New consultations, responses to previous consultations – though few decisions – and UK Seafood Fund grant announcements on same day from Defra In a wide-ranging announcement last week, Defra launched a series of consultations on proposed reforms of fisheries management…
Squid derogation to go ‘as soon as practicable’ – all other proposals deferred to NQS FMP The long-awaited Defra response to the consultation on managing fly-shooting within the southern North Sea and English Channel was included within its raft of…
Opportunistic predators caught on CatchCam Clyde fisherman Ian Wightman, who fishes for prawns on the Eilidh Anne GK 2, has been quoted previously in the pages of FN about the explosion in seal numbers in the Clyde. Seals following the…
Fishermen asked for feedback in survey to mark milestone The Seafit initiative, which provides free physical and mental wellbeing services to fishermen at quaysides around the UK, has launched a survey to coincide with its fifth anniversary. The multi-award-winning programme,…
High Court challenge against Defra and Environment Agency An Essex oyster farmer and others have taken legal action against Defra in a bid to curb sewage dumping in inshore waters. Tom Haward (pictured above) of Richard Haward’s Oysters of West…
Percentage paid to Crown could reduce, as developers warn of rising costs Wind farms in English and Welsh waters have driven a rapid increase in profits for the Crown Estate, which in principle is the property of the UK monarch.…
NIFCA prosecution results in fines and costs £2,400 On 22 June, Charles Michael Denton of Newbiggin by the Sea was sentenced by North Tyneside Magistrates’ Court for two breaches of national fisheries legislation, having been found guilty of retaining 179…
The latest addition to Shetland’s fishing fleet – the 24.9m Prolific LK 986 – arrived home to Lerwick just before midnight on Thursday, 6 July, after a 3,000-mile, 17-day delivery trip from Croatia. The new vessel is an identical sistership…
‘Insufficient science’ to justify proposal for 11-week closure in 2024 Marine Scotland has opened a consultation on the closure of an area of the Clyde from February to April 2024 to protect spawning cod stocks – but the Clyde Fishermen’s…
SEA Alliance announces investigation focusing on NI industry following allegations made by Financial Times article A welfare group representing foreign crewmen is mounting an ‘urgent’ investigation into the allegations of mistreatment that were made in a recent feature article in…
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