Two fishermen feared lost at sea off the Aberdeenshire coast survived on a bottle of water and two biscuits.
Jim Reid, 75, and his grandson David Irvine, 35, from Inverbervie, are back on dry land after being found in their creel boat on Thursday morning.
They were discovered about 46 miles off the coast of Montrose by another fishing vessel, the Sylvia Bowers DS8.
The pair, who had been missing since Tuesday, said they were "glad to be found".
The fishermen failed to return to Gourdon harbour on Tuesday when they lost their way in fog about half a mile off shore.
Their 16ft boat, the Water Rail, ran off course when their compass stopped working.
They were unable to call for help as Mr Irvine had forgotten to bring his mobile phone with him, and the pair were forced to survive for two days on just two biscuits and a bottle of water.
'Over the moon'
Mr Irvine said he and his grandfather were "pleased to see the Sylvia Bowers" when they were rescued before being taken ashore at Montrose lifeboat station.
And crew member Mark Spence said the pair were "perfectly fine" after they were picked up.
Full story form the BBC
Thursday, 22 May 2014
After serving the community for over 100 years Newlyn's iconic Fishermen's Mission is put up for sale!
NEWLYN'S Fishermen's Mission, which for generations has been the social hub of the port as well as the first port of call for distressed fishermen, is to be sold.
However, the charity has said it plans to lease back part of the building and hopes facilities such as the canteen and showers will continue to operate, albeit under different owners.
The building, which includes a canteen, catering kitchen, meeting rooms, guest accommodation, showers and a four-bedroomed maisonette, will be sold with an initial guide price of £500,000.
The Mission will look to rent office space for staff members, a quiet space for a memorial room and aims to find a suitable home for the large collection of ships' models.
David Dickens, chief executive of the Fishermen's Mission, said the sale was part of a national policy with the buildings at Newlyn, Peterhead and Fraserburgh the final ones to be sold and that the Mission was not about to turn its back on Cornwall.
"The needs of fishermen have changed and we no longer need facilities with accommodation," he said. "More importantly, these centres have been eating away into our reserves and preventing us from developing the services we really need to offer our fishermen in the 21st century and beyond.
"Our work in Cornwall has grown considerably in the past two years and we have been strengthening the team here and will continue to do so in the future."
He said the group helps fishermen in a different way now and could no longer have staff spend time looking after a building, before pledging a commitment to Cornwall.
In the past few months the Fishermen's Mission has made emergency grants of more than £119,000 to 234 fishermen in the county as well as distributing 250 lifejackets to fishermen as part of the Fishing Industry Safety Group campaign.
The building was gifted to the Fishermen's Mission in 1911 by the Bolitho family and Mr Dickens stressed the proceeds from the sale would be ring-fenced to be spent in Cornwall.
He added that selling by limited tender would enable the Mission to place provisos on the new purchaser and although he could not offer guarantees, he very much hoped that the canteen would continue to operate.
He added that informal talks had taken place with two local people interested in running the canteen.
Douglas Williams, a member of the Mission's local advisory committee, said: "The building is a very powerful feature of Newlyn and in a perfect location but times and needs change, as has been seen this past winter.
"The staff at Newlyn are working throughout Cornwall but we are very keen to ensure the Mission maintains its identity in Newlyn."
The property is being offered for sale through Smiths Gore with a tender date set for July 4.
Full story from the Cornishman newspaper:
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| Mission superintendent Keith Dixon manning the tea urn |
The building, which includes a canteen, catering kitchen, meeting rooms, guest accommodation, showers and a four-bedroomed maisonette, will be sold with an initial guide price of £500,000.
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| The mission building has been an icon of Newlyn for over 100 years |
The Mission will look to rent office space for staff members, a quiet space for a memorial room and aims to find a suitable home for the large collection of ships' models.
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| The mission chapel has a superb collection of model fishing boats |
David Dickens, chief executive of the Fishermen's Mission, said the sale was part of a national policy with the buildings at Newlyn, Peterhead and Fraserburgh the final ones to be sold and that the Mission was not about to turn its back on Cornwall.
