The industry in Wales is being invited to submit applications to a £1m fund, intended primarily to help mitigate the ongoing impact of Covid, and help the industry adapt to the rapidly changing market conditions for seafood products. The funding…
Marine biologist Declan Quigley has said it is ‘conceivable’ that some of the 67 coconuts recorded in Irish waters over the past half-century could have drifted from tropical areas across the Atlantic, reports Lorna Siggins. Commenting on the recent discovery…
From its beginnings with coastal lookouts to today’s high-tech national network of co-ordination centres, HM Coastguard is celebrating 200 years of saving lives around the UK. HM Coastguard was formally brought into existence in January 1822, when three services –…
With the UK returning to some sort of normality as the impact of the pandemic recedes, and mindful of the importance of celebrating all that is best in the industry in spite of all of the chaos and challenges of…
11-week blanket ban imposed without warning Fishermen from across all sectors have expressed shock and dismay at the sudden announcement of a blanket ban on all fishing activities in the Clyde Box for an 11-week period between February and April,…
Minister for agriculture, food and the marine Charlie McConalogue has announced a support scheme to help Irish inshore fishing businesses adjust to the impacts of Brexit. The Brexit Inshore Fisheries Business Model Adjustment Scheme delivers on a recommendation in the…
Peterhead market reported a downturn in fish moving across the auction in 2021, which was below 1m boxes for the first time in several years, although this headline figure very much does not tell the full story for the port,…
The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) is reminding the industry to prepare for new out-of-water inspections of small fishing vessels, to avoid the updated code catching fishermen out. The regulatory body wants fishermen to take advantage of the advice and…
A record-breaking figure of £43.6m-worth of fish was auctioned by Brixham Trawler Agents (BTA) at Brixham fishmarket in 2021, reports Phil Lockley. “For some time now, plans have been in place for the market and its adjoining facilities to be…
UK chancellor Rishi Sunak visited the West Quay at Newhaven on 6 January, as part of a wider visit to the Channel port. Based along the river Ouse upstream of the yacht marina, the historic Newhaven fleet, a mixture of…
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