The owner of the Brixham-registered scalloper that sank off the East Sussex coast in 2020 with the loss of two crew has been fined more than £100,000. Thirty-eight-year-old Robert Morley and Adam Harper, aged 26, died when the Joanna C…
A Ukrainian national has been charged with three counts of manslaughter following the deaths of the skipper and crew of the Jersey trawler L’Ecume II. The 18m trawler sank after a collision with a Condor ro-ro ferry, Commodore Goodwill, off…
It may seem a world away, and of little relevance to UK fishermen, but the drive to end harmful fisheries subsidies took another step forward recently. A successful conclusion to the deal should, in theory at least, cut off subsidies…
Seafish researchers are once again heading to ports and harbours around the UK, with this year’s Fleet Survey launching on Monday, 15 July. The survey aims to gather information about the financial performance of fishing businesses and the demographics of…
AODH O DONNELL, CEO of the Irish Fish Producers’ Organisation offers an Irish perspective on the recent UK-Norway-Faroe mackerel deal The UK’s Trilateral deal with Norway and the Faroe Islands is raising concerns in Ireland about overfishing of mackerel in…
Peterhead Port Authority (PPA) has issued a statement on the initial results of its informal consultation on possible moves towards the introduction of an electronic auction. The move, first proposed last year, was put on hold after several merchants and…
A young fisherman is back on the water following a successful crowdfunding campaign to replace his previous punt, which was found destroyed after going missing. Pieces of 12-year-old Antony Newcombe’s vessel Ocean Harvester NPV 1162 were found washed up on…
NFFO chief executive Mike Cohen lays out his priorities for the next government… The end of June saw the publication of the last of the major party manifestos. Fishing is an important industry, but one about which most people have…
A huge mid-year increase in the Irish Sea sole TAC is unlikely to be of much use to UK fishermen, coming late in the season and as yet unallocated PO chiefs have suggested. The current UK Irish sea sole quota,…
Members of the Suffolk-based Deben Farm Club visited Peterhead recently in a trip designed to share knowledge between the fisheries and farming sectors. Organised by seafood consultant Mike Warner and former trawler skipper turned seafood supplier Jimmy Buchan, the tour…
