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…
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…
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…
A large prawn was caught of the northwest coast recently, reports Pauric Gallagher. The prawn measured 440mm from the tip of the rostrum to the end of the telson, and its carapace length was 80mm. Compared to an average-sized prawn,…
