22 Arrivals for the Period. Whitefish totalled 1800 boxes from two Scottish twin rig trawlers. The Peterhead-registered Atlantic Challenge and the Banff-registered Aquarius both landed mixed shots of saithe, cod, haddock and monkfish from Rockall. The Anglo fleet continues to fish south landing mainly into Killybegs. Shellfish was fairly busy for the period; there weretwelve landings […]
Read More43 arrivals for the period Whitefish totalled 14,650 boxes from twelve Scottish trawlers, one Anglo Spanish long-liner and one Anglo Spanish netter. The Scottish effort at Rockall continues to exceed expectations with boats arriving full of haddock, squid and monkfish. The Anglo fleet has drifted south with some vessels on annual break and others landing […]
Read More41 arrivals for the period. Whitefish totalled 14,500 boxes from ten Scottish trawlers and five Anglo Spanish liners. The Scottish trawlers continue to enjoy very productive squid fishing at Rockall with boats landing weekly. The Anglo vessels are starting to drift further south as is the case at this time of year when the hake […]
Read More48 arrivals for the period. Whitefish totalled 18,600 boxes from 9 Scottish trawlers, 17 Anglo Spanish long liners and 2 Anglo gill netters. The Scottish trawlers have returned to the west and continue to fish at Rockall for haddock/squid and the Shelf Edge for monkfish and mixed groundfish. The boats report good quality haddock at […]
Read More29 arrivals for the period. Whitefish totalled 12,800 boxesfrom four Scottish trawl landings, seventeen Anglo Spanish long liners and three Anglo-Spanish gill netters. The Scottish trawlers have returned to Rockall for haddocks and hopefully before long squid will make an appearance as the water warms up. The Anglo fleet are enjoying very productive fishing of […]
Read More28 arrivals for the period Whitefish totalled 7,800 boxes from four Scottish trawl landings, four Anglo-Spanish gill net landings and two Anglo-Spanish long liners. The seasonal Rockall haddock fishery has come to an end; the fish are in poor condition having completed their annual spawning. The Scottish boats have returned to their traditional North Sea […]
Read More47 arrivals for the period Whitefish totalled 23,500 boxes from sixteen Scottish trawlers and thirteen Anglo-Spanish liners/netters. Rockall continues to produce excellent catches of quality haddock and monkfish which are commanding top prices at Scottish markets. The Anglo- fleet fishing for hake, ling and monkfish have started to head south to fish closer to home […]
Read More46 arrivals for the period Whitefish totalled 14,500 boxes from eleven Scottish trawlers, nine Anglo-Spanish long liners and one Anglo-Spanish netter. The seasonal Rockall haddock fishery is now in full swing with a number of trawlers fishing both on the bank and in deeper water. Boats are reporting reasonably steady fishing of quality haddocks with […]
Read More27 arrivals for the period Whitefish totalled 2,000 boxes from two Scottish trawl landings and three Anglo-Spanish liners. The Banff-registered Endeavour IV and the Venture III, both owned and run by the Lovie family from Whitehills, landed shots of monkfish, ling and cod from the Shelf Edge. The majority of the Anglo-Spanish fleet continue to […]
Read More34 Arrivals for the Period Whitefish totalled 5,500 boxes from four Scottish trawl landings and eight Anglo-Spanish liner/netters. The Inverness-registered Adventurer returned to work on 27 December and landed three lorryloads of monkfish, ling and haddocks for the New Year trip; they followed this up with two further landings of quality groundfish from the Shelf […]
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