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North-East of England Crab Deaths Report Published

North-East of England Crab Deaths Report Published

The panel of independent experts set up to assess the cause of dead and dying crabs washed up on North East UK shores from October 2021 have published their findings The panel, made up of experts from academia and industry, was chaired by Defra’s Chief Scientific...

Squid at record levels in Shetland waters

Squid at record levels in Shetland waters

Record numbers of squid are being seen in the waters around Shetland, according to an annual independent survey of commercial species. While haddock continues to be the most abundant stock, more than three times the average amount of squid (Loligo spp.) was identified...

SFF & SFA Welcome UK-EU Fisheries Agreement

SFF & SFA Welcome UK-EU Fisheries Agreement

SFF chief executive Elspeth Macdonald said: “We are pleased that the UK and EU have reached agreement on fishing opportunities for 2023. Crucially, between this agreement and the one reached with Norway earlier this month, our negotiators have managed to mitigate the...

Working principles announced for UK Gear Forum

Working principles announced for UK Gear Forum

Mike Montgomery chairs forum focusing on selective gear innovations to support sustainable fishing Agreed working principles for the UK Gear Forum have been published today. The Forum brings together industry, the research community and UK-wide governments, to discuss...

Fishermen Acquitted Of Fishing In Plymouth MPA

Fishermen Acquitted Of Fishing In Plymouth MPA

6 Years Of Wrongful Pain And Grief Finally Ended After a full day hearing on 3-4 October 2022, HHJ Linford sitting at Plymouth Crown Court made a court order which stayed all criminal proceedings brought by the Devon and Severn Inshore Fishing Conservation Authority...

UK Ministers Urged To Resist Campaign For Quota For Foreign Vessel

UK Ministers Urged To Resist Campaign For Quota For Foreign Vessel

UK Ministers were today warned against caving in to a concerted campaign to deprive Scottish fishermen of quota in favour of a huge foreign-owned vessel that operates out of a British port. Chief executive of the Scottish Pelagic Fishermen’s Association Ian Gatt, and...

Gillnetting Protest Steps Up A Gear With March Through Lerwick

Gillnetting Protest Steps Up A Gear With March Through Lerwick

By: Chris Cope/Shetland News CAMPAIGNERS who want to see a ban on the controversial fishing practice of industrial gillnetting took to the streets in Shetland on Saturday in what was their second public protest. The march through Lerwick’s Commercial Street kicked off...

Time For Action On International Mackerel Management

Time For Action On International Mackerel Management

By Ian Gatt, chairman of the Scottish Pelagic Sustainability Group In the north-east Atlantic, mackerel management is in a state of hiatus with the Faroes, Norway, Iceland, Greenland, and Russia having all unilaterally increased their mackerel quotas outside any...