A large majority of the general public believe the fishing industry must not be squeezed out of marine space by offshore renewables developments and tougher conservation measures. In polling carried out for the Scottish Fishermen’s Federation (SFF) by JL Partners,…
In support of wider moves across the UK to develop management plans for crab and lobster, fisheries NGO Blue Marine is hosting a one-day online symposium on 16 November, bringing together fishermen, fisheries managers and scientists from across the UK…
Orkney and Shetland MP Alistair Carmichael shares his views on the way ahead This time last year, MPs had just finished a powerful debate on post-Brexit fisheries management in the House of Commons. Over 90 minutes, a succession of MPs…
Reaching agreement on REM has been ‘a long and difficult process’, according to DFPO chairman Svend-Erik Andersen The Danish Fisheries Association (DFPO) has reached a compromise agreement with Danish fisheries minister Rasmus Prehn on the controversial issue of camera monitoring…
Scottish rural affairs secretary Mairi Gougeon (pictured above) responded recently to UK industry proposals for a cod symposium, bringing together scientists, fishermen and fisheries managers to look at current data collection and analysis, and collaborate on improved science that would…
‘Hauling up Solutions’, the Clean Catch workshop held at the National Marine Aquarium in Plymouth on 24 March, included a presentation by Bally Philp from the Scottish Creel Fishermen’s Federation on work undertaken by creelers, under the umbrella of the…
Over 120 attendees tuned in to the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Fisheries’ first event of 2022, which took place on 22 February and was entitled ‘Fisheries and Protected Areas’. Participants at the APPG event heard from speakers from across…
UK chancellor Rishi Sunak visited the West Quay at Newhaven on 6 January, as part of a wider visit to the Channel port. Based along the river Ouse upstream of the yacht marina, the historic Newhaven fleet, a mixture of…
UK fishermen will have around 12,000t less quota to fish in 2022 than in 2021 as a result of the UK-EU fisheries agreement for 2022, reports Tim Oliver. But even with this reduction, the UK has around 28,000t more quota…
With the usual proviso that these figures are provisional, may not fully reflect international swaps, and in the case of 2021 uptake figures are subject to further revision, the table below outlines the main demersal quotas for 2022. The uptake…
