With the appointment of a new Admiral of the Manx Herring Fleet to celebrate the landmark reopening of the Isle of Man herring fishery, FN looks back at its history and traditions By Mike Smylie Herring – Y Skeddan in…
A ban on bottom trawling in current UK MPAs makes no sense – though that doesn’t trouble NGOs more concerned with headlines than facts By Michel Kaiser, The Lyell Centre, Heriot-Watt University The Private Members’ Bill seeking to ban bottom…
Originally Islesman and later Boy Cameron II, the 1967 Noble’s build, the Islander BA 316, is a stalwart of the Clyde prawn fleet By Mike Smylie Launched by Alexander Noble and Sons of Girvan as yard number 58, Islesman SY…
One of the things I try and do is to make every day a typical day,” South Devon-based fisherman Alan Steer told Fishing News. “For me, it’s all about consistency.” A third-generation fisherman from the village of Beesands, Alan’s career…
The departing chair of Fisheries Innovation and Sustainability shares his thoughts on how the fishing industry has evolved – and how FIS is working to shepherd it into a new era of innovation and sustainability By John Goodlad (pictured above,…
NatureScot seeks fishermen’s help in documenting recovery of key apex predator By Dr Jane Dodd, NatureScot In Scotland, we have been seeing positive signs of a recovery in flapper skate numbers. This is welcome news for a species that was…
I strive for realism all the time,” Neil Newby, who runs Bridlington Model Trawl Netloft, told Fishing News. “I want people to be bamboozled by my nets. I want people to look at them and think: ‘Is that a model…
Fifty-one years ago this February, the Hull trawler Gaul and her 36 crew were lost without trace, a tragedy that inspired decades of speculation and campaigning. By BRIAN W LAVERY In the years after the Gaul H 243 vanished off…
New analysis aims to gauge the impacts of offshore wind on the fishing industry – and chart a way forward By Dr Claire Szostek, Senior Ecosystem Services Scientist, Plymouth Marine Laboratory (PML) Low-carbon renewable energy sources are essential for a…
To achieve a fair global marketplace and end the undercutting of fish caught to higher standards by UK and Irish fishermen, supply chain traceability in seafood is essential By Laure Boissat, Senior environmental, social and governance analyst at the FAIRR…
