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  • New Issue: Fishing News 10.05.2018

    New Issue: Fishing News 10.05.2018

    8th May 2018

    This week in Fishing News you will find: • Choke Species Warning • Victory for NE netsmen • SFF and NFFO joint Brexit statement • Claire Nouvian – Woman who declared war on pulse beaming • West Wales Fishing •…

  • New Issue: Fishing News 03.05.2018

    New Issue: Fishing News 03.05.2018

    1st May 2018

    This week in Fishing News you will find: • ‘Hidden’ Pulse Subsidies • UK industry unites on Brexit • Scallop sector to self-fund dredge surveys • Bridlington potting skippers devastated by gear losses • Peterhead: Largescale Investment Underlines Long-Term Commitment • BOTW: Antarctic D 97…

  • Dutch and EU ‘gave hidden subsidies to pulse beam fleet’

    Dutch and EU ‘gave hidden subsidies to pulse beam fleet’

    30th April 2018

    Commission ‘complicit’, claims Bloom green group The green group that is campaigning to ban electric pulse beam trawling in the EU has accused the Dutch government of failing to declare large subsidies it has given to the Dutch pulse fleet,…

  • HMS Forth commissioned at Portsmouth

    HMS Forth commissioned at Portsmouth

    26th April 2018

    HMS Forth, the first of the new Batch 2 River-Class Offshore Patrol Vessels (Fishing News, 5 April), was commissioned at Portsmouth Naval Base on Friday, 13 April, 2018, reports John Periam The arrival of HMS Forth marks a significant increase…

  • MARINE AND COASTAL ACCESS ACT 2009 APPLICATION FOR A MARINE LICENCE

    26th April 2018

    Notice is hereby given that Blue Transmission London Array Ltd has applied to the Marine Management Organisation under the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009, Part 4, for a marine licence to undertake future cable repair/remediation/protection works on the London…

  • Boat of the Week: Sedulous LK 308

    Boat of the Week: Sedulous LK 308

    25th April 2018

    Name: Sedulous LK 308 LOA: 26m Built: Astilleros Armon SA Navia 2 Type: Seiner/trawler Home port: Symbister We’ll be back next week with our latest boat focus. Got some pictures of your own to share? Send them in for our…

  • New Issue: Fishing News 26.04.2018

    New Issue: Fishing News 26.04.2018

    24th April 2018

    This week in Fishing News you will find: • Warning on MPAs threat • Nancy Glen Recovery • Seafish welcomes new board members • Squid diaries • Serious concerns expressed about TCM framework • BOTW: Sedulous LK 308 • HMS Forth commissioned…

  • Greens push for ban on all fishing in MPAs

    Greens push for ban on all fishing in MPAs

    23rd April 2018

    NFFO: ‘Industry should not underestimate threat’ Environmentalists and celebrities are campaigning to fast-track marine protected areas (MPAs) and ban all fishing within them regardless of evidence, reports Tim Oliver The current approach to MPAs is evidence-based and permits human activities…

  • Statement on the recovery of the Nancy Glen   

    23rd April 2018

    On the morning of 12 April, 2018, the Nancy Glen fishing boat was recovered from the deep seabed of Loch Fyne. This followed the tragic events of 18 January, 2018, which resulted in the vessel sinking, leaving one surviving fisherman…

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