5+ day, 51+ min ago   (504+ words) After last year’s inaugural event, the Cornish Sardine Festival returned even bigger and busier on 29 and 30 August – sardine pizza included! After months of blue skies, the weekend began with a deluge of heavy rain and an afternoon of gusty winds…...

5+ day, 8+ hour ago   (511+ words) The Shetland Shellfish Management Organisation (SSMO) is looking to renew its control of inshore shellfish fisheries for another 15 years. The local system of management has been in place since 1999, when powers to regulate fishing for species like crab, lobster and…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (443+ words) There have been hugely contrasting responses between fisheries administrations in Wales, Scotland and Jersey following the decision by Defra last month to provide 13 scientific licences, each with a quota of 2t, to the three administrations (FN, 13 August, ‘13 more bluefin licences announced…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (440+ words) Trials are underway on the west coast of Sweden, which faces the Skagerrak and Kattegat, on the use of lights to guide shrimps into trawls. A Swedish Government proposal to ban bottom trawling in MPAs prompted the formation of a…...

2+ week, 8+ hour ago   (466+ words) The summer herring season is now in full swing, with Scottish boats fishing grounds northeast of Peterhead and all the way up towards Shetland. The season began with Lunar Bow PD 265 participating in the premium maatjes herring fishery in June,…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (456+ words) In Kochi, Japan’s main sardine port, 2026 landings to the end of July were just 18,350t, compared to 161,000t in 2025. Scientists say the drop is due to both environmental and biological factors, with little likelihood that stocks will recover in the near future....

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (348+ words) Dominator A was the only Yorkshire vessel, out of six local applicants, to be awarded a licence by Defra for the 2027 season, despite the history of the Yorkshire fishery and its reputation for producing large fish. Scientific evidence suggests that…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (466+ words) 26 penguins at Paradise Park, including the world’s oldest Humboldt penguin, are enjoying a locally sourced diet Penguins at Paradise Park in Hayle, Cornwall have switched to a local diet of Cornish sardines caught just 10 miles away, replacing imported fish with…...