Safety risk as new boat orders cancelled. A North Wales fisherman is calling on UK inshore bass fishermen to form a group to fight the new ‘ridiculous and discriminatory’ 2017 bass regulations imposed after the December Council, and possibly mount…
Subsequent to this week’s alert in Fishing News (16 February) on the critical London Convention, Fishing for Leave asks that all fishermen take the small effort to lobby their local MPs to ensure the government denounces the London Convention of…
Following her sinking in Newlyn harbour in mid-December, it seems as if the veteran Newlyn trawler Excellent could be nearing the end of her days unless an enthusiastic individual or group with the skills and funds to renovate her can…
The Scottish fisheries minister is to take steps to require Scottish pelagic vessels to land more of their catch in Scotland rather than abroad. Above: The Shetland midwater trawlers Research… (Photograph courtesy of Sidney Sinclair). He has told the Scots pelagic…
A €28m Capital Investment Package for the development of Ireland’s fishery harbour centres and local authority-owned small harbours networks was announced last week by Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Michael Creed, reports Pauric Gallagher. The six fishery harbour…
A combination of fortuitous timing, proactive thinking and full co-operation, enabled the above photograph depicting skipper Stephen West’s last three boats spanning 17 years to be taken at Fraserburgh last week, shortly before the new Daystar sailed on her maiden…
All year round, fishermen at sea and on the foreshore are constantly checking their nets and pots to see what has been caught. This makes them ideally placed to provide early warning of invasive non-native species. Above: Sion Williams of the…
This week in Fishing News you will find: • Fury at Concordat plans • Welsh fishermen use mobile app to look for INNS • €28m for harbour projects in Ireland • Scots minister withholds mackerel quota • BOTW: Fidelity BH92 • Feature: Daystar • Ports and…
Each week we bring you the boat of the week, taken from Fishing News. Name: Fidelity BH 92 LOA: 16.7m Built: Macduff Boatbuilding & Engineering Company: Macduff 1975 Type: Twin-rig trawler Home port: Amble We’ll be back next week with our…
The extent to which spawning stock biomasses of most whitefish in Scottish waters have increased since the mid-2000s (at the same time as fishing mortality rates have declined), is vividly documented in the new report: ‘Trends in Scottish Fish Stocks…
