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...
by Niall Duffy | Jun 28, 2022 | News, UK
As the cost of marine fuel in Shetland reaches nearly three times the price of last year, young fishing crews in the isles have spoken out about the desperate need for government assistance. The risk of fishing businesses failing is particularly prevalent in the...
by Noreen Boyle | Jun 1, 2022 | Vessel Features
LOCAL skipper Richard Grains says he was pleased how his new crabber Valentia LK21 performed during her 800-mile journey from Valentia Island, in the southwest of Ireland, to Shetland earlier in March. The new vessel arrived at the Vidlin marina for the naming...
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