawfish migration. However, no grant scheme is yet available for V-notching the crawfish, and it remains to be seen whether BIM will put in place a scheme to grant-aid the V-notching of crawfish similar to the V-notching grant scheme currently in place
for lobsters.While protection for crawfish
is being intensified, the same cannot be said for lobsters. According to recent reports, the V-notching of lobsters has almost collapsed in some areas this year. This is due to several factors, including the high level of lobsters over the maximum size having to be returned, and the current lack of enforcement of the laws governing the landing and sale of lobsters over the maximum size.
In January 2015, a maximum carapace landing size for lobster of 127mm was introduced, aimed at ensuring the long-term viability of the fishery by protecting the lobster stock’s reproductive potential. As part of the measure, the first two years of operation saw fishermen get paid up to
75% of the market price for V-notching lobsters over 127mm and returning them live to the sea. This was to offset potential losses during the transition to the new measure. In 2017, Michael Creed provided an extension of these management measures until 1 January, 2018. This was extended again until January 2019.
Now, fishermen receive nothing for returning lobsters over 127mm, and many fishermen say that at present, as much as 30% of their daily catch is over 127mm in size. Fishermen are also involved in V-notching a substantial number of lobsters between the minimum size of 87mm and the maximum size of 127mm. They say that the current maximum size is far too small, and a larger maximum size needs
to be tried if their livelihoods are to continue.
The Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority has also been criticised by fishermen for its lack of policing over illegal landings of 127mm-plus lobsters. Lobsters over 127mm are legal to land and sell in Northern Ireland, and a few buyers who operate north and south of the border will genuinely have 127mm-plus lobsters onboard their lorries when they come south. However, it seems that this has created a loophole for some unscrupulous buyers who do not trade in Northern Ireland to buy oversized lobsters in the Republic.
A spokesperson for the National Inshore Fishermen’s Association told Fishing News: “Profiling of our members
suggests that economically, the lobster fishery is the most important fishery to them collectively. A significant number of them have expressed their dissatisfaction to us regarding the current arrangements regarding V-notching and oversize lobsters.
“It’s very unfortunate, and indeed worrying, to hear that participation in V-notching is on the decline, as many of our more experienced members involved in the fishery would attribute the current success of the fishery directly to past decades of V-notching.”
Lobsters are one of Ireland’s most valuable fisheries, with sales averaging over €7m per annum. Over 1,200 fishermen are dependent on them for their livelihood.
� The 13m Shannon-class lifeboat Brianne Aldington approaching Clifden…
� … where the vessel was met by its predecessor, the 15m Mersey-class lifeboat Fishermen’s Friend.
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PORTS & PRICESOver 16,000 boxes of whitefish, more than half the total for the week, were sold at Peterhead last Thursday and Friday morning, reports David Linkie.
In another week of consistent prices, with the exception of line-caught mackerel, all species continued to attract firm demand from buyers. Standout prices included large cod at over £6 per kg, selected haddock £4.25, monkfish £5.25 and fresh squid £11.
Fifteen boats, Fruitful Vine, Gracious, Guiding Star, Guiding Light, Havvon, Forever Faithful, Chloe Ella, Atlantic Challenge, Shekinah, Steadfast Hope, Celestial Dawn, Carina, Endurance, Sunrise and Reul-na-Mara, plus three consignments from Falcon, Shalimar II and Radiance, contributed 7,795 boxes to the first market of last week at Peterhead.
Monday’s sale included 2,107 boxes of hake, 1,452 boxes of gutted and 10 boxes of round haddock, 1,399 boxes of coley, 1,005 boxes of cod, 630 boxes of whiting (429 rounders), 248 boxes of ling, 171 boxes of monkfish, 130 boxes each of flatfish and squid, and 109 boxes of megrim.
At the start of last week at Peterhead, large cod sold at £3-£5.30 per kg, medium £2.75-£4.40, selected £1.90-£4.30 and small £1.70-£3.70. Large/medium gutted haddock made £2.90-£3.75, selected
£3.35-£3.95, small £2.95-£3.95, chippers £1.80-£3.10 and metros £1.25-£2.50. Gutted whiting were at £1.10-£2.55 and round whiting £1.35-£2.25 per kg. Monkfish sold at £3.45-£6.05, lemon sole £1.50-£8.60, hake £1.05-£3.60, ling £1.25-£2.20, coley 85p-£1.40, plaice 75p-£2.50 and squid £2-£11.