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| The Mission still intends to feed the hungry fishermen of the port |
"The needs of fishermen have changed and we no longer need facilities with accommodation," he said. "More importantly, these centres have been eating away into our reserves and preventing us from developing the services we really need to offer our fishermen in the 21st century and beyond.
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| The chapel is big enough to host meetings and displays |
"Our work in Cornwall has grown considerably in the past two years and we have been strengthening the team here and will continue to do so in the future."
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| There is an historic model of the Mystery the world's first ever trans-oceanic voyage by a small boat |
He said the group helps fishermen in a different way now and could no longer have staff spend time looking after a building, before pledging a commitment to Cornwall.
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| There is potential to develop the big refectory room |
In the past few months the Fishermen's Mission has made emergency grants of more than £119,000 to 234 fishermen in the county as well as distributing 250 lifejackets to fishermen as part of the Fishing Industry Safety Group campaign.
The building was gifted to the Fishermen's Mission in 1911 by the Bolitho family and Mr Dickens stressed the proceeds from the sale would be ring-fenced to be spent in Cornwall.
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| The Mission provides a place for fishermen and fishworkers to eat, meet and greet |
He added that selling by limited tender would enable the Mission to place provisos on the new purchaser and although he could not offer guarantees, he very much hoped that the canteen would continue to operate.
He added that informal talks had taken place with two local people interested in running the canteen.
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| Local charity work is at the heart of the Mission's mission |
Douglas Williams, a member of the Mission's local advisory committee, said: "The building is a very powerful feature of Newlyn and in a perfect location but times and needs change, as has been seen this past winter.
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| Senegalese fishermen talking - many historic meetings have been held on the premises |
"The staff at Newlyn are working throughout Cornwall but we are very keen to ensure the Mission maintains its identity in Newlyn."
The property is being offered for sale through Smiths Gore with a tender date set for July 4.
Full story from the Cornishman newspaper:
Wednesday, 21 May 2014
Copious amounts of scallops
The Copious, another inshore scalloper visitor in the port...
has an informative video which gives an insight into life aboard a small inshore scalloper - fine weather and plenty of scallops put a smile on the boys' faces.
That recalcitrant boy child, El Nino is a coming and he's the worst behaved - ever
This week in the Tradex Foods 3-Minute Market Insight, Rob Reierson discusses...
- Satellite observations show El Nino is coming and it could be the Worst in Decades
- Speculation that Atlantic Cod would be flooding the Market creating a downward spiral in price
- One Major consequence of El Nino is the movement of Commercially Important Fish affecting both Fishermen and the Markets
- Atlantic Cod raw materials Prices have increased over the past 2 weeks and is being Driven even Higher
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Mid-week market mostly inshore fish
Looks like a fine Cornish day in the offing...
are lost gill nets in the South West responsible for ghost fishing? - it takes very little time before any gill nets that are lost on the sea bed become a tangled mess - the action of the tide and weather see to it that theses nets do not fish for more than a few days after being lost...
its pollack season for the Sea Spray...
and for the first time in ages the inshore hand liners get to put good shots of mackerel ashore...
along with these colourful plaice...
several varieties of ray...
even more mackerel...
top mackerel hand line fishing from the punt Pendower...
waiting to set sail again for the pollack grounds...
Lords of the Ring net...
let's hope keep her in berth for a while yet...
as the number of yellow-wellies increases daily...
no more balancing on rickety steps to service the hull of boats on the slip #H&S
Tuesday, 20 May 2014
500 Free Fish is the Dish Fishmonger Kits!
FISH is the Dish has launched a marketing kit for independent fishmongers.
With 700 free kits now available to all UK fishmongers, the pack is being offered to support independent businesses and provide them with marketing materials for their own customers. The pack includes a species poster that shows the most popular seafood species available in the UK, a large marketing poster from Fish is the Dish, double-sided self-cling window sticker, a wipeable 'Specials' board and pen, 500 recipe leaflets, stickers, children's booklets and more.
