39 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 MorePleased to report some positive progress with Transport Scotland on the contractual arrangements and VAT implications of the project. The concrete breakwater pontoons are progressing well; one unit has been completed (pictured) and the other two have been fabricated. The three 85-tonne pontoons will be joined together and towed to Ullapool from Ireland in the […]
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 MoreThe project continues to gather momentum with funding secured, planning agreed and a contractor all but appointed. The works will have a slow start from August 2022; the first stages involve the setup of a work camp on the pier and preparatory work on the beach. Construction will continue six days a week throughout autumn […]
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 […]
Read More27 arrivals for the period Whitefish totalled 9175 boxes from five Scottish trawl, five Anglo longline and one Anglo freezer netter. The Scottish lads continue to work along the shelf edge north west of the Butt of Lewis targeting monkfish, squid and mixed groundfish. Despite the poor weather, boats have fished well achieving decent high […]
Read More32 arrivals for the period Whitefish totalled 7150 boxes from six Scottish trawl and seven Anglo longline vessels. The Scottish fleet has been working along the shelf edge north west of the Butt of Lewis targeting monkfish, squid and mixed groundfish. The majority of Scottish vessels have been landing in Scrabster with only a handful […]
Read MoreWhitefish totalled 14,100 boxes from fifteen Scottish trawl, two Anglo longline and two Anglo freezer netters. The Scottish fleet has been concentrating on monkfish and groundfish along the shelf edge west of the Butt of Lewis. Fishing has been steady with boats landing mixed loads of high value species despite the at times very stormy […]
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