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Former Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and supporter of the Vote Leave campaign Owen Paterson has hit out at the British government’s plans for exiting the European Union, specifically commenting that the Prime MInister’s Chequers will prove to be fatal for British fishing.
Scotland is facing a ‘no deal Brexit nightmare’ that could seriously damage the fishing industry as well as numerous other business sectors, according to Constitutional Relations Secretary Michael Russell.
Fisheries Innovation Scotland has announced that applications are open for the next International Study Bursary 2018.
Designed by Macduff Ship Design and built by Macduff Shipyards, Bruce Buchan’s new 24 metre LOA, 7.50 metre breadth seine netter has already started fishing from its home port of Fraserburgh following successful sea trials.
The Machinefabriek Luyt yard at Den Oever has been contracted to deliver a new 35.25 metre beam trawler for UK company Waterdance. The keel of the new trawler is due to be laid at the Ibis yard in Holland at the beginning of September and the completed hull is scheduled to be delivered next spring to Den Oever for fitting out.
A new Typhoon 38 completed for Donald and Catriona Maclennan in Stornoway has already been steamed home after being completed at the G Smyth yard in Kilkeel. With the crab season still underway, the owners hope to make the most of it with this fast new crabber.
Sustained investment in jobs and skills within Scotland’s remote and rural communities has helped earn Scottish Sea Farms Investors in People (IIP) Platinum accreditation, the highest possible IIP status.
Uncertainties surrounding the UK’s departure from the European Union have become a constant talking point across all sectors of the UK fishing industry. The detail of what might happen is still being discussed, debated and decided but there is little doubt that how and where fishermen work, what is caught and how it is marketed and sold will change.
The National Federation of Fishermen’s Organisations (NFFO) is throwing its support behind Skipper Expo Int. Bristol 2018 by sponsoring the event in a move that underlines its importance as a fisheries showcase for the fishing industry in England and Wales.
Thirteen people who drowned in 2017 might be alive today had they been wearing a lifejacket or buoyancy aid, according to the findings of this year’s Casualty Review Panel. The panel, which includes the SFF’s Derek Cardno, meets annually to discuss the previous year’s appropriate maritime fatalities and whether those who died might have survived had they been wearing a lifejacket.