Landmark meeting highlights need for urgent change. A fundamental review of the management of EU skates and rays management is underway in Brussels, reports Tim Oliver. There is a recognition that the current single one-size-fits-all TAC, covering 15 different species,…
This week in Fishing News you will find: • Brussels reviews single skates and ray TAC • Pathway – new Peterhead pelagic boat named in Skagen • Lobster release and coastal foraging at Trevone Beach • New 11.99m steel scalloper…
Each week we bring you the boat of the week, taken from Fishing News. Name: Ronethem PD 23 LOA: 23.1m Built: J Lewis & Sons Ltd Aberdeen 1979 Type: Twin-rig prawn trawler Home port: Kilkeel We’ll be back next week with…
Entanglement, when marine animals become trapped or tangled in fishing gear, can be a problem, reports Kelvin Boot. Above: Cabinet Secretary Fergus Ewing with some of the project partners. Left-right: Kirstie Dearing (SNH), Alistair Sinclair (SCFF), Noel Hawkins (BDMLR), Fergus Ewing…
Salmon and sea trout fishermen in Filey on the Yorkshire coast have put forward voluntary proposals to restrict their fishery to try to preserve it, and Filey’s fishing heritage, for future generations. They put forward their proposals at a recent…
The versatile 28.6m stern trawler Alannah Riley S 40 arrived in Castletownbere last week on completion of a delivery trip from Denmark, reports David Linkie. Alannah Riley was designed and fitted-out by Vestværftet ApS at Hvide Sande. Noel ó Regan…
Fishermen in the Plymouth area could soon be receiving lifejackets with a personal locator beacon (PLB) installed, that will give rescue services an exact GPS position if they go overboard, reports Tim Oliver. Above: The new PFD fitted with a PLB…
This week in Fishing News you will find: • MMO under fire over bass fishing regulations • Minister: ‘Fisheries will be key area in Brexit talks’ • Alannah Riley arrives at Castletownbere • Filey netsmen fight for long-term future • GPS…
DEFRA’s top minister has assured the Scottish Fishermen’s Federation that fisheries will be ‘a key area in the EU exit negotiations’. Andrea Leadsom, Secretary of State at DEFRA, says Brexit will be ‘a once in a generation chance to regenerate…
The MMO has rejected 261 applications for authorisations to fish bass under the new 2017 regulations, reports Tim Oliver. It received 661 applications, of which 377 had been approved and 261 rejected as of 8 May, while 23 were still…
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