Remote Electronic Monitoring (REM) systems are being tried out this summer in five priority UK fisheries, to be followed by a rollout of a revised discards policy for English fisheries…
Fishing opportunities worth over £970 million have been secured for the UK fishing industry in 2024, according to a UK government report. As an independent coastal state, the UK has…
Those fishermen most adversely affected by restrictions placed on pollack are being offered access to a new compensation scheme. Environment Secretary Steve Barclay stated that the scheme is being implemented…
Fishermen mainly in the south-west of the UK who have been hard hit by the restrictions on fishing for pollack will be in line for support, according to a government…
The first five Fisheries Management Plans set out how the UK government aims to work with the fishing industry and other stakeholders to support the long-term future and sustainable management…
Awards of £3.9 million has been made to projects to improve the quality of training facilities to upskill the workforce and promote seafood careers, as well as build new and…
A trial fishery for Atlantic bluefin, managed by DEFRA and the MMO, uses 39 tonnes of the UK’s 65 tonne quota for 2023, with licences issued to ten fishermen. The…
The UK government has announced a slew of new measures centred around Fisheries Management Plans, described as a blueprint for the best management of marine stocks, as well as a…
An expert panel convened to investigate an unusually large-scale crustacean mortality that was observed along a 70km stretch of the coast of north-eastern England in 2021 has recorded no definite…
The 63% increase in the North Sea cod quota under the deal between Norway, the EU and the UK vindicates the position taken by the industry that drastic cod quota…