The packs are available on a first come, first served basis. By signing up for a pack via Fish is the Dish, fishmongers will have their business details promoted on the Fish is the Dish website where consumers will be able to search and locate independent mongers in their local area.
The Fish is the Dish initiative by Seafish was designed as a digital campaign to showcase to families that fish is a healthy, quick and easy choice to feed the family.
For a pack or more information go here:
With 700 free kits now available to all UK fishmongers, the pack is being offered to support independent businesses and provide them with marketing materials for their own customers. The pack includes a species poster that shows the most popular seafood species available in the UK, a large marketing poster from Fish is the Dish, double-sided self-cling window sticker, a wipeable 'Specials' board and pen, 500 recipe leaflets, stickers, children's booklets and more.
The packs are available on a first come, first served basis. By signing up for a pack via Fish is the Dish, fishmongers will have their business details promoted on the Fish is the Dish website where consumers will be able to search and locate independent mongers in their local area.
The Fish is the Dish initiative by Seafish was designed as a digital campaign to showcase to families that fish is a healthy, quick and easy choice to feed the family.
For a pack or more information go here:
Monday, 19 May 2014
Where are the fishermen/fishers/fisherfolk in all this?
With the working title, "Discard ban can benefit fish and fishers, but sustainability must come first" here are the opening lines of an article written by Bryce Stewart - and you wonder why fishermen get a tad upset when they read this kind of thing!
Frustratingly, authors of articles like this continue to project a negative image of irresponsible fishermen to the public and further reinforce the damage done by HFW's series was in choosing to ignore the vital role fishermen have played in turning round fish stocks in areas like the North Sea and beyond over the last 10 years. The huge fleet of vessels working in the North Sea is no more - though a continuing source of angst amongst UK fishermen is that in many instances vessels flying other flags fish alongside and catch the very fish that the present system forces them to discard!
However, it was cheering to see another article from the The Conversation a few weeks ago acknowledge the weight of measures taken by the industry:
"It was hailed as a great victory for conservation, common sense and people power. Last year the European Commission finally voted to phase out the shameful practice of discarding hundreds of thousands of tonnes of perfectly good fish, either by-catch or target species caught over the allowable quota, as permitted by the EU Common Fisheries Policy (CFP).
Although hundreds of scientists, NGOs, politicians and legislators worked behind the scenes to make this happen, the issue really hit the public consciousness through the work of the mop-haired part-time celebrity chef/eco-warrior, Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall."Every time we read an article reporting on discards the authors somehow manage to forget that behind all of this are the guys who behind the scenes actually go out to sea to feed the nation and provide an income for them and their families - many of whom have given their time, money, sweat and tears to make changes to the way they fish (metal grids/square mesh panels etc) behind the scenes to make this all possible.
Frustratingly, authors of articles like this continue to project a negative image of irresponsible fishermen to the public and further reinforce the damage done by HFW's series was in choosing to ignore the vital role fishermen have played in turning round fish stocks in areas like the North Sea and beyond over the last 10 years. The huge fleet of vessels working in the North Sea is no more - though a continuing source of angst amongst UK fishermen is that in many instances vessels flying other flags fish alongside and catch the very fish that the present system forces them to discard!
However, it was cheering to see another article from the The Conversation a few weeks ago acknowledge the weight of measures taken by the industry:
Livelihoods on the line:
It is certainly true that the UK industry has worked hard for many years to try and ensure that cod stocks recover. Many of the measures adopted have involved sacrifices from the industry, including the decommissioning of vessels, introduction of fishing gear modifications to reduce the by-catch of small cod and actions to avoid areas where young cod congregate.The UK fishing industry needs a top PR company like never before - unfortunately it does not have the unanimity to have deep pockets or benefit from the huge donations made by charities such as the Oak Foundation or PEW to make shows like the #FishFight - more's the pity.
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