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Fuel cost threat to fishing profits – survey
THE UK fishing fleet earned a record £950 million last year as the volume of landings rose by 10,000 tonnes. However, the figures, compiled by Seafish, also show that higher fuel costs are starting to eat into operating profits. Seafish’s preliminary estimates reveal that skippers and vessel owners are reporting that spending on fuel is now taking up 12 per cent of…
Read MoreDevolution agenda ‘toxic’ say fishermen
FISHERMEN have called for the politics of devolution to be removed from fishing to stop management decisions being ‘compromised’. The National Federation of Fishermen’s Organisations (NFFO), which is the representative body for fishermen in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, has said the fishing industry cannot thrive until ‘fisheries management is depoliticised’. In a statement before…
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