THE I.O.M. Fisheries Department is developing a charter angling strategy to encourage local vessel owners to consider charter angling trips as a realistic business opportunity.
Their Minister for Agriculture believes their marine environment presents great opportunities for recreational sea angling, potentially making it a prime sea angling centre in the British Isles.
The Department will provide support [...]
Mirroring several Scottish commercials views of the Arran NTZ, the South West Inshore Fishermen’s Association have reacted angrily as about 10% of Lyme Bay will be permanently closed to scallop dredgers and bottom trawlers to safeguard the area’s rich marine life and habitats.
Well if 10% is massive what is the other 90% - greed knows [...]
THE UK Government today failed to show commitment to the survival of the UK fishing industry according to Barrie Deas, the chief executive of the NFFO as Mr Shaw said no to de minimus aid for the UK fishing fleet to help offset fuel costs.
Bertie Armstrong also criticised Mr Shaw who claimed the UK didn’t [...]
The MFA and other UK fisheries administrations have increased the catch limit for North Sea nephrops for under 10m vessels to 15 tonnes per vessel per quarter (up from 10 tonnes)
This increase will help make sure that UK fishermen in the North Sea can take full advantage of the summer nephrops fishery according to Minister [...]
Reaction to the Scottish Government move to ban the transfer of licences and fixed quota allocations from Scottish fishing vessels during a consultation period for a new Scottish quota and licensing regime has come thick and fast today.
In the morning, UK Fisheries Minister Jonathan Shaw and UKAFPO chairman Jim Portus joined NFFO in condemning the [...]
The Draft UK Marine Bill was published on 3 April 2008. Defra are seeking views on the proposals set out in the draft Bill and input to the supporting Impact Assessment. It may be found at http://tinyurl.com/2l3zjx
Many aspects of the bill that will affect the UK Recreational Sea Fisheries, the anglers who fish them, and [...]
Update :: In a written answer to a question (S3W-10898) by John Scott MSP (Con), Mr Lochhead stated "There are currently no plans to introduce rod licences".
Westminster today abandoned its current plans to introduce sea angling licences.
A provision enabling licences to be imposed has been withdrawn from the UK Government’s Marine Bill due to be [...]
After three years of campaigning by SOS and more lately SSACN, the groups have finally received the official news that they have been waiting for.
The letter below from the English fisheries minister Johnathon Shaw confirms that he has laid an Order before Parliament prohibiting the fishing for tope other than by rod and line and [...]
Cornish inshore commercial fishermen have finally admitted that bass stocks in Cornwall are over-fished.
In the Jan 18 edition of Fishing News, skipper David Bond of Looe explained that the lack of available quota for species such as cod and sole has forced the inshore fleet to increase the pressure on non quota species like bass [...]
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