20 Jul 2021
Fisheries: UK Celtic Sea Nephrops-directed fisheries technical measures Defra: Consultation description We want to know what you think about the following proposals: limiting the selectivity device options to include only the most selective devices for Nephrops prohibiting the use and carriage of strengthening bags increasing the catch composition threshold, which defines a Nephrops-directed fishery in […]
16 Jan 2021
‘Marine Scotland has been accused of allowing “an environmental disaster” by mismanaging fishing and refusing to exclude trawlers from inshore areas where fishermen catch prawns. The Ferret A report, due to be released on 11 January by the Scottish Creel Fishermen’s Federation (SCFF) – and seen by The Ferret – says that Marine Scotland‘s oversight of […]
27 Oct 2020
Nephrops/Scampi prawn fishing techniques: Study on in-depth impacts on creel v trawl fishery impacts – evidence Environmental life cycle assessment of Norway lobster (Nephrops norvegicus) caught along the Swedish west coast by creels and conventional trawls—LCA methodology with case study Background, aim, and scope Two fishing methods, creeling and conventional trawling, are used to target […]
25 Feb 2020
Optimisation modelling in the Nephrops fleet: policy brief Scottish Government January 16th 2020 Economic research providing a valuable addition to the evidence base of Scotland’s Nephrops fishery to help inform discussions on the future of fisheries management. Introduction The Nephrops[1] fishery was the second most valuable for Scottish vessels in 2018, after mackerel. The Scottish fleet landed […]
09 Nov 2019
Scotland’s fisheries minister has warned of an ‘extremely challenging picture’ for next year’s fishing opportunities, particularly for whitefish stocks. fishingnews.co.uk/news/extremely… ICES – 8/11/2019 We have just released updates to some North Sea fish stock advice, which were originally published in June (1/2) Cod: ices.dk/sites/pub/Publ… Haddock: ices.dk/sites/pub/Publ… Norway lobster (nephrops): ices.dk/sites/pub/Publ…
02 Nov 2019
Reported in the Independent based on an FOI from NGO Open Seas Several thousand tonnes of dead fish have been illegally discarded by trawlers in the North Sea and west coast of Scotland this year, a Freedom of Information request has revealed. Small, juvenile fish often end up getting caught in scampi fisheries because their mesh nets […]
08 May 2018
Bob Earll: There is a well known tension between Nephrops – scampi prawn – mobile gear fisheries and fisheries for white fish with the later usually suffering in the long run e.g. in the Clyde and Irish Sea. It will be interesting to see just what this FDF process will reveal. MMO: The Fully Documented […]
26 Jun 2017
The economic arguments for a better allocation for creel fishermen with white fish and environmental benefits Creeling and trawling for Nephrops are not simply alternative methods of harvesting Nephrops in inshore waters. Economically, they are quite separate activities which deliver fundamentally different economic outcomes. What they have in common is that, in Scotland’s inshore waters, […]
