This week in Fishing News you will find: – Post-Brexit boost hopes for Northern Ireland – Islay scalloper Atlantic Dawn launched on Teeside – Last ditch scallop deal after a French re-think – Bass may escape discards ban – Scottish…
Small-scale fleets will be hit hard, warns LIFE MEPs and the EU Commission expressed polar opposite views on the landing obligation (LO) and choke species last month, reports Tim Oliver EU fisheries commissioner Karmenu Vella was uncompromising on the fact…
More species must all be landed next year. Proposals put to Commission for N Sea and Western Water. More quota species and vessels will be subject to the landing obligation/discard ban in 2018 under proposals put to the Commission’s scientific…
History was made at Fraserburgh two weeks ago when the first whitefish discards under the first phase of the demersal landing obligation, which came into force on January 1, were smoothly put ashore separately, reports David Linkie. Above: Skipper Adam Tait…
***As Fishing News hit its press deadline, it was understood that intensive efforts were being made at all levels to reverse the shock decision taken by the Fisheries Committee of the European Parliament to fully enforce the demersal landing obligation…
Dear Editor, To follow on from Jim Portus’ comments in Fishing News (UKAFPO chief blasts landings obligation, FN 12 November) regarding the incoming discard ban: Without question, all of the British fishing industry considers the discard ban to be an…
Simon Coveney met with a number of fishing representatives in Castletownbere, Co. Cork last week as part of his trip around the coast of Ireland to discuss the introduction of the landing obligation for the demersal fleet, reports Pauric Gallagher.…
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