Fears about lack of control of foreign fly-dragger fleet An inshore fishermen’s spokesman has accused DEFRA of ‘fiddling while Rome burns’ by failing to set catch limits for this year for EU vessels fishing in UK waters for non-quota species,…
Curbs on fishing loom to protect marine environment The Scottish government and the Scottish Green Party parliamentary group have agreed to work together over the next five years in a deal that could have far-reaching implications for the Scottish fishing…
Lobbying bypasses IFG process, say opponents Pressure is growing in Scotland for a ban on bottom trawling and dredging within the country’s three-mile limit and inside Scottish MPAs, reports Tim Oliver. Our Seas, a coalition of more than 100 green…
The government is intent on a reckless ‘gung-ho’ approach to the implementation of MPAs in English waters that will lead unavoidably to serious displacement of fishing activities, reports Tim Oliver. But there is no policy to deal with the displacement,…
– Industry exports crisis – New Faithful emerges at Macduff – Towed gear ban looms in four MPAs – £7.5m for Scottish seafood sector – Three men and vessel lost off North Wales – Glass eel exporting business facing…
– Live mollusc exports ban – No cash for fishermen from £23m exports fund – Scots appoint export experts – DEFRA: ‘Crab claws can be exported’ – Duguid: Export problems ‘steadily improving’ – Report on Irish MPAs urges ‘respectful’…
-Brexit threat to exports – NFFO: ‘Ted Heath moment for Boris Johnson’ – Fisheries Act opens new era for UK fishing – French fishermen: ‘We want a deal and access’ – Four new Scots MPAs announced – UK distant-waters…
– £1M for Scots prawn group – Millionth box of whitefish landed at Peterhead – Scientific advice for 2021 emerges on some stocks – Brexit ‘deal to be done’, says PM – Scots leaders warn PM: no-deal Brexit…
– 2021 TACs signal new era – MMO plans controls on five MPAs – ‘Bitterly disappointing’ decision on foreign crewing – ‘Remain steadfast’, EU communities tell Brussels – EU ‘privileges cheap imported fish’ – EUFA: ‘UK must lose extra…
Greens push for radical changes in Scottish fisheries SFF: Report ‘not realistic and wrong approach’ Leading green groups have made calls for more highly protected marine areas in Scottish waters, low-impact fishing by 2021, restrictions on heavy mobile gear…
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