Seafish economists have published an evaluation of the potential impacts of changes to visa rules across several sectors of the UK fleet, with particularly stark implications for the profitability of sections of the Nephrops fleet. Much of the prawn fleet…
The Northern Ireland Fishermen’s Federation (NIFF) hosted an event in Kilkeel on 7 December for the UK retailers and processors involved in the UK Nephrops Fishery Improvement Project (FIP) under Project UK. The UK Nephrops FIP began in 2019 and…
Researchers from Ireland and Iceland believe that they have detected four genetically distinct clusters of Nephrops. Nephrops norvegicus are distributed through the North East Atlantic, from the coast of North Africa to southern Iceland, northern Norway and Skagerrak and, in…
Newly appointed Matthew Hurst – the ‘Nephrops tsar’, with a remit to help the industry implement the recommendations of the Scottish Nephrops Working Group – told FN during a recent interview that he has needed to hit the ground running,…
Two months on from the release of the Scottish Nephrops Working Group report (Fishing News, 23 September, ‘Working group sets out improvements for Scots Nephrops sector’), the Scottish government has published a 17-page response to the recommendations made. The working…
Recommendations for delivering a profitable, sustainable and fair supply chain for the Scottish Nephrops industry have been set out in a new report published by a Scottish government-formed working group. The Scottish Nephrops Working Group’s report highlights the value of…
– £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…
£1m to support new Scots prawn working group Move to develop strategy for struggling sector The Scottish government has granted £1m to a new ‘resilience group’ that is being set up to support the Scottish Nephrops sector through the coronavirus…
– Prawn sector needs help – New-look Beryl fishes her first trip – DEFRA: Supertrawlers ‘don’t damage seabed in MPAs’ – High stakes in Brexit talks – French vessel detained at Plymouth – Industry views needed on fishing vessel…
Scots leaders press for help for prawn sector Little prospect of early market recovery Scottish industry leaders are exploring with the Scottish government ways to help the struggling Nephrops sector, reports Tim Oliver. Demand plummeted due to Covid-19,…
