• Huge police raids target Dutch buyers

    Huge police raids target Dutch buyers

    26th April 2023

    Five vessels boarded during search operation as part of investigation into alleged IUU landings Between 150 and 200 police officers were involved in a co-ordinated and well-planned raid on the Dutch port of Vlissingen just after midnight on 14 April,…

  • New Macduff duo set for sea trials

    New Macduff duo set for sea trials

    26th April 2023

    Zenith BF 106 (pictured above) and Excel BF 110, which have the distinction of being the first UK vessels with Tier III-compliant engines, are nearing completion at Macduff Shipyards, with sea trials scheduled for this week and next. Built at…

  • Fishing News Awards 2023: Gourmet awards menu revealed

    Fishing News Awards 2023: Gourmet awards menu revealed

    25th April 2023

    A bespoke menu featuring locally sourced, top-quality seafood has been confirmed for this year’s Fishing News Awards gala dinner. The gala dinner will start in style with an exquisite langoustine tart, which showcases top-quality prawns sourced from the SFO in…

  • Work starts on raising lost Jersey fishing trawler

    Work starts on raising lost Jersey fishing trawler

    25th April 2023

    The L’Ecume II is to be lifted as part of a police investigation into the tragedy Work has begun in Jersey to begin raising the wreck of the 18m trawler L’Ecume II, which sank with three men onboard following a…

  • 2023 Fishing News Awards’ Sustainability Nominee: Journey Blue

    2023 Fishing News Awards’ Sustainability Nominee: Journey Blue

    21st April 2023

    Meet one of the nominees for the Sustainability Award in the 2023 Fishing News Awards: Journey Blue “Journey Blue has been set up to change behaviours,” Alistair Lawson (pictured above) told Fishing News. He and his wife Louise came up…

  • Plans explored to extend BATmap use in Scottish fisheries

    Plans explored to extend BATmap use in Scottish fisheries

    21st April 2023

    An industry workshop in Peterhead explored plans to extend the use of the BATmap bycatch avoidance tool in Scottish fisheries By Tara Marshall, senior lecturer in the School of Biological Sciences at the University of Aberdeen Once participating skippers had…

  • Defra confirms that a UK-Faroe deal has been concluded

    Defra confirms that a UK-Faroe deal has been concluded

    20th April 2023

    Fishing opportunities worth £5m to UK – and hope of a resolution in the Special Area licensing dispute Defra has confirmed that a coastal states agreement between the UK and Faroe has been reached for 2023. It claims that the…

  • MCIB report on Anna Louise: Reduced freeboard caused sinking

    MCIB report on Anna Louise: Reduced freeboard caused sinking

    19th April 2023

    The Marine Casualty Investigation Branch (MCIB) has released the report of its investigation into the sinking of the Anna Louise S 715. The report – the purpose of which is not to attribute fault or blame – says that on…

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