Fishing

Like so many other industries the Coronavirus crisis and the lockdown to combat it has been particularly damaging for the fishing industry. On many fishing boats social distancing for the crew can be impossible, with restaurants closed demand for catch has fallen significantly and with large amounts of fish caught off our coastline exported our fleets have also been hit …

Declining salmon numbers on the world-famous River Tweed is having an impact on the Borders economy with fewer anglers visiting and staying locally. In less than a decade catches have gone from an all-time high of 23,000 to just 5,510 in 2019. salmon swam in the River Tweed. salmon recorded in the Tweed in 2019. French White, from the Hawick …

While the vast majority of anglers continue to remain outside the travel restriction limit due to coronavirus, I continue with some more fishy tales from the files of Tom Quinn’s book, Fishing’s Strangest Days. Americans like to make sure the customer is always satisfied, which might explain why their fishing clubs can seem bizarre by European standards. But the long-vanished …

A support package worth £3.8m will be created to save almost 200 jobs at the National Trust for Scotland. The fund will be made available to help the heritage organisation recover from the impact of the coronavirus crisis. The package will also support the reopening of 33 sites this month, rather than the 27 originally planned. However, 188 compulsory redundancies …

You are now allowed to travel five miles from your home to meet loved ones. But for many people in more rural parts of Wales this is far too small a distance to see anyone they know. The Welsh Government has now given clarification on how the five mile rule applies to people in more isolated parts of the country. …

Rankin-Costello has missed the three defeats in the space of a week with a hamstring problem picked up in the Bristol City win, but is also set to travel with the squad. Rovers will again be without Amari’i Bell (knee), Derrick Williams (calf) and Corry Evans, with Ben Brereton also serving the second of his three-game suspension.   And given …

PUBLISHED: 07:45 26 December 2019 | UPDATED: 12:49 27 December 2019 Sarah Chambers From left, Suffolk brothers Daniel, Harry and Kane Hughes, who founded Dangler, an online marketplace for anglers Picture: Warren Page, of PagePix/Dangler div{ width: 100%; } /* EDP Specific */ .viewAll { margin-top: 0px!important; /* This is set in the “View All” Element, setting !important here to …

Trawlers should be banned from fishing within three miles of Scotland in order to boost fish stocks, say campaigners. The Our Seas coalition, which includes angling bodies, ecotourism firms, scallop divers, coastal communities and salmon conservation boards want to reinstate a law which existed between 1889 and 1984 to “secure a future” for “fisheries, the people and wildlife that depend on …

Anglers also believe that they have a compelling case and have cited Germany, Holland, Norway, Denmark and Ireland as countries that have continued to allow fishing while still limiting the coronavirus spread. “The majority of anglers practise self-isolation and social distancing as a matter of course – anglers tend to seek solitude even in normal circumstances,” said Jamie Cook, the …

Sea anglers can now play a key role in the conservation and management of marine fish stocks. A new programme entitled, the Irish Marine Recreational Sea Angling Survey, will gather information regarding recreational catches along the coast and at sea. Data collected will improve management of stocks, thereby contributing to increasing the availability of fish in the future. Following new …