Pressure mounts for netting shutdown Traditional salmon netsmen in northeast England are fighting for survival as salmon anglers and riparian owners apply further pressure on ministers to stop the traditional fishery, reports David Linkie Their plight is highlighted this week…
This week in Fishing News you will find: • Ports Brexit Demonstrations • €2.2m capital investment programme for harbour projects in Ireland • Grimsby pair-trawl pioneer Jens Bojen, 1943-2018 • Refit to French-built vivier-crabber Pen Glas • Brixham beam-scalloper Golden Promise…
An Essex catamaran designer and former fisherman has written a condensed history of the UK fishing industry. The article explains the structure of the industry, and sets out management policies over the past 40 years and the adverse effect they…
Call for rod licence to show true numbers. A former sea angler says figures quoted by the Angling Trust and other angling organisations to support their attacks on commercial bass fishing, grossly exaggerate the number of recreational sea anglers and…
The UK’s two main representative organisations for commercial fishermen – the Scottish Fishermen’s Federation (SFF) and the National Federation of Fishermen’s Organisations (NFFO) – have agreed upon common principles to ensure the best possible deal for coastal communities in the…
Our final preview of what’s on offer at this weekend’s Galway Expo Int. The Skipper Expo Int. Galway 2016 will be held on 4 and 5 March at the Galway Bay Hotel, Galway. Opening times, 10am to 6pm on Friday 4 March, and 10am…
Fuel, the one common dominator across the UK fleet, continued to drop in price the week before last when Brent crude oil, used as an international benchmark, sold at under $30 per barrel for the first time since 2004, reports David…
In 1955, an American icon was created by dying a violent death, while another burst, very much alive, onto the world stage. On September 30 James Dean crashed and died in his Porsche 550 Spyder in California and the following…
Our ‘Where are they now?’ feature provides brief histories, including build details, of a varied selection of fishing vessels from years gone by. Some of these vessels continue to perform successfully today, under different names to the ones they were…
Fishermen who work in the waters off the Galloway coast are promoting their sectoral Code of Conduct with a simple message: phone first, reports David Linkie. Above image: A crewman at work on the Kirkcudbright scalloper Susan Bird FR357, which is…
