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  • UK-Norway deal delivers 30,000t of whitefish stock

    UK-Norway deal delivers 30,000t of whitefish stock

    2nd January 2024

    UK fishermen will be able to fish for 30,000t of whitefish stock in Norwegian waters in 2024 following agreement on fishing opportunities in the bilateral talks between the UK and Norway that concluded on 15 December. Whitefish vessels will also…

  • Credit union offers funding solution for fishermen

    Credit union offers funding solution for fishermen

    29th December 2023

    Alternative source of short-terms loans to bridge FaSS grant waiting period The Fisheries and Seafood Fund (FaSS) has provided huge benefits for many small-scale fishermen, providing significant grant aid towards a host of vessel and safety improvements. For many boat…

  • Mission meets minister on welfare issues

    Mission meets minister on welfare issues

    28th December 2023

    Marc Evans, the Fishermen’s Mission chief executive, met fisheries minister Mark Spencer last week to discuss the changing role that the Mission is taking on to support fishermen, many of whom have never previously sought help. Whilst many of its…

  • Defra chief under fire over migrant crew measures

    Defra chief under fire over migrant crew measures

    26th December 2023

    Defra secretary of state Steve Barclay has acknowledged that there are ‘questions from the fishing industry’ in respect of what an SNP MP described as the ‘draconian’ increase in the minimum salary level for migrant fishermen, announced at the start…

  • Christmas cracker crews

    Christmas cracker crews

    25th December 2023

    Ashore for Christmas? For Hull trawlermen, Yuletide trips were often an obligation – and were fraught with added danger. By Alec Gill Christmas was a time of conflict within Hull’s trawling industry. The clash was between love and money. Trawlermen…

  • New vice chair for Scottish Pelagic Fishermen’s Association

    New vice chair for Scottish Pelagic Fishermen’s Association

    21st December 2023

    A new vice chairman has been appointed by the Scottish Pelagic Fishermen’s Association after Davie Hutchison, skipper of the Charisma LK 362, stood down following 15 years in the role. Richard Williamson, one of the owners and skippers of the…

  • Fishing News Christmas Prize Quiz!

    Fishing News Christmas Prize Quiz!

    18th December 2023

    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…

  • A Day In The Life Of” Brixham Trawler Agents’ Luke Netherton

    A Day In The Life Of” Brixham Trawler Agents’ Luke Netherton

    15th December 2023

    “There’s always something happening,” Luke Netherton, general operations manager at Brixham Trawler Agents (BTA), told Fishing News. Luke first joined BTA in 2006, at the age of just 17. “I was at college at the time as part of a…

  • Award for Skipinnish HPMA song

    Award for Skipinnish HPMA song

    15th December 2023

    The HPMA protest song The Clearances Again has been named best Original Work of the Year at the MG Alba Scots Trad Music Awards. Written by Skipinnish co-founder Angus MacPhail from the perspective of his friend, inshore creel fisherman Donald…

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