Search for Missing Fisherman Stood Down in Hours of Darkness
The search for missing fisherman Neil Smith has currently been stood down and will be reassessed at first light Saturday morning by Shetland Coastguard.
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The search for missing fisherman Neil Smith has currently been stood down and will be reassessed at first light Saturday morning by Shetland Coastguard.
Seafish’s, the authority on seafood, next discards meeting include Fish Fight campaigner.
Whitby Harbour gets £10,000 boost for ‘vital’ harbour facilities with latest technology and equipment.
Low to good whitefish supplies ensured fair prices on the first two markets of the week beginning Monday January 10 at Peterhead Fish Market Scotland’s premier fishing port where 4910 boxes were landed.
Jersey fisherman, Kevin Holden, wants to see fishing quotas scrapped with a restriction on commercial shipping instead
Will Hugh Fearnley-Wittingstall’s Fight for Fish campaign mark a turning point in the Common Fisheries Policy? Or will the celebrity chef now move on to turn the spotlight on some other aspect of food production, leaving us pretty much where we are? In particular, what will the campaign, backed by last week’s major Channel 4 focus on fish and fishing, achieve in terms of reducing discards?
Thanks to recent publicity, including the ‘Fish Fight’ TV coverage from campaigning chef Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, there cannot be a single person in the UK who does not now know that the rules governing fisheries are the cause of discarding, says Bertie Armstrong, chief executive of the Scottish Fishermen’s Federation.
Scottish fishing industry leaders have warned that recent media coverage highlighting the problem of fish discards could over-simplify the issue.
Scottish fishermen have welcomed the indication given today (13 January) that the EU will ban landings of Icelandic mackerel into EU ports from tomorrow.
A meeting at the European Commission today has begun the process of applying sanctions to Iceland, following the commitment made in December by Commissioner Maria Damanaki to address continued overfishing of the shared mackerel fishery.
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