EU fisheries commissioner-designate Costas Kadis (pictured above) has committed to ensuring that EU vessels retain access to their historic fishing areas in the renegotiation of the TCA with the UK. He told MEPs from the EU parliament’s fisheries committee (PECH):…
Launched as Sweet Promise A 746 in 1965, this Noble’s-built stalwart, Tern LH 53, has clocked up almost 60 years’ service The 33ft Tern, which today is based at Port Seton, was built in 1965 by Jimmy Noble as Sweet…
A coalition of environmental organisations from across the UK and EU launched a Europe-wide campaign against demersal trawling in London last week, delivering a petition to Defra’s headquarters. A wide range of NGOs with a presence in the UK, including…
An unknown but reportedly ‘huge’ quantity of fertiliser was dumped off the east coast of England last week, sparking concerns about the impact on local ecosystems and fisheries. In an operation ultimately approved and co-ordinated by the transport minister, the…
If there’s one thing we know for sure about Fishing News readers, it’s just how enthusiastically you’ll greet news of yet another consultation. But it’s been three and a half years since our last reader survey, so there’s now quite…
Irish fishermen have united in a general election campaign to highlight key issues facing the sector. The campaign urges voters in the Irish general election ‘to support coastal communities and safeguard our greatest national resource – our fish!’. The general…
MPs stressed the essential need to keep fishing separate from trade and energy negotiations in a Westminster Hall debate recently that also discussed visa problems for migrant workers, spatial squeeze, Fisheries Management Plans (FMPs) and quota distribution. Opening the debate…
“There were a couple of days in the summer when we were short-staffed and were going in at 1.30am,” Darren Jenkins, fourth-generation fishmonger and owner of Jenkins & Son, told Fishing News. “That’s insane – but it’s my business, I…
Mairi Gougeon, the cabinet secretary for rural affairs, has confirmed that the planned changes to timetables for developing Fisheries Management Plans (FMPs) in Scotland, consulted on in October, would go ahead. Answering questions in the Rural Affairs and Islands Committee,…
Westminster protest on 19 November against threats to producers’ livelihoods and food security Great Yarmouth skipper Paul Lines and Lowestoft fishmarket boss and former MEP June Mummery are calling on the fishing industry to back a farmers’ protest at Westminster…
