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  • A day in the life: Giles Ward

    A day in the life: Giles Ward

    18th October 2024

    Share a day in the life of an artist who specialises in painting fish and shellfish The natural marine environment has become my specialism – that’s what people know me for,” Monmouthshire-based artist Giles Ward told Fishing News. “I think…

  • 50 years plus: Village Belle IV

    50 years plus: Village Belle IV

    17th October 2024

    This 1970 Noble’s vessel – the last of the series of Village Maids and Village Belles, built for the Jackson family of Tarbert – is still going strong The Jacksons were a well-known fishing family in Tarbert on Loch Fyne.…

  • Antarctic LK 145 Boat Review

    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’

    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…

  • England’s largest fish freezing facility opens in Cornwall

    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

    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

    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…

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