BMI is not a pass or fail
28th August 2023
The latest instalment of the Fathom podcast, produced by the Cornish FPO with support from The Seafarers’ Charity, is now available for download.
New call for action on gill-netters
28th August 2023
Orkney and Shetland MP Alistair Carmichael is to lobby the UK government to put pressure on Germany after yet more revelations about the fleet of foreign gill-netters operating in Shetland waters.
EU-UK agreement welcomed by industry leaders
24th August 2023
The three agreements announced earlier this month between the UK and EU (Fishing News, 17 August, ‘UK-EU deal confirms new TACs and quota swap arrangements’) were welcomed by industry representatives speaking to FN this week.
Successful opening day for two bluefin programmes
24th August 2023
Defra Minister Mark Spencer welcomed the start of the two bluefin tuna programmes that began last week, with a successful start to the angling tag and release (CHART) programme coinciding with the first two commercially landed bluefin being sold on Plymouth market on successive days.
iVMS roll-out schedule released
23rd August 2023
The MMO has now confirmed details of the roll-out of iVMS to the English inshore fleet, following last week’s announcement of the restart of the programme (Fishing News, 17 August, ‘iVMS roll-out restarts’).
Electronic tracking planned for Scots under-12s
23rd August 2023
Scottish under-12m boats will have to install electronic tracking and monitoring technology if Scottish government proposals go ahead.
McAllan hears HPMA concerns in Eyemouth
22nd August 2023
Scottish Cabinet secretary for rural affairs and net zero Màiri McAllan made a long-requested visit to Eyemouth last week accompanied by local MSPs Finlay Carson and Emma Harper, to meet with members of the Anglo Scottish Fishermen’s Association (ASFA).
REM for all scallopers and pelagic vessels in Scottish waters
22nd August 2023
Legislation to make it compulsory to fit remote electronic monitoring (REM) technology on all scallop dredgers and pelagic vessels (including freezers) fishing in Scottish waters will be introduced to the Scottish parliament in 2023.
Bass FMP: long on aims, short on detail – but a real prospect of new management
21st August 2023
It’s vital that fishermen make their views known in a fishery with significant French interest, and where anglers take over a quarter of the catch By Andy Read The Bass Fishery Management Plan (FMP) for England and Wales differs from…
Science gear deployed at Little Halibut Bank
21st August 2023
Scientists from Hariot-Watt University who are working on an international project looking at the settlement of marine organisms in the North Sea have asked Fishing News readers working in the vicinity of the Little Halibut Bank to keep a look-out…
