by Niall Duffy | Oct 3, 2022 | News, UK
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...
by Niall Duffy | Oct 1, 2022 | News, UK
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...
by Niall Duffy | Sep 26, 2022 | News, UK
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...
by Niall Duffy | Sep 22, 2022 | News, UK
The Scottish Government has announced amendments to the economic link license condition contained in all Scottish over 10 metre vessel sea fisheries licences. Currently, Scottish vessels landing more than 2 tonnes of species subject to total allowable catch (TACs) are...
by Niall Duffy | Jun 30, 2022 | News, UK
More than half of Scottish waters could be closed to fishing fleets by 2050 if the industry continues to be marginalised by the development of offshore renewables and expansion of enhanced marine protected areas. That is the stark warning contained in a major new...
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