Land: UK

UK fishing body says a rushed process will do more harm than good.

Scottish fish and chip shops walked away from the Seafish Fish and Chip Shop of the Year Awards this year with half of the awards, but what was their secret.

UK fishing body says a rushed process will do more harm than good.

A three year PhD project currently underway at Bangor University is focused on filling critical knowledge gaps for the English Channel king scallop fishery that will be used to inform future sustainable management and prepare the English Channel fishery for Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) accreditation.

Marine Protected Areas will be the main focus of the next meeting of the NFFO South West Committee when it meets in Plymouth on 21st February. Defra officials will be in attendance to discuss the Marine Conservation Zones (MCZs) public consultation and a new approach for the management of fisheries within European Marine Sites.

Commissioner Maria Damanaki, will be in London on February 11th and 12th, 2013 to participate as key speaker in the 8th International Forum on Illegal, Unreported an unregulated (IUU) Fishing.

A successful visit to the north-east of Scotland by the organiser of the Skipper Expo Int. Aberdeen 2013 fishing show has resulted in several new companies signing up to attend the event.

A bright future for Scotland’s inshore sector. Key note speech from Scottish Government’s Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs and the Environment, Richard Lochhead MSP

The Skipper Expo International Aberdeen commercial fishing show that will be staged on 10th and 11th May is already attracting a huge level of interest with over 50% of stand space sold so far to suppliers from the UK, Ireland and the rest of Europe.

The NFFO and Cefas are co-hosting a workshop for fishermen, scientists, managers and policy experts on 9-10 January 2013 as part of a cutting-edge Fisheries Science Partnership (FSP) project to evaluate ways of providing fully documented fisheries.