New research has shown that young salmon from rivers on the east coast of Ireland travel northwards to leave the Irish Sea, rather than going south to join salmon on the western coast, before heading to their oceanic feeding grounds,…
– Tougher discards policing – Margaret of Ladram sets new Brixham record – Two rescued as Manx scalloper Polaris sinks – N Sea cod deadlock in first round of EU/Norway talks – Scots pelagic group calls for action on mackerel…
Ireland’s oldest surviving sail trading ketch has weathered several thousand nautical miles to Greenland and back – without even opening its first-aid kit, reports Lorna Siggins. The 17m Ilen, which was built from timber 93 years ago, returned at the start…
ENVIRONMENT AGENCY SALMON AND FRESHWATER FISHERIES ACT 1975 Environment Agency (River Fowey) (Limitation of Fowey Estuary Draft Net Fishing Licences) Order 2018. Notice is hereby given that it is the intention of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food…
Passion and vigilance, allied to a lifetime’s experience and local knowledge of tidal trigonometry, delivers a return The salmon drift-net fishery has sustained fishermen and their families along the coast of northeast England for generations. Whitby skipper Martin Hopper is…
Pressure mounts for netting shutdown Traditional salmon netsmen in northeast England are fighting for survival as salmon anglers and riparian owners apply further pressure on ministers to stop the traditional fishery, reports David Linkie Their plight is highlighted this week…
SILVER LINING? – FOR TRADITIONAL WELSH CORACLE FISHERY The historic and traditional coracle fishery for salmon and sea trout (sewin) on the river Teifi in West Wales is holding on. John Worrall reports. Len Walters works a mixed fishery out…
ENVIRONMENT AGENCY Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries Act 1975 Water Resources Act 1991 Environment Act 1995 Notice is hereby given that the Environment Agency intends to apply to the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs for confirmation…
Salmon netsmen on the Northumberland, Durham and Yorkshire coast again face a period of great uncertainty as regards to their future. With an interim Net Limitation Order coming up at the end of this year, lifelong netsmen are extremely concerned…
