Tough trade-offs to navigate at fisheries council EU fisheries ministers were facing ‘a perfect storm’ as they met to reach agreement on TACs and fishing opportunities for 2019 at this week’s fisheries council, reports Tim Oliver The council was being…
MARINE AND COASTAL ACCESS ACT 2009 APPLICATION FOR TRITON KNOLL UXO CLEARANCE WORKS Notice is hereby given that Triton Knoll Offshore Wind Farm Limited has applied to the Marine Management Organisation under the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009, Part…
Launch planned in 2019, but not in Scotland The MMO is about to start consulting on the introduction of electronic catch recording for the UK under-10m fleet, reports Tim Oliver It will affect all UK fisheries administrations and crown dependencies…
This week in Fishing News you will find: – Electronic catch recording for under-10m fleet – Crunch Brexit vote this week – Coastal states agree 20% mackerel cut for 2019 – Early records and winter weather in Shetland – Sturgeon…
MARINE AND COASTAL ACCESS ACT 2009 APPLICATION FOR MLA/2018/00028 Notice is hereby given that Mr Sahil Shah of Sustainable Seaweed Ltd. has applied to the Marine Management Organisation under the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009, Part 4, for a…
Each week we bring you the boat of the week, taken from Fishing News. Name: Caledonia III BCK 35 LOA: 19m Built: Macduff Shipyards Buckie 2018 Type: Twin-rig trawler Home port: Buckie We’ll be back next week with our latest boat focus. Got…
Fisheries Science Partnership (FSP) – call for project ideas for 2019/20 Pursuing a variety of collaborative approaches, including the Fisheries Science Partnership, Defra is committed to working with the fishing industry, stakeholders and scientists for the sustainable management of UK…
This week in Fishing News you will find: – Fishing central in Brexit – ‘Protect our fishing’ SFF urges politicians – Inshore netters fight to save Solent fishery – BIM seminar to assist fishermen with new EU landing obligation –…
EU takes hard line on trade and fishing in Brexit deal Fishing moved centre-stage last week in the Brexit negotiations, with the publication of the political declaration, and statements from the EU and from French president Emmanuel Macron linking fisheries…
Kent skipper Dave Tart caught a very rare Atlantic shade-fish last week, when fishing on the inshore boat Julie Jean FE 380, just one mile east of Dungeness, reports David Linkie. Initial research showed that only three records for Atlantic…
