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  • Storing stock for Christmas markets

    Storing stock for Christmas markets

    19th December 2022

    Errin Todd continues her series on using seawater tanks to maximise the quality and value of shellfish with a look at long-term storage of lobsters for premium festive sales Whilst most of our customers use the Lobster Pod and Crab…

  • Developing the UK’s next fishing generation

    Developing the UK’s next fishing generation

    15th December 2022

    The North Atlantic Fishing Company explains the motivation behind its ‘grow your own’ cadet programme Competing for talent in a buoyant jobs market with an offer that includes demanding work at sea and periods away from home is a challenge.…

  • Guest blog: The most abhorrent occupation in the world?

    Guest blog: The most abhorrent occupation in the world?

    30th November 2022

    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…

  • Sustainability: Time to level the playing field

    Sustainability: Time to level the playing field

    22nd November 2022

    In a report issued earlier this year, WWF commissioned an analysis of UK seafood consumption, and the huge volumes that are imported without reference to how it is caught or produced. Going beyond sustainability certification, WWF argued for a wholesale…

  • Get set for your stability assessment

    Get set for your stability assessment

    21st November 2022

    In the last of his series of articles, NFFO risk, safety and training lead Charles Blyth offers advice on preparing for your vessel stability assessment, now that the new MCA under-15m safety code is in force All fishing vessels, irrespective…

  • Boulder dropping: potential legal implications

    Boulder dropping: potential legal implications

    10th November 2022

    Solicitor and qualified fisher Jo Pummery shares inside information on how to navigate the regulations In September, a further Greenpeace boulder drop went ahead in the South West Deeps (Fishing News, 15 September, ‘Spot the rock: New Greenpeace stunt in…

  • Get set for your out-of-water inspection

    Get set for your out-of-water inspection

    8th November 2022

    In the third of his series of articles, NFFO risk, safety and training lead Charles Blyth offers advice on preparing for the out-of-water inspection, now that the new MCA under-15m safety code is in force This week, we will take…

  • Daniel Zeichner: ‘Fishing communities deserve so much better’

    Daniel Zeichner: ‘Fishing communities deserve so much better’

    20th October 2022

    Writing ahead of last week’s Westminster fisheries debate, Daniel Zeichner, Labour’s shadow food, farming and fisheries minister, sets out his priorities on support for the industry The identity of the new fisheries minister has not yet been confirmed. Whoever it…

  • Devon & Severn IFCA: ‘A rogue authority’

    Devon & Severn IFCA: ‘A rogue authority’

    20th October 2022

    Sarah Ready of NUTFA reflects on the overturned Devon & Servern IFCA case and the need to review other historic cases based on VMS data Devon and Severn IFCA has rightly been excoriated in Plymouth Crown Court for blindly continuing…

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