by Lia ní Aodha | Jun 22, 2020 | Regional
A new online Kingfisher Bulletin service has been launched. The website and app share information about offshore hazards and activity, alerting fishermen so they can work safely around them. The new online service offers a wide range of benefits for users, and...
by Lia ní Aodha | Jun 15, 2020 | Regional
Scotland’s two largest fishing associations are urging the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) to investigate and charge skippers who put lives in danger at sea. It follows the latest in a series of incidents dating back many years involving gill-netters which pose...
by Lia ní Aodha | Jun 12, 2020 | Regional
Orkney and Shetland MP, Alistair Carmichael, has called for an urgent response from the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) following a reported incident between a Spanish owned fishing vessel and a local trawler. Video footage posted on social media showed a Spanish...
by Lia ní Aodha | Jun 11, 2020 | News, Regional
The final Responsible Fishing Vessel Standard (RFVS) has been publicly shared for the first time today. It was officially handed over from Seafish to Global Seafood Assurances, following a two-year, open and collaborative development process. Global Seafood Assurances...
by Lia ní Aodha | Jun 8, 2020 | Regional
Seafish, the public body that supports the UK’s seafood industry, has released a new film on ‘The Battle Against Plastic Waste’ today June 8th, World Oceans Day. Developed to illuminate the challenges created by marine litter, including plastic and lost or...
by Lia ní Aodha | Jun 4, 2020 | Regional
The next steps for an ambitious and collaborative project which aims to improve how inshore fisheries are managed in the UK have been published. The industry-led steering group of the Future of Our Inshore Fisheries project has released both a report, detailing...
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