The Lobster Grower 2 (LG2) project, led by the National Lobster Hatchery’s (NLH) research team at Padstow, and funded by Innovate UK, BBSRC and the Worshipful Company of Fishmongers, has come to an end after three years. The pioneering project…
This week in Fishing News you will find: – Ewing Brexit warning – NFFO AGM – New Scottish safety body – ICES doubles mackerel TAC advice – €4m EU funding announced for Irish coastal projects – Skipper Expo International 2019…
John Worrall recently spent a morning with Welsh inshore skipper Steve De-Waine, netting for skate and rays from Neyland, on the Holton 24 Peter M Now here’s a symptom of a wider condition. Back in the 1970s and 1980s, there…
Fears over EU barriers after Brexit. A major research study is underway at Hull University to look at potential new markets for lobsters if access to EU markets becomes a problem after Brexit, reports Tim Oliver. A driving force behind…
Shellfishermen facing big loss of income. Shellfish fishermen in England are facing significant cuts in their income following the sudden introduction of a ban on landings of berried hen lobsters and crawfish in English waters, reports Tim Oliver. Above: Berried lobsters…
Islay skipper Fraser Aitken found a highly unusual three-clawed lobster when hauling his creels last week, before landing his shellfish to local company Islay Crab Exports Ltd. Fishing on the inshore creel boat Hazel Ann, from Port Askaig, the unusual…
The National Lobster Hatchery, a marine conservation, research and education charity based in Cornwall, was delighted to join forces with Wild Thymes to run a coastal foraging workshop, combined with a lobster release, at Trevone earlier this month. A group…
An extremely rare slipper lobster was caught off the coast of the Aran Islands recently by the 17m ‘Connacht Ranger’ (G 47) and landed into Ros a Mhil, reports Pauric Gallagher. Turlough Smith (FEAS) of the Marine Institute identified the…
Scottish fisheries secretary Fergus Ewing recently announced the new conservation measures that will give additional protection for brown crab, lobster and velvet crab. Following a consultation, the Scottish government will introduce landing controls intended to improve the sustainability and management of…
The crew of the Burnmouth fast potter Soph-Ash-Jay found two further examples of highly unusual shellfish when hauling their creels on the Cleopatra Fisherman 38 off the Berwickshire coast recently, reports David Linkie. The first one was a very distinctive…
