New ID guide aims to improve recording and stock assessment The Sea Fishers Protection Authority (SFPA) has launched a guide to help fishermen identify skate and ray species in Ireland. Sixteen species of skate and ray are regularly caught in…
Engine manufacturer Cummins will be visiting Fraserburgh and Peterhead this week as part of its ‘Scotland Trailer Tour’. The company will be in Fraserburgh on Tuesday, 6 June, and in Peterhead on Wednesday, 7 June, and is inviting skippers to…
“I genuinely love helping to improve safety and reduce the likelihood of an accident happening on a fishing vessel. To me, you can’t put a price on that,” Charles Blyth, NFFO risk, safety and training lead, told Fishing News. Charles’…
At last year’s Fisheries Management Plan stakeholder engagement events, fishers and seafood businesses worked with regulators to chart the future direction of shellfish management – and key themes emerged to guide the next stage of the process BY AOIFE MARTIN…
Council supports inquiry with ‘powers to compel testimony’ and calls for financial compensation North Yorkshire Council has called for a public inquiry into the mass die-off of shellfish off Teesside and the North Yorkshire coast that began in October 2021.…
The environmental campaign group Open Seas has launched a bid in the Scottish courts to force Marine Scotland to rethink the licences it issues for scalloping in Scottish waters. The licence variations issued by Marine Scotland to vessels with a…
Minister announces consultation this summer – but conclusion is foregone Shetland’s favourite MSP Ariane Burgess provided a useful opportunity last week for rural affairs secretary Mairi Gougeon to confirm a proposed Scottish government consultation about sandeels, by submitting a written…
Fishermen’s Welfare Alliance welcomes change – although concerns remain about language requirements The home office announced last week that fishing and seafood processing would be added to the Short Occupation List – a classification that will make recruitment and retention…
A seafood trail stretching across Axmouth, Beer, Lyme Regis, West Bay and beyond has been launched by the Lyme Bay Fisherman’s CIC (LBF). The not-for-profit LBF was set up late last year to help support the 50 small-scale fishermen and…
Share a day in the life of a Small Isles creel fisherman The soft, southern accent coming from the other end of the line is entirely unexpected. “I’m from Hampshire originally,” said 33-year-old Craig Martin. “I came up here in…
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