Fishing

Inside £4m Omaze prize draw house in Scottish highlands

Watch: Inside £4m Omaze prize draw house in Scottish highlands

The current Brexit deal is not working for Britain's fishing industry (Picture: Matt Cardy)

Boris's Brexit deal betrayed fishing industry. Time to make a new one Alistair Carmichael

Flapper skate attacks Paul Hutchison's boat.

Watch: Rare fish rams and punctures fisherman’s boat off Shetland

Forgetful person

I wish someone had told me how terrible your memory gets in midlife Gaby Soutar

The capital of the Faroe Islands, Torshavn, where Russian fishing vessels are still allowed to dock despite Putin's invasion of Ukraine (Picture: Maja Hitij)

Faroes’ struggles over Russia show the danger of being a small nation Alistair Carmichael

A pod of pilot whales in Loch Carron, South Uist (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell)

Why Scotland's failure to protect its seas simply cannot continue Esther Brooker

Joel Quince. Picture: BBC Scotland

Charities condemn 'exploitation' amid Scottish 'modern slavery' probe

Elspeth Macdonald, CEO of SFF

Scots overwhelmingly supportive of