The following morning, six boats, Golden Gain, Summer Dawn II, Castlewood, Attain II, Shalanna and Westro, together with one consignment from Prevail, landed 2,025 boxes to the market. Tuesday’s tally, the smallest of the week, included 649 boxes of gutted and 445 boxes of round haddock, 298 boxes of cod, 153 boxes of hake, 140 boxes of whiting (130 rounders), 96 boxes of flatfish, 45 boxes of monkfish, 39 boxes of coley, 11 boxes of ling, eight boxes of squid and three boxes of megrim.
Seven boats, Good Hope, Ocean Bounty, Fruitful Bough, Boy Andrew, Ocean Dawn, Courageous III and Radiance, plus four consignments from Caledonia III, Opportune, Just Reward and Rebecca Jeneen, contributed 5,415 boxes for the midweek market. This total included 1,118 boxes of coley, 480 boxes of gutted and 379 boxes of round haddock, 754 boxes of cod, 605 boxes of hake, 457 boxes of whiting (431 rounders), 286 boxes of squid, 262 boxes of ling, 231
boxes of monkfish, 174 boxes of megrim and 64 boxes of flatfish.
Thirteen boats, Defiance, Norlan, Keila, Renown, Faithlie, Golden Sceptre, Lapwing, Budding Rose, Victory Rose, Our Lass III, Boy John, Opportunus IV and Rosebloom, together with four consignments from Odyssey, Chloe Ella, Fisher Boys and Prevail, contributed 8,413 boxes to Thursday’s market. This tally, the largest of the week, included 2,734 boxes of gutted and 280 boxes of round haddock, 1,693 boxes of cod, 822 boxes of coley, 758 boxes of whiting (411 rounders), 625 boxes of hake, 253 boxes of flatfish, 200 boxes of monkfish, 152 boxes of squid, 150 boxes of ling and 85 boxes of megrim.
Twenty-four hours later, 13 boats, Valhalla, Sunrise, Tranquility, Shalimar II, Falcon, Moray Endeavour, Endurance, Favonius, Castlewood, Attain II, Radiance, Ocean Harvest and Harvester, plus eight consignments from Guiding Light, Guiding Star, Aquarius, Rebecca Jeneen, Chloe Ella, Flourish, Just Reward and Amaryha, landed 7,914 boxes for Friday’s market. This sale included 2,251 boxes of gutted and 548 boxes of round haddock, 1,277 boxes of hake, 773 boxes of cod, 694 boxes of whiting (572 rounders), 614 boxes of squid, 545 boxes of coley, 292 boxes of monkfish, 216 boxes of megrim, 180 boxes of ling and 140
PETERHEAD FINISHES THE WEEK WITH A FLOURISH
� Good Hope preparing to land 840 boxes of whitefish at Peterhead after a successful maiden trip. (Photo: Ryan Cordiner)
boxes of flatfish.Last Friday morning at Peterhead, large/
medium gutted haddock made £2.65-£3.90 per kg, selected £2.35-£4.25, small £1.90-£3.70, chippers £1.35-£3.50, metros 75p-£1.25 and round haddock 80p-£1.20. Large cod sold at £3.50-£6.30 per kg, medium £2.65-£4.60, selected £2.80-£3.65 and small £2.10-£3.50. Monkfish sold at £2.60-£5.25, gutted whiting £1.70-£2.75, round whiting £1.20-£1.65, plaice £1.30-£1.70, lemon sole £1.95-£7.75, coley 85p-£1.45, ling
£2.20-£3.30, megrim 65p-£5.80 and squid 25p-£10.90 per kg.
Fifty-four boats and 20 consignments contributed to last week’s total of 31,562 boxes on Peterhead market. This tally included 9,228 boxes of haddock (1,662 rounders), 4,767 boxes of hake, 4,523 boxes of cod, 3,923 boxes of coley, 2,679 boxes of whiting (1,973 ungutted), 1,190 boxes of squid, 939 boxes of monkfish, 851 boxes of ling, 683 boxes of flatfish and 587 boxes of megrim.
BIGGEST WEEK OF THE YEAR IN SHETLAND What proved to be the biggest week of the year to date in Shetland started strongly when 16 vessels put 3,078 boxes ashore for the first market, before 29 boats landed 1,672 boxes for the electronic auction on Tuesday morning. Wednesday’s market was the smallest of the week, when 22 boats landed 1,435 boxes. Supplies increased again on Thursday and Friday mornings, with 2,378 boxes from 30 boats and 2,765 boxes from 13 boats respectively. This week’s total of 11,328 boxes from 110 boats surpassed that of the previous week, at 11,026 boxes.
