29 arrivals for the period
Whitefish totalled 7,700 boxes from five Scottish trawl landings, one Anglo-Spanish long-liner and a Spanish freezer netter. The Peterhead-registered Atlantic Challenge continues to fish at Rockall landing boat loads of haddock and saithe. Due to the poor forecast, the boat returned to the east coast this week. The Inverness-registered Adventurer II has been working along the shelf edge west of the Butt of Lewis; they are mostly fishing for monkfish, cod and haddocks. In the last few weeks a good marking of squid has appeared on the grounds which at £170 per box is a good boost to the ta
Harbour News 13 November – 3 December, 29 arrivals for the period
Whitefish totalled 7,700 boxes from five Scottish trawl landings, one Anglo-Spanish long-liner and a Spanish freezer netter. The Peterhead-registered Atlantic Challenge continues to fish at Rockall landing boat loads of haddock and saithe. Due to the poor forecast, the boat returned to the east coast this week. The Inverness-registered Adventurer II has been working along the shelf edge west of the Butt of Lewis; they are mostly fishing for monkfish, cod and haddocks. In the last few weeks a good marking of squid has appeared on the grounds which at £170 per box is a good boost to the tally. Likewise the Banff-registered Endeavour IV made a very good landing of squid and mixed ground fish from shelf edge waters. The European or common squid (loligo vulgaris) is found throughout the Mediterranean and in the eastern Atlantic Ocean; in British waters it is mainly found in the Irish Sea along the south coast of England and off northern Scotland. Loligo can be found at depths from the surface to about 500m, but it is most abundant between 20 and 250m (deeper during the winter). Loligo can grow up to 30–40 cm in length and has a life expectancy of 2-3 years. The majority of the Anglo-Spanish long-line fleet continues to fish north landing hake and ling into Shetland. The exception was Coelleira who landed in Ullapool along with the freezer netter Eder Sands. The latter landed a boat full of processed-at-sea monkfish and deep-water crab.
Shellfish landings have picked up a bit in recent weeks with a number of landings from visiting prawn trawlers, four landings from the off-shore crabber and a single landing of scallops from an Oban-registered vessel. The local fleet of prawn creel boats report good returns for their efforts and excellent prices in the run up to the holidays.
Non-fishing consisted of fishfarm vessels. The live fish carrier Migdale returned for another 80,000 smolts, the Ronja Skye, Ocean Viking and Meercat were day-running and the Marine Harvest-owned Inter Caledonia called in for her four-weekly crew change.
Congratulations to the Fire and Light brigade who have yet again brightened up the village with a spectacular Christmas light display, great effort from a dedicated bunch of volunteers.
Likewise the Banff-registered Endeavour IV made a very good landing of squid and mixed ground fish from shelf edge waters. The European or common squid (loligo vulgaris) is found throughout the Mediterranean and in the eastern Atlantic Ocean; in British waters it is mainly found in the Irish Sea along the south coast of England and off northern Scotland. Loligo can be found at depths from the surface to about 500m, but it is most abundant between 20 and 250m (deeper during the winter). Loligo can grow up to 30–40 cm in length and has a life expectancy of 2-3 years. The majority of the Anglo-Spanish long-line fleet continues to fish north landing hake and ling into Shetland. The exception was Coelleira who landed in Ullapool along with the freezer netter Eder Sands. The latter landed a boat full of processed-at-sea monkfish and deep-water crab.
Shellfish landings have picked up a bit in recent weeks with a number of landings from visiting prawn trawlers, four landings from the off-shore crabber and a single landing of scallops from an Oban-registered vessel. The local fleet of prawn creel boats report good returns for their efforts and excellent prices in the run up to the holidays.
Non-fishing consisted of fishfarm vessels. The live fish carrier Migdale returned for another 80,000 smolts, the Ronja Skye, Ocean Viking and Meercat were day-running and the Marine Harvest-owned Inter Caledonia called in for her four-weekly crew change.
Congratulations to the Fire and Light brigade who have yet again brightened up the village with a spectacular Christmas light display, great effort from a dedicated bunch of volunteers.