by Lia ní Aodha | Mar 30, 2020 | Regional
A new campaign that facilitates quick match-making between Cornish fish merchants and fishmongers and would-be buyers across the country has been inundated with orders since launching. Cornwall-wide seafood promotion initiative Seafood Cornwall launched the...
by Lia ní Aodha | Mar 25, 2020 | Regional
The Scottish Fishermen’s Federation welcomed the funding package for smaller vessels as a good first step to support the industry. SFF chief executive Elspeth Macdonald said: “The markets that these boats sold into have largely disappeared due to the Covid-19...
by Lia ní Aodha | Mar 20, 2020 | Regional
The MAIB report into the 2019 stranding and loss of the vessel Coelleira off the Shetland Islands has been published. At about 01.24 on 4 August 2019, the Spanish owned UK registered fishing vessel Coelleira grounded on Ve Skerries, a low-lying reef off the west...
by Lia ní Aodha | Mar 19, 2020 | Featured Article, Regional
Scottish Skipper Expo 2020, originally scheduled for 15 and 16 May at the P & J Live arena in Aberdeen, has been postponed due to the continuing escalation of COVID-19 (coronavirus). Show organiser, Mara Media says its overwhelming priority is the health and...
by Lia ní Aodha | Mar 16, 2020 | Regional
Around 80 fishing boats in Boulogne-sur-Mer, France’s busiest fishing port, have today (March 16) been told to return to port, following agreement this morning between fishermen and merchants that the Boulogne fleet will tie-up due to the impact coronavirus is having...
by Lia ní Aodha | Mar 11, 2020 | Regional
The MAIB has published a Safety Bulletin regarding the inadvertent discharge of a FirePro condensed aerosol fire extinguishing system during its installation on board the fishing vessel Resurgam (PZ 1001) last November, which resulted in one fatality. According to the...
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