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NEAFC agrees management measures. The North-East Atlantic Fisheries Commission (NEAFC) gathered for its annual meeting in London from 13 to 16 November 2018. During the meeting, the EU and the […]
Higher quotas for small fishing boats after Brexit. The Guardian newspaper reports that fishing rights should be redrawn to give a higher quota to smaller vessels after Brexit, the Labour […]
Sanford planning to sell majority of pelagic business. New Zealand seafood company Sanford (SAN) has announced it has a conditional agreement to sell its Tauranga based pelagic business to local […]
Dead fish to power cruise ships in a new scheme to use green energy for polluting cruise liners. According to a report in The Guardian, the leftovers of fish processed […]
Disappointment for Europêche as no consensus is reached on tuna. After nine days of intensive discussions on Atlantic tunas at the plenary meeting of the International Commission for the Conservation […]
Call to help save rare skate by scientists who are calling on Scotland’s anglers to help save one of the largest and rarest creatures in British waters. The common or […]
ICCAT agrees tuna management plan – ICCAT (International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas) has agreed on a reviewed multi-annual management plan for bluefin tuna in the eastern Atlantic […]
EU signs fishing partnership with Guinea Bissau – On 15 November, the EU and Guinea Bissau signed a new Sustainable Fishing Partnership Agreement (SFPA) protocol, a year after the previous […]
New vessels named for Icelandic German partnership – This was a big occasion in the history of Iceland based Samherji and Deutsche Fischfang Union (DFFU) when the two new fishing […]
UK industry seeks Brexit clarity – Scottish and UK industry leaders are seeking clarity from the Prime Minister on the proposed new fisheries agreement within the Brexit settlement amid concerns […]
Sunderland Marine support for recycling fishing line. The ANLRS is delighted to announce that Sunderland Marine, specialists in Marine, Aquaculture and Angling Lakes Insurance, has kindly offered to donate £1000.00 […]
Management measures agreed for 2019 – Agreement reached on blue whiting and Atlanto-Scandian herring last week, in London, delegations of the European Union, the Faroe Islands, Norway and Iceland, with […]
NFFO responds to VMS consultation. Defra is consulting on a proposal to require all vessels below 12 metres in length to fit and operate inshore VMS equipment when operating in […]
EU demands fishing rights in British waters as price for all-UK Brexit backstop. European Union fishing fleets must be given wide-ranging access to British coastal waters as the price of […]
Rare shark nursery found off Ireland in July, during a “SeaRover” survey by the Marine Institute, using the remotely operated vehicle (ROV) Holland 1 deployed from Irish Lights ship Granuaile. […]
EC unveils catch proposals for 2019. The EC has outlined its proposal ahead of the December Fisheries Council where Member States agree next year’s fishing quotas. The European Commission proposes […]
The health and safety of fishermen gains centre stage at the European Parliament. The European social partners for fisheries, Europêche and ETF, co-hosted a successful conference yesterday evening (7 November) […]
MAIB report on fishing vessel North Star fatality. On 5 February 2018, at approximately 1815, Mark Elder, a crewman on the 16.46m creel fishing vessel North Star, was dragged overboard […]
Tackling Fishing Safety – Commercial fishing is one of the world’s most dangerous professions yet the internationally-binding instrument which specifically addresses fishing vessel safety, the Cape Town Agreement, is not […]
Evaluation of the EMFF – Risk & Policy Analysts (RPA) Ltd have been commissioned by Defra to carry out work on the evaluation of the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund […]
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