Marine conservation group Blue Marine hosted a workshop in London earlier this month to try to form an action plan for EU bass management, reports Tim Oliver. Above: Representatives from a wide range of organisations and interests attended the bass workshop. Blue…
Dear Editor, To follow on from Jim Portus’ comments in Fishing News (UKAFPO chief blasts landings obligation, FN 12 November) regarding the incoming discard ban: Without question, all of the British fishing industry considers the discard ban to be an…
Each week we’ll be bringing you our pick of Boat of the Week taken from Fishing News. Every image has been photographed by editor David Linkie while at sea. Name: Boy John INS 110 LOA: 28m Built: Vestvaerftet ApS Hvide…
Doing nothing is no longer an option, gear conflict issues need to be addressed with the upmost urgency. After enduring 15 years of substantial static gear losses, Ian Mathieson, skipper/owner of the Stonehaven-based creel boat Dalwhinnie A 913, a Cleopatra…
Until only 20 years ago, Scarborough was one of the leading whitefish landing ports on the East Coast of England. Above: Buyers evaluate the contents of traditional wooden fish boxes on Scarborough fishmarket in October 1984. As this selection of interesting…
Fishing News is to reinstate an Awards presentation evening, dedicated to celebrating the successful achievements across the industry, in Aberdeen in May 2016. The high-profile evening, in the Hilton Aberdeen Treetops Hotel, will be hosted by Simon Rimmer and will take…
The publication of a sensationalist story in The Guardian newspaper (2 November), titled: ‘Revealed: trafficked migrant workers abused in Irish fishing industry,’ that alleged wrongdoings by Irish vessel owners in relation to non-EU workers employed on their vessels, created an…
Each week we’ll be bringing you our pick of Boat of the Week taken from Fishing News. Every image has been photographed by editor David Linkie while at sea. Name: Benarkle II PD 400 LOA: 23.95m Built: Macduff Shipyards Ltd…
Fishermen who work in the waters off the Galloway coast are promoting their sectoral Code of Conduct with a simple message: phone first, reports David Linkie. Above image: A crewman at work on the Kirkcudbright scalloper Susan Bird FR357, which is…
Still being printed in black-and-white, with a small amount of blue added to the cover, what Fishing News lacked in colour, it made up for in content. Politically, 1977 was a challenging year for the industry and Fishing News was…
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