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Applications and proposals are wanted by Fisheries Innovation Scotland (FIS) for its latest set of research and development projects. These include a Fisheries Innovation Award Competition, a bursary to help career development within the fishing industry and a feasibility study into self-sampling in the pelagic sector.
The MAIB has released its report and findings following the investigation into a crabber that sank while at anchor in Mingulay Bay. Three of the crew were lost and one was able to make it to shore and was rescued.
As part of the preparation for the implementation of the ILO C188 Work in Fishing Convention, the first meeting of a special Fishing Industry Safety Group (FISG) to develop a voluntary safety management code was held at the NFFO office in York.
The latest scientific advice on spurdog points to the reintroduction of a by-catch allowance as the most sensible management strategy to recover the stock, according to the NFFO, which states that this would prevent the needless discarding of dead catch, remove an incentive to retain smoothhound as substitution, and restore the evidence base generated by the fishing fleet that underpins management decision-making.
The skipper and owner of a Peterhead-registered trawler pleaded guilty to fishing offences at North Tyneside Magistrates Court in case brought by Marine Management Organisation.
The organiser of Skipper Expo in Bristol are delighted with the high number of stand bookings so far for the event, with many more companies anticipated to sign up over the coming weeks.
Over the summer maritime charities Seafarers UK and Cornwall Rural Community Charity (CRCC) are working together to carry out a UK-wide project to survey fishermen, their families and communities. The survey aims to understand community and individual needs and challenges better, and to identify examples of projects or activities that are working to tackle these.
Hefty fines have been handed out to two Portsmouth fishermen for obstructing fishery officers. The case went before SouthamptonMagistrates Court where the two were ordered to pay fines and costs in a case brought by the Southern Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authority (IFCA).
Among the nine Brexit bills included in the Queen’s speech to both houses of the British Parliament yesterday is a fisheries bill designed to shape the process of taking UK fisheries out of the CFP and into national control.
Award winning start-up, SafetyNet Technologies is attracting interest with its ground-breaking user-friendly technology which uses lights to attract and repel fish. This patented piece of technology the team call PISCES will take fishing to new dimensions and has huge potential to make the fishing industry more sustainable.
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