The Fishing for Leave (FFL) campaign is highlighting four words in the recently released Conservative manifesto that they believe indicates the UK’s lack of ambition to take control of UK waters following Britain’s exit from the European Union.
One of Scotland’s rarest breeding ducks looks set to benefit from specially constructed floating nesting rafts manufactured by Fusion Marine from recycled fish farm piers.
Two newly published reports have outlined US progress in managing marine resources, with commercial and recreational fishing generating $208 billion in sales in 2015 and supporting 1.6 million full and part-time jobs.
Last month the European Union and the Republic of Mauritius signed a new Protocol to implement the Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreement in place, setting the legal conditions to allow EU tuna fishing vessels to fish in Mauritius waters for the next four years.
UK fisheries minister George Eustice has written to the NFFO to allay concerns over the British government’s plans for the UK’s departure from the European Union.
The new Norwegian factory trawler Granit is about to be delivered to owners Halstensen Granit AS and the company went to Vónin for a package of fishing gear for both whitefish and shrimp.
A group of Spanish fishing associations that are all members of ARVI (the Vigo Fishing Shipowners’ Cooperative) have unanimously approved a code of practice that incorporates the requirements of the International Labour Organisation’s C188 Work in Fishing convention.
A meeting of stakeholders, scientists and policy officials organised by the Commission to discuss alternative ways of managing the skates and ray stocks was held recently in Brussels. According to the NFFO, the very fact that such a meeting took place, and at the request of the member states, is significant.
So far this year, the sandeel season has been one of the best for years, with fishing strong enough to leave industrial trawlers queueing to land at Triple Nine’s Thyborøn factory.
Working in partnership with industry stakeholders from the inshore and processing sectors, BIM has announced that it is to officially launch a Fisheries Improvement Project (FIP) for Ireland’s brown crab fishery. The aim is to improve sustainable operations within a fishery and to work towards MSC certification over a 3-5 year period.
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