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“No Weigh!”, Our Way Or The Highway Say SFPA
There is absolute shock and genuine anger in Killybegs tonight as over 60 workers sent home due to failure to allowa Danish vessel land fish into port CEO of the IFPO, Brendan Byrne has slammed the attitude and instrangience of the SFPA to accommodate a landing of...
EU Fishing Sector Calls For Emergency Measures To Avoid The Stoppage Of The Fleet
The European fisheries sector met on Monday 14 March with Commissioner Sinkevičius in view of the sharp rise in energy and logistics prices due to the invasion of Ukraine If the activity collapses, there could be problems with the supply of fishery products in a...
MMO Funds SafetyNet Technologies’ New Underwater Camera
The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) is funding SafetyNet Technologies’ “Project Fisheye” to fast-forward development of SNT-Cam, a gear mounted underwater camera for commercial fishing. Development of SNT-Cam began in 2020 after fishermen that SafetyNet...
Pelagic Trade Warns Coastal States Over Increased Catch Levels
Open letter from NAPA to politicians, calling for concrete action on quota sharing and sustainable pelagics management at upcoming TAC allocation talks Dear Minister, Another reminder from the global marketplace for seafood: we need to see sustainable fishing...
European Bottom Fishing Industry Shows A United Front In Brussels
Today, an alliance of fishing organizations from 14 EU countries including Belgium, Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Spain and Sweden, representing over 22 000 fishermen and 8 000 vessels, presented...
£1 million made available to support Welsh fishing industry
Wales’ fishing community is being invited to submit applications to a £1m fund to primarily help mitigate the ongoing impact Covid is having on the industry and adapt to the rapidly changing market conditions for seafood products. The European Maritime Fisheries Fund...
Major Expansion of Scottish Floating Wind Farms Announced
Crown Estate Scotland has announced the successful bidders under its 2022 ScotWind Auction, which marked the first time in a decade that plots of Scottish seabed have been auctioned to renewables developers. The results were announced this morning (17 January), with...
World-Wide Trawling Study Advances Knowledge On Trawling’s Global Impact
A world-wide study of the impacts of bottom trawling has found that seabeds are in good health where trawl fisheries are sustainably managed. The first study of its kind, by Bangor University with collaborating research institutes, published this week in Proceedings...
EU and UK reach agreement on TAC,s for 2022
The EU and the UK have reached an agreement on the fishing opportunities for 2022. This agreement covers all shared and jointly managed fisheries resources in UK and EU waters. It is the outcome of the annual consultations on fishing opportunities between the EU and...
UK Agrees Quotas With EU And Norway For North Sea Stocks
The UK has reached agreement with Norway and the European Union on catch limits for 2022 for six jointly managed fish stocks in the North Sea. Negotiating as an independent coastal State, the UK has agreed catch levels for 2022 with Norway and the EU that provide...
Kingfisher launches fishing restrictions mapping website
New online service helps fishermen navigate commercial fishing gear restrictions in UK waters The Kingfisher team at Seafish, the public body that supports the UK seafood industry, have launched a new Fishing Restrictions mapping service fishermen. This free service...
Zamakona To Build A New Midwater Pelagic Trawler For Shetland
Zamakona Yards and Fiskebas Fishing Co Ltd (Shetland, UK) have agreed the construction of a new 69,60 m Midwater Pelagic Trawler. The vessel will replace the present M/V ANTARCTIC II (LK145) built in 2004 and based in Lerwick. The new trawler will be built entirely at...
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