For the first time, all sides have agreed on a layout for a 320-berth marina for the harbour and new commercial fishing facilities for 74 vessels, at a cost of £50million.

"We had to dig the man out of the mud using our bare hands and it took four of us to pull him out."

A walk to the beach can turn up all sorts of treasures and beasties, and with the help of a new section of the NAFC’s Marine Centre website, folk will now be able to identify anything unusual that they find.

An angler has died after getting into difficulties off the Northumberland coast.

To Sir/Madame,

I am undertaking a university project in which some protection reefs are to be installed and the local fisherman are against the scheme.

Looking at the plan for the project the fishing quay is a long way from the protection reefs, so the only concern from the fisherman I can see is the proximity of the reefs to the pier. So if you are able to suggest what the typical max casting distances from a pier we might be able to rearrange the reefs so as not to affect the fishermen.

Any help you can provide will be most appreciated and if you have any other ideas as to why the fishermen are against the scheme please fell free to comment.

Kind Regards

Stephen