Following on from the reader’s letter in FN two weeks ago, where an owner with a vessel on order from Cheetah Marine claimed that any new boat he could build under the revised Code would have reduced stability compared to…
Laeso Scotland is inviting prawn fishermen across the UK to an open day at its processing centre in Peterhead on Friday, 26 August, to learn more about the services the company can provide to support fishermen in obtaining premium prices…
As Defra confirmed a new funding window for applications to the Fisheries Industry Science Partnerships (FISP) scheme – part of the £100m UK Seafood Fund – funding for another 17 projects was announced last week. The UK Seafood Fund was…
Grimsby’s maritime heritage was celebrated last month with the return of the town’s Festival of the Sea, reports Paul Scott. Grimsby’s Festival of the Sea returned to the town last month. The event, produced by Grimsby-based events organisation The Culture…
A Welsh NGO, Neptune’s Army of Rubbish Collectors (NARC), held an event with commercial fishermen last week to celebrate its achievements to date and raise wider awareness across the Welsh fishing community of the services it offers. Formed in 2005…
Fishermen in Plymouth have accused the Environment Agency (EA) of failing to consult them on the harbour development proposals announced last month. “Sutton Harbour Group have started holding quarterly meetings with harbour users, a welcome development,” Rodney Anderson of the…
An MP has added her voice to calls to abolish the transit visa scheme, and replace it with a scheme that provides better legal protection for foreign fishing crews. Writing in the House of Commons’ own publication, The House, Nusrat…
Despite several setbacks, Scottish static-gear interests and conservation groups took another step last week in their ongoing campaign to limit the use of mobile gears on the west coast. The Scottish Creel Fishermen’s Federation (SCFF) has completed the submission of…
The National Federation of Fishermen’s Organisations (NFFO) AGM was held last Tuesday, aboard HMS Belfast, moored in the river Thames a mile downstream from Westminster, reports Andy Read. After delivering his annual report to the AGM, chairman Paul Gilson (pictured…
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