Fishing News Magazine

7 February 2024

Mobile gear banned from 13 English MPAs, setting ‘dangerous precedent’, the long-expected sandeel fishery closure is announced, and a new raft of PFD prosecution notices from the MCA are, says a leading fisheries lawyer, ‘on shaky ground’. Plus: views on the inshore crisis from the NUTFA director and a fisherman who has just sold up, a look back at the loss of the Gaul on the 50th anniversary of the tragedy – and your last chance to make nominations for this year’s Fishing News Awards!