CFL Hunter – advanced diesel-electric longliner for Falklands Islands Above: CFL Hunter ready for launch at the Nodosa shipyard – and the month-long delivery trip to the Falkland Islands. The recent launch of the 59.5m state-of-the-art freezer longliner CFL Hunter FK…
This week in Fishing News you will find: • Bass track record hope • Crew safely rescued on Shetland trawler • New boats: CFL Hunter and Mylarose • Solent netters defend fishery • Nation urged to get hooked on seafood • Poole Harbour fishermen progress…
Each week we bring you the boat of the week, taken from Fishing News. Name: Sharon Rose SY 190 LOA: 16.9m Built: Herd & Mackenzie Ltd Buckie 1979 Type: Twin-rig trawler Home port: Stornoway We’ll be back next week with our…
The five-man crew of the Shetland whitefish trawler Ocean Way LK 209 were safely recovered from the sea by Lerwick lifeboat 20 miles east of Shetland after the 24.3m boat flooded and sank in just over two hours, reports David…
Pittenweem Fishermen’s Memorial Fund received a generous £390 donation from pupils at Waid Academy, Anstruther following a Disney Dress Down Day. Organised by the Waid Academy Charities Committee, pupils were encouraged to dress up and raise money for the memorial…
In a meeting of the Plymouth City Council on 27 February, the first step was taken to protect the whole fisheries complex footprint to support the fishing industry and its future within Plymouth. Speaking about the City Plan and the…
Minister for Agriculture, Food and Marine, Michael Creed has introduced new legislation to allow NI vessels to fish within Ireland’s exclusive fisheries zone, 0-6 nautical miles from the shoreline, reports Pauric Gallagher. Many from within the fishing sector are dismayed…
This week in Fishing News you will find: • ‘No Sell-out’ Assurance with for fishing industry in Brexit negotiations • Discards ban threat to MSC certification • Anger as NI vessels allowed inside Ireland’s 6-mile limit without industry consultation •…
For the first time, the North of Tyne fishing sector has a Fisheries Local Action Group (FLAG). The FLAG is one of six selected in England who each have £800,000 of European Maritime Fisheries Funding from the Marine Management Organisation.…
The landing obligation/discards ban could represent ‘the biggest push for more selective fishing in the European Union in the history of the CFP’, according to a recent study, reports Tim Oliver. But the study also says that probable weak implementation…
