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…
An All Party Parliamentary Group on Fisheries webinar held last week was attended by a record number of attendees. Presented by an expert panel, and attended by interested MPs, Peers,…
North Atlantic fisheries for Atlanto-Scandian herring are threatened with the loss of crucial MSC certification due to what the MSC sees as longstanding failures to reach international agreement on catch…
This year’s meeting of the Northwest Atlantic Fishery Organisation (NAFO) took place online, and the key subject for discussion was area 3M. The scientific advice was for a drastic reduction…
Norway and the United Kingdom have signed a new framework agreement on fisheries co-operation enabling both parties to agree to on the exchange fishing quotas as well as mutual access…
Seafarers UK has release landmark research into the plight of fishing communities’ financial health – highlighting the lack of a safety net for those working as share fishermen, and exploring…
Frank Bakke-Jensen has been appointed to head Norway’s Directorate of Fisheries, taking over from Liv Holmefjord, although no date has been set for the handover to take place. His appointment…
According to industry body SADSTIA, the South African Deep-Sea Trawling Industry Association, the 2016 allocation of rights to the hake inshore trawl fishery was a costly policy and administrative mistake…
An ugly impasse is developing between UK and French fishermen’s organisations over access to scallops in the Channel, and the French industry fears that a failure to reach an agreement…
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