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UK Government seizes post-Brexit freedoms for fishing industry. The UK Government has set out further steps to deliver a thriving, sustainable fishing industry and healthy marine environment for generations to […]
HPMAs will have catastrophic impact on fishing industry. Banning fishing in a tenth of Scottish waters under a network of new Highly Protected Marine Areas (HPMAs) will have a catastrophic […]
Irish inshore fishermen’s group recognised as an EU producer organisation Ireland’s Minister for Agriculture Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue, has announced the recognition of the National Inshore Fishermen’s Association […]
NFFO chief executive slams the way fishing industry is misrepresented Barrie Deas, the chief executive of the National Federation of Fishermen’s Organisations (NFFO) has highlighted the degree to which commercial […]
Irish meeting on energy costs facing fishing. Ireland’s Fisheries Minister Charlie McConalogue has met representatives of the broad seafood sector covering the fishing fleet, aquaculture and processing. The organisations at […]
Fishing for Data in Orkney. SafetyNet Technologies and Heriot Watt University (HWU) are collaborating on the ‘Fishing for Data’ project, funded by Cisco Systems. The project aims to create underwater […]
Scotwind projects impact Shetland Fleet. Reacting to this week’s announcement by the Crown Estate Scotland of three Shetland ScotWind projects, Shetland Fishermen’s Association Executive Officer Daniel Lawson said the areas […]
Fishing for alternative fuels: Seafood Industry Australia launches research project. By Catherine Norwood for FRDC. As escalating diesel prices see a growing number of boats tied up at ports all around the […]
Irish Minister discusses challenges with fishing industry. Ireland’s Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue, met with representatives of the fishing industry to discuss a number of important […]
NZ seafood industry questions camera use on fishing vessels. In response to Minister David Parker’s recent announcement about the national roll-out of cameras on commercial inshore fishing vessels, Seafood New […]
Blue Marine working with Sussex fishermen to help bring fishing back from the brink in Bognor Regis. Marine conservation charity Blue Marine Foundation has today launched a film to celebrate […]
Spanish fishing sector asks for Government help over rising fuel costs. The Spanish fishing sector is asks its Government to adopt immediate measures to reverse the situation of unviability of […]
Spanish fishing group creates new PO association. Cepesca’s Board of Directors decided at its last meeting, held yesterday, to create a national Association of Fishery Producer Organisations (AOP). With the launch […]
£75m boost to modernise UK fishing industry and level up coastal communities. Multimillion investment boost to infrastructure to modernise UK ports and processing facilities and create jobs. Funding will also go […]
Mandatory monitoring for Scottish scallop dredge fleet. Scotland’s Future Fisheries Management (FFM) Strategy, launched in December 2020, set out policy initiatives for the next ten years to protect the environment and […]
Report on Northern Ireland fishing and seafood published. Northern Ireland Fisheries Minister Edwin Poots MLA has published the findings of a major report regarding the investment needs of the fishing […]
Canada strengthens protections for inshore commercial licence holders. The inshore fisheries of Canada’s East Coast are often family-run businesses that drive rural, local, regional, and national economies. In December 2020, […]
What happened to FOIF? Future of Inshore Fisheries The NFFO takes stock of what happened to the Future of Inshore Fisheries Initiative. Amid Covid and the general post-TCA gloom, many […]
Macron shift signals start of real fishing talks. The legal and political realities confronting the EU on fishing have been finally acknowledged by President Macron, in the wake of last […]
Sanford signals support for cameras on fishing vessels. New Zealand’s largest seafood company Sanford has welcomed the announcement by the Fisheries Minister of multi-party Government support for cameras on fishing […]
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