A team from Liverpool John Moores University, led by Professor Stefano Mariani, is developing a testing method with the potential to help stamp out the fraudulent fish sales that damage consumer confidence BY STEFANO MARIANI Those who spend time at…
The Scottish government has published its ‘vision’ for becoming a world-leading ‘blue economy’, reports Paul Scott. The document, ‘Blue Economy Vision for Scotland’, recognises that Scotland’s seas and waters have ‘a key role to play in contributing to the nation’s…
Northumberland, North Eastern, Eastern and Kent and Essex Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authorities (IFCAs) Section 155 & 156 Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 Pursuant to the above Act, the above IFCAs intend to apply to the Minister for…
Kent skipper Dave Tart caught a very rare Atlantic shade-fish last week, when fishing on the inshore boat Julie Jean FE 380, just one mile east of Dungeness, reports David Linkie. Initial research showed that only three records for Atlantic…
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…
Severe north-westerly gales in the middle of last week skewed whitefish landings at Peterhead, where over half of the weekly total of 26,410 boxes were landed before sea conditions rapidly deteriorated, reports David Linkie. Eight boats, Challenge, Farnella, Tranquility, Carina,…
Cornish fishermen have reported an increasing amount of spurdog encounters over the past few months. Recently, a Newlyn-based trawler, fishing for John Dory around the Isles of Scilly, accidently caught over 10 tonnes of spurdog. This resulted in damage to…
Dover Coastguard sent the Dungeness lifeboat to aid a 10m French fishing vessel taking on water, 11 miles southeast of Dungeness. Two people were on board the vessel. Once on scene, duty coxswain Roger Gillett, in command of the Shannon…
The Irish South & East Fish Producers Organisation (ISEFPO) claims it will lodge an objection to the proposed dumping of almost 10 million tonnes of dredged material off Howth head by the Dublin Port Company reports Pauric Gallagher. The ISEFPO…
The Irish Fish Producers Organisation (IFPO) has sent out an open letter to Irish fishermen and others involved in the Irish fishing industry, asking them to pledge money to assist in paying for a judicial review currently underway in relation…
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