08 Sep 2026
Photo by Tania la Vaullee The Government of Jersey has significantly expanded its Marine Protected Area (MPA) network, increasing the proportion of territorial waters protected from dredging and trawling from 6.5% to 21.7%, The Fishing Daily reported. The new rules, which took effect on 1 September, mean the area of sea protected from trawling and […]
03 Sep 2026
Image description: Aerial view of Jersey island country – the largest of the Channel Islands. Jersey Water has begun using its desalination plant to convert seawater into freshwater to top up reservoir levels amid the ongoing drought and high temperatures. The utility firm announced plans to use the plant in La Rosière, Corbière, in […]
03 May 2022
Fishing will no longer be permitted in a Jersey harbour after a vote to create a “no-take zone”. The zone aims to give marine life in Portelet Bay better protection and will also be used as a natural laboratory, the BBC reported. The regulations will come into force from 2 May 2022, making it an […]
11 May 2021
The Brexit fisheries dispute between Jersey and French fishermen, and UK and French Government is the latest in what is a growing list of post Brexit issues for UK and fisheries interests. A pattern is emerging of promises broken and consequences that were predicted. Guardian ‘France threatens to cut off power to Jersey in post-Brexit […]
06 Apr 2021
The environment secretary, George Eustice is facing a threat of legal action from shellfish farmers over claims that the government has misled the industry over its post-Brexit arrangements with the EU. Live mussels, cockles, oysters and other shellfish caught in most of the UK’s waters are no longer allowed to enter the EU following Britain […]
29 Jan 2017
French fishermen fined £84k for fishing in Jersey waters Two French fishermen were fined £84,000 in Jersey’s Royal Court today, after pleading guilty to beam trawling in Jersey waters. The men were on the trawler, ‘Louis Pauline’, in June 2015 before being caught by Fishery Officers within the Jersey Territorial Sea. Data showed that the […]