The Scottish folk group Skipinnish, which won several awards for its iconic song ‘The Clearances Again’, a heartfelt protest against the proposals for huge HPMAs in Scottish inshore waters, featured the song in a sold-out 25th anniversary concert at Edinburgh…
“Piece it all together, and there’s a lot going on in the space of my day,” Mike Park OBE, chief executive of the Scottish White Fish Producers’ Association (SWFPA), told Fishing News. Growing up in a house situated just a…
A pilot scheme to enable UK vessel owners to be verified to provide assurance that their foreign crews are not being exploited or subjected to ill-treatment is expected to start in North East Scotland this summer. The scheme, to be…
Projects in Fraserburgh, Shetland, Portavogie and Grimsby are all set to benefit from the latest round of funding under the UK Seafood Fund Skills and Training Scheme initiative. The government confirmed on 17 October that £3.8m had been awarded to…
Innovative new scheme for crew welfare being developed The North East Scottish fishing industry last week hosted an in-depth tour and series of meetings with representatives of the Seafood Ethics Action (SEA) Alliance, designed to foster better understanding of the…
Commenting after the presentation at Westminster last week of the joint NFFO/SFF spatial squeeze report, fishermen’s leaders told MPs that recognition and protection of fishing grounds could secure coastal employment, food security and the future of the fishing industry, without…
David Milne, chairman of the Scottish White Fish Producers’ Association, reflects on a uniquely challenging year for the industry – and brighter prospects ahead… As we move towards 2022, the fishermen that I know and work with are glad to…
Science out of step with abundance Fishermen in Shetland are warning Scottish and UK government ministers to think twice about cutting cod quotas next year, after official figures showed there were 285m cod in the North Sea, reports Tim Oliver.…
Scottish fisheries leaders have urged the prime minister to help them build back the industry after the bad Brexit deal, which has left skippers battling for fishing opportunities while EU vessels continue to have full access to UK waters. At…
Industry stresses need to plan for co-existence Huge areas of Scottish waters are being earmarked for offshore renewable projects, reports Tim Oliver. An auction for the right to develop new areas to produce 10 gigawatts of power was held in…
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