Perhaps of all the early Fisheries Management Plans (FMPs) out for consultation, the Southern North Sea and Eastern Channel Mixed Flatfish FMP covers the greatest range of stocks, fisheries and ports, encompassing everything from Anglo-Dutch beamers and Channel fly-shooters landing…
No-one will be surprised to find that people might not have finished reading the proposed Crab and Lobster Fisheries Management Plan (FMP). Released over the summer, one of the busiest times in the fishing year, and consisting of what feels…
“This article is a summary of work undertaken by Sarah Coulthard on behalf of Northumberland IFCA. We would like to express our appreciation to Sarah and all those stakeholders who gave their time during the interviews. It provides a valuable…
Shortly before 6pm on 9 September, the calm over Conwy marina was disturbed by the sound of an exploding gas cylinder. This was rapidly followed by a column of dense black smoke and flames leaping 6m into the air. Viewed…
“It’s a mixed reaction from the children to start off with,” Simon Gray, senior associate at The Food Teachers’ Centre, and the driving force behind the Fish in School Hero programme, told Fishing News. The initiative seeks to give secondary…
The Fishmongers’ Company is hosting a free one-day conference in London on 30 November to highlight ‘nature-positive’ shellfish and seaweed farming. “The aim is to showcase the many benefits of this form of aquaculture and to highlight the exciting potential…
The latest round of UK government energy auctions failed to attract a single bid from offshore wind developers, prompting many commentators to question the pricing strategy put in place. This, they say, failed to recognise that shortages of materials, parts…
Wave energy pioneer Mocean Energy has secured over £3m in EU funding to develop and deploy a 250kW wave machine in Orkney waters. The large-scale wave energy device – named Blue Horizon 250 – will be manufactured in Scotland and…
The UK fishing industry has been reacting to a report published last week by the international NGO Oceana claiming that five key UK stocks, including western mackerel and North Sea cod, are ‘overfished or critically low’. Recognising that ‘half of…
A joint statement by Europêche and the European Association of POs (EAPO), released ahead of the upcoming coastal states meeting in London this week, has echoed scathing comments from the Irish industry about the bilateral deal in July between the…
