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Scottish Fishermen’s Federation to sponsor Scottish Skipper Expo 2020
The Scottish Fishermen’s Federation (SFF) will once again be sponsoring the Scottish Skipper Expo, which will be held on 15 and 16 May 2020 at the new state-of-the-art P & J Live exhibition arena in Aberdeen. The SFF has been a long-standing supporter of the expo,...
Lerwick Harbour Assists Pollution Response Overseas
Equipment from Shetland destined for foreign shores Oil pollution control equipment, surplus to Lerwick Harbour's requirements, is to be re-used in combatting incidents overseas. The gear has been donated by Lerwick Port Authority to Thornton, Fife, based...
New green Gitte Henning
GITTE HENNING fishing company is leading the way by bringing fishing in blue Denmark into a new, green age by contracting a new, environmentally friendly pelagic fishing vessel from the Spanish shipyard Zamakona in Bilbao. Henning Kjeldsen says he initially intended...
Exploding seal and cormorant populations threatening livelihoods
A new study has confirmed that exploding seal and cormorant populations are a severe threat to the continuation of the fishing livelihoods in the Baltic Sea Region. In response, fishermen in the region have called for immediate action from decision-makers. The report...
Osprey trawl doors from Morgére yielding results for Scottish fishing family
The Lovie family, who fish out of Kinlochbervie with their two demersal trawlers Endeavour IV and Venture II, have been achieving good results with their new Osprey trawl doors from Morgére. The boats had previously fished with Exocet and PV3 doors supplied by Morgére...
Scots call for swift international agreement on mackerel
The Scottish Pelagic Sustainability Group (SPSG) is calling for swift international action to protect the North East Atlantic mackerel stock from the unilateral and unsustainable actions of Iceland, Greenland and Russia in setting their quotas outwith international...
Over half of UK consumers want to eat more seafood
Seafish, the public body that supports the £10bn UK seafood industry, has published the results of its latest research looking at UK consumers’ attitudes and behaviours regarding seafood. It commissioned the ‘State of the Nation’ research as part of its work to drive...
Kilkeel’s Rooney Fish among companies at China Fisheries Expo
Kilkeel's Rooney Fish is among a number of producers from across the UK set to showcase UK seafood at the China Fisheries & Seafood Expo in Qingdao over the coming days (30 October to 1 November). China is the world’s largest and fastest-growing seafood market and...
‘New deal’ brokered between Johnson and EU
The 'new' withdrawal agreement reached between Johnson and the EU has been published. As per the details of the declaration, the EU and UK would aim to reach an agreement on fisheries by June 2020, with the objective then of agreeing quotas for 2021. Any agreement...
UK’s biggest seafood conference tomorrow
1 day to go! The UK Seafood Summit has attracted an impressive line-up of speakers for the second year. Organised by Seafish, the annual event is the largest seafood conference in the UK attracting around 300 people from the seafood industry, Government, the wider...
Strong turn-out from fishermen at UK inshore fisheries conference
Inshore fishermen have come together with industry leaders, policymakers, regulators and researchers in London today, Tuesday 8 October, for a two-day conference which will consider the future management of the UK’s inshore fisheries. The Future of Our Inshore...
Mackerel stock in good shape, says MINSA
The publication on the 1st October of the scientific advice for the 2020 catch of North East Atlantic mackerel by the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) has confirmed that the stock is in good shape, making mackerel an excellent sustainable...
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