– East Anglia future plan – Endeavour V & Ocean Challenge launched in Poland – ‘Manage quotas locally to save North Devon fishery’ – Wales launches its first plan for marine management – Eastern IFCA recognised for best practice –…
Welsh minister warns of no-deal Brexit threat ‘Catastrophic impact on rural communities’ The Welsh fisheries minister has warned of the threat to the Welsh industry from a no-deal Brexit, as the end of October withdrawal deadline rapidly approaches, reports Tim…
– ‘UK can’t protect EEZ’ – Sustainable fishing boosts EU fleet – Anglo-Spanish longliner remains stranded off Shetland – Mackerel as far north as Spitsbergen – French threaten Channel blockade – Agreement between vessels as Windsock reopened – Fire…
More commercial fishermen in Wales have received lifesaving flotation equipment to help make the fishing industry safer. Seafish has been delighted to support an industry-led Welsh Fishing Safety Committee (WFSC) project that has seen grant-aided personal flotation devices (PFDs) with…
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…
Vital shellfish exports at risk The majority of the Welsh fishing fleet and industry are likely to be worse off after Brexit, according to a new study, reports Tim Oliver This is because most of the Welsh fleet are small…
All year round, fishermen at sea and on the foreshore are constantly checking their nets and pots to see what has been caught. This makes them ideally placed to provide early warning of invasive non-native species. Above: Sion Williams of the…
As part of a Welsh Government-supported initiative to help Welsh fisheries businesses overcome barriers to growth, 12 fishermen headed to London in November to see, fillet and taste the best fish that London has to offer, reports Katherine Weir. The newly-formed…
The five-man crew of the Milford Haven crabber CKS M 99 were rescued by Angle RNLI volunteers in the early hours of Wednesday 28 October after the 14m crabber hit rocks and began to sink just off Sheep Island, reports…
