The Scottish Pelagic Processors’ Association (SPPA) is calling for urgent government action to protect the processing industry from the serious impact of soaring energy costs. In a letter addressed to prime ministerial candidates Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak, Defra fisheries…
Defra announced last week a widespread consultation on the management of fly-shooting in UK waters, including an online survey The online survey is accessible here. The fishery is operated mainly by large Anglo-Dutch vessels, targeting non-quota species including red mullet,…
Sir Robert Goodwill, the recently appointed chair of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (EFRA) Committee, has written formally to Defra minister Victoria Prentis with a number of committee recommendations relating to the UK Seafood Fund. The letter, written after…
Fisheries minister Victoria Prentis has stressed the need to work with the fishing industry when deciding on restrictions on bottom trawling in MPAs, reports Tim Oliver. Some MPs are calling for bans on all bottom mobile gear in all MPAs,…
The UK whitefish and pelagic sectors have been dealt a further blow with the latest news from Norway, reports Andy Read. The recent meeting in London between Norwegian fisheries minister Bjørnar Skjæran and UK minister Victoria Prentis, which was followed…
Lucinda Rouse reports from last week’s Westminster debate on the existential threats to the inshore fleet Cross-party agreement abounded in Westminster Hall last Tuesday as MPs debated Britain’s inshore fleet and the difficulties facing fishing communities. MPs from across the…
The final tranche of the UK Seafood Fund will help the UK industry gain a truly global reach, writes fisheries minister Victoria Prentis Events in Ukraine and the impact of the pandemic have reminded us just how important domestic food…
Increased monitoring of the under-12m fleet will provide the vital data that will allow inshore fisheries to thrive, writes UK fisheries minister Victoria Prentis… In 2020, we passed the first domestic fisheries legislation in nearly 40 years, and are now…
The fuel issue is increasingly dominating discussions across the UK and European fishing industries, as prices have escalated in the last few weeks to a point where many classes of vessel are already unprofitable.
UK fishermen will have around 12,000t less quota to fish in 2022 than in 2021 as a result of the UK-EU fisheries agreement for 2022, reports Tim Oliver. But even with this reduction, the UK has around 28,000t more quota…
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