Fishing News

25/12/2025

Details on the annual allocation of the £360m Fishing and Coastal Growth Fund over the next five years have been published following November’s Budget.

While the fund was not mentioned by chancellor Rachel Reeves in her Budget Day speech, a policy paper has set out the money allocated to ‘launch a fund to support the domestic fishing sector and coastal communities’.

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Details on the annual allocation of the £360m Fishing and Coastal Growth Fund over the next five years have been published.

23/12/2025

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22/12/2025

Tickets are on sale now for the 2026 Fishing News Awards, taking place in Aberdeen on 6 May!

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Book your tickets now and look forward to an evening of industry celebration in Aberdeen on 6 May for the Fishing News Awards!

15/12/2025

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Principal Fisheries Officer: Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA).

Location: Belfast and Downpatrick

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Principal Fisheries Officer Job Vacancy. The Northern Ireland Civil Service is an Equal Opportunities Employer.

11/12/2025

This week's Boat Of The Week is: Forever Faithful PD 289!

The 22.75m prawn freezer trawler Forever Faithful PD 289 is the third of a series of three sisterships built at Macduff Shipyards’ Buckie yard. Delivered to skipper Andrew West in July 2024, the vessel was designed with crew comfort, working efficiency and safety to the fore.

The hull form, designed in collaboration with Macduff Ship Design, was optimised to reduce resistance, save fuel and improve the vessel’s environmental impact.

The propulsion package is based around a Caterpillar C18 main engine, and the bespoke hydraulic deck machinery package was fabricated by the yard.

10/12/2025

The 2026 Fishing News Awards have been officially launched and nominations are now open!

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The 2026 Fishing News Awards have been officially launched and nominations are now open! Choose your winners here...

04/12/2025

This week's Fishing News Boat Of The Week is... Inter Nos PZ 46!

The 14.95m GRP G Smyth Maxus catamaran Inter Nos PZ 46 joined the Newlyn fleet just before Christmas 2023.

Built by G Smyth Boats for Elizabeth Lambourn, Sam Lambourn and skipper Will Treneer, the boat is fitted out as a ring-netter for the Cornish sardine fishery.

Powered by twin 253kW Volvos, it features an innovative pumping system allowing rapid emptying of the four 5t fish holds, reducing handling time and maximising catch quality.

02/12/2025

Trilateral talks between the UK, EU and Norway and bilaterals between the UK and EU to thrash out fishing opportunities for 2026 are continuing in Brussels this week.

With zero TACs advised for Celtic Sea cod, haddock, whiting and herring, there were ‘a range of discussions around the complexities of the Celtic Sea going on’, said SWFPA's Mike Park OBE.

Trilateral talks between the UK, EU & Norway & bilaterals between the UK and EU to thrash out fishing opportunities for 2026 are continuing.

26/11/2025

Defra is undertaking a series of engagement activities over the coming months to inform the development of the FCGF. Have your say here...

The UK Government is asking fisherman to take part in a survey about the Fishing and Coastal Growth Fund (FCGF).

13/11/2025

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13/11/2025

The Cornish Fish Producers’ Organisation says that political support is growing – both in Cornwall and at Westminster – for its proposal for a Cornish Fishing and Seafood Pilot.

The plans will form the basis of a bid to the £360m Fishing and Coastal Growth Fund to ‘future-proof’ the area’s fishing and seafood sector.

The Cornish Fish Producers’ Organisation says that political support is growing for its proposal for a Cornish Fishing and Seafood Pilot.

10/11/2025

English Channel fisherman Martin Yorwarth has written and released a ska shanty that he says is a requiem for the inshore fishing fleet, and for the small coastal communities that have been abandoned and forced out of the fishing industry by years of mismanagement and neglect...