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Flagship UK Fisheries Bill becomes law
The UK’s first major domestic fisheries legislation in nearly 40 years passed into law. The Fisheries Act 2020 gives the UK full control of its fishing waters for the first time since 1973. The Fisheries Act will enable the UK to control who fishes in our waters...
Seafarers UK Supports Safety Folder for Fishers
Seafarers UK is supporting the Safety Folder, a unique safety aid for professional fishers, as it embarks on a campaign to increase its use by fishing boat owners, skippers and crew across the UK. Created by Seafarers UK trustee Robert Greenwood, the Safety Folder is...
Half Of Fish In Shetland Waters Landed By EU Vessels
More than half of the fish and shellfish caught in Shetland waters is landed by EU fishing boats, while the local fleet gets less than one sixth. The stark figures are contained in a new report by Dr Ian Napier of the NAFC Marine Centre UHI that shows just how rich...
Mmo Seeks Evidence And Views On New Protections For English Marine Sites
England’s seas and marine wildlife could benefit from better protection and management as the Marine Management Organisation launches a call for evidence on proposals for managing five of England’s Marine Protected Areas. The sites which could be further protected...
Urgent Call to UK Inshore Fishermen for Information and Evidence on Fishing Related Issues
NUTFA are currently urgently seeking information from Fishermen on a wide variety of issues faced by fishermen, including but not limited to, the following: Loss of Bass Fishing Entitlement Share Fishermen Status and negative impact on any Benefit Entitlement Lack of...
Newlyn scene wins top photo competition
The Shipwrecked Mariners' Society charity has announced the winners of its annual photography competition. The winning picture was taken by Laurence Hartwell and shows trawlers with their catches at the fish market in Newlyn, Cornwall . Picture Editor at the i, Sophie...
Norway and the United Kingdom agree on fisheries cooperation
Norway and the United Kingdom have today signed a new framework agreement on fisheries cooperation. It allows the parties to agree to on the exchange fishing quotas as well as mutual access to each other's areas of fisheries jurisdiction. The agreement will enter into...
New Report Shines A Light On Financial Struggles Of UK Fishermen
Seafarers UK today release landmark research into the plight of fishing communities’ financial health – highlighting the lack of a ‘safety net’ for those working as share fishers, and exploring the impacts of a lack of financial planning on fishing families’ financial...
Report On Future OF Northern Ireland’s Fishing Industry Published
Northern Ireland's Fisheries Minister Edwin Poots MLA has today published the first stage of a report examining the opportunities to develop the fishing and seafood sector in NI. The Fishing and Seafood Development Programme is a strategic programme of work...
Fishermen’s lives placed in danger by Greenpeace stunt
Greenpeace is dropping granite boulders into the North Sea, in a stunt designed to prevent fishing vessels trawling . The environmental charity says it wants to stop the practice of “bottom trawling” in the marine protected area...
Processors call for review of Seafish and Seafood Scotland remits
Scotland’s seafood processors are demanding an urgent review into the role of the government-supported industry bodies Seafish and Seafood Scotland. According to the Scottish Seafood Association (SSA), which represents processors, Seafish has become remote to many in...
UK: COVID-19 Impacts Across Whole Seafood Supply Chain
The first in a series of regular COVID-19 impact assessments, Seafish has published a review showing how the impacts of COVID-19 have been felt across the whole of the seafood supply chain in the UK. With the objective at helping seafood businesses, organisations and...
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