“If my life has been characterised by one thing, it’s serendipity,” Belgium-based Brian O’Riordan, policy adviser at Low Impact Fishers of Europe (LIFE) told Fishing News. “So often, being in the right place at the right time has steered me…
Fisheries Innovation and and Sustainability (FIS) has announced that its current chair, John Goodlad, will be stepping down from the board, after a decade in the role. The charity, a coalition of experts driving innovation for a prosperous and sustainable UK…
The Unite Union, which represents harbour workers in Kilkeel, Portavogie and Ardglass, the three key ports operated by the Northern Ireland Fishery Harbour Authority (NIFHA), is threatening a strike that it claims will close down fishing activities. The threat comes…
Last year the UK opened an exciting new fishery for rod and line bluefin tuna. The fishery got off to a good start, with 10 licence holders gaining practical experience in how best to catch and land bluefin, building on…
Held a stone’s throw from Holyrood, the hustings organised by the SFF last week provided an opportunity to ask Scotland’s political parties about issues where Westminster retains powers, and hear them spell out what their parties would do to support…
Five Irish fishing producing and processing organisations have come together to demand change at national and EU level. In a joint statement, issued after a full day’s collaboration in Dublin, the Killybegs Fishermen’s Organisation (KFO), Irish Fish Producers’ Organisation (IFPO),…
Plymouth Fishing and Seafood Association (PFSA) is looking at the feasibility of reopening the Plymouth fishmarket. The market closed recently with the winding up of Plymouth Trawler Agents (PTA), and fish is currently being sent for sale to Brixham and…
The Scottish government has set out how it intends to allocate the additional quota Scotland has received as a result of Brexit. This follows a consultation that ran from November 2023 to January 2024, which offered seven different options for…
The Cornish FPO published last week a detailed analysis and take-down of issues around the increase in blanket marine conservation measures. ‘Setting the national security balance: food, energy and nature’. The PO argues that ensuring food security, the future of…
An NGO that has been trying for months to orchestrate a consumer boycott of scampi, and then attempted to get supermarkets to de-list scampi products, finally managed a mention on the BBC last week, with ITN expected to follow, after…
