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  • The dangers of pooling data?

    The dangers of pooling data?

    8th March 2023

    Andy Read takes a look at a well-written scientific report that has recently been quoted, and potentially misquoted, by many concerned fishermen and environmentalists, in many different places. Reading the small print, he suggests, is important before jumping to conclusions…

  • Shellfish fisheries management: How it started and how it’s going

    Shellfish fisheries management: How it started and how it’s going

    24th February 2023

    Fiona Birch reports on progress towards a stakeholder-led future for UK shellfisheries Fisheries featured prominently in the 2020 Brexit debate before the UK left the EU and the Common Fisheries Policy. Since then, a considerable amount of work has been…

  • New Lyme Bay Fisherman’s CIC: A community focus others could follow

    New Lyme Bay Fisherman’s CIC: A community focus others could follow

    21st February 2023

    A new community interest company, Lyme Bay Fisherman’s CIC, has recently been formed, supported by funding through the UK Fisheries and Seafood Scheme. Here, several founder members of the CIC tell their stories, and its chief executive provides the background…

  • ‘Too risky to delay’ on net-zero vessels

    ‘Too risky to delay’ on net-zero vessels

    3rd February 2023

    The need to shift the industry away from carbon dependency and develop safe and viable vessels using alternative fuels is more urgent than you might think, explain the team at Fisheries Innovation & Sustainability Delaying investment in net-zero fishing vessels…

  • Fishing in a changing seascape

    Fishing in a changing seascape

    25th January 2023

    Dr Magnus Johnson, senior lecturer in environmental marine science at the University of Hull, explores the growing spatial pressures on the industry as a result of offshore wind development – the topic of the latest meeting of the APPG on…

  • Scientific support for future fisheries

    Scientific support for future fisheries

    17th January 2023

    Calling the next generation of fisheries scientists! Senior lecturer in environmental marine science Dr Magnus Johnson shares news of research opportunities at the University of Hull There have always been marine scientists wanting to work positively with the fishing industry…

  • Trawling in the Shadow of War

    Trawling in the Shadow of War

    30th December 2022

    Brian W Lavery looks back to 1960 when disaster struck the Hull trawler St Hubert, which sank after a mine caught in her nets exploded, killing four men… It was 26 August, 1960, near Baatsfjord, off the Norwegian coast, and…

  • Exmouth’s Christmas Tragedy

    Exmouth’s Christmas Tragedy

    23rd December 2022

    While families were relaxing on Christmas Day 1956, the crew of the Exmouth lifeboat were facing a tragic ordeal. Mark Blanchard reports… The South Devon town of Exmouth, with its small commercial docks and fishing community, forms the gateway to…

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