The new high-res mapping tools being developed by the CABFishMan project will help small-scale fisheries defend their interests in a changing seascape, explains Elle Sibthorpe As part of its work to develop tools for collaborative management of small-scale fisheries, the…
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…
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…
1973 was a momentous year for the British fishing industry – but not in the way that, with hindsight, one might imagine… The big story of the year was the second Cod War, which had begun in September 1972 when…
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…
Photographer Alec Gill recalls the memories evoked by his pictures of St Andrew’s Fish Dock, taken around 50 years ago as its era was drawing to a close Hull’s St Andrew’s Fish Dock worked around the clock – 24 hours…
The Shellfish Association of Great Britain team report on the end of a busy year The farmed shellfish industry has long bemoaned the lack of government understanding of, and support for, the sector, which is internationally recognised as one of…
For three decades, the East Anglian herring fishery’s highest accolade was the award of the Prunier Trophy. John Worrall gets a first-hand account from a spare hand The crew on the Silver Crest at Lowestoft in 1956: Rodney Forster on…
Gaby Bartai look backs on another challenging year for the UK and Irish industry After the Year of Covid and the Year of Brexit, 2022 will go down at the Year of Ukraine. The Russian invasion in February sent fuel,…
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…
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