23 arrivals for the period Whitefish totalled 1700 boxes from one Scottish trawl and three Anglo long-line landings. The Scottish effort has dwindled away; many vessels are no longer permitted to fish west until next year. The industry is struggling – reduced quotas and inflated fuel prices are threatening the viability of the trawl fleet. […]
Read More35 arrivals for the period. Whitefish totalled 6,800 boxes from four Scottish trawl, three Anglo long-line and one Anglo freezer netter. The Scottish trawl effort is coming to an end for 2022 and only a couple of boats are now fishing west, landing haddocks and monkfish. Anglo vessels are limited to the occasional landing; long-line […]
Read More16 arrivals for the period. Whitefish totalled 3,400 boxes from five Scottish trawl landings. As previously noted a number of the Scottish trawl fleet find themselves excluded from fishing west and have returned to the North Sea. Those that remain are still fishing at Rockall for haddocks with the exception of the Banff-registered Endeavour who […]
Read More33 arrivals for the period Whitefish totalled 5,300 boxes from four Scottish trawl and six Anglo long-line landings. The Scottish lads have finished fishing west; some have fallen foul of fishing regulations and now find themselves prohibited from fishing west of the 4 degree line for the remainder of 2022. A small number of Anglo […]
Read More38 arrivals for the period. Whitefish totalled 10,200 boxes from nine Scottish trawlers and five Anglo long-liners. A handful of Scottish boats are still working west landing haddocks and monkfish from Rockall and the shelf edge. Likewise a small number of Spanish long-liners continue to work waters to the west of the Butt of Lewis […]
Read More39 arrivals for the period Whitefish totalled 14,600 boxes from nine Scottish trawlers and ten Anglo longliners. The Scottish boats have had a long hard season fishing at Rockall and a few have returned home for refits, painting and maintenance. The Anglo fleet likewise has had a busy six months and a number of boats […]
Read More70 arrivals for the period Whitefish totalled 28,200 boxes from sixteen Scottish trawl, twenty five Anglo longline and one Anglo freezer netter. A number of the Scottish fleet have returned to Rockall and are reporting the appearance of good quality haddocks on the bank once again. Fish are proving elusive at times but those that […]
Read More72 arrivals for the period Whitefish totalled 26,100 from nineteen Scottish trawl, fifteen Anglo longline and two Anglo freezer netters. The Scottish fleet has largely finished fishing at Rockall; the inflated price of fuel has made it unviable to work so far offshore. Thankfully there has been a decent fishing of monkfish on the shelf […]
Read More57 arrivals for the period Whitefish totalled 14,000 boxes from sixteen Scottish trawl and two Anglo longline vessels. The Scottish lads have had good pickings along the shelf edge in recent weeks but given the better weather a number of boats have ventured further west to Rockall to try their luck. The first few landings […]
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