Channel

  • Channel fishers urged to report French bass trawlers

    Channel fishers urged to report French bass trawlers

    6th June 2023

    Concerns about inadequate MMO monitoring of foreign vessels A Channel rod and line bass fisherman who claims that French trawlers are catching large quantities of bass inside the UK 12-mile limit, which would put them in breach of landings limits,…

  • New Issue: Fishing News 25.02.21

    New Issue: Fishing News 25.02.21

    23rd February 2021

    – Fight to break free of CFP – ‘Act now to save industry’, Gove told – KFO: Burden-sharing ‘imperative’ for survival of Irish industry – Last of early-year mackerel landed at Peterhead – EU seeks ‘payback’ from Ireland over under-reporting…

  • New Issue: Fishing News 22.08.19

    New Issue: Fishing News 22.08.19

    20th August 2019

      – ‘UK can’t protect EEZ’ – Sustainable fishing boosts EU fleet – Anglo-Spanish longliner remains stranded off Shetland – Mackerel as far north as Spitsbergen – French threaten Channel blockade – Agreement between vessels as Windsock reopened – Fire…

  • Channel cuttle fishery starts early and strongly

    Channel cuttle fishery starts early and strongly

    9th October 2017

    ‘Black Gold’ attracts a large fleet of visiting vessels to Brixham. Above: The Looe-owned trawler Guiding Light III heads in to Brixham after fishing cuttles… The autumn and early winter cuttlefish season off the coast of South Devon started with a…

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