fuel

  • Media storm over fuel ‘subsidy’

    Media storm over fuel ‘subsidy’

    25th January 2024

    Two NGOs, Oceana and the Blue Marine Foundation, have launched a widely reported attack on the fuel tax exemption provided to the UK fishing industry, claiming that this is ‘threatening to empty the ocean of fish’. The attack follows a…

  • Call for debate on red diesel rebate

    Call for debate on red diesel rebate

    17th August 2023

    A new paper by a team of UK and Canadian researchers is calling for a debate on whether the fuel tax rebate on red diesel for commercial fishing vessels should be continued. It says the rebate costs the UK government…

  • EU funds efforts to implement ban on harmful fuel subsidies

    EU funds efforts to implement ban on harmful fuel subsidies

    8th February 2023

    The EU has pledged €1m for the Fisheries Funding Mechanism that forms part of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies, reports Andy Read. The agreement, reached at the WTO’s 12th Ministerial Conference at the UN in New…

  • Scots minister: ‘Only Westminster can help with fuel costs’

    Scots minister: ‘Only Westminster can help with fuel costs’

    30th November 2022

    Powers to offer financial support to the fishing industry on the scale required to deal with the high fuel costs rests with Westminster, according to Scottish fisheries secretary Mairi Gougeon, reports Tim Oliver. The minister was asked by Scottish Conservative…

  • EU launches ‘call for evidence’ on fisheries energy transition

    EU launches ‘call for evidence’ on fisheries energy transition

    17th November 2022

    The European Commission has launched a ‘call for evidence’ to gather feedback on a new initiative to help accelerate the energy transition of the EU fisheries and aquaculture sector, reports Paul Scott. The Commission says that while almost all fisheries…

  • Young Shetland crews call for government support

    Young Shetland crews call for government support

    5th July 2022

    The cost of marine fuel in Shetland is now nearly three times the price it was last year, and young fishing crews in the isles have spoken about the urgent need for government assistance. Twenty-five-year-old Robbie Jamieson is skipper of…

  • Minister: ‘No cash from £100m fund for fuel’

    Minister: ‘No cash from £100m fund for fuel’

    30th June 2022

    The government is not planning to use funds from the £100m UK Seafood Fund to help the industry cope with rocketing fuel prices, reports Tim Oliver. This was spelled out last week by Defra fisheries minister Lord Benyon in the…

  • FIS plans ‘Vessels of the Future’

    FIS plans ‘Vessels of the Future’

    22nd April 2022

    At a time when fuel prices are concentrating minds across the industry, Fisheries Innovation Scotland (FIS) last week tapped into a variety of expert opinion in an open-minded one-day workshop looking at the ‘Vessels of the Future’, reports Andy Read.…

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