Next round of mackerel talks
Next round of mackerel fisheries talk between politicians and fishing industry leaders will take place next week.
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Next round of mackerel fisheries talk between politicians and fishing industry leaders will take place next week.
After stakeholders’ consultation MMO has announced England’s first marine plan areas, confirms a report.
Peterhead market received the first landings of Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certified North Sea haddock this morning (29th October), as fishermen and members of the Scottish Fisheries Sustainable Accreditation Group (SFSAG) celebrated the sustainable status of this stock.
North Sea haddock is the first Scottish whitefish to be certified with the gold standard of sustainability, and is of significant value to the fleet (26 thousand tonnes worth £25 million in 2009). It is also the first fishery of its kind to be certified in the North Sea.
Raymarine’s E Series Widescreen has received wide acclaim since its launch and it is about to received an exciting upgrade, with the added seamless integration of thermal imaging control built-in as standard. Existing E Series Widescreens owners will also be able to download this function via a system update.
Comar Systems has unveiled its latest high performance AIS product, the Class A CSA-300 Transponder.
With a compact single unit design, installation and configuration of the CSA-300 is straightforward. The system provides quick access to data and menus and will receive information from all vessels transmitting Class A or B AIS, base stations, aids to navigation, AIS SARTs, plus text and safety related messages.
With several pair trawlers working together on trips to the fishing grounds, white fish landings increased at the beginning of last week at Peterhead Fish Market Scotland’s premier fishing port when over 9,000 boxes landed for the first two days market and gave buyers a choice more than in recent weeks.
Scottish fisheries have been awarded nearly £11million in European funding, it has been confirmed.
A total of 144 companies are to share the £10.9million grant from the European Fisheries Fund.
The Scottish Government said the funding could protect and create about 3,500 jobs in the fishing industry.
Sandy West and Keith Buchan saw the launch of the new FR253 Virtuous on the 31st of July this year. Virtuous was launched in Whitby, Yorkshire, at Parkol Marine. Parkol Marine started Virtuous in October 2009. Registered to Fraserburgh, Virtuous, LOA 23 meters, is arranged for both single and twin rig trawling.
Less fish was landed in the UK last year (2009). But the value was , according to figures from the Marine Management Organisation. The MMO has just published its UK Sea Fisheries Report Statistics for 2009, which also provides the latest scientific assessments of the state of fishing stocks and their sustainability .
At a hearing today at Folkestone Magistrates Court, the Owners and Officer of the Watch (OOW) of a UK Registered fishing vessel pleaded guilty to several offences following a collision in the Vlieland Straits Traffic Separation Scheme ( TSS) on the 8th December 2008.
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