Reports of the failure of a 107m long wind turbine blade during commissioning of the Dogger Bank wind farm – the world’s largest – have been confirmed by the operators. They remain tight- lipped, however, about any detail of the…
The cost of a fish supper has risen more than any other popular takeaway mean, according to figures from the Office for National Statistics. The average price of takeaway fish and chips was £9.88 in July this year, up from…
The Scottish government has launched a far-reaching consultation – set to run for just eight weeks – that could see fishing banned from 20 MPAs that cover a third of Scottish waters. As a minimum, it seems set to see…
In 1960, David Marshall’s life changed forever in the shark-infested waters of the South Pacific. Surviving a traumatic ‘man-overboard’ experience, and prompted by the continuous loss of life at sea, he embarked on a quest, dedicated to inventing a rescue…
We’re looking to our readers to send us their best fishing industry-related photos, which will not only be featured in Fishing News, the UK’s market-leading commercial fishing newspaper, but will put its photographer in with a chance of winning £250!…
A BBC Scotland documentary broadcast recently, alongside a similar programme on BBC Radio 4, laid bare a catalogue of alleged abuse of foreign crew on the scalloping vessels owned by Annan-based TN Trawlers, over nearly a decade. The programme spoke…
New study has found that expanding Pacific oyster farming has minimal impacts on ecosystems – and some evidence of greater biodiversity around farms By Tim Oliver New research has found that farming Pacific oysters has few negative impacts on the…
The Crown Estate has confirmed completion of the next step – a formal opening of the tendering process – in the development of three wind farm sites off the coast of South Wales and South West England, as well as…
Revisions to the economic link conditions saw increased landings of mackerel and herring by Scottish-registered pelagic vessels into Scotland in 2023, with more than 50% of their tonnage landed into Scotland. The new conditions introduced on 1 January, 2023 cover…
£12.8m investment by Morrisons builds on the continuing success of resurgent sardine fishery in Cornwall By Harry Owen In 2007, the Pilchard was rebranded as the Cornish sardine, and ever since, the fishery and the processing industry it supports have…
