A new report from Fair Seas, a campaign led by a coalition of Irish environmental NGOs and networks, identifies ‘areas of interest’ for potential Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) in Irish waters, and says that Irish MPAs must increase 18-fold by…
Fishermen in Shetland have joined forces with the local Green party to demand a ban on gill-netting in Scottish waters. This has been a serious issue for over a decade, and the unlikely alliance between fishermen and greens is symbolic…
Stark warning on mental health toll on fishers NFFO chairman Paul Gilson has welcomed moves by Anthony Mangnall (pictured above), the Conservative MP for Totnes, that secured a debate in Westminster this Tuesday (14 June) on the existential issues facing…
Feedback from a stakeholders’ meeting to review the impact and effectiveness of the three-month Clyde closure earlier this year to protect spawning cod will be taken into account when deciding on measures for next year, reports Tim Oliver. Marine Scotland…
The accelerated expansion of offshore wind and the pace of application of management measures within MPAs pose ‘a potentially huge spatial challenge to the fishing industry’, says the NFFO. It says this is not just the well-known view of the…
A very rare cold-water-loving leopard fish has been landed by a Donegal vessel, reports Lorna Siggins. The leopard fish, also known as the spotted wolfish (Anarhichas minor), swims in deep water across parts of the Arctic Ocean and the North…
Twenty fishermen will be recruited to take part in a 12-week trial of a new app designed to help people stop smoking, reports Paul Scott. The ‘Stop Smoking’ app initiative by the SeaFit programme, in partnership with Aberdeenshire Health and…
Pictured here tucked up on the outer wall at Macduff, next to the Prosperity UL 250, the Greenpeace vessel Sea Beaver appears to be taking a break from ‘surveys’ that have included filming scallopers working off the North East coast,…
Sir Robert Goodwill, MP for Scarborough and Whitby, has been elected chair of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (EFRA) committee. Five MPs were nominated for the role, triggering an election between Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswolds), Sir Robert Goodwill, Dr…
There are hopes for a more realistic TAC for North Sea cod next year, after ICES agreed to hold an international workshop later this year with industry representatives to look in-depth at the stock situation and stock assessments, reports Tim…
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