The government is not planning to use funds from the £100m UK Seafood Fund to help the industry cope with rocketing fuel prices, reports Tim Oliver. This was spelled out last week by Defra fisheries minister Lord Benyon in the…
Defra has announced proposals for the first of a number of highly protected marine areas (HPMAs) in English waters where all fishing will be banned – effectively ‘no-take zones’, reports Tim Oliver. The setting up of a network of HMPAs…
As Sunderland Marine celebrates its 140th year as an insurer of the fishing industry, director Craig McBurnie reaffirms the company’s commitment to the sector and highlights the importance of safety training and constructive dialogue to its continued success Having insured…
The Seafarers’ Charity seeks marvels at muster The Seafarers’ Charity, a significant funder of maritime safety and welfare initiatives, is celebrating Maritime Safety Week (4-8 July) with the launch of a new safety drill competition. It is calling on everyone…
Reaching agreement on REM has been ‘a long and difficult process’, according to DFPO chairman Svend-Erik Andersen The Danish Fisheries Association (DFPO) has reached a compromise agreement with Danish fisheries minister Rasmus Prehn on the controversial issue of camera monitoring…
The Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) has issued its report into the loss of the 14m scalloper Joanna C BM 265 five nautical miles south of Newhaven on 21 November, 2020, leading to the death of two of its crew,…
The Whitby Lobster is celebrating after releasing its first batch of juvenile lobsters A project aiming to release 100,000 juvenile lobsters each year has released its first batch into the sea near Whitby, reports Paul Scott. The Whitby Lobster Hatchery…
Lucinda Rouse reports from last week’s Westminster debate on the existential threats to the inshore fleet Cross-party agreement abounded in Westminster Hall last Tuesday as MPs debated Britain’s inshore fleet and the difficulties facing fishing communities. MPs from across the…
Five fishermen from Shetland recently undertook man-overboard training at the Survitex facility in Aberdeen. The free in-water course – funded by the Fishing Industry Safety Group, a partnership between the MCA, the RNLI, fishermen’s associations and Seafish – is designed…
The All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Fisheries has released a report collating responses from across the UK fishing industry on the impacts of Brexit on their livelihoods, and the actions that respondents think the government should take to support the…
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