The Scottish government has published its report on the management trial conducted in Solway Firth cockle fishery, based on the study which place from 2013 to 2014. In a statement the Scottish Government claimed the management study was able to…
Ireland’s Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA) has set its new strategy, indicating its key priorities for the regulation of the State’s sea-fisheries and sea food sectors until 2017. Ireland’s sectors employ over 11,000 people and are estimated to be worth a…
The Scottish Pelagic Processors Association has called upon the Scottish and UK Governments to oppose an agreement which would allow Norway duty free exports of mackerel and herring to EU member countries. The agreement between Norway and the EU, has…
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.…
A unique, citizen science study uses a Secchi disk and a free mobile phone app called Secchi to conduct a vital, global study of phytoplankton. The Secchi Disk study (http://www.secchidisk.org) engages fishermen in a global, citizen science study of the…
Fisheries Minister, George Eustice, met recently in London with the NFFO’s Executive Committee to discuss the industry’s principal areas of current concern. The issues raised with the Minister reflected both the diversity of the Federation’s membership but also the complexity…
The first sections of Northbay Pelagic’s new state-of-the-art pelagic fish processing factory are now being erected at Peterhead, reports David Linkie. Scheduled for completion in the early autumn in time for the closing few weeks of the North Sea herring…
Fish stocks in the NE Atlantic are making good progress towards meeting MSY targets but big challenges and uncertainties remain, according to marine scientists, reports Tim Oliver. Challenges include the landings obligation for demersal quota species, moves towards multi-species, multi-annual…
Following the report published last week by the Dáil’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) which examined the underuse of Ireland’s six Fishery Harbour Centres, Thomas Pringle, Independent TD for Donegal South West has called on Minister Simon Coveney to refocus investment…
David Linkie reports: Scheduled for completion in the early autumn in time for the closing few weeks of the North Sea herring season, after which production will immediately switch to mackerel, the new building will replace Northbay Pelagic’s principal processing…
