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  • Fisheries and climate: Climate impacts on stock shifts

    Fisheries and climate: Climate impacts on stock shifts

    27th February 2024

    Why the thermal niche is a key consideration in fish stock management By DR RICHARD KIRBY In my previous article about the recent return of bluefin tuna to UK seas (FN, 18 January, ‘Why are bluefin back in UK seas?’),…

  • Raft of issues for east coast fishing industry

    Raft of issues for east coast fishing industry

    7th November 2023

    Medical certificates, NGO pressures on prawn trawling, a possible cod quota cut in 2024 and shellfish deaths linked to dredging in the river Tees are all major issues facing fishermen in the North East of England. These issues were spelled…

  • CFA slams Clyde cod closure consultation

    CFA slams Clyde cod closure consultation

    19th July 2023

    ‘Insufficient science’ to justify proposal for 11-week closure in 2024 Marine Scotland has opened a consultation on the closure of an area of the Clyde from February to April 2024 to protect spawning cod stocks – but the Clyde Fishermen’s…

  • Second fishing industry-led cod workshop set for next week

    Second fishing industry-led cod workshop set for next week

    16th May 2023

    Industry-led focus on improving stock assessments to build on November event A second international cod workshop examining how cod stock assessments can be made more accurate is due to be held in Edinburgh next week (23 May). A successful two-day…

  • Fish and chip prices up 22% as cod and haddock cost 50% more

    Fish and chip prices up 22% as cod and haddock cost 50% more

    7th March 2023

    The head of one of the UK’s largest fish and chip chains says the soaring price of fish and chips may go even higher. James Lipscombe, chief executive of The Chesterford Group, which runs 38 takeaways and restaurants under several…

  • NGO invites fishers to crab and lobster symposium

    NGO invites fishers to crab and lobster symposium

    15th November 2022

    In support of wider moves across the UK to develop management plans for crab and lobster, fisheries NGO Blue Marine is hosting a one-day online symposium on 16 November, bringing together fishermen, fisheries managers and scientists from across the UK…

  • Pressure for bottom-trawling ban in MPAs

    Pressure for bottom-trawling ban in MPAs

    19th July 2022

    Fisheries minister Victoria Prentis has stressed the need to work with the fishing industry when deciding on restrictions on bottom trawling in MPAs, reports Tim Oliver. Some MPs are calling for bans on all bottom mobile gear in all MPAs,…

  • Industry debriefing on Clyde cod closure

    Industry debriefing on Clyde cod closure

    10th June 2022

    Feedback from a stakeholders’ meeting to review the impact and effectiveness of the three-month Clyde closure earlier this year to protect spawning cod will be taken into account when deciding on measures for next year, reports Tim Oliver. Marine Scotland…

  • North Sea cod workshop planned this year

    North Sea cod workshop planned this year

    6th June 2022

    There are hopes for a more realistic TAC for North Sea cod next year, after ICES agreed to hold an international workshop later this year with industry representatives to look in-depth at the stock situation and stock assessments, reports Tim…

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