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Langoustine
Also known as Dublin Bay Prawns or Norway Lobster, Langoustine are one of Scotland鈥檚 most profitable exports and one of the few sources of income for West Coast communities.聽Langoustine are caught by two different methods of fishing 鈥 Creeling and trawling.聽Creels caught prawns are kept alive and sold to the premium restaurant markets at home and abroad.聽Trawled prawns are caught in bulk and mainly sold for the frozen prawn tail or scampi market.
Alistair 鈥淏ally鈥 Philp
Bally operates the Creel boat 鈥淣emesis鈥 out of Kyleakin on the South eastern tip of Skye with his crewman, Dochus.聽
Robert Summers
Robert is the skipper of the prawn trawler 鈥淩ebecca Jeneen鈥. This one million pound vessel is the newest boat in the Mallaig fishing fleet.
Bill Simmonds
Bill is the skipper of the scallop Dredger 鈥淰ikingborg鈥. He fishes out of Mallaig in the same areas as prawn trawlers and creel boats.
Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Presenter | Dougie Vipond |
Series Producer | Simon Cousins |
Executive Producer | Rachel Bell |
Executive Producer | David Harron |