Frankie Horne, fishing safety manager for the RNLI, talks to John Periam about the institution’s work to improve safety awareness in the industry The Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) has a dedicated fishing safety division run by Frankie Horne, who…
‘Nothing we can do if EU wants to ban LBM imports’ DEFRA secretary George Eustice told a Commons committee that DEFRA did fully understand the legal aspects of the EU ban on exports of live bivalve molluscs (LBMs) for purification…
Fishermen urged to attend The NFFO is urging inshore fishermen to sign up to attend a major two-day conference in October that it says will provide a ‘once-in-a-generation opportunity’ for all parts of the fishing industry to bring clarity to…
Karstensens delivers first pelagic vessel to Shetland Skipper Bobby Polson and the crew of the new Whalsay midwater trawler Serene LK 297 quickly started to prove the fishing credentials of their new boat by landing three back-to-back 930t, 950t and…
Scottish stocks up and mortality down – SSBs ‘at record levels’ says Shetland report Key whitefish stocks in Scottish waters have expanded dramatically over the past decade, and fishing effort is at record lows, according to a major new analysis, reports…
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This week in Fishing News you will find: • Crewing problems worsen: Home Office refuses calls for urgent action • Ewing highlights choke threat • Bill to help Ireland’s island fishermen to go to committee • Fishing News Awards 2018 • BOTW: Elegance PD…
The coast of west Wales is at once scenic, remote and self-contained. Most settlements have had a castle and fishing, and many still have, and while the castles are ruinous, the fishing is not, or not yet anyway, despite a…
Name: Antarctic D 97 LOA: 50.70m Built: Simek A/S Flekkefjord Norway 1996 Type: Midwater trawler Home port: Killybegs We’ll be back next week with our latest boat focus. Got some pictures of your own to share? Send them in for…
The NFFO has elected a new chairman. He is Andrew Pascoe of Newlyn, and he will take over the chairmanship of the federation from Mike Cohen at the NFFO AGM later in the summer. Andrew was unanimously elected at the…
