Fishing

Luna the husky got a fishing hook stuck in her jaw

Vets criticise careless anglers after saving dog that bit into fishing hook discarded on Dundee seafront

April 14, 2021

Dolphins jump in the Firth of Clyde.

Call to ban fishing nets that kill hundreds of dolphins and porpoises

April 4, 2021

Damaging trawl fishing has been banned in more than 100 square miles of seabed off Sussex to help once-vast kelp forests recover (Big Wave TV/PA)

Trawling ban off Sussex coast raises hope of recovery for once-vast kelp forest

March 22, 2021

Funding to help investiments at Scottish ports and harbours has been increased (Michal Wachucik/PA)

Fund for Scottish ports and harbours increased to £1.8 million

March 12, 2021

A boulder falls into the English channel from Greenpeace vessel Esperanza (Suzanne Plunkett /Greenpeace/PA)

Greenpeace builds ‘boulder barrier’ to protect marine site from fishing

February 26, 2021

Fishing boats moored in Dunbar Harbour, East Lothian (PA)

UK ministers pledge more support for fishing industry

February 21, 2021

George Eustice says the policy change was made last week (Danny Lawson/PA)

George Eustice: EU barriers to live UK shellfish exports ‘indefensible’

February 9, 2021

There could be name changes for some fish and crab species (PA).

Fishy facelift: Spider crab and megrim could undergo image makeovers

February 9, 2021

Funding has been announced to help support the seafood and fishing sectors impacted by Brexit and coronavirus (Michal Wachucik/PA)

Support announced for Scottish seafood and fishing industries

February 2, 2021

Megrim fish on rippled sand on the Dogger Bank (JNCC/PA)

Proposed ban on damaging fishing in Dogger Bank will help wildlife, experts say

February 1, 2021

Greenpeace dropped boulders into the Dogger Bank reserve to stop damaging fishing last year (Suzanne Plunkett/Greenpeace/PA)

Moves proposed to halt damaging fishing in protected areas of the sea

February 1, 2021