“In 1985, my family and I left Scotland for sunnier climes,” Alan Henderson, operations manager at the Blue Sea Food Company, told Fishing News. “We upped and moved everything – sold the house, put all our goods in a van…
Fishing News has teamed up again with MarineCo, the UK supplier of fishing gear from New Zealand company Stormline, with a Christmas competition for the next generation of the fishing industry. We’re looking for photos showing you ‘at work’, helping…
To achieve a fair global marketplace and end the undercutting of fish caught to higher standards by UK and Irish fishermen, supply chain traceability in seafood is essential By Laure Boissat, Senior environmental, social and governance analyst at the FAIRR…
Ireland’s naval service Reserve has taken delivery of the first of four new motor launches for inshore patrols. Named the Fionnghuala, it will be used for a range of taskings relating to coastal patrols, including inshore fisheries, as well as…
The seven-man crew of Peterhead whitefish trawler Benarkle II PD 400 found themselves at the centre of a major incident when they hauled east of Shetland on Friday, 6 December and discovered the wreckage of a German-registered Cessna light aircraft…
Mixed fortunes for UK fleet from UK-EU bilateral negotiations, with big increases in North Sea sole and monkfish but a 25% Nephrops cut – and more bad news for SW pollack fishermen The UK minister with responsibility for fisheries, food…
South West fishing leaders expressed their consternation at the 17% cut in the pollack TAC to 689t, which gives the UK industry a 2025 quota of just 172t. The reduction will see even smaller bycatch allowed in the hake net…
Viewpoints from across the political spectrum. This week: the new Labour MP for Na h-Eileanan an Iar, Torcuil Crichton MP. I try to spend a bit of the summer on a small island off the coast of Sicily. Tuna fishing…
Put your fishing knowledge to the test for your chance to win £100! Enter our Christmas prize quiz by filling in your answers on the online form right here. Alternatively, you can find the quiz in the latest issue of…
The 10th anniversary of Fishing Innovation and Sustainability (FIS) sees it examine its role for the next decade – which requires input from those at the sharp end of the industry, as well as looking to other sectors and countries…
