07 Feb 2023
Marine researchers with the Norwegian Institute of Marine Research have discovered that large quantities of mackerel pressed together in a fish net can affect the fish’s quality. A new study from the Institute of Marine Research (HI) shows that fish vitality is a good measure of welfare. The marine scientists found this out by combining […]
31 Jan 2023
The UK fishing industry is to benefit from an initial £2 million investment to trial new, greener engines and help create a safer, more sustainable fishing fleet as the latest round of the £100m UK Seafood Fund opens, the UK Government has announced. Older vessel engines are some of the industry’s biggest polluters and, according […]
22 Jan 2023
Last week we covered the story of the Marine Management Organisation (MMO) launching a consultation on a proposed byelaw to ban bottom-towed gear in 13 MPAs to protect marine ecosystems in England. The area covered is over 4,000 km2 and combined with existing MMO byelaws, this will bring the total area protected from bottom-towed gear by MMO […]
29 Nov 2022
Does biodiversity-focused protection of the seabed deliver carbon benefits? A U.K. case study Researchers have found that by using recent data on UK seabed sediment carbon and mobile bottom fishing, the current UK Marine Protected Area network is likely to offer limited carbon benefit, even if fully protected. Dr Graham Epstein of the University of […]
08 Nov 2022
A new dataset of intentional disabling of Automatic Identification System devices by fishing vessels provides insights into illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing activity Data from the shipboard Automatic Identification System (AIS), which was created as a collision avoidance tool, can provide information about global fishing activity, including illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing. Fishing vessels may […]
04 Oct 2022
The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) has published its annual UK Sea Fisheries Statistics 2021, with the Scottish Government also doing so for Scotland. The publication is a summary of: The UK fishing fleet Its activity at sea Landings – how much fish they catch and land Effort – how long they spend at […]
13 Sep 2022
SUBMON have reported the first underwater images recorded in the Western Mediterranean and Iberian Peninsula of common bottlenose dolphins feeding in trawl nets. The organisation said that: ‘We have already observed that bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) follow the trawl fishing boats, mainly showing a feeding behaviour. However, until now we had not information of their […]
05 Jul 2022
Welsh MP Liz Saville-Roberts of the Plaid Cymru Party has called on the UK government to allow the Welsh Government to have a role in identifying quotas in their own waters, Fishing Daily has reported. The Member of Parliament for Dwyfor Meirionnydd said that while the greater part of fishery matters is devolved to the […]
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