Author: ullapool

Harbour News 13 – 27 June 2017

50 arrivals for the period Whitefish was reasonably busy; 8,400 boxes were landed by five Scottish trawlers and six Anglo-Spanish liners and netters. The Scottish effort concentrated on the dwindling seasonal Rockall squid fishery but was bolstered by the reappearance of haddock on the grounds. The Anglo fleet have had a fantastic spring and early […]

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Harbour News 30 May – 12 June 2017

48 arrivals for the period   Whitefish was once again very busy with 15,000 boxes landed by Scottish and Anglo-Spanish vessels. The Peterhead-registered Atlantic Challenge, the largest trawler in the Scottish fleet, landed a variety of deepwater species from the Wyville Thomson Ridge. The ridge separates the Faroe–Shetland Channel to the north from the Rockall […]

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Harbour News 3-19 May 2017

57 arrivals for the period Whitefish totalled 11,000 boxes from a variety of methods and areas. The Peterhead- registered trawler Ocean Endeavour continues to hunt for haddocks at Rockall with reasonable success and made two good landings for the period. The Inverness-registered trawler Adventurer spent his days fishing along the deepwater shelf edge for monkfish […]

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Harbour News 18 April – 2 May

31 Arrivals for the Period   Whitefish has been extremely busy with 17,250 boxes landed for the period from 11 Scottish trawlers and 8 Anglo Spanish long liners and netters.  The seasonal Rockall haddock fishery has been extremely productive this year, with boats filling up in as little as 36 hours fishing. All good things […]

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Harbour News 29 March-17 April

46 Arrivals for the Period Whitefish totalled 19,500 boxes from eleven Scottish trawlers; two landings from a Scottish seine netter and seven Anglo-Spanish long liners. The Scottish effort was predominantly focused on the seasonal Rockall haddock fishery with boats reporting plentiful good quality fish on the grounds. The Lerwick-registered Avrella, owned by Trevor Cumming of […]

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Harbour News 14 – 28 March 2017

38 arrivals for the period Whitefish totalled 13,500 boxes from 9 Scottish and 9 Anglo Spanish landings. The Scottish trawlers Atlantic Challenge, Harvest Hope, Adventurer and Aalskere all landed full boat loads of haddock from Rockall. The Peterhead pair trawlers Ocean Harvest and Harvester (pictured) landed good shots of groundfish from waters to the west […]

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Harbour News 21 February – 13 March 2017

39 arrivals for the period   Whitefish totalled 6650 boxes from 3 Scottish and 7 Anglo Spanish landings. The Scottish twin rig trawler Adventurer continues to fish for monkfish and groundfish along the shelf edge reporting very good hauls of quality fish. The Peterhead based trawler Harvest Hope and the Orkney registered Aalskere have both […]

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Harbour News 18 Jan–20 Feb 2017

24 arrivals for the period Whitefish totalled 2700 boxes from three Scottish and two Anglo-Spanish landings. The INS- registered Adventurer continues to fish for monkfish along the deepwater edge from St Kilda northwards, reporting unprecedented numbers of quality monks on the grounds. The Spanish fleet have been conspicuous by their absence this year with vessels […]

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