The Sea Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA) has published its annual classification list for commercial bivalve mollusc production areas across Ireland, reports Paul Scott. The authority assessed 135 classifications in 60 production areas against strict safety requirements for human consumption. Nine…
Câr-Y-Môr, or ‘For the Love of the Sea’, a community society set up in 2019, has signed a 25-year lease with the Crown Estate for a three-hectare seaweed farm in Ramsey Sound, on the western tip of Pembrokeshire, with plans…
Fishermen in the Wash need to be involved in the management of their fisheries in co-working arrangements with Eastern IFCA, and are ‘in despair’ at what is happening to their industry, DEFRA secretary George Eustice was told last week. There…
Exports of live bivalve molluscs to EU banned Sector shut down in further fall-out from Brexit deal All exports to the EU of live bivalve molluscs, including cockles, mussels, scallops and oysters, that are not ready for human consumption are…
Fisheries in the Wash are being squeezed out of existence. John Worrall reports Once upon a time, life was straightforward. The Wash yielded cockles, mussels and shrimps, which fed birds and the fishing communities at the hearts of Boston and King’s Lynn. 1.…
A distinguished old lady has returned to the Wash after a facelift, some fetching changes to her topsides and other surgical reconstruction. John Worrall reports Lynn Princess – or some of her – is 50 years old. Built in Holland,…
– Wind farms threat grows – Seals problem is increasing – Irish rope-grown mussels achieve blue label from MSC – EU report: ‘misreporting’ a ‘widespread phenomenon’ – Plastic found at depths of over 2,000m west of Ireland – Irish brown…
This week in Fishing News you will find: – EU mussel exports threat – Industry achievements recognised at Fishing News Awards 2019 – Three fishermen rescued from burning trawler – ‘Pulse ban won’t be overturned’ – Danger of 20% whelk…
Brexit threat to live mussel exports to EU – UK won’t be able to meet new standards A mussel fishing and farming company in North Wales fears that it and other firms that export live mussels and other bivalve shellfish to…
Pilot project set to benefit mussel industry in Ireland and Wales. Above: Benen Dallaghan (GIS Officer BIM), mussel fisherman Hugh Doyle and Shelagh Malham (Bangor University) at the launch of a €1.4m pilot project that will bring together scientific research in…
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