A new genetic tagging study has revealed where young salmon gather and begin to migrate during their first summer at sea. The study found that they migrate along the continental shelves off Ireland, Scotland and Norway, and subsequently aggregate to…
Supermarket Morrisons has extended its partnership with Odyssey Innovation for another year to continue tackling ghost fishing gear and help to protect coastal wildlife and habitats. Over the last four years, Morrisons has worked with Odyssey Innovation, which recovers and…
An increase of 30% in the amount of cod caught in the North Sea next year would still allow the stock to substantially increase in size, says the Shetland Fishermen’s Association. And even under a doubling of the total allowable…
DEFRA launches two major consultations in England DEFRA has launched two major consultations, in parallel, on the management of the shellfish and scallop sectors in England, reports Tim Oliver. One relates to views on whether latent capacity (unused licences and…
The House of Commons cross- party EFRA committee has written to DEFRA secretary of state George Eustice, urging ‘pragmatism’ to ease friction in the seafood and meat trade between Great Britain and the EU, which will also benefit the movement…
Fishing industry figures have spoken out to encourage owners and skippers to take part in the annual survey of the UK fishing fleet, which begins on Monday, 5 July and will run throughout the summer. The survey is carried out…
Irish minister for agriculture, food and the marine Charlie McConalogue has accepted a business case from BIM for the development of a new Sea Survival Training Unit at its National Fisheries Training College in Greencastle, Co Donegal. The department is…
Minister told to engage with industry The devastation caused to all sectors of the fishing industry in all regions by the Brexit deal was spelled out in stark detail by MPs in a Westminster fisheries debate last week, reports Tim…
A grant from UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) and the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) Digital Innovation and Engagement Fund is set to enable the Scottish Fisheries Museum’s Fish Net project, which will produce a digitised, publicly accessible archive.…
The unique heritage and coastline of Portsoy have been celebrated around the world with the Aberdeenshire town’s first-ever digital boat festival gaining an international following. The Ahoy Portsoy virtual collection of the best of the Scottish Traditional Boat Festival has…
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