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  • “This is the end!” Crawfish closed season to be extended

    “This is the end!” Crawfish closed season to be extended

    9th October 2024

    Inshore fishermen in the South West reacted with mixture of anger, frustration and despair last week to the announcement of an extended closed season for crawfish for all UK and EU vessels. Social media comments expressed a range of views…

  • FaSS reopens – three days after closure was announced

    FaSS reopens – three days after closure was announced

    6th June 2024

    Three days after the Fisheries and Seafood Scheme (FaSS) closed to new applications, and just two days after the UK general election was called – only the most cynical FN reader could see this as anything other than a complete…

  • Five licences issued for albacore fishery

    Five licences issued for albacore fishery

    3rd June 2024

    The MMO has confirmed that it has issued five licences to UK vessels to fish for albacore tuna this summer, of the possible nine that it indicated were available. The UK has a quota of 630t for the species –…

  • Bass compensation ‘could run to millions’

    Bass compensation ‘could run to millions’

    11th April 2024

    An inshore fisherman who has successfully overturned a 2016 decision that he was not eligible for bass entitlement on his licence has created a real stir in many inshore fishing ports, with a host of other vessel owners now rechecking…

  • iVMS roll-out schedule released

    iVMS roll-out schedule released

    23rd August 2023

    The MMO has now confirmed details of the roll-out of iVMS to the English inshore fleet, following last week’s announcement of the restart of the programme (Fishing News, 17 August, ‘iVMS roll-out restarts’).

  • MMO confirms iVMS roll-out restart

    MMO confirms iVMS roll-out restart

    16th August 2023

    The MMO has confirmed that the roll-out of inshore vessel monitoring system (iVMS) devices for vessels in England has been restarted, following the hiatus earlier this year after approval for two terminals was withdrawn. New funding deadlines and limits are…

  • Public Notice: Application for wild oysters restoration Tyne & Wear

    Public Notice: Application for wild oysters restoration Tyne & Wear

    5th July 2023

    MARINE AND COASTAL ACCESS ACT 2009 APPLICATION FOR WILD OYSTERS RESTORATION TYNE & WEAR Notice is hereby given that Mrs Alison Debney, Zoological Society of London, has applied to the Marine Management Organisation under the Marine and Coastal Access Act…

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