With the summer hand-line mackerel fishery in full swing, inshore boats were again well represented, particularly when 20-plus landed fish for Tuesday and Thursday
mornings’ markets. Cod (195,631kg) led the way in Shetland
last week, followed by whiting (52,288kg, of which 45,050kg were rounders), haddock (47,428kg, including 1,065kg of ungutted fish), mackerel (30,224kg), hake (24,007kg), saithe (20,933kg), monkfish (15,670kg), ling (14,329kg), plaice (11,543kg), lemon sole (9,294kg) and megrim (7,756kg).
In a week of good prices on the Shetland electronic auction, top prices included cod at £5 per kg, gutted haddock £4.51, round haddock £2.31, hake £3.80, halibut £12.06, lemon sole £8.37, ling £2.46, megrim £5.12, monkfish £5.50, plaice £3.63, saithe £1.82, squid £6.99, turbot £16.45, gutted whiting £3.40 and round whiting £2.13 per kg.
� The Whalsay trawler Defiant going alongside before landing whitefish into Lerwick fishmarket. (Photo: Sydney Sinclair)
BUSY WEEK BRINGS GOOD PRICES AT BRIXHAMConsistent supplies, except on Wednesday, which was hit by bad weather, saw very good prices achieved at Brixham. The total sales were £678,000.
Bass prices averaged £20.50/kg for 1s, 2s were £19.50, 3s £17.20, 4s £12.90 and 5s £11.80. Blondie wing 1s averaged £6.50/kg, 2s £4.80, 3s £4.50 and 4s £2.80. Black bream 2s averaged £6/kg, 3s £5.20 and 4s £3.50. Brill 1s were £13.80, 2s £10.20, 3s £9.80, 4s £8.70 and 5s £5.90.
Size 1 cod averaged £5.20/kg, 2s £5.60, 3s £4.80, 4s £4 and 5s £2.50. Coley was £3.80 for 1s, £2.40 for 2s and £1.60 for 3s. Conger averaged £1.50 for 1s and 2s, and 3s were £1. Cuttlefish size ones averaged £3.10/kg and £2.65 for 2s. Size 1 dabs averaged £3.40/kg and 2s were 70p. John Dory 1s
were £15.50/kg, 2s £15, 3s £11.80, 4s £9.70 and 5s £1.
Red gurnard 2s were £4.40. Haddock 1s averaged £3.70/kg, 2s £3.60 and 3s £1.70. Hake 1s were £5, 2s £3.90, 3s £4, 4s £3.70, 5s £3.30, 6s £2.50, 7s £2 and 8s £1.60. Lemon sole averaged £11.80/kg for 1s, £11.50 for 2s, 3s were £11.20, 4s £2.80 and 5s 80p. Ling averaged £2.50/kg for 1s and 2s, and 3s were £1.50. Lobsters 1s were £14 and 2s £16.
Mackerel 1s averaged £6/kg, 2s £4.80 and 3s £2.50. Size 1 megrim were £3.70, 2s £3.80, 3s £3.70, 4s £2.50 and 5s £1.20. Monkfish 1s averaged £11.80, 2s £12.50, 3s £11.50, 4s £11, 5s £8.70 and 6s £5. Grey mullet 1s and 2s were £3.80 and 3s were £2.90. Red mullet averaged £15.90/kg for 1s, 2s £14.40 and 3s were £7. Octopus 1s
averaged £6 and 2s £2. Plaice 1s averaged £5.80/kg, 2s £4, 3s £3.80, 4s £2.50 and 5s £1.65. Pollack 1s were £6/kg, 2s £5.90 and 3s £4.10.
Sand sole 1s were £10.70/kg and 2s £5. Large scallops were £9.80 and 2s £4.70. Dover sole 1s averaged £19.80/kg, 2s £20.70, 3s £21.80, 4s £21.20, 5s £16.90, 6s £15.90, 7s £11.80, 8s £11.40, 9s £10 and 10s £5.50. Large squid were £11.40/kg and 2s were £9.60.
