The days of it being considered ‘bad luck’ for women to be aboard fishing boats is slipping from living memory. From Shetland and Orkney down to Cornwall, female leaders, vessel managers and fisheries scientists are a routine day to day…
On the two-year anniversary of the creation of Regional Fisheries Groups (RFGs) in England, the MMO last week issued an appeal to fishermen to continue to participate, and to reach out to MMO and Defra officials supporting the initiatives. The…
A new community interest company, Lyme Bay Fisherman’s CIC, has recently been formed, supported by funding through the UK Fisheries and Seafood Scheme. Here, several founder members of the CIC tell their stories, and its chief executive provides the background…
A Belgian-registered, Dutch-owned beam trawler has sunk after hitting a rock off Penzance, reports Paul Scott. The 24m Sylvia Mary Z-525 is believed to have struck a rock off Land’s End shortly before 6pm on Tuesday, 14 February while heading…
The International Council for the Exploration of the Seas (ICES) has launched a test version of a new app that visualises ICES fisheries advice data, reports Paul Scott. The app allows users the opportunity to access and interact directly with…
Hundreds gathered on Sunday, 5 February at the ‘fishermen’s church’ in Hull for the 34th annual Lost Trawlermen’s Day service, reports Brian W Lavery. St John’s Newington – the ‘fishermen’s church’ – was packed for the 34th Lost Trawlermen’s Day…
With the UK fisheries minister aiming to designate just 0.53% of English waters as HPMAs, while the Scottish government is in the middle of a consultation on its aspirations to designate 10% of the Scottish portion of the UK’s EEZ,…
UK fisheries minister Mark Spencer faced a wide-ranging series of questions when he faced MPs in a Scottish Affairs Committee meeting last week, reports Andy Read. Intended to mainly discuss the impacts of spatial squeeze in Scottish waters, the question…
The new high-res mapping tools being developed by the CABFishMan project will help small-scale fisheries defend their interests in a changing seascape, explains Elle Sibthorpe As part of its work to develop tools for collaborative management of small-scale fisheries, the…
The UK Trade and Business Commission, a group whose members include MPs from all major political parties, representing all areas of the UK, has asked the fishing industry for views on how to improve market and trading conditions in the…
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