nephrops

  • NIFF hosts Nephrops FIP retailer event

    NIFF hosts Nephrops FIP retailer event

    14th December 2022

    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…

  • New paper suggests genetically distinct Nephrops clusters

    New paper suggests genetically distinct Nephrops clusters

    13th January 2022

    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…

  • Work proceeds apace to support Nephrops recovery

    Work proceeds apace to support Nephrops recovery

    23rd December 2021

    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,…

  • Scots Nephrops report nets government support

    Scots Nephrops report nets government support

    17th November 2021

    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…

  • Working group sets out improvements for Scots Nephrops sector

    Working group sets out improvements for Scots Nephrops sector

    22nd September 2021

    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…

  • New Issue: Fishing News 19.11.20

    New Issue: Fishing News 19.11.20

    18th November 2020

        – £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 for Scots prawn group

    £1m for Scots prawn group

    16th November 2020

    £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…

  • New Issue: Fishing News 24.09.20

    New Issue: Fishing News 24.09.20

    22nd September 2020

      – 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…

  • Prawn sector needs help  

    Prawn sector needs help  

    21st September 2020

    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,…

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