50 years and counting: Silver Cloud II WK 80
19th September 2024
With just two owners since her launch from Gerrard Brothers of Arbroath, this 1972 build is going strong
Features
Antarctic LK 145 Boat Review
16th September 2024
Arrival of the latest Shetland pelagic vessel, Antarctic LK 145, brings fleet modernisation full circle By Peter Johnson A new pelagic trawler, Antarctic LK 145, arrived in Lerwick on 14 August for the Shetland partnership known as Fiskebas Fishing Company.…
Flawed fisheries science ‘cause for concern’
11th September 2024
Leading fisheries scientists call for greater rigour by journals responsible for publishing misleading articles By Tim Oliver An article just published in the respected science journal Marine Policy highlights the need for objective and reliable fisheries science to ensure conservation…
Expanding Pacific oyster farming ‘carries few environmental risks’
27th August 2024
New study has found that expanding Pacific oyster farming has minimal impacts on ecosystems – and some evidence of greater biodiversity around farms By Tim Oliver New research has found that farming Pacific oysters has few negative impacts on the…
England’s largest fish freezing facility opens in Cornwall
20th August 2024
£12.8m investment by Morrisons builds on the continuing success of resurgent sardine fishery in Cornwall By Harry Owen In 2007, the Pilchard was rebranded as the Cornish sardine, and ever since, the fishery and the processing industry it supports have…
Fishing industry launches crustacean welfare codes of practice
19th August 2024
Seafish, the Shellfish Association of Great Britain and the Crab Management Group have published their Codes of Practice for the Welfare of Crabs, Lobsters, Crawfish and Nephrops. This followed two years of preparation, including a comprehensive review of legislation and…
Defra minister signals fresh start
13th August 2024
Steve Reed, the new secretary of state for Defra, had a first meeting at the start of August with over 200 industry, trade association and NGO representatives from across the farming, fishing, food and environmental sectors, where he set out…
JMT tragedy: Looking for answers – and an apology
8th August 2024
Micky Hill, known across the potting sector as the manufacturer of a wide range of crab, lobster and whelk pots, shares his long struggle to reopen the investigation into the capsize of the scalloper JMT M 99 in July 2015,…
Lobster tagging reveals artificial reef potential
30th July 2024
A project by two universities studying lobster populations on a Welsh wind farm suggests that providing the right kinds of rock armour could see an increase in lobster numbers. Evidence suggests that lobster larvae may be settling directly on the…
Win My Fishing Life: A Story of the Sea by Ashley Mullenger
23rd July 2024
Ashley Mullenger, aka ‘The Female Fisherman’ to her many Instagram followers, takes the reader on three journeys in My Fishing Life: A Story of the Sea and you can experience these journeys, too, with our latest competition to give away THREE copies…
