NFFO president Tony Delahunty has been awarded the OBE in the New Year honours for his services to the fishing industry. He was a working fisherman in an under-10m vessel from Selsey until November 2017, has had strong links to…
Each week we bring you the boat of the week, taken from Fishing News. Name: Courage SH 170 LOA: 26.54m Built: Campbeltown Shipyard 1988 Type: Whitefish trawler Home port: Fraserburgh We’ll be back next week with our latest boat focus. Got some…
This week in Fishing News you will find: • Gove: ‘Shorter Brexit transition period for fishing’ • OBE for NFFO president • BOTW: Courage SH 170 • Crewing problems ‘dire’ warns MPs • Feature: Longlining for Patagonian toothfish from the…
Fishing and markets will be separate. According to Michael Gove, fishing will have a shorter transition period during the Brexit process than the overall agreed period, reports Tim Oliver. Speaking to MPs just before Christmas, the DEFRA Secretary of State…
A certification scheme is being developed to promote good practice in UK fishing ports and give seafood buyers added confidence in the quality and sustainability of the seafood landed there. In a move to assure buyers of a fishing port’s…
The Dingle-based 24.9m twin-rig prawn freezer trawler Cu Na Mara S 224, owned by Michael Flannery, had an extensive range of jobs completed recently while being refitted by Mooney Boats at Killybegs, reports Pauric Gallagher. Above: Cu Na Mara is lifted…
Each week we bring you the boat of the week, taken from Fishing News. Name: Chloe Olivia BM 201 LOA: 28m Built: Padmos Machinefabriek Stellendam Holland 1973 Type: Beam trawler Home port: Brixham We’ll be back next week with our latest boat…
Fishing for Leave (FFL) has warned that the UK will be trapped in the CFP for another two years after we leave the EU on 29 March, 2019 under the government’s two-year implementation plan, and will have to obey all…
This week in Fishing News you will find: • POs are failing small boat fishermen • Brexit transition plan ‘terrifying’ warns FFL • BOTW: Chloe Olivia BM 201 • Review of the Year 2017 • Feature: Newlyn beam trawler St…
Brussels must review PO rules says LIFE report. Failure to properly recognise and regulate POs across the EU is failing small-scale fishermen and the CFP, according to an in-depth study, reports Tim Oliver. The study says there is increasing interest…
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