sustainability

  • 2023 Fishing News Awards’ Sustainability Nominee: Journey Blue

    2023 Fishing News Awards’ Sustainability Nominee: Journey Blue

    21st April 2023

    Meet one of the nominees for the Sustainability Award in the 2023 Fishing News Awards: Journey Blue “Journey Blue has been set up to change behaviours,” Alistair Lawson (pictured above) told Fishing News. He and his wife Louise came up…

  • Fishing News Awards: Driving sustainability throughout the industry

    Fishing News Awards: Driving sustainability throughout the industry

    18th April 2023

    With so many different aspects to the remit of the Fishing News Awards’ Sustainability Award (sponsored by The Fishmongers’ Company’s Fisheries Charitable Trust), it was possibly inevitable that such a diverse range of individuals and organisations would make the judges’…

  • ‘Too risky to delay’ on net-zero vessels

    ‘Too risky to delay’ on net-zero vessels

    3rd February 2023

    The need to shift the industry away from carbon dependency and develop safe and viable vessels using alternative fuels is more urgent than you might think, explain the team at Fisheries Innovation & Sustainability Delaying investment in net-zero fishing vessels…

  • Sustainability: Time to level the playing field

    Sustainability: Time to level the playing field

    22nd November 2022

    In a report issued earlier this year, WWF commissioned an analysis of UK seafood consumption, and the huge volumes that are imported without reference to how it is caught or produced. Going beyond sustainability certification, WWF argued for a wholesale…

  • Gear change from BMW

    Gear change from BMW

    29th September 2022

    German car manufacturer BMW has announced that its neue Klasse models will feature trim parts partially made from recycled fishing nets and ropes, reports Paul Scott. From 2025 onwards, the neue Klasse range will incorporate trims featuring around 30% plastic…

  • McConalogue unveils pilot gear retirement scheme

    McConalogue unveils pilot gear retirement scheme

    17th June 2022

    A ‘Clean Oceans’ fishing gear retirement scheme has been announced by Ireland’s marine minister Charlie McConalogue, reports Lorna Siggins. The project, which is aimed at collecting old and damaged fishing gear, will take place this autumn and is being led…

  • Whelk symposium seeks fishers’ views

    Whelk symposium seeks fishers’ views

    16th June 2022

    The NGO Blue Marine Foundation is hosting a free online Whelk Symposium on 22 June, from 2-6pm, to share current knowledge and support ongoing work to safeguard the long-term health of UK whelk populations and sustainable fisheries. Speakers and presenters…

  • Fisheries and Seafood Scheme relaunched

    Fisheries and Seafood Scheme relaunched

    28th April 2022

    The Fisheries and Seafood Scheme (FaSS) has been relaunched ‘to help support the long-term sustainability, resilience and prosperity of the seafood sector across England’. The scheme first opened last year, and at least £6m in funding has now been secured…

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