Dutch authorities have denied permission for a Russian reefer to land in the country, after the publication of a news report identifying several Russian fishing vessels that the authors say are involved in espionage. According to the report the fishing…
A new campaign to highlight issues affecting the Irish fishing industry in the run-up to the local and European elections has been launched in Donegal. The #Fight4Fishing campaign was launched at a hustings in Killybegs to hear the views of…
Following her successful For The Love Of cookbook series, championing fishing in the UK, award-winning author Jenny Jefferies has compiled a brand new book to celebrate and share the stories of fishermen from all over the world with Islands in a…
Fishermen in Teesside and North Yorkshire are continuing to suffer from the effects of the mass shellfish die-off that first hit the region in autumn 2021. Research by academics at York, Durham and Northumbria universities funded by The Fishmongers’ Company…
Black bream is increasingly important to both gill-netters and rod and line vessels in the Channel, as well as being a popular angling fish – but although catch rates are reported to be rising, little is known about the state…
Three days after the Fisheries and Seafood Scheme (FaSS) closed to new applications, and just two days after the UK general election was called – only the most cynical FN reader could see this as anything other than a complete…
Coastal states negotiations on pelagic stocks in Oslo last week seemed likely to conclude without any breakthrough on quota shares. Meanwhile, the blue whiting season was drawing to an end, with the Norwegian industry landing 8,000t last week. The talks…
Award-winning author Jenny Jefferies, whose two previous books celebrating the best of small-scale British seafood and fishing businesses were featured in FN, launched her latest title this March. A lavishly produced book, Islands in a Common Sea looks at artisanal…
A deal between Ireland and Scotland to allow Irish fishing vessels to return to Rockall has been vetoed by UK foreign secretary David Cameron. Full details of the proposed deal – which constitutionally falls within the remit of the UK…
Whitehaven fishermen are asking FN readers with good memories for information about the run-off pollution from the Dalquarran coal mine that was recorded in Girvan on the Clyde from 1979 to 1982. It was eventually rectified when the National Coal…
