ANNONCER
Agreement with Norway on a reciprocal fisheries agreement for 2011 was reached at the end of a second round of talks in Bergen on the 3rd December. A strong NFFO team attend both rounds of the negotiations in Brussels and Bergen.
With artic weather conditions sweeping Scotland last week most of the fishing fleet stayed in port during the second half of the week. But some tracks did venture out and there were some landings of fish at markets including Peterhead Harbour, Scotland’s premier fishing port which sold for fair prices.
A new round of talks will resume tomorrow (9 December) in Copenhagen to try and reach agreement with the Faroes on mackerel catching for 2011.
The Scottish Government has said a new EU deal struck over North sea fishing will help safeguard the fishing industry and stocks, despite cuts in quotas.
Scottish fishermen will be able to land more Cod next year 2011, rather than having to discard the fish when they reach the limit, said SNP Ministers.
However, cod quotas wall fall by 20%, while there will be a reduction of 5% in the haddock total allowable catch.
Marine Management has taken a survey to gain additional information direct from operators to inform our inshore fisheries management decisions in 2011.
A number of trawlers sailed last weekend as the bad weather started to ease , to put in a few local trips before landing their catches alongside trawlers that had been away at sea all the previous week.
On the eve of the final round of EU/Norway talks, which will set some of the important catching opportunity for 2011, Scottish Fishermen’s Federation chief executive Bertie Armstrong is calling for substance and not spin in government descriptions of the prospects for 2011.
Salmon and Trout Association (S&TA) has exposed Scottish government’s policy u-turn under pressure of legal action from salmon farming industry.
High court in Edinburgh hears six more isles fishermen admitting their role in a black fish scam.
An innovative interactive large-screen video display at the Fishing 2011 Expo in Glasgow that will beam live images into the exhibition hall from one of the few remaining flume tanks in the world.
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