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Shetland's contribution to the fishing sector has gained recognition at a major awards ceremony where Scottish businesses proved big winners. Skipper of the isles-based Courageous, Ian Shearer, was named the best fisherman in the UK Under the age of 25. Meanwhile, the Guardian Angell took home th... Read more...
The new Guardian Angell has arrived home in Shetland after engine and fishing trials off Whitby last week. (more…) Read more...
Shetland's newest whitefish trawler the Guardian Angell (LK 272) was named by skipper Michael Henderson's wife Wilma at the weekend at the port of Whitby in Yorkshire. Over 100 family members and friends travelled to Whitby from the isles, and Yell in particular, to support Mr Henderson, toge... Read more...
THE LOCAL whitefish trawler Guardian Angell has been clocking up its rare fish finds. A 5ft long deal fish, Trachipterus arcticus was caught at the start of the month, while last week’s finds included an Atlantic fanfish, Pterycombus brama and then a pair of rays bream Brama brama. The fanfish... Read more...
THE SKIPPER of the Yell trawler Guardian Angell was fined £7,200 at Lerwick Sheriff Court yesterday for recording his catch of dogfish wrongly. Michael John Henderson, 46, of Cullivoe, admitted he could not have taken all 59 boxes of dogs in western waters, as he had claimed on his logsheet. The ... Read more...