Scientists from Hariot-Watt University who are working on an international project looking at the settlement of marine organisms in the North Sea have asked Fishing News readers working in the vicinity of the Little Halibut Bank to keep a look-out…
Share a day in the life of NIFCA environmental inshore fisheries and conservation officer, Andrew Boon… “From a very young age, probably six or seven years old, I’ve always had a fascination with the sea. One day I turned round…
Since 2019 Scottish skippers have designed and used a web-based app, called BATmap (see https://info.batmap.co.uk/ ), to avoid bycatch. The UK Seafood Innovation Fund has funded a two-year project to reconfigure BATmap for the west of Scotland prawn fleet and…
A team from Liverpool John Moores University, led by Professor Stefano Mariani, is developing a testing method with the potential to help stamp out the fraudulent fish sales that damage consumer confidence BY STEFANO MARIANI Those who spend time at…
Share a day in the life of Cefas fisheries technician, Rose Finneran “I love what I do,” Centre for Environment, Fishers and Aquaculture Science (Cefas) fisheries technical Rose Finneran told Fishing News. “Everyone says that I’m the Cefas poster girl…
With fisheries-cetacean interactions in the news again, the onus is on fishermen to safeguard their future by taking the lead in devising mitigations A recent spate of entanglements on Scotland’s east coast has put the focus on cetacean-fisheries interactions once…
An industry workshop in Peterhead explored plans to extend the use of the BATmap bycatch avoidance tool in Scottish fisheries By Tara Marshall, senior lecturer in the School of Biological Sciences at the University of Aberdeen Once participating skippers had…
The Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (Cefas) has announced the appointment of a new chief scientist. Professor Grant Stentiford (pictured above, left) will lead Cefas’ scientific research, proving ‘expert advice to government, industry and academia helping tackle global…
The Blue Marine Crab and Lobster Symposium last November brought together scientists, managers and fishermen to discuss the way ahead. Late last year, the Blue Marine Foundation hosted an intense one- day Crab and Lobster Symposium attended by a range…
Andy Read takes a look at a well-written scientific report that has recently been quoted, and potentially misquoted, by many concerned fishermen and environmentalists, in many different places. Reading the small print, he suggests, is important before jumping to conclusions…
