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  • Drugs, alcohol and fishing vessels: Fishing within the law

    Drugs, alcohol and fishing vessels: Fishing within the law

    2nd December 2021

    As a crew member on a fishing boat, you will be well aware of the importance of observing the drugs and alcohol (D&A) policy for your vessel – not just for the obvious reason of maintaining all the crew’s safety…

  • Personal service companies: Tax implications for fishermen

    Personal service companies: Tax implications for fishermen

    25th November 2021

    Changes to IR35 legislation have implications for share fishermen paid via their own personal service company, explain the team at chartered accountant and business advisor Anderson Anderson & Brown LLP, which specialises in advising clients in the fishing industry Before…

  • Submarine not involved in French trawler loss

    Submarine not involved in French trawler loss

    17th November 2021

    An inquest into the deaths of crewmen on the French trawler Bugaled Breizh, which sank suddenly off the Lizard in January 2004, has ruled out any submarine involvement. Lawyers for the crew’s families have always maintained that the trawler’s gear…

  • Legal Moves On LBM Exports

    Legal Moves On LBM Exports

    12th April 2021

    ‘Nothing we can do if EU wants to ban LBM imports’ DEFRA secretary George Eustice told a Commons committee that DEFRA did fully understand the legal aspects of the EU ban on exports of live bivalve molluscs (LBMs) for purification…

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