An international group representing fishing industry interests in the North Sea and west of Scotland has condemned ICES advice for a 22% cut in the northern shelf cod TAC for 2025 as unnecessarily precautionary. The Northern Fishing Alliance (NFA), which…
A Shetland MSP has raised fishermen’s long-running concerns about the lack of checks on catches by foreign vessels that are landed straight onto lorries – particularly, in northern ports, by Spanish-owned longliners and netters – and then trucked south for…
Leading fisheries scientists call for greater rigour by journals responsible for publishing misleading articles By Tim Oliver An article just published in the respected science journal Marine Policy highlights the need for objective and reliable fisheries science to ensure conservation…
The Marine Casualty Investigation Board (MCIB) has released its report into the death of a Latvian crew member in a man-overboard incident involving the Irish crabber Séimí WT 388. The report – the purpose of which is not to attribute…
International fishing effort on the migratory mackerel stock has accelerated, with fish being reported from the international zone, beyond any 200nm EEZ, providing a lifeline for vessels from Greenland, Iceland and Russia that are unable to find mackerel in their…
Reports of the failure of a 107m long wind turbine blade during commissioning of the Dogger Bank wind farm – the world’s largest – have been confirmed by the operators. They remain tight- lipped, however, about any detail of the…
The cost of a fish supper has risen more than any other popular takeaway mean, according to figures from the Office for National Statistics. The average price of takeaway fish and chips was £9.88 in July this year, up from…
The Scottish government has launched a far-reaching consultation – set to run for just eight weeks – that could see fishing banned from 20 MPAs that cover a third of Scottish waters. As a minimum, it seems set to see…
In 1960, David Marshall’s life changed forever in the shark-infested waters of the South Pacific. Surviving a traumatic ‘man-overboard’ experience, and prompted by the continuous loss of life at sea, he embarked on a quest, dedicated to inventing a rescue…
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