26 May 2023
The project continues to progress well with all elements starting to take shape. In the coming days the new quayside area at the harbour, the cycle way and the parking strip adjacent to the north pavement will be tarred. In early June the first sections of pontoon will be delivered from Ireland and installed along […]
Read MoreHarbour News 26 April–22 May
69 arrivals for the period Whitefish totalled 30,050 boxes from twenty-three Scottish trawl and sixteen Anglo longline landings. Rockall haddock remains the target species for many Scottish trawlers who report that the post-spawning fish are fattening up once again. In the coming weeks many of the Scottish boats will head back east for their summer […]
Read More25 April 2023
All good on the project front with excellent progress across the works. Dredging to deepen the new inner harbour and approaches plus deepening of all fishing berths was completed in mid-April. The Caithness promenade slabs are being laid west to east and the same material is being fitted east to west as copes for the […]
Read MoreHarbour News 28 March–25 April 2023
94 arrivals for the period Whitefish totalled 49,400 boxes from thirty-five Scottish trawl, sixteen Anglo longline and two Anglo freezer netters. Scottish effort continues at Rockall with a fleet of around seventeen vessels concentrating on the seasonal haddock fishery and landing in Ullapool every ten days or so. The fish have now spawned and as […]
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