Minister: Chokes could tie up boats by mid-year Lords warn of discards ban enforcement problems UK fisheries minister George Eustice has acknowledged that the discards ban, which is now fully in force, could mean that some boats could be tied…
Council moves to avoid chokes as discards ban kicks in Efforts to avoid choke species, particularly those with zero TACs, dominated difficult two-day December council negotiations that brought cuts in some important TACs but increases in others, reports Tim Oliver…
The achievements of young fishermen were applauded recently when Whitby and District Fishing Industry Training School (WDFITS) held its 16th Annual General Meeting and Apprentice of the Year award ceremony, reports David Linkie. Introducing the awards presentation, WDFITS director Andrew…
This week in Fishing News you will find: – ‘Perfect storm’ fish council – Outrage at EU-Faroe mackerel deal – Discards ban could cost industry £165m – Boost for industry ahead of (delayed) vote – Feature: Shetland – Healthy stocks…
Tough trade-offs to navigate at fisheries council EU fisheries ministers were facing ‘a perfect storm’ as they met to reach agreement on TACs and fishing opportunities for 2019 at this week’s fisheries council, reports Tim Oliver The council was being…
MARINE AND COASTAL ACCESS ACT 2009 APPLICATION FOR TRITON KNOLL UXO CLEARANCE WORKS Notice is hereby given that Triton Knoll Offshore Wind Farm Limited has applied to the Marine Management Organisation under the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009, Part…
Launch planned in 2019, but not in Scotland The MMO is about to start consulting on the introduction of electronic catch recording for the UK under-10m fleet, reports Tim Oliver It will affect all UK fisheries administrations and crown dependencies…
This week in Fishing News you will find: – Electronic catch recording for under-10m fleet – Crunch Brexit vote this week – Coastal states agree 20% mackerel cut for 2019 – Early records and winter weather in Shetland – Sturgeon…
MARINE AND COASTAL ACCESS ACT 2009 APPLICATION FOR MLA/2018/00028 Notice is hereby given that Mr Sahil Shah of Sustainable Seaweed Ltd. has applied to the Marine Management Organisation under the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009, Part 4, for a…
Each week we bring you the boat of the week, taken from Fishing News. Name: Caledonia III BCK 35 LOA: 19m Built: Macduff Shipyards Buckie 2018 Type: Twin-rig trawler Home port: Buckie We’ll be back next week with our latest boat focus. Got…