ANNONCER
The European Fisheries Council has reached a conclusion with Scottish fishermen making some gains but with reduced quotas in 2010 for many key species, which will present the industry with another set of severe challenges over the next 12 months.
The annual quota negotiations have begun in Brussels following a
The annual European tussle over fishing quotas gets underway today
The Dutch beam trawler Cornelis Jannetje (GO23) was detained into Great Yarmouth last week (week ending 4 December) by a British Sea Fishery Officer embarked on the Dutch fishery protection vessel the Barend Biesheuvel.
With the vital December Fisheries Council beginning this Monday (14
Census of Marine Life is first of its kind to see schools of fish the size of Manhattan, the largest mass of life ever witnessed.
Preparation for this year’s quota negotiations began in April, with preliminary discussions with Defra officials but have increased in intensity since ICES advice was published towards the end of May.
Norwegian waters are ban for Scottish fishermen as the talks between them have collapsed.
The annual rounds of talks to agree quotas for those
Electronic pre-sampling jigging machines recently fitted to all pelagic mid-water trawlers in Scotland and Shetland, have been invaluable in helping vessels to avoid capture of undersized mackerel, according to Davie Hutchinson, skipper/owner of the Charisma LK362, who trialled the first jigger in 2007. “Pre-sampling is not a new technique and many vessels have used a hook and line in the past to ascertain the likely size composition of fish in a shoal, but the new computerised machines make it a far simpler job and one that is routinely carried out,” he explained.