Urgent MAIB warning following MOB fatality
23rd September 2024
Crewman found to have been pulled overboard due to inadvertent entanglement of creel leg rope in PFD lifting strop
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Fair Food project ‘vital to protect reputation of industry’
19th September 2024
Mike Park Chief Executive of the Scottish White Fish Producers’ Association (SWFPA), has emphasised that the industry must be protected from rogue vessel operators who mistreat their crews, both to maintain its reputation and to protect the market for its catches.
‘Load of challenges’ for Scots catchers and processors
18th September 2024
NESFDP meeting told of wide-ranging concerns across Scottish industry
L’Ecume II tragedy: Court appearance over Jersey trawler sinking
17th September 2024
Ukrainian national Artur Sevash-Zade (34) was due to appear before Jersey’s Royal Court on 6 September to face three counts of manslaughter following the deaths of the skipper and crew of the Jersey trawler L’Ecume II. The three men died…
Antarctic LK 145 Boat Review
16th September 2024
Arrival of the latest Shetland pelagic vessel, Antarctic LK 145, brings fleet modernisation full circle By Peter Johnson A new pelagic trawler, Antarctic LK 145, arrived in Lerwick on 14 August for the Shetland partnership known as Fiskebas Fishing Company.…
Northern shelf cod TAC cut advice ‘too precautionary’
16th September 2024
An international group representing fishing industry interests in the North Sea and west of Scotland has condemned ICES advice for a 22% cut in the northern shelf cod TAC for 2025 as unnecessarily precautionary. The Northern Fishing Alliance (NFA), which…
MSP highlights industry concerns on foreign landings
12th September 2024
A Shetland MSP has raised fishermen’s long-running concerns about the lack of checks on catches by foreign vessels that are landed straight onto lorries – particularly, in northern ports, by Spanish-owned longliners and netters – and then trucked south for…
Flawed fisheries science ‘cause for concern’
11th September 2024
Leading fisheries scientists call for greater rigour by journals responsible for publishing misleading articles By Tim Oliver An article just published in the respected science journal Marine Policy highlights the need for objective and reliable fisheries science to ensure conservation…
Report into Séimí man-overboard tragedy
10th September 2024
The Marine Casualty Investigation Board (MCIB) has released its report into the death of a Latvian crew member in a man-overboard incident involving the Irish crabber Séimí WT 388. The report – the purpose of which is not to attribute…
Scientists fail to find mackerel in Icelandic waters
9th September 2024
International fishing effort on the migratory mackerel stock has accelerated, with fish being reported from the international zone, beyond any 200nm EEZ, providing a lifeline for vessels from Greenland, Iceland and Russia that are unable to find mackerel in their…
