New basis for bird food calculation allows threatened fishery to go ahead The Wash cockle fishery, which initially opened on 3 July for a limited five-day fishery with a TAC of 600t (Fishing News, 13 July, ‘Wash cockle fishery reopens…
The Welsh government is carrying out a consultation on the management of cockle fisheries in Wales. It says the current legislation used to manage public cockle fisheries is inconsistent across Wales and needs updating. Feedback from previous public consultations on…
Fishermen have a ‘low-trust’ relationship with fishery managers and scientists, new research has found. Research carried out by the Countryside and Community Research Institute (CCRI) and published by DEFRA looked at how professional fishermen and recreational anglers participate in the…
The Isle of Man king scallop seasonal fishery opened at the beginning of this month, with licensed boats on a daily quota of 700kg, in line with new catch limits brought in by the Manx government to regulate the fishery.…
Passion and vigilance, allied to a lifetime’s experience and local knowledge of tidal trigonometry, delivers a return The salmon drift-net fishery has sustained fishermen and their families along the coast of northeast England for generations. Whitby skipper Martin Hopper is…
SILVER LINING? – FOR TRADITIONAL WELSH CORACLE FISHERY The historic and traditional coracle fishery for salmon and sea trout (sewin) on the river Teifi in West Wales is holding on. John Worrall reports. Len Walters works a mixed fishery out…
Yorkshire beach-netters have cause for complaint. John Worrall reports. And here’s another bit of administrative daftness. On the Holderness coast of Yorkshire, there is a commercial fishery that ticks just about every box that anyone with a feel for the environment could…
‘Black Gold’ attracts a large fleet of visiting vessels to Brixham. Above: The Looe-owned trawler Guiding Light III heads in to Brixham after fishing cuttles… The autumn and early winter cuttlefish season off the coast of South Devon started with a…
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