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MSC for Scottish herring NORTH Sea herring is the first Scottish pelagic fishery to be certified by the Marine Stewardship Council as sustainable and well-managed. Click here for full story »
Penalties of £317,000 for black sole Three skipper-owners of trawlers from Whitstable, Harich and West Mersea and a fish merchant were hit with fine's confiscation orders and costs totalling £317,000 at Ipswich for landing and failing to record 19 tonnes of over-quota sole. Click here for full story »
EU minsters agree fuel package EU fisheries ministers agreed a far-reaching emergency package of measures totalling more than €2 billion to help fishermen face the fuel-price crisis, but the price will be crapping more of Europe’s fleet. Click here for full story »
UK minister ‘will talk about changes’ JONATHAN Shaw, UK fisheries minister, told MPs that DEFRA would “look closely at, and talk to the industry about” the greater flexibility in the use of EU cash to help beleaguered fishermen in the UK. Click here for full story »
Scots angry at House of Lords report LEADERS of Scottish fishermen are furious at a House of Lords committee report on Europe’s Common Fisheries Policy that says the EU fleets should not be given help with their crippling fuel costs. Click here for full story »
Fish merchants face shake-out AN analyst’s report says up to 650 jobs could be lost and almost a quarter of the 375 companies it surveyed were losing money because UK fish merchants need to consolidate to survive. Click here for full story »
CCTV recording catches A SKIPPER from Whitby in north-east England has been recording his catches using CCTV cameras in an experiment to provide a system demonstrating that catches are being made according to the rules should fisheries officers board the boat. Click here for full story »
Sarkozy protest in Dublin ABOUT 200 Irish fishermen protested in Dublin against the visit of Nicolas Sarkozy of France as president of the European Commission as a follow-up to Ireland’s ‘no’ vote in its referendum. Click here for full story »
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