Category: Commercial
A NEW seafood coalition endorsed by Fish Fight campaigner Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall has been formed to take the lead on eliminating fish discards. Major businesses selling seafood including Waitrose, Marks & Spencer, Morrisons, The Co-operative, Birds Eye, the Icelandic Group (parent company of The Saucy Fish Co.), Young’s Seafood Limited (and parent company Findus Group) and [...]
Extracted from this article in the Shetland Times The master of a fishing vessel was fined £2,000 today for illegally discarding fish above the legal landing size. James Kevin Ritch, 45, of Olivette, Hamnavoe, Burra, pleaded guilty to the offence, which took place on 26th September in the Scottish zone of the North Sea when [...]
A YouGov poll, commissioned by the environmental charity WWF, found that almost 80% people in the UK want the fish that is on sale to come from sustainable, not overfished, sources but that less than 25% think there is adequate information on whether fish products come from well managed sustainable stocks. The poll also found [...]
Provisional 2010 Sea Fisheries Statistics published by Scotland’s Chief Statistician show 3 % decrease in the value of fish landed by Scottish vessels in 2010 366,000 tonnes of fish were landed by Scottish vessels with a value of £428 million. 18 % decrease in the value of pelagic landings to £124 million 6 % increase [...]
Condensed from an article by Bagehot THERE is a lot of talk in the air, just now, about the madness of the EU’s CFP, and how its strict quota system forces British trawlermen to throw vast quantities of fish back into the sea, dead. Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, a television chef and food writer, mounted a passionate [...]
A TV chef, various celebrities and 650,000 people signing a petition have really brought the issue of discards to the fore – for too long fisheries ministers and commercial interests have kept the true situation regarding fish hidden away - discards, high grading, bycatch and black landings have seriously depleted many stocks. So now, the [...]
The North Sea Regional Advisory Council (NSRAC) has stated its position on discards ahead of a high-level political summit convened by European Commissioner for maritime affairs and fisheries Maria Damanaki. The RAC’s Demersal Working Group met to discuss the issue in Edinburgh and said afterwards that the NSRAC is totally committed to reducing discards. It [...]
THE Scottish Pelagic Sustainability Group (SPSG) has entered its West of Scotland herring pelagic trawl fishery into MSC assessment – if successful, it will mean that all of the SPSG’s key landings will be MSC certified as they already hold MSC certificates for its North Sea herring, Atlanto-Scandian herring and North East Atlantic mackerel fisheries. [...]
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Marine Social and Economic Data Project 2012
Robust and current data is needed urgently in the marine environment where policy makers are dealing with a number of new legislative requirements such as the Marine Strategy Framework Directive, the development of Marine Spatial Plans and the designation of new Marine Protected Areas. In response to this, EMU Limited in collaboration with the Marine [...]
EU Consultation on invasive alien species
Invasive alien species (IAS) are species whose introduction and/or spread, outside their natural past or present distribution, threatens biological diversity. They may cause serious damage not only to ecosystems but also to crops and livestock, disrupting the local ecology, impacting on human health and producing serious economic effects. While some EU instruments are dealing with [...]
European Marine and Fisheries Fund (EMFF)
This consultation seeks views on the European Commission’s proposals for the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund. The European Commission published their proposals for the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF) that will replace the European Fisheries Fund (EFF) from 1 January 2014 until 31 December 2020. The EMFF is structured around four pillars: Smart, Green [...]
The Scottish Government have launched a consultation on the introduction of new management measures into the Scottish scallop sector. The aims of the consultation are to help safeguard stocks and more closely align Scottish technical restrictions with those being introduced into English waters by : o Introducing a flat rate 8 dredge per side limit [...]
Future of aquaculture and fisheries
A consultation is underway to support a sustainable future for aquaculture and freshwater fisheries, and the effective management of interactions between these two sectors. The consultation also includes proposals to update enforcement provisions for aquaculture and fisheries, and a review of the approach to cost sharing and charges. The consultation will inform the development of [...]
