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A controlled trial of electrofishing for razor clams has been authorised by the Scottish Government. The planned trial will investigate the size and potential for commercial razor clam production and ensure fisheries could be operated sustainably with appropriate harvest rates.
Complete control of fisheries in UK waters must be restored during the Brexit negotiations, Scottish industry leaders insisted today as the government prepared to trigger Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty.
A successful four-year scheme, run by the Scottish Fishermen’s Federation (SFF), to increase the use of safety devices, has now come to an end. Around 3500 personal flotation devices (PFDs) have been supplied to fishermen working on Scottish-registered boats.
Plymouth Fisheries, the second largest fresh fish market in England, has promoted two of its most experienced staff to new management positions as part of a reorganisation aimed at improving the way the business operates.
Scottish fishermen have demanded a retraction of Marine Conservation Society’s claims about haddock stocks.
The team behind a plan to bring an historic steam trawler to her home port of Hull are targeting their regional and international businesses contacts to meet the estimated cost of £1.75 million.
Pembrokeshire company Mainstay Marine Solutions has won the contracts to deliver two new fisheries patrol vessels for Wales.
With Scotland set to undergo a second independence referendum in the near future, there is no lack of speculation on where this would leave the Scottish fishing industry, not least as an independent Scotland would be highly likely to expect to be part of the EU.
Macduff Shipyards have delivered the new Steadfast Hope to John and Zander Nicol of Gardenstown.
Anyone working for themselves in Britain is set to be hit by some hefty increases in the taxes they are required to pay, thanks to the Chancellor’s spring financial statement, as well as facing the prospect in the near future of some highly onerous changes in the way they declare their earnings.