Each week we bring you the boat of the week, taken from Fishing News. Name: Pilot Star B 85 LOA: 16.32m Built: J Watt & Sons Banff 1964 Type: Trawler Home port: North Shields We’ll be back next week with our latest…
Scotland and the UK’s biggest FPO has come out strongly against Marine Scotland’s proposals to force Scottish-registered vessels to land 55% of their catches in Scotland, reports Tim Oliver. In its reply to Marine Scotland’s consultation, the Scottish Fishermen’s Organisation…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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)…
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…
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