Category: Commercial Fishing
MAIB Report Fishing Vessel Solstice – Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) report on the capsize and sinking of fishing vessel Solstice resulting in one fatality, south of Plymouth, 26 September 2017. […]
Western Med countries adopt plan for sustainable blue economy. Ministers of the Western Mediterranean countries, at the presence of the European Commission and the Union for the Mediterranean, have adopted […]
Fishermen and conservation groups share views on fish discards. The EU Energy and Environment Sub-Committee of the UK Parliament is continuing its inquiry into the implementation and enforcement of the […]
A new Southern Bluefin Tuna survey taking place in South Australia has invited recreational fishers to provide information to help measure the recreational harvest. The Australian Department of Agriculture and […]
Scots say in quota and effort limits. Scottish Fisheries Secretary Fergus Ewing has written to the UK Government (cabinet minister Michael Gove) to request a number of amendments to the […]
Caspian Sea Sturgeon Ban Extended – Representatives of five Caspian Sea littoral states extended the ban on commercial sturgeon fishing in the Caspian Sea by the end of 2019, Head […]
Keel is laid for new Norebo trawler – The keel has been laid at St Petersburg’s Northern Shipyard for a new state-of-the-art factory trawler for Norebo, one of Russia’s largest […]
The latest volume of Quay Issues, the award-winning annual magazine for the UK fishing industry. has been released by Seafish, the public body that supports the £10bn UK seafood industry. […]
New Jersey Gleaning Programme – The Cape May County Board of Freeholders is the latest legislative body to support a programme that would allow the New Jersey fishing industry to […]
Irish mackerel quota agreement brings stability – The Irish fisheries minister says the outcome of the international fisheries negotiations between the European Union, Norway, and the Faroe Islands on the […]
£4.8 million support for coastal communities for fishery and aquaculture projects. A share of the latest round of European Maritime and Fisheries Funding awards has been awarded to 29 projects […]
The UK will be a fully independent coastal state according to Prime Minister Theresa May. She has told the Scottish Fishermen’s Federation (SFF) that in 2020 the UK will negotiate […]
NE Atlantic mackerel quota cut by 20%. The EU, Norway and the Faroes have agreed a mackerel Total Allowable Catch for 2019 which is 20% lower than this year’s quota. […]
Promising future for Shetland fisheries – The future looks promising for fisheries around Shetland after record numbers of small haddock and increases in small cod and whiting populations were identified […]
Research has found. microplastic toxins leave shellfish at mercy of predators. The chemical cocktail suppresses periwinkles’ ability to avoid crabs that eat them and disrupts the food chain. According to […]
Chinese fish oil producer achieves Friend of The Sea certification. Shandong Yuwang Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd has obtained the certification for refined fish oil and softgel from Engraulis rigens sourced from FAO Area […]
EC welcomes new multi annual fisheries plan. The European Commission has welcomed the agreement reached by the European Parliament and the Council on a multi-annual plan for fisheries in the […]
African fishing communities face ‘extinction’ as blue economy grows, taking away common rights to land and water, experts warn, it was reported by Thomson Reuters Foundation. Fishing communities along Africa’s coastline […]
The Scottish fishing industry demands full control of UK waters be taken back from the EU. Politicians from all parties at Holyrood and Westminster are being urged to sign a […]
2017 was a record year for Shetland whitefish landings, according to a new report from the NAFC Marine Centre UHI. According to the annual ‘Shetland Fisheries Statistics‘, more than 21,000 […]
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