Orkney Fisheries Association (OFA) celebrated its 50th birthday last month with a dinner and ceilidh. OFA was founded in 1972 by local fishermen to represent the interests of the Orkney industry. Since then, the fishing landscape in Orkney has changed…
A memorial to six fishermen who lost their lives off the Sussex coast has been unveiled, reports Paul Scott. The sculpture, a copper- clad shoal of fish, was erected following a campaign partly co-ordinated by the family of Robert Morley,…
The final tranche of the UK Seafood Fund will help the UK industry gain a truly global reach, writes fisheries minister Victoria Prentis Events in Ukraine and the impact of the pandemic have reminded us just how important domestic food…
Brussels has told EU fishermen’s organisations Europêche and EAPO it is looking at ‘all possible options’ to help the EU fishing industry to weather the current high fuel costs and other difficulties caused by the Ukraine war, Covid and Brexit.…
David Duguid, MP for Banff and Buchan, recently confirmed by the prime minister as the ‘UK fisheries envoy’, passed on last week a letter from fisherman Colin Leask to the prime minister, reports Andy Read. Colin Leask, first mate on…
Câr-Y-Môr, or ‘For the Love of the Sea’, a community society set up in 2019, has signed a 25-year lease with the Crown Estate for a three-hectare seaweed farm in Ramsey Sound, on the western tip of Pembrokeshire, with plans…
The RNLI has issued its own ‘Mayday call’ to urge people to take part in the charity’s Mayday Mile fundraising event, reports Paul Scott. The Mayday Mile challenges people to cover at least one mile in any way they like…
A statement made by environment and land reform minister Mairi McAllan to the Scottish parliament on 21 April on ‘progressing Scotland’s leadership on blue carbon’ runs to 1,797 words – none of which are ‘fishing’. The closest the statement came…
Fishing will no longer be permitted in Jersey’s Portelet Bay, after its government voted to create the island’s first no-take zone (NTZ). The zone has been designated with the aim of giving marine life in the area better protection, and…
The countdown is on to the long-awaited return of the Fishing News Awards as a live event – and with seats for the awards evening selling fast, tickets sales will close at midday on Friday, 6 May. After an unprecedented…
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