The Fisheries Management and Innovation Group, setup by Seafish to bring together a wide range of views about marine protection and fisheries, held a lively meeting in Fishmonger’s Hall in London last week. The catching sector was largely absent from…
Record numbers of squid are being seen in the waters around Shetland, according to an annual independent survey of commercial species. While haddock continues to be the most abundant stock, more than three times the average amount of squid (Loligo…
Just before Christmas, green NGOs delivered a giant pop-up book depicting the ‘devastation’ caused by ‘destructive’ bottom trawling to EU commissioner Virginijus Sinkevicius, on behalf of more than 150,000 Europeans who have signed a petition calling for the EU to…
Record stocks ‘disprove claims of overfishing’ Scottish industry leaders have hit out angrily at calls by a coalition of leading green groups for the Scottish government to reduce bottom trawling and introduce a raft of other restrictive measures to fight…
‘Resist changes to quota system’ says SW operator Threat to investment at a difficult time A leading South West vessel operator says that moves to challenge the existing quota allocation system are wrong and should be opposed, because they would…
Lords report: ‘Expectations may be hard to deliver’ A new Parliamentary report on Brexit and Fisheries says the government faces ‘a huge challenge’ to achieve a successful outcome to the Brexit negotiation on fisheries, reports Tim Oliver. Above: Map showing…
