Seafish fleet researcher Joe Cooper reports from the Dorset and Devon coast I’ve not yet heard of any sightings of prehistoric paddle-finned plesiosaurs or giant marine crocodiles, but still I appreciate why fishermen choose to live and work across the…
Fishermen have a ‘low-trust’ relationship with fishery managers and scientists, new research has found. Research carried out by the Countryside and Community Research Institute (CCRI) and published by DEFRA looked at how professional fishermen and recreational anglers participate in the…
Researchers at Aberdeen University say that sprats have recovered strongly in the Clyde. They say the biomass is now four times higher than it was in the late 1980s, and sprats are now ‘highly dominant over the historically more abundant…
Seafish fleet researcher Oscar Wilkie reports from Wales… I have recently spent two weeks in Wales conducting Seafish’s annual fleet survey, speaking confidentially with vessel owners about their businesses. More or less throughout Wales – and the rest of the…
Seafish fleet researcher Joe Cooper reports from the West Country I’ve spent the past three weeks on the sunny south coast speaking to fishermen from Plymouth to Newhaven, listening to accounts of how fishing has been changing on a business-to-business…
Researchers at the Irish Marine Institute are calling on fishers from around the country to participate in a new project aimed at reducing unwanted catches across different fishing methods in an ecological, economic and socially sustainable way. The project, IFISH,…
Collaborative research initiative involving scientists and eel fishermen launched Inland Fisheries Ireland is seeking expressions of interest from eel fishermen after it announced that it is establishing a network of scientific fisheries for eel around Ireland, reports Pauric Gallagher. The…