Thorny wings averaged £3.90/kg for 2s, £3.80 for 3s, and 4s were £3. Large tubs were £6/kg and 2s £5.40. Turbot averaged £23.90/kg for 1s, 2s £20.70, 3s £19, 4s £15.60, 5s £12.80 and 6s £10.10. Large whiting averaged £3.20/kg, 2s £2.60, 3s £2 and 4s 80p.
STRONG PRICES AT NEWLYNTwo beamers and one netter supplied Monday’s market with 14.5t. Highest-volume species were 0.7t Dover sole, 7.6t MSC hake, 0.1t lemon sole, 1.4t mackerel, 2.4t megrim sole, 0.9t monkfish and 0.2t octopus. Demand was excellent for all species, with the most notable prices being N3 MSC hake £4.70/kg, N3 turbot £21/kg and N1 plaice £4.67/kg.
A volume of 11.4t was landed for Tuesday’s sale from one netter and inshore boats. Contributing to the daily volume was 9.5t of MSC hake, 0.6t mackerel, 0.1t monkfish and 0.1t of haddock. Again,
demand was high and good prices were achieved for all species.
Wednesday’s auction was supplied with a volume of 3.8t of excellent-quality fish from the local inshore trawlers. Top-volume species were 0.1t of John Dory, 1.8t mackerel, 0.2t megrim sole, 0.2t monkfish and 0.4t of pollack. Good prices to note were N3 turbot £21.50/kg, N1 monkfish £15.16/kg and N2 John Dory £15.09/kg.
On Thursday, one local netter and one beamer supplied the market with 7t. Notable volumes were 0.2t of haddock, 4.2t MSC hake, 1.6t mackerel, 0.1t sardines, 0.2t
plaice, 0.1t lemon sole and 0.1t of saithe. Continuing the trend for the week, good prices were achieved for all species.
To end the week, a volume of 23.7t was landed from four beamers and one netter. Highest volumes were 1.3t Dover sole, 0.4t haddock, 8.2t MSC hake, 0.1t John Dory, 1.1t lemon sole, 0.9t mackerel, 5t megrim sole, 3.4t monkfish, 0.5t plaice and 0.1t of turbot. Stand-out prices from the morning were N1 plaice £5.72/kg, N2 monkfish £13.55/kg and N3 MSC hake £3.86/kg.
The total volume auctioned for the week was 60.4t.
SOLE MAIN SPECIES AT WINDY LOWESTOFTWith a windy weekend, the week started slowly at the Lowestoft fishmarket, with no supplies at all for the Monday auction, and just 350kg for Tuesday. Wednesday saw good volumes, being the busiest auction of the week, with a good variety and 1.7t sold. The week ended with more trouble from the wind, and Friday’s auction seeing the same low level of sales as Tuesday.
Over the week, the total sales reached 3.2t, which is a slight improvement on the previous three weeks, and similar to the volumes we saw this time last year. Sole was the main species, and best-quality supplies here saw highs of £19 per kg. Skate saw £2.50, lobster £14, grey mullet £2.70, and bass £14.50. A rare sight at the auction were some wild sea trout, which had not been seen for a couple of years. These achieved a high price of £16.
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SHELLFISH FLEET WARNING Selective gear attracts Thailand fishermen to Brixham
Brixham recently hosted a consortium of fishermen, vessel owners, merchants, shore firms and others from Thailand to demonstrate how profits may soar if Thai trawlermen adopt selective gear, reports Phil Lockley.
This is the second time that a delegation from Thailand has visited the South Devon port to learn more about the UK fishing industry.
Thai fishermen were heavily criticised in 2013 by the television chef Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, when he highlighted how many trawlermen in Thailand fish with non-selective, small-mesh nets and land almost everything for fishmeal – which is then converted to fish pellets to nurture the huge Taiwanese trade of farming freshwater prawns.
With the help of the Seafood Task Force (sponsored by many worldwide firms), hard work is underway to bring about changes to the Thai fishing industry.
Westcountry vessel owner Waterdance Ltd allowed its skipper Shaun Gibbs to demonstrate the operation of selective gear aboard the beam trawler Barentszee BM 361.
Brixham skipper/owner Richard Fowler also demonstrated the latest design of trawl gear on his day-boat Rebecca BM 24.
Further details in Fishing News next week.
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The last traditional shout auction was held on Brixham fishmarket on Monday of this week, before a seamless transition saw the first Auxcis ‘web clock’ electronic auction conducted the following morning (Tuesday, 4 June), reports Phil Lockley.
