Norwegian waters could be off-limits for both EU and UK fishing vessels from 1st January, as Norway’s efforts to get the EU and UK to negotiate have so far come…
Following the transition of the UK’s Fisheries Bill in to law as the 2020 Fisheries Act, Scotland’s Fisheries Secretary Fergus Ewing has warned that nothing in this legislation can compensate…
Since the 1960s, a series of dramatic environmental changes have occurred in the Black Sea, putting at risk the survival of living marine resources. Black Sea countries have united to…
Skippers in England and Wales are needed to contribute to fisheries data usually collected by scientific observers, as current Covid-19 restrictions mean that Cefas fisheries observers are not able to…
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…
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…
Faroese Fisheries Minister Jacob Vestergaard and his Icelandic counterpart Kristján Thór Júlíusson have agreed terms for 2021 reciprocal fisheries access for blue whiting and Atlanto-Scandian herring. ‘The fisheries treaty between…
The Faroe Islands and the UK have signed a fisheries framework agreement. This follows the UK’s framework agreement reached with Norway in September. The agreement was signed by Faroese Fisheries Minister…
There is no evidence that a three-mile limit around Scotland’s coastline banning fishing vessels with mobile gear would improve sustainability or raise earnings in the creel fleet, according to a…
The UK government is carrying out a consultation as part of plans aimed at increasing the benefits the UK and coastal communities get from fisheries. According to DEFRA, new proposals…