by SPSG | Nov 8, 2021 | News
The Scottish Pelagic Sustainability Group (SPSG) has produced a Fact Sheet outlining the current UK position on the north-east Atlantic mackerel fishery and total allowable catches (TACs) and quota shares. With the northern European coastal states of Iceland, the...
by SPSG | Oct 21, 2021 | News
Dr Steven Mackinson, the chief scientific officer of the Scottish Pelagic Fishermen’s Association, will deliver this year’s Buckland Lecture at the University of St Andrews on 11 November. Entitled ‘Resurrection: the fall and rise of industry...
by SPSG | Oct 20, 2021 | News
The Scottish Pelagic Sustainability Group (SPSG) says it is ‘deeply disappointed’ at a statement issued by Young’s via the North Atlantic Pelagic Advocacy Group (NAPA) over the ongoing Coastal States shared-stock management negotiations for mackerel, Atlanto-Scandian...
by SPSG | Aug 23, 2021 | News
By Ian Gatt, chairman of the Scottish Pelagic Sustainability Group The recently published report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change made grim reading with UN chief Antonio Guterres describing the warning as a ‘code red for humanity’. He warned that the...
by SPSG | Aug 11, 2021 | News
The Lunar Bow has won this year’s ‘Pelagic Boat of the Year’ category of the Fishing News Awards. The Peterhead based, diesel-electric drive, dual purpose purse-seiner/midwater trawler features a totally new hull design in which the full-length boat...