‘Moving with the times’ and introducing a web clock electronic auction was announced by Brixham Trawler Agents almost a year ago (Fishing News, 7 June, 2018), since which time extensive testing and fine-tuning of an already well-advanced customised system have continued with the specialist Belgian e-trading company Auxcis.
The web clock electronic system allows for remote buying as well as for those who wish to have a physical presence and buy via wifi on the market floor.
Details of Brixham’s first electronic auction will be included in a feature on England’s top landing port in Fishing News next week.
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� The last traditional shout auction took place on Brixham fishmarket on Monday morning.
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SHELLFISH FLEET WARNING Selective gear attracts Thailand fishermen to Brixham
Brixham recently hosted a consortium of fishermen, vessel
owners, merchants, shore firms and others from Thailand to
demonstrate how profits may soar if Thai trawlermen adopt
selective gear, reports Phil Lockley.
This is the second time that a delegation from Thailand
has visited the South Devon port to learn more about the UK
fishing industry.Thai fishermen were heavily criticised in 2013 by the
television chef Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, when he
highlighted how many trawlermen in Thailand fish with
non-selective, small-mesh nets and land almost everything for
fishmeal – which is then converted to fish pellets to nurture the
huge Taiwanese trade of farming freshwater prawns.
With the help of the Seafood Task Force (sponsored by
many worldwide firms), hard work is underway to bring about
changes to the Thai fishing industry.
Westcountry vessel owner Waterdance Ltd allowed
its skipper Shaun Gibbs to demonstrate the operation of
selective gear aboard the beam trawler Barentszee BM 361.
Brixham skipper/owner Richard Fowler also demonstrated
the latest design of trawl gear on his day-boat Rebecca BM
24.Further details in Fishing News next week.
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The last traditional shout auction was held on Brixham
fishmarket on Monday of this week, before a seamless
transition saw the first Auxcis ‘web clock’ electronic
auction conducted the following morning (Tuesday, 4
June), reports Phil Lockley.‘Moving with the times’ and introducing a web clock
electronic auction was announced by Brixham Trawler
Agents almost a year ago (Fishing News, 7 June, 2018),
since which time extensive testing and fine-tuning of an
already well-advanced customised system have continued
with the specialist Belgian e-trading company Auxcis.
The web clock electronic system allows for remote
buying as well as for those who wish to have a physical
presence and buy via wifi on the market floor.
Details of Brixham’s first electronic auction will be
included in a feature on England’s top landing port in
Fishing News next week.
End of shout era on Brixham fishmarket
� The last traditional shout auction took place on Brixham
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BREXIT STOCKS DANGERSWestro and Carvela naming ceremonies
Two new Scottish fishing vessels, Westro PD 20 and Carvela K 751, were named within one hour of each other in early spring sunshine on Saturday, 23 March, reports David Linkie.
The 21.5m twin-rig trawler Westro was christened at Peterhead, shortly before the 19m vivier-crabber Carvela was lifted into the water and named, 300 miles away on Teesside.
James and Patricia West’s six-year-old son Ethan broke the traditional bottle of champagne on Westro, built by Macduff Shipyards Ltd.
Ronnie and Maureen Norquoy’s daughter Erika named Carvela, built by Parkol Marine Engineering at Middlesbrough.
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The eight members of the Longhope lifeboat who lost their lives in horrendous weather on 17 March, 1969, after launching to assist a disabled Libyan vessel in the Pentland Firth, were honoured by commemorations to mark the 50th anniversary of the tragedy.
Relatives and friends were joined by representatives of rescue services, including four lifeboat crews, in a day of remembrance in Aith Voe and at Kirk Hope cemetery.
See pages 14-17 for further coverage of the moving tributes.
Commemorations mark the 50th anniversary of the Longhope lifeboat tragedy
� The memorial to the eight Longhope lifeboat men in Kirk Hope cemetery.
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Skipper James West with his family, before Westro’s naming ceremony on the West Pier at Peterhead.
� The new Orkney vivier-crabber Carvela is named in spectacular style on Teesside.
BREXIT MELTDOWN New Taits arrives at Fraserburgh
The new 74.8m midwater trawler Taits FR 229 berthed in its home port of Fraserburgh for the first time last week, after being handed over to the Klondyke Fishing Company by Westcon Yards AS at Ølensvåg, Norway, reports David Linkie.
