The campaign for a statue to honour the Headscarf Revolutionaries – Hull’s trawler safety campaigners – has taken a step forward, reports Brian W Lavery. Earlier this month, an appeal went out to find a local sculptor to undertake the…
Voting is now underway to decide the winners in this year’s Fishing News Awards – and there’s been an unprecedented response so far, with over 1,000 votes cast in the first 48 hours! Eight of the 10 categories will be…
The two-day SeaFit visit to Ramsgate last week was held in glorious sunny weather and very light winds that might have tempted many fishermen to spend as little time as possible onshore. However, the Fishermen’s Mission was able to report…
A project investigating inshore and offshore habitats of bass and pollack is seeking help from South Devon fishermen, reports Paul Scott. The University of Plymouth’s ‘FISH INTEL’ team will be tagging bass and pollack between Plymouth and Lyme Bay this…
Increased monitoring of the under-12m fleet will provide the vital data that will allow inshore fisheries to thrive, writes UK fisheries minister Victoria Prentis… In 2020, we passed the first domestic fisheries legislation in nearly 40 years, and are now…
The fuel issue is increasingly dominating discussions across the UK and European fishing industries, as prices have escalated in the last few weeks to a point where many classes of vessel are already unprofitable.
Welsh produce took centre stage at a St David’s Day London lunch celebrating seafood excellence, with the dishes created by top chefs. Held at London boutique hotel L’Oscar, the celebration lunch was attended by a host of award-winning chefs, food…
There are likely to be increased management measures for under-15m scallopers following a Defra consultation. The six-week consultation was carried out last year after discussion in the Scallop Industry Consultation Group, the Shellfish Industry Advisory Group and its species-specific sub-groups…
How safety aware are you? Have the recent campaigns by industry champions reached you? The Fishing Industry Safety Group (FISG) wants to know more about where and how you get hold of your information about the fishing industry, be it…
Ukraine war sends diesel prices spiralling Fishermen’s organisations across the UK and Europe are calling on their governments and the European Commission for help to combat rocketing fuel prices that are taking a huge chunk of vessels’ earnings and could…
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