Call for navy protection after violence in Channel British scallop fishermen are calling for naval protection, after seven scallopers were forced to stop fishing and head for home after being attacked with rocks, flares and other improvised weapons by a…
Each week we bring you the boat of the week, taken from Fishing News. Name: Claire Madison BH 441 LOA: 9.81M Built: Tony Goodall Sandsend 1985 Type: Potter Home port: Whitby We’ll be back next week with our latest boat focus. Got…
This week in Fishing News you will find: – Salmon closure fears – New Fraserburgh pelagic vessel Ocean Star – Report claims huge mackerel stocks causing salmon collapse – Filey fights for its future – Major refurbishment for Westbound at…
Pressure mounts for netting shutdown Traditional salmon netsmen in northeast England are fighting for survival as salmon anglers and riparian owners apply further pressure on ministers to stop the traditional fishery, reports David Linkie Their plight is highlighted this week…
This week in Fishing News you will find: – £300M Fleet investment – €23.5m contract signed for major quay extension in Castletownbere – Porcupine closure due to lack of quota, not mismanagement – Achieve: Family traditions embrace modern technology on new St…
Extensive new-build programme brings a wide range of benefits More than 50 new boats, ranging in size from 7m to 80m, are scheduled to be delivered to UK skippers in the next three years, representing an unprecedented reinvestment in the…
SECTION 153 OF THE PLANNING ACT 2008 REGULATION 6 OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING (CHANGES TO, AND REVOCATION OF, DEVELOPMENT CONSENT ORDERS) REGULATIONS 2011 NOTICE OF APPLICATION TO MAKE A NON-MATERIAL CHANGE TO THE FOLLOWING DEVELOPMENT CONSENT ORDER: THE DOGGER BANK…
SECTION 155 & 156 MARINE AND COASTAL ACCESS ACT 2009 Notice is hereby given that pursuant to the above legislation, Northumberland Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authority (NIFCA) intends to apply to the Minister for the Department of Environment, Food &…
Each week we bring you the boat of the week, taken from Fishing News. Name: Tranquillity BF 7 LOA: 24m Built: Astilleros Armon Navia Spain 2001 Type: Twin-rig trawler Home port: Fraserburgh We’ll be back next week with our latest boat focus.…
‘Sledgehammer to crack a nut’ says LIFE Commission proposals to revise and toughen up control and enforcement regulations have been slammed as ‘a sledgehammer to crack a nut’, reports Tim Oliver Low Impact Fishers of Europe (LIFE) says the proposals…
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