After arriving at Fraserburgh, skippers Peter and Willie Tait and crew immediately started rigging out for the blue whiting fishery, before Taits
quickly left Fraserburgh to start fishing west of Ireland.
Designed by Rolls-Royce Marine AS, Taits incorporates a number of new features. These include a heat recovery system, in which hot water from the main and auxiliary engines is used to heat all internal areas throughout the vessel; a fuel-saving Rolls-Royce Promas propulsion and manoeuvring system; two stern
thrusters; and a Furuno big bridge system, in which five 55in tilting displays can be arranged in multiple configurations through an embedded video wall controller.
Featuring an extensive full-length boat deck, Taits is rigged for pumping pelagic fish both amidships on the starboard side and at the stern.
A detailed feature on Taits will be included in Fishing News soon.
� The 74.8m midwater trawler Taits entering Fraserburgh harbour for the first time following its delivery trip from Ølensvåg, Norway. � Taits recorded a top speed of 19.5 knots on Class endurance trials.
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SHELLFISH FLEET WARNING Selective gear attracts Thailand fishermen to Brixham
Brixham recently hosted a consortium of fishermen, vessel owners, merchants, shore firms and others from Thailand to demonstrate how profits may soar if Thai trawlermen adopt selective gear, reports Phil Lockley.
This is the second time that a delegation from Thailand has visited the South Devon port to learn more about the UK fishing industry.
Thai fishermen were heavily criticised in 2013 by the television chef Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, when he highlighted how many trawlermen in Thailand fish with non-selective, small-mesh nets and land almost everything for fishmeal – which is then converted to fish pellets to nurture the huge Taiwanese trade of farming freshwater prawns.
With the help of the Seafood Task Force (sponsored by many worldwide firms), hard work is underway to bring about changes to the Thai fishing industry.
Westcountry vessel owner Waterdance Ltd allowed its skipper Shaun Gibbs to demonstrate the operation of selective gear aboard the beam trawler Barentszee BM 361.
Brixham skipper/owner Richard Fowler also demonstrated the latest design of trawl gear on his day-boat Rebecca BM 24.
Further details in Fishing News next week.
REGIONAL NEWS
The last traditional shout auction was held on Brixham fishmarket on Monday of this week, before a seamless transition saw the first Auxcis ‘web clock’ electronic auction conducted the following morning (Tuesday, 4 June), reports Phil Lockley.
‘Moving with the times’ and introducing a web clock electronic auction was announced by Brixham Trawler Agents almost a year ago (Fishing News, 7 June, 2018), since which time extensive testing and fine-tuning of an already well-advanced customised system have continued with the specialist Belgian e-trading company Auxcis.
The web clock electronic system allows for remote buying as well as for those who wish to have a physical presence and buy via wifi on the market floor.
Details of Brixham’s first electronic auction will be included in a feature on England’s top landing port in Fishing News next week.
End of shout era on Brixham fishmarket
� The last traditional shout auction took place on Brixham fishmarket on Monday morning.
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Fishermen from Thailand watch selective gear being worked on the Brixham beamer Barentszee last month.
Hauling the trawl on skipper/owner Richard Fowler’s
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Visit us at fishingnews.co.uk and on Twitter @YourFishingNews 26 July 20188 TRANQUILITY FISHING FEATURE
TRANQUIL FIRST TRIP FOR TRANQUILITYTHE NEW WHALSAY FLY-SHOOTER TRANQUILITY LK 63 FISHED HER MAIDEN TRIP LAST MONTH, IN THE BURRA HAAF ON THE WEST SIDE OF SHETLANDThere was a tangible buzz of anticipation as the crew gathered in Tranquility’s forward messdeck a few minutes into a Saturday morning, in preparation for the start of their maiden trip, reports David Linkie
W ith the summer solstice less than two weeks away, the ‘simmer dim’,
for which Shetland is renowned, meant that the sky over Lerwick was still grey, rather than jet black.
After Chris Shearer started Tranquility’s Mitsubishi S6U (680kW @ 1050rpm) main engine, the sound of which was barely discernible in the wheelhouse, skipper Stuart Anderson carried out a quick check of the
wheelhouse equipment, before calling Lerwick port control for clearance to leave harbour, as the crew prepared to throw the ropes off.
Ten minutes later, the flash of Bressay lighthouse slipped astern to port as Tranquility headed due south, parallel to the east coast of Shetland, retracing the route driven four hours earlier on the way north from Sumburgh airport to Lerwick.
