No-one will be surprised to find that people might not have finished reading the proposed Crab and Lobster Fisheries Management Plan (FMP). Released over the summer, one of the busiest times in the fishing year, and consisting of what feels…
“This article is a summary of work undertaken by Sarah Coulthard on behalf of Northumberland IFCA. We would like to express our appreciation to Sarah and all those stakeholders who gave their time during the interviews. It provides a valuable…
With the UK Seafood Innovation Fund’s latest research and development projects underway, Fishing News is delving into some of the innovations that the fund has supported. This week: a technology designed to save fishermen’s lives by alerting them when their…
On The Hook argues that its external review sets out a route for the Marine Stewardship Council to maintain credibility and effectiveness. By AMY HAMMOND – On The Hook campaign co-ordinator Against a backdrop of notable stock collapses – and…
An international exchange programme that aims to advance the global sharing of knowledge around the management of fisheries and the ocean has opened for applications. The initiative, by The Fishmongers’ Company’s Fisheries Charitable Trust and Fisheries Innovation and Sustainability (FIS),…
Share a day in the life of the Norfolk fisherman and vessel owner who was named 2022 Fishing News Awards Under-10m Fisherman of the Year
Having clocked up almost half a century of service – under just three owners – this Isle of Man stalwart stands as a prime example of Herd & Mackenzie workmanship
It’s vital that fishermen make their views known in a fishery with significant French interest, and where anglers take over a quarter of the catch By Andy Read The Bass Fishery Management Plan (FMP) for England and Wales differs from…
Scientists from Hariot-Watt University who are working on an international project looking at the settlement of marine organisms in the North Sea have asked Fishing News readers working in the vicinity of the Little Halibut Bank to keep a look-out…
Fishing News caught up with Mark McGorrin, chief mate on UK Fisheries’ last distant-water trawler Kirkella, when the vessel was fishing southeast of Edgeøya Island, in the Barents Sea.
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