– Fisheries Act opens new era – Kilkeel yard delivers two versatile 12m catamarans – Ewing: ‘Scotland better off in EU’ – ‘Huge gap’ on fisheries in Brexit talks – Joanna C: Two men lost with vessel off Newhaven…
– Tougher discards policing – Margaret of Ladram sets new Brixham record – Two rescued as Manx scalloper Polaris sinks – N Sea cod deadlock in first round of EU/Norway talks – Scots pelagic group calls for action on mackerel…
End of ‘education’ phase of discards ban The MMO will be taking a tougher line on enforcing the landing obligation/discards ban next year, after a period of educating fishermen on the requirements of the rules, reports Tim Oliver DEFRA official…
This week in Fishing News you will find: – Discards ban is working – Eternal Light starts scalloping from Buckie – New technical rules this summer – BLUE warning on localised whelk fisheries – A new approach to discards in…
Quota pools set up to cut discarding Government-held fish will save fishermen’s quotas Fisheries administrations are setting up reserve quota pools to try to avoid choke species tying up boats as the discards ban comes fully into force, and to…
This week in Fishing News you will find: – Discards ban dangers – New-look Kiloran arrives at Rossaveal – REAF in bud – Pelagic fishermen provide climate change data – MAIB report on loss of Plymouth trawler Solstice – Fisheries…
This week in Fishing News you will find: – Chokes dominate council – NFFO perspective on fisheries council – National ban on salmon netting – UK will ban electric pulse trawling – New Irish legislation for Penalty Points System on…
Council moves to avoid chokes as discards ban kicks in Efforts to avoid choke species, particularly those with zero TACs, dominated difficult two-day December council negotiations that brought cuts in some important TACs but increases in others, reports Tim Oliver…
This week in Fishing News you will find: – Quota reallocation pledge – Soph-Ash-Jay 3 joins JAS-N at Burnmouth – ‘No link between fisheries and trade’, says government – KFO encouraged by UK-EU declaration – Bass not a discards species…
Discards ban ‘will fail’ warns Scottish leader Calls for solutions to choke species problem The discards ban will fail in its present form, and politicians must find a solution to the problem of choke species it creates, a Scottish fishermen’s…
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