Fishing News had been unable
to be in Whalsay the previous weekend, when Tranquility arrived home from Denmark, where the seine-netter was built to a new in-house design by Vestværftet ApS at Hvide Sande (Fishing News, 28 June), so alternative options were discussed with Stuart Anderson
as the skippers and crew finished rigging out their new boat at Lerwick.
A WhatsApp message on Thursday morning – “We’re going aff shortly after Friday midnight, with a 95% chance of landing on Sunday. There’s a bed for you” –
presented a unique opportunity too good to miss, providing travel arrangements could be made. The tight timescale meant that the usual overnight ferry was not an option, but fortunately Loganair still had seats available on the last flight of the day from
Tranquility heading in to land at Scalloway, with Fitful Head in the distance, after a two-day maiden
trip in the Burra Haaf.
� Magnus Polson putting the dahn away…
� … before starting to run the port rope.
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2: Hauling the wings of the net onto the starboard drum.
3: The Burra Haaf delivers yet again.
4: John Johnson prepares to release the codline.
5: Another haul of prime-quality whitefish, caught less than 15 miles from harbour.
6: Fishroom man Robbie Jamieson weighing cod released from Tranquility’s automated VCU catch-handling system…
7: … before adding it to the vessel’s catch-management system.
8: The first box of fish in Tranquility’s fishroom.
9: The first day’s work nears an end.
BREXIT MELTDOWN New Taits arrives at Fraserburgh
The new 74.8m midwater trawler Taits FR 229 berthed in its home port of Fraserburgh for the first time last week, after being handed over to the Klondyke Fishing Company by Westcon Yards AS at Ølensvåg, Norway, reports David Linkie.
After arriving at Fraserburgh, skippers Peter and Willie Tait and crew immediately started rigging out for the blue whiting fishery, before Taits
quickly left Fraserburgh to start fishing west of Ireland.
Designed by Rolls-Royce Marine AS, Taits incorporates a number of new features. These include a heat recovery system, in which hot water from the main and auxiliary engines is used to heat all internal areas throughout the vessel; a fuel-saving Rolls-Royce Promas propulsion and manoeuvring system; two stern
thrusters; and a Furuno big bridge system, in which five 55in tilting displays can be arranged in multiple configurations through an embedded video wall controller.
Featuring an extensive full-length boat deck, Taits is rigged for pumping pelagic fish both amidships on the starboard side and at the stern.
A detailed feature on Taits will be included in Fishing News soon.
� The 74.8m midwater trawler Taits entering Fraserburgh harbour for the first time following its delivery trip from Ølensvåg, Norway. � Taits recorded a top speed of 19.5 knots on Class endurance trials.
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QUOTA SHARES DEBATE Southern Spirit launched in CornwallSouthern Spirit LT 1056, a 15m dual-purpose scalloper/trawler, was lifted into the river Fowey at Polruan by hoist last week, reports Phil Lockley.
Expected to spend much of its time scalloping, Southern Spirit is the fifth vessel to be built for R&B Fishing Ltd of Lowestoft at the Cornish boatyard of C Toms & Son.
Working mainly in South West waters, Southern Spirit is also well-equipped to make the most of twin-rigging for non-quota species such as cuttlefish.
Powered by a Volvo Penta main
engine, Southern Spirit is another vessel in the popular range designed by Ian Paton of SC McAllister & Co Ltd – a style that has been built at C Toms & Son over the past eight or so years.
Paul Toms said that for the past five years, his family’s yard has constructed vessels designed by Ian Paton for R&B Fishing, Southern Spirit being the latest. Also under build at the yard is R&B Fishing’s sixth C Toms boat, an under-10m trawler.
Further details of Southern Spirit will be included in Fishing News soon.
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The total catch value and tonnage at Peterhead in the first six months of 2019 were £96.3m and 75,193t, reports David Linkie.
The overall totals represent a 9% increase in catch value compared to the previous year’s figure of £88.4m, and a drop of 7% in tonnage from 81,335t.
Shellfish accounted for the biggest increases in percentage terms, with the value rising to
£5.9m from £2.1m (+176%), and catch tonnage reaching 2,545t compared to 830t (+206%). These substantial rises reflect improved prawn fishing in recent months, and occasional spikes in scallop landings from nomadic vessels.
The value of pelagic catches is also higher at £31.6m from 42,134t, compared to £26.3m and 48,117t in 2018.
