The young woman making waves in the harsh, male dominated world of fishing

Daily Mail​

12-05-2025

It has long been an industry dominated by men.
But 21-year-old Brooke Lamond has just been named trainee fisherman of the year.
The young woman from Glasnakille in South Skye, has been around fishing boats since she was little yet has only recently embarked on life catching creel on the open water.
And Ms Lamond, who had toyed with becoming a beautician, said she was delighted to be called a fisherman because 'I feel like that's the name of the job.'
She told BBC Radio's Good Morning Scotland: 'I wouldn't want that to change just because I'm a woman, it's almost emphasising the point that a woman's doing it.
'I would definitely say 'fisherman' is my title.'
Ms Lamond has been going out on fishing boats with her father Kenny Lamond since she was eight-years-old but lost interest when she went to secondary school.
She gave it another go in November when a family friend offered her a job on a boat catching shellfish.
And now despite doubters having said she wouldn't be able to cope in a male-dominated industry, she has picked up the accolade at the Fishing News Awards.
She said: 'It's nice to be able to say: 'I can do that and it doesn't matter that I'm a woman, it doesn't matter who you are.'
'I've had that attitude since I was young. My dad's disabled so he's always been looked at like 'surely he can't do fishing'.
'It was quite difficult listening to people saying I wasn't going to manage it. But I knew in my head that I could.'