26 arrivals for the period Whitefish totalled 8,500 boxes from eight Scottish trawl, six Anglo Spanish longline and one freezer netter landing. Scottish boats returned to sea on the 28 December looking for a big first trip with demand high and fish prices likewise. The boats managed to work away despite very stormy conditions landing […]
Read More12 arrivals for the period Whitefish totalled 4,000 boxes from five Scottish trawl and two Anglo Spanish long-line landings. The Inverness registered Adventurer II working west of Lewis made three landings of mainly monkfish, cod and squid. The stormy weather contributed to the Banff registered vessels Venture III and Endeavour IV owned by brothers Mark […]
Read More12 arrivals for the period Whitefish totalled 3,400 boxes from four Scottish and two Anglo-Spanish vessels. The Inverness-registered Adventurer II made a couple of decent landings of cod, monkfish, squid and haddocks from shelf edge grounds west of Lewis. The Hull-registered pair of seine netters Guiding Star and Guiding Light landed three lorry-loads of mostly […]
Read More12 arrivals for the period Whitefish totalled 7,300 boxes from two Scottish trawl landings plus a single landing from an Anglo- Spanish freezer netter. The Audacious BF83 kept an eye on the forecast and made a late season trip to Rockall for haddocks and monkfish and the Beryl BF440 landed a very good shot of […]
Read More13 arrivals for the period Whitefish totalled 3,100 boxes from three Anglo-Spanish longline and two Scottish trawl landings. The majority of the Anglo fleet continues to fish either further north landing into Lerwick or further south landing into Killybegs, with only the occasional landing in Ullapool. The INS-registered twin rig trawler Adventurer continues to fish […]
Read More15 arrivals for the period Whitefish totalled 5,500 boxes from five Scottish trawl and two Anglo-Spanish longline landings. A few Scottish boats made their final haddock and monkfish landings from Rockall for the year and will work closer to home over the winter months. Rockall is over 200 miles from the nearest landfall which makes […]
Read More29 arrivals for the period Whitefish totalled 8,500 boxes from five Scottish trawl landings, six Anglo Spanish long-line landings and one Anglo freezer netter. The Scottish boats continue to chase haddock and monkfish at Rockall and will plod on until the weather breaks. The Anglo long-line fleet have started to work their way south, with […]
Read More19 arrivals for the period Whitefish totalled 5,000 boxes from five Scottish trawl and one Anglo Spanish long-line landing. After a month on the east coast for refits and paintjobs the Scottish fleet are slowly returning west to continue targeting Rockall haddock and monkfish. Early indications are good with boats reporting quality haddocks across the […]
Read More12 arrivals for the period Whitefish totalled 800 boxes from a single Scottish trawl landing. The spring and summer Rockall haddock bonanza is over for the time being and boats are heading east for refits and paint jobs. There’s plenty of remaining quota so hopefully the fleet will return in the autumn for more of […]
Read More23 arrivals for the period Whitefish totalled 5,500 boxes from five Scottish trawl and one Anglo-Spanish longline landing. The Scottish fleet has largely headed back east for summer refits after the best Rockall haddock and squid season for many years. The remaining boats are still catching well and hopefully the fleet will return in a […]
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