The Sustainable Fisheries Partnership (SFP), an international NGO based in Hawaii that works towards sustainable fisheries management, published a paper at the end of August that provides further evidence that involving small- scale fishermen and processors in fisheries management decisions…
Grants under the Fisheries and Seafood Scheme (FaSS) have now exceeded the budget for 2023, and the scheme has closed to new applications. The scheme, administered by the Marine Management Organisation (MMO) on behalf of Defra, aims to support the…
Seafish has released financial estimates that put numbers to the difficulties faced by the UK fishing industry last year. The dataset is based on information on financial performance gathered from vessel owners during the 2022 Fleet Survey. The data collected…
An investigation by NUTFA has discovered that the Department of Transport (DoT) is in breach of its own legislation, which required it to publish a review of the Fishing Vessel Regulations, introduced in 2017, by 23 October last year. The…
An international exchange programme that aims to advance the global sharing of knowledge around the management of fisheries and the ocean has opened for applications. The initiative, by The Fishmongers’ Company’s Fisheries Charitable Trust and Fisheries Innovation and Sustainability (FIS),…
The UK minister for employment has pledged to look at how job centres can do more to encourage local people to work in the North East seafood sector, following a meeting with the industry in Aberdeen. Guy Opperman (pictured above),…
Fisheries Innovation and Sustainability (FIS) has published its detailed analysis of possible zero-emission ‘vessels of the future’ – one of the key actions agreed at the ground-breaking workshop of the same name held in Glasgow in 2022, which also resulted…
With the UK Seafood Innovation Fund’s latest research and development projects underway, Fishing News is delving into some of the innovations that the fund has supported. This week: a new technology to transform what we know about landed crustaceans for…
Preparations are underway to remove the Royal Sovereign Lighthouse off the East Sussex coast. The lighthouse, which has stood 11km out to sea since it was built in 1971, was officially decommissioned in March last year. Recently, a large barge…
Fishing News continues to be approached by readers who have received Notices of Intent to Prosecute from lawyers working on behalf of the MCA, with respect to alleged failure to wear PFDs or take alternative appropriate safety measures when on…
