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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...
Scottish Government welcomes improvements for langoustine sector
The Scottish Government has published its response to the Scottish Nephrops Working Group report, which it commissioned to help the nephrops (langoustine) sector identify and deal with the challenges brought on from coronavirus and Brexit. The Scottish Government...
EAPO ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
EAPO ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING In memoriam of EAPO Secretary Puri Fernández, opening address by European Commissioner Sinkevičius and new President and management team elected. The European Association of fish Producers Organisations held its Annual General Meeting (AGM)...
Coastal States Need To Settle On Catch Shares That Respect The Advice They’ve Agreed To Uphold
The North Atlantic Pelagic Advocacy Group (NAPA), a collective of retailers and supply chain businesses with a EUR 252 billion share of Northeast Atlantic pelagic purchasing, calls for contracting countries to abide by their own agreements, following the conclusion of...
Let’s leave the battlefield and ensure a healthy mackerel stock – together!
Ahead of the Coastal States international quota negotiations starting next week, Fiskebåt the organization for the Norwegian fishing fleet, have issued the following statement statement regarding the mackerel conflict in the North-East Atlantic ...
EU Must Stop “Mackerel Free For All”
EU fishing organisations have called for immediate sanctions to be imposed to stop Norway and the Faroe Islands from their “massive overfishing” of the Northeast Atlantic mackerel stock Irish and EU Fishermen are especially concerned by Norway’s and the Faroes...
NAPA call for action on pelagics at Coastal States Meeting
NORTH ATLANTIC PELAGIC ADVOCACY GROUP (NAPA) issue open letter to politicians, calling for concrete action on sustainable pelagics management at the 2021 Coastal States meeting Dear Minister, Great to have your attention. Just a reminder from the global marketplace...
DanFish 2021 set to buzz
The last couple of years have been turbulent and uncertain, not least for the fishing industry, but the organisers of DanFish were certain throughout that the 2021 event would go ahead – and with less than a month to go, they were right. There’s no denying that the...
VMS trackers for England’s under-12m fishing vessels takes a step forward
Suppliers have been invited to submit their products and technologies for assessment so fishermen will have a range of I-VMS devices to choose from before it becomes a legal requirement for them to carry a functioning monitoring unit onboard. To support fishermen in...
Scotland’s Fishing Fleet Urged To Go Green
Environmental groups are calling on the Scottish fishing industry to take urgent steps to decarbonise the sector. They say they have calculated that the UK fleet emits the same carbon dioxide as 110,000 homes every year. A new report says fishing practices need to...
Innovative Solution To End ‘lost Gear’ Problems For Fishermen
The international fishing industry is set to welcome a new product on the market that will bring an end to both the financial and environmental impacts for fishermen who lose their pots, gill nets and even trawls. As well as the major financial loss for a skipper to...
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