Peterhead shout auction up for debate

Peterhead shout auction up for debate

Peterhead Port Authority confirms that it is seeking views on changes to the traditional shout auction.

Brexit ‘has hit seafood exports to EU’

Brexit ‘has hit seafood exports to EU’

Brexit has added ‘considerable’ burdens for Scottish seafood traders, and while trade with the EU is manageable, it is ‘sub-optimal’ at present.

 Bass compensation ‘could run to millions’

Bass compensation ‘could run to millions’

An inshore fisherman who has successfully overturned a 2016 decision that he was not eligible for bass entitlement on his licence has created a real stir in many inshore fishing ports.

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  • First steps towards Welsh Crab and Lobster FMP

    First steps towards Welsh Crab and Lobster FMP

    18th April 2024

    ‘Nothing is ruled in, and nothing ruled out’ at the start of the process to develop a Fisheries Management Plan (FMP) for crab and lobster in Welsh waters. Wales is already unique among the four UK nations in having developed…

  • More Defra support for SW pollack fleet

    More Defra support for SW pollack fleet

    17th April 2024

    In a surprise announcement last week, Defra confirmed that it was putting in place an additional package of compensation and support for inshore pollack vessels impacted by the zero TAC for area VII pollack that came into effect on 1…

  • Peterhead shout auction up for debate

    Peterhead shout auction up for debate

    16th April 2024

    The evolution of the whitefish industry took a further step last week, with Peterhead Port Authority (PPA) confirming that it is seeking views on changes to the traditional shout auction that still operates in the fishmarket, potentially with the introduction…

  • A Day In The Life Of: Commercial fishing manager Sharon Boyle

    A Day In The Life Of: Commercial fishing manager Sharon Boyle

    16th April 2024

    “I spent the mid to late 1990s travelling in Australia and America,” Sharon Boyle, commercial fishing manager at Mara Media, told Fishing News. “Living in New York, I’d always look out for an Irish paper for some home news, and…

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