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Canada joins ocean alliance as it becomes 13th nation to join the worldwide alliance aimed at ridding our oceans from millions of tonnes of old fishing nets, creels and other […]
The public body that supports the £10bn UK seafood industry, Seafish appoints a Fishing Safety Officer to work with the Welsh fishing fleet. Lee Haigh is the new Seafish Wales […]
A consensus seems to be emerging that bass may escape landing obligation when it comes fully into force on 1st January 2019, according to the National Federation of Fishermen’s Organisations […]
Vónin’s new Flyer takes off! The device which is rigged to a trawl’s headline to generate lift, has been delivering positive results for fishing vessels, according to Óli Horn at […]
British and French fishermen agree on a deal to end scallop dispute in the English Channel. The BBC reports that the agreement will see larger British boats withdrawing in return […]
A report published by the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee sees the UK government urged to invest in NI fishing sector. The report was released following an inquiry into the effects […]
Scientists see evidence of major progress in European fisheries with Europêche welcoming the clear message from the scientific community and DG MARE Director General, Mr Aguiar Machado, at Friday’s “Scientific […]
Are today’s scallop wars the shape of things to come? While there still being no agreement between French and British fishermen, these current skirmishes over fishing rights in the Baie […]
The European Commission EC moves to revamp the Atlantic Action Plan by organising a series of workshops on the future of the Atlantic maritime strategy. The workshops are set up […]
No deal in scallop wars as British and French fishermen failed to reach an agreement over the dispute in the English Channel. Industry leaders met in Paris this weekend and […]
New fisheries research appointment for pioneering fishing industry sampling scheme Dr Katie Brigden has been appointed as Fisheries Scientist to work on a pioneering fish industry ‘self-sampling’ scheme for pelagic […]
The recent scallop wars in the Channel between UK and French fishing vessels highlight a number of important issues. The most important of these is that, whatever the rights and […]
A new navigation system launched by NCS (Norwegian Control Systems), a unique integrated navigation system (INS), will optimise operation of all types of vessels over 25 metres. Called RAVEN INS, […]
With over 8,000 policies directly written, Sunderland Marine is strongly committed to improving and supporting safety on fishing vessels, investing significant resources in loss prevention to promote education and training […]
The successful re-accreditation of sustainable shellfish fisheries by the international sustainability watchdog, has been hailed by the Board of the Shetland Shellfish Management Organisation (SSMO). Shetland has the only blue […]
The return of Atlantic bluefin tuna to UK and Irish waters has been highlighted in a recent report In an article for British Wildlife magazine, authors Tom Horton, Lucy Hawkes […]
French and British fishermen have come to blows in a dispute over scallop fishing rights off the Normandy coast. British boats are legally entitled to fish in the area all […]
Canadian fishermen will have the opportunity to see for themselves the benefits offered by using Exocet trawl doors at the forthcoming North Atlantic Fish & Workboat Show (16 to 17 […]
By Ian Gatt, chairman of the Scottish Pelagic Sustainability Group Scots mackerel and herring fishers are at the forefront of sustainability, one of the most used buzzwords of recent times […]
Stern Trawler Illustris Accident Investigation Report has just been released by the MAIB 15/2018 The MAIB investigation report into marine accident on the stern trawler Illustris, including what happened, safety […]
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