David Duguid, MP for Banff and Buchan, recently confirmed by the prime minister as the ‘UK fisheries envoy’, passed on last week a letter from fisherman Colin Leask to the prime minister, reports Andy Read. Colin Leask, first mate on…
The Faroe Islands government held a series of one to one political meetings in Westminster last week, as well as wider political meetings, against the backdrop of growing public concern about Faroese support for Russian fishing interests, reports Andy Read.…
Environmental NGO Oceana released a factsheet last week detailing how the international community could respond to IUU fishing by Russia, recently rated as the number two illegal fishing nation in the world after China, reports Andy Read. The factsheet is…
UK politicians lost patience last week when it emerged that the Faroe Islands was supporting the activity of a fleet of large Russian freezer trawlers in the shared area jointly controlled by the UK and Faroe, where they are catching…
Pelagic fishermen have reacted with anger to the continuing presence of a fleet of Russian midwater freezer trawlers fishing for blue whiting in the UK’s ‘shared area’ with the Faroe Islands, reports Andy Read. Agreed in 1999 between the Faroe…
