Search for Orkney fisherman
The UK Coastguard is co-ordinating a search for a crewman lost overboard from a fishing vessel this morning.
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The UK Coastguard is co-ordinating a search for a crewman lost overboard from a fishing vessel this morning.
A new inquiry into the sinking of a French trawler off the coast of Cornwall in 2004 is needed to resolve the mystery surrounding the vessel’s unexplained loss and the deaths of the five crew.
Responding to grassroots concerns from the quayside, the NFFO has joined forces with the MMO, IFCAs and the wider stakeholder community to get the message out to restaurants, shops and consumers that the trade in fish caught by unlicensed vessels is not a victimless crime.
A Scottish pelagic vessel is now on its way to Korea to be refitted for crabbing, while retaining its pelagic trawl and purse seine capacity.
The UK Oil and Gas Authority has released seismic data for the Rockall Trough and mid-North Sea High areas acquired during a £20 million Government-funded seismic survey carried out last year.
An appeal has been launched following the loss of the crabber Louisa off the Western Isles at the weekend in which three crewmen lost their lives and one was rescued after swimming for the shore.
The Marine Management Organisation has announced that a series of local events will be held across England as part of public consultation for the next phase of marine planning.
Canvassing in the south-west of England, UK fisheries minister George Eustice has said that if Britain votes to leave the EU, fishermen will get a better deal, but warned that there will be no free-for-all.
Audacious Marine in Ramsgate has had a busy year, with an even busier one to come. Paul Cannon who runs the company said that the yard’s orderbook is a healthy one, and all of the work they have lined up is for fishing vessels.
Fishermen in Brixham have spoken out in a BBC interview on the high rate of inspections taking place.
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