The deadline for nominations for this year’s Fishing News Awards is next Monday – don’t miss your chance to make sure that your local area is well represented among this year’s winners! The only awards event dedicated to recognising achievement,…
“It was an honour to be shortlisted for the first-ever Innovation of the Year category at the 2023 Fishing News Awards. Then to be announced as the winner was beyond exciting,” Seafit manager Carol Elliott told FN. The SHOUT 24/7…
It’s been business as usual for Darren McClements (pictured above, left, receiving his award from Peter Duncan of category sponsor Peterhead Port Authority and 2023 host Stephen Buchanan), skipper of the prawn trawler Golden Ray B 963 and last year’s…
We are delighted to be able to reveal that top Scottish comedian Fred MacAulay, who hosted the awards to great acclaim back in 2018, will be returning as our host for the 2024 Fishing News Awards. Well-known as a frequent…
The countdown is on to the 2024 Fishing News Awards, and nominations are coming in fast. Have you made your nominations yet? The only awards event dedicated to recognising achievement, innovation and success in the UK and Irish commercial fishing…
We are delighted to launch the Fishing News Awards 2024, which will once again take place at The Chester Hotel in Aberdeen. The countdown is on to a night when we can gather with friends and colleagues to celebrate the…
Adrian Bartlett is a busy man – an ex-fisherman, seafood champion, vice chair of the industry-let charity Fishing into the Future (FITF) head of marine operations at Ecomotus, lecturer and newly appointed director of the Plymouth Fishing and Seafood Association.…
“Meeting some of the fishermen – there are some real characters out there!” Carol Elliott, SeaFit manager told Fishing News. “Recently we held a health event with Dentaid, The Dental Charity, and one fisherman came out holding a tooth that…
A national charity has made its first visit to Shetland to retrieve ghost gear. Ghost Fishing UK was founded in 2015 and is run entirely by volunteers who dedicate their free time to removing lost and discarded gear from the…
Two hundred and fifty guests attended the gala presentation evening for the Fishing News Awards 2023 to celebrate the achievements and innovations of people, companies and organisations across the UK and Irish fishing industry We are delighted to present the…
