Imagine your community had fished a certain species for generations, sustaining families and providing an income for lots of people. Your rural community, isolated from most modern means of earning a living have done this for thousands of years. Then suddenly, the fish that you rely on starts disappearing. It’s not disappearing because other people […]
The recent media attention around the case of Charlotte Proudman, the human rights lawyer who outed a fellow lawyer for an inappropriate message on LinkedIn has added new impetus to research conducted by Stormline earlier this Summer, which revealed that women are put off certain industries because they expect to be patronised by male colleagues. […]
This is the second in an exciting new series of monthly Stormline feature profiles. A new face of Stormline, every month. Name: Tony (TK) Walker Age: 52 Profession:  Commercial fisherman. Hometown: Whangamata New Zealand. Main activity: Long line fishing for Tuna, swordfish and bottom longline for Bass and bluenose. Best catch: In recent years the most memorable catch […]
Following on from our research into what puts women off from working in male-dominated industries, new research from Stormline has revealed some depressing trends among the names of the UK’s top bosses, they’re almost all blokes for a start. Like a boss – Most common names running top UK firms More Andrews than women […]
This is the first in an exciting new series of monthly Stormline feature profiles. A new face of Stormline, every month. Why? We want to get to know the people who choose Stormline and share their passion for the sea with the rest of the Stormline community. To kick us off, say hello to 17-year-old Anthony […]
New research conducted by Stormline has found that two thirds of people who eat fish at least twice per month don’t bother reading the label, despite saying they are concerned about sustainability, origin and capture method. Of the one in three that regularly read the label, 91 percent said they found the information confusing and […]
A New Zealand fisherman has told of his bewilderment at snagging a 63kg wild boar while out at sea last Saturday (July 4th). Glen Dobbs of Aukland and a friend were out fishing as part of the Bounty Hunter Fishing Tournament when their 15-foot fishing boat hit the boar, which was still alive. The pair […]
As a proud supplier of wet weather gear to a number of partners in the aquaculture industry, we take a very keen interest in the future of the industry. A recent report conducted by the BBC found that attitudes to farmed fish may be holding back progress in finding a sustainable way to provide enough […]
Updated Research – Why do People with these Seven Names hold A THIRD of UK’s Top Jobs? New research from Stormline has found that not only are women put off so-called male-orientated jobs, there’s a lack of representation across the UK’s top management positions too, with just 6% of top jobs at the UK’s biggest […]
Recently our Sales Director, Regan McMillan was interviewed by The Pitch about the challenges of manufacturing and winning and servicing contracts. You can read about the challenges that our company and other SME’s face here.