New issue: Fishing News 14.12.17
11th December 2017
This week in Fishing News you will find: • Quotas up for North Sea shared stocks • New Boats 2017 P2 • BOTW: Pilot Star B 85 • South East England – 2017 review • Feature: Zaranathax refitted at C…
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Quotas up for North Sea shared stocks
11th December 2017
But ‘choke’ worries as saithe transferred to Norway. Fishermen will have increased quotas in 2018 for five of the six North Sea stocks jointly managed by the EU and Norway, reports Tim Oliver. This was the outcome of the annual…
Sparkling Star ready for Kinlochbervie
6th December 2017
The new 19m twin-rig whitefish trawler Sparkling Star UL 290, built by Parkol Marine Engineering for Kinlochbervie skipper James Corbett, is expected to start fishing towards the end of this month, reports David Linkie. Above: Kinlochbervie skipper James Corbett’s new Sparkling…
Ideas from abroad for UK fisheries
6th December 2017
Fisheries management in Australia may have relevance for the UK as it begins the process of establishing a new fisheries management regime in its EEZ to replace the CFP, reports Tim Oliver. Australia has a federal system of government to…
Innovative recycled tyre solution on the right track for Lerwick Harbour
6th December 2017
It wasn’t quite a case of reinventing the wheel, but Lerwick Port Authority staff were definitely on the right road in sourcing fenders for a new pier – instead of importing an expensive system from the Far East, they devised…
Boat of the Week: Amethyst BF 19
6th December 2017
Each week we bring you the boat of the week, taken from Fishing News. Name: Amethyst BF 19 LOA: 19.05m Built: Macduff Shipyards Ltd 2008 Type: Twin-rig trawler Home port: Fraserburgh We’ll be back next week with our latest boat focus. Got…
The tragedy of the seagrass commons
4th December 2017
Urgent action is required to stem the loss of the world’s seagrass meadows, to protect their associated fisheries. Writing in the journal Fish & Fisheries, Dr Richard Unsworth of Swansea University (together with colleagues at Cardiff University and Stockholm University)…
New issue: Fishing News 07.12.17
4th December 2017
This week in Fishing News you will find: • Brexit poses ‘severe threat to UK fishing communities’ • Sparkling Star ready for Kinlochbervie • BOTW: Amethyst BF 19 • Petition to take fisheries out of Withdrawal Bill • Feature: Voyager…
Brexit poses ‘severe threat to UK fishing communities’
4th December 2017
Report warns of dangers to shellfish sector. Many UK small boat fishermen and fishing communities stand to be worse off after Brexit according to an economics ‘think tank’. In particular, the many boats that do not have quota, such as…
New Shannon for Yorkshire arrives in style… and hail
1st December 2017
Hundreds of people turned out on 12 November, 2017 to welcome the new 13m Shannon lifeboat Antony Patrick Jones 13-22 to her station at Bridlington, braving cold winds, heavy rain squalls and some hailstones, to see the new craft make…
