Urgent need for action, not more consultation, say inshore leaders on both sides of Channel Industry reaction to the long-awaited outcome of the consultation on fly-shooting in the English Channel echoed the frustrations of many fishermen, who have been campaigning…
Squid derogation to go ‘as soon as practicable’ – all other proposals deferred to NQS FMP The long-awaited Defra response to the consultation on managing fly-shooting within the southern North Sea and English Channel was included within its raft of…
A research programme that has tagged around 1,000 fish in the English Channel will continue to monitor data despite the initial two-year study coming to an end. Since March 2021, the FISH INTEL programme has been tagging five key species…
The MMO has confirmed the creation of a working group that will address the thorny issue of the future management of non-quota stocks in Areas VIId and VIIe in the English Channel, through the development of a Fisheries Management Plan…
Impact on stocks threatens inshore fleet survival, MPs told Increasing numbers of powerful foreign-owned fly-draggers in the English Channel and North Sea and their impact on stocks are an ‘existential threat’ to the UK coastal fleet, reports Tim Oliver. This…
NOTICE TO FISHERMEN MARINE SURVEY OPERATIONS EAST ENGLISH CHANNEL: BRIGHTON – DIEPPE On behalf of Cross Channel Fibre Ltd, please be advised that marine survey operations in the east English Channel between Brighton, UK and Dieppe, France are due to…
Littlehampton, in West Sussex, has seen some unusual landings, reports John Periam. Sussex fisherman Danny Clark landed a blue lobster, with the crustacean saved from the cooking pot due to its rare colouring. “I thought it could be a one…
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