Scottish seafood processors are demanding urgent action on rising energy costs, which they say are threatening to drive some factories out of business. In a letter to the two candidates to become prime minister, Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak, ahead…
A fleet of iconic vessels were in Lowestoft for the International Smack Race and Vessels Festival, reports Paul Scott. The former Lowestoft lugger Gleaner LT 64 was the first large smack over the line. The race and festival, hosted by…
Organisers behind a mentoring programme that aims to encourage the growth of seafood tourism in Scotland say that the scheme has ‘proven to be a success’, reports Paul Scott. The series of webinars, created as part of the Beyond the…
Efforts to introduce a career in fishing to a new generation in Humberside have received a boost, reports Paul Scott. Hull Maritime has announced that more than 80% of participants who completed its latest Maritime Futures training programme have gone…
EU fishermen have confirmed their intention to take the European Commission to court over moves to ban trawling, longlining and other gears in up to 94 MPAs across EU waters, in areas deeper than 400m. The areas include a large…
Devon and Severn Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authority (D&SIFCA) has amended scallop diving permits issued to commercial divers to remove what has been until this year a three-month summer closed season. The move follows an extended dialogue between stakeholders and…
The 11.30m 25-year-old Tyne-built trawler Old Granty SN 438 sank at her mooring in the Fish Quay Gut at North Shields last week, reports Nigel Gray. There were no reported casualties. The vessel’s owner, Nigel (Nig) Hull, who has fished…
Twenty-eight skippers and their crew from ports across South West and southern England will make their first trip of the 2022 season on 15 August to catch, tag, and release Atlantic bluefin tuna (BFT). The vessels are taking part in…
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…
