The overall picture for North Sea ecosystems is nowhere near the ‘last chance saloon’ painted by many NGOs.
The Scottish government has launched a far-reaching consultation that could see fishing banned from 20 MPAs that cover a third of Scottish waters
A BBC Scotland documentary has laid bare a catalogue of alleged abuse of foreign crew.
The Fraserburgh-registered Odyssey FR 70, skippered by local man Bruce Mitchell, was lost in the North Sea on the morning of Tuesday, 29 October. The 23.1m twin-rig trawler was reportedly around 140 miles east of Montrose when she transmitted a…
The EU has requested the establishment of an arbitration tribunal to rule on whether the UK’s ban on sandeel fishing is compatible with the Brexit Trade and Co-operation Agreement (TCA). The move follows pressure from the Danish industrial fishery and…
The Securing Sustainable Inshore Fisheries – Northern Regions workshop took place in Whitby last week Without fish there’s no fishery, but also without someone to catch the fish, there is no fishery.” This is a sentiment that is often aired…
Share a day in the life of South Devon and Channel Shellfishermen’s executive officer I’m bombarded with paperwork, and sometimes it’s not a great deal of good news – particularly in recent years. It can be confrontational or controversial, and…
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