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…
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…
Open invitation for fishermen to Clyde workshops that will explore barriers to industry-driven innovation The Clyde Fishermen’s Trust (CFT) and Fisheries Innovation and Sustainability (FIS) have issued an invitation to anyone in the industry interested in learning more about opportunities…
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…
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…
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…
With fuel prices continuing to hover around the £1/litre mark, the industry is continuing to press Defra for some kind of financial support as vessels struggle to stay viable, reports Tim Oliver. High fish prices are helping the bottom line,…
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…
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…
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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