The European Fisheries Control Agency (EFCA) has chartered an aircraft for monitoring and surveillance over Irish waters, reports Lorna Siggins. The aircraft, and a European Maritime Safety Agency drone, represent a new departure in air-sea fisheries control and inspection, EFCA…
A distillery based in the Outer Hebrides is offering an alternative to Black Friday that will help raise funds for the Fishermen’s Mission, reports Paul Scott. The Isle of Barra Distillers Co says that rather than taking part in Black…
Defra confirmed last week the latest round of funding awarded from the £100m UK Seafood Fund. Successful bids to the current £20m round include a project building on the growing success of the Cornish sardine fishery, where Falfish has been…
In another sign of the turmoil created in the seafood sector by the combination of Brexit, the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the cost of living crisis, the Icelandic owner of Grimsby processing company Five Star Fish has announced the…
Powers to offer financial support to the fishing industry on the scale required to deal with the high fuel costs rests with Westminster, according to Scottish fisheries secretary Mairi Gougeon, reports Tim Oliver. The minister was asked by Scottish Conservative…
Magnus Johnson, a marine scientist at the University of Hull, published this column on his blog almost a decade ago, as readers with good memories may recall – but it remains just as pertinent today. We reprint it here with…
A series of safety events aimed at all those working on commercial fishing vessels are taking place across Northern Ireland in December, reports Paul Scott. The safety roadshows, which follow on from the success of last year’s events, will focus…
The All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Fisheries has released a video compiling the views of seven of its parliamentary members on what a post-Brexit future for the UK fishing industry could and should look like. June saw the publication of…
A proposed expansion of the Ossian wind farm off the east coast of Scotland using floating technology would make it one of the top five largest floating offshore installations in the world, reports Tim Oliver. An international partnership of leading…
The Peterhead-based Scottish Maritime Academy (SMA) has announced the appointment of experienced mariner and trainer Chris Bell (pictured above) as its new centre manager, reports Paul Scott. Part of North East Scotland College (NESCol), the Scottish Maritime Academy provides training…
Subscribe to Fishing News magazine today; never miss an issue and save 55%!
