Jerry Percy, director of NUTFA, which represents under-10m vessels, has said that the MCA’s introduction of compulsory medical certification for fishermen has been ‘a fiasco from start to finish’. On 29 November, 30 hours before the deadline by which all…
We are delighted to launch the Fishing News Awards 2024, which will once again take place at The Chester Hotel in Aberdeen. The countdown is on to a night when we can gather with friends and colleagues to celebrate the…
A fisherman known as Stonehaven’s ‘Banksy’ has been rescued after his creel boat capsized near Stonehaven Bay. According to eyewitnesses, Jim Malcolm (pictured above), aged 72, clung to his upturned boat ‘for a good 20 minutes’ after being hit by…
A skipper, crew member and owner have all been arrested following the alleged discovery of a significant amount of cannabis onboard their fishing vessel. Skipper of the Boy Shayne PL 777 Jordan Corkill, deckhand Liam Lewis and vessel owner John…
Advice for fishermen from specialist marine law firm Bartons By Jo Plummery Collisions, as we know them, may well be consigned to the history books once autonomous navigation becomes the norm for commercial vessels. Until then, collisions will still be…
“My life is like a big ball of elastic bands. It all combines into one very big ball, but there are just so many different components that go into it,” Simon Macdonald told Fishing News. As a fisheries consultant, those…
Scottish rural affairs cabinet secretary Mairi Gougeon used a photo opportunity in front of the fishing fleet in Dunbar harbour last week to launch the Scottish government’s new policy document ‘Our Marine Sector in an Independent Scotland’. With summaries translated…
With the ML5 medical certification deadline just days away, the NFFO was attempting last week to clarify an additional issue with respect to its implementation in relation to vessel owners – an avenue that it says has been poorly explained…
Defra hosted an online meeting recently to discuss the development of the next five English-led Fisheries Management Plans (FMPs), which will be published in the new year. FMPs are required under the Fisheries Act that was signed into law in…
Industry leaders following the negotiations on TAC and fishing opportunities in 2024 said last week that there was little progress to report. A series of bilateral meetings between the UK and Norway and the UK and EU, and trilateral talks…
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