Whitefish activity was
slightly lower in the first half of the year, in line with reduced quotas. Quayside and consigned landings totalled 30,514t; 6% lower than the previous year’s figure of 32,388t. Generally higher prices helped to cushion the impact that the lower volume had on the January-June whitefish catch value of £58.7m, down 2% from the comparable 2018 figure of £59.9m.
£96m catch value at Peterhead in first half of year
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� Starting to lower Southern Spirit into the water at Toms’ boatyard…
� … after the 15m dual-purpose scalloper/twin-rig trawler was transported to the launch position by hydraulic hoist.
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Four decades after a renewal of interest in 19th-century timber-built Galway hookers, tributes have been paid to the man who inspired the Irish classic boat revival, reports Lorna Siggins.
A plaque depicting the late Tony Moylan, founder of the annual Cruinniú na mBád or ‘gathering of the boats’, has been unveiled in his home harbour of Kinvara, South Galway.
It was Moylan who persuaded the owners of three of the oldest timber-built Galway hookers – An Capall, An Tonaí and An Mhaighdean Mhara – to revive a traditional sea journey from South Connemara to South Galway in 1979.
The limestone Burren and neighbouring Aran islands had no landscape for turf, and the trading vessels, with their distinctive ‘tumblehome’ hulls, carried turf to South Galway, Clare and the Aran Islands for generations.
All three vessels once fished along the west coast, but now compete in seasonal regattas run by the Galway Hooker Assocation.
Most have also participated in the annual Cruinniú in
Kinvara for years, with the fleet having grown to 40 boats due to renewed interest in traditional boatbuilding skills.
An Capall, built in the 1860s in South Connemara and owned and fished by the late Johnny Bailey, sailed in this year’s event under the helm of his relative, Dara Flaherty, with Bailey’s son Pádraig, Danny Bailey, Coilín Kelly and Flaherty’s 14-year-old daughter Chantal among the crew.
Master boatbuilder and sailor Coilín Hernon from Claddagh in Galway spoke about the revival in one of a series of talks hosted by the Cuan Beo marine environmental organisation at the Kinvara festival in mid-August.
Figurative sculptor John Coll designed the commemorative plaque, which was unveiled by Mr Moylan’s widow Phil at the 40th anniversary festival.
Galway hooker skippers who have passed on – including the late Johnny Mac Donncha, who died after his boat, the McHugh, capsized en route from Kinvara across Galway Bay in September, 2009 – were remembered at a mass and blessing of the boats celebrated by Fr Hugh Clifford in the Irish language.
Dr Michael Brogan, a close
friend of Mr Moylan and one of the festival’s main organisers, said that the plaque had been cleverly sculpted to incorporate a bird with an egg in its mouth – reflecting Mr Moylan’s role in Fleadh na gCuach, Kinvara’s highly successful ‘cuckoo festival’ of traditional music.
A carved bench made by the Kinvara men’s shed group was installed at the pier head beside the plaque to remember Mr Moylan.
“The seat is in the shape of the middle beam of a hooker – it even has the bend of a hooker on it. So people can come here and talk to Tony, and sit down in peace and quiet,” Dr Brogan said.
Music, horseshoe throwing, a harbour swim, seaweed
cutting and seaweed raft racing, and talks and demonstrations hosted by Cuan Beo took place during the three-day event.
The Irish Coast Guard’s Shannon-based Rescue 115 helicopter flew over the course, and the RNLI was among organisations represented on the pier.
A community drive to declare Kinvara free of single-use plastics was also initiated over the weekend.
The campaign by the Plastic-Free Kinvara group includes an ‘earthkeepers’ initiative for young schoolchildren, and is supported by the local Tidy Towns committee in South Galway.
Plaque unveiled in tribute to man who inspired Galway hooker traditional boat regatta
� Dr Michael Brogan, organiser of the 40th Cruinniú na mBád, with the plaque designed by artist John Coll in memory of festival founder Tony Moylan.
Galway hookers prepare for the start of racing at the 40th annual Cruinniú na mBád or ‘gathering of the boats’ in Kinvara, Co Galway. (Photo: Gia Griffiths)
� Dara Flaherty at the helm with crewman Coilín Kelly onboard the Galway hooker An Capall.
� Chantal Flaherty (14) under the boom of An Capall, one of the Galway hookers racing in the Kinvara festival earlier this month.
