ANNONCER
After conversations with suppliers and fishermen from all over the UK QD Events have decided to cancelled the 2011 Fishing Expo in Glasgow until next year.
With storm force 11 gales again severely hitting Scotland fish supplies at the start of last week were low.
KIMO UK is delighted by the announcement that the Transport Select Committee is to conduct an inquiry into the Government’s proposals for the coastguard service. The inquiry will also cover the changes to the arrangements for Emergency Towing Vessels (ETV) and the Maritime Incident Response Group (MIRG), changes that KIMO UK have been campaigning against to ensure that the UK remains best equipped for a marine pollution incident.
Peterhead Scotland’s premier fishing port set a new record last month for the most value of mackerel landings in any one month worth over £27 million.
A coalition of fishermen’s groups set up to provide a united voice on how marine protected areas are established in UK waters has confirmed that it will be exhibiting at the Fishing 2011 Expo in Glasgow. The MPA Fishing Coalition will use the high-profile event at the SECC to highlight how the current implementation of a network of Marine Protected Areas is being mishandled.
At a hearing today at Folkestone Magistrates Court, the owners and skipper of a Belgian registered fishing trawler were prosecuted following an incident in the Dover Strait Traffic Separation Scheme on the 22 March 2009.
With only just over 4400 boxes of whitefish landed for the first two markets of last week February 7-8 at Peterhead Harbour Scotland’s premier fishing port after fishing was slowed by severe storms.
The Fisheries Secretary has announced an expansion to Scotland’s innovative ‘catch quota’ trials, where fishermen can land more fish while catching less.
A collision between two vessels 30 miles south of Start Point in Devon left two fishermen in the water, both of whom have now been recovered.
The salmon processing and farming group, Morpol., has announced its UK salmon farm with new name called the Meridian Salmon Group.
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