Fishing Reports News

Fisheries Chief to visit Peterhead
grampian tv - Aberdeen,Scotland,UK
Europe’s new Fisheries Commissioner will make his first official visit to Scotland this weekend, it’s emerged. Commissioner Joe Borg will meet tomorrow with fishing industry figures and stakeholders in north east fishing in the final stage of his UK visit.
Accompanied by environment minister Ross Finnie, Mr Borg [...]

Fishing chief predicts recovery
BBC News - London,England,UK
Fishing chief predicts recovery
Joe Borg said fishermen would soon be able to breathe easier
Europe’s fisheries commissioner has vowed to help Scotland’s beleaguered fishing industry.
During a visit to the north east, Joe Borg said there was “light at the end of the tunnel” for depleted stocks following years [...]

Purse lost on whale-watching tour found in fishing net months …
Kansas City Star (subscription) - Kansas City,MO,USA
found in fishing net months later
BY ROBERT NOLIN
South Florida Sun-Sentinel
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - (KRT) - As purse-snatchings go, hers was an odd one. A gust from the North Atlantic ripped Arlene Sulkes-Spieler’s purse from her arm and flung it [...]

Crab boat charged with overfishing using sunken vessel’s pots
Seattle Post Intelligencer - Seattle,WA,USA
Crab boat charged with overfishing using sunken vessel’s pots
By DAN JOLING
ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A Seattle skipper and his crew have been charged with illegally fishing for crab with pots that belonged to the Big Valley, a crab boat that sank the [...]

Survivors face future . . and a return to the sea
The Scotsman - Edinburgh,Scotland,UK
Survivors face future … and a return to the sea
JULIA HORTON
Edinburgh has ‘adopted’ the tsunami-hit region of Aceh in Indonesia, where city-based aid agency Mercy Corps plans a long-term programme funded by the Capital Appeal, which is backed by the [...]