Scots minister calls on Eustice to act Scottish fisheries minister Fergus Ewing has warned that Scottish North Sea vessels will be tied up early by North Sea hake becoming a choke species under the landing obligation. And he says that…
But ‘choke’ worries as saithe transferred to Norway. Fishermen will have increased quotas in 2018 for five of the six North Sea stocks jointly managed by the EU and Norway, reports Tim Oliver. This was the outcome of the annual…
The summer herring fishery in the North Sea is gathering momentum, with skippers reporting a good spread of marks across a wide area, reports David Linkie. Above: Wiron 5 and Wiron 6 landing frozen-at-sea and fresh herring to Northbay Pelagic at…
Brussels has tabled a multi-annual plan to manage North Sea demersal stocks This is the first comprehensive management plan for the North Sea that takes into account the number of different countries – including Norway – that fish the North…
As well as news, features and nostalgia about the commercial fishing industry, we also like to let you know about great new books that could be of interest. Enjoy this extract from Tom Blass’ The Naked Shore of the North…
Fishing News has teamed up with Bloomsbury to give five readers the chance to win a copy of Tom Blass’ The Naked Shore of the North Sea. Saturnine and quicktempered, the formidable North Sea is often overlooked – even by those living within a stone’s throw of its…
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