Inshore fishermen on the south coast of Cornwall have breathed a sigh of relief after applications for two seaweed farms were withdrawn, following a high-profile campaign that included a wide variety of maritime interests. The twin proposals to develop the…
A ground-breaking pilot project is being set up in Scotland to protect the welfare of fishing vessel crews and provide them with a route for formal grievance procedures. The new Worker-Driven Social Responsibility (WSR) programme for UK fishing is the…
We are delighted to be able to reveal that top Scottish comedian Fred MacAulay, who hosted the awards to great acclaim back in 2018, will be returning as our host for the 2024 Fishing News Awards. Well-known as a frequent…
On completion, Ossian will be one of the largest floating offshore wind farms in the world, producing up to 3.6GW of renewable energy – enough to power up to 6m homes annually. Occupying 858km2 of seabed 84km off the Angus…
The 2023 Fishing News Readers’ Photos Competition set another new record for the number of entries we received. The quality of many of the pictures printed over the course of the year made it a challenge to select this shortlist…
At the London meeting at the end of November to mark the official expansion of Fisheries Innovation Scotland, now renamed Fisheries Innovation and Sustainability (FIS) and covering the whole of the UK, trustees and invited industry representatives were treated to…
The countdown is on to the 2024 Fishing News Awards, and nominations are coming in fast. Have you made your nominations yet? The only awards event dedicated to recognising achievement, innovation and success in the UK and Irish commercial fishing…
“I kind of retired from going to sea full-time in 2016,” Richard Fowler told Fishing News. “I own a 10m vessel, Rebecca BM 34, that other people now skipper for me. For my retirement, I spend all day mending people’s…
The Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) has released its report into the accidental discharge of a fire-extinguishing system onboard the beam trawler Resurgam PZ 1001 in Newlyn harbour on 15 November, 2019, which resulted in one fatality. Twenty-year-old apprentice engineer…
Twenty-five years after the last change to its levy – the charge paid to Seafish for the majority of seafish products landed or imported into the UK – the body has published its full response to an informal consultation on…
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