Read more about the article New rules for 2021 could cripple English seafood exports
Exports of live shellfish are particularly vulnerable and require frictionless transport links

New rules for 2021 could cripple English seafood exports

A group of the English fishing industry’s big names have written to Secretary of State for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs George Eustice to set out serious concerns over MMO…

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Read more about the article Gulf of Thailand mixed-trawl FIP accepted onto the MarinTrust Improver Programme
Gulf of Thailand mixed-trawl FIP has been accepted onto the MarinTrust Improver Programme (IP)

Gulf of Thailand mixed-trawl FIP accepted onto the MarinTrust Improver Programme

The Gulf of Thailand mixed-trawl Fishery Improvement Project (FIP) fishery is the first FIP accepted onto the IP as part of the multi-species pilot project and is led by the…

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Read more about the article Dongara Marine confirms contract for first boat for South Australia
Dongara Marine has its first order for a new lobster catcher for South Australia

Dongara Marine confirms contract for first boat for South Australia

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Australian boatbuilding company Dongara Marine has received orders to build custom-designed vessels – a monohull commercial fishing boat and a high speed catamaran for recreational use. An experienced commercial fisherman…

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Read more about the article Iceland signs fisheries MoU with UK
Icelandic Fisheries Minister Kristján Thór Júlíusson signed the MoU during a video conference with UK Fisheries Minister Victoria Prentis. Image: Atvinnuvega- og nýsköpunarráðuneytið

Iceland signs fisheries MoU with UK

Iceland’s Minister of Fisheries Kristján Thór Júlíusson and his UK counterpart Victoria Prentis have signed a Memorandum of Understanding concerning future co-operation concerning fisheries. The MoU was signed during a…

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Read more about the article Minister’s appeal against decision to open Ireland’s six mile zone
Minister Charlie McConalogue is appealing against the High Court ruling allowing trawlers over 18m inside Ireland’s six-mile limit. Image: Charlie McConalogue

Minister’s appeal against decision to open Ireland’s six mile zone

Ireland’s Minister for Agriculture, Food and Marine Charlie McConalogue has lodged an appeal against a Court decision to allow large trawlers fish inside Ireland’s six mile zone. In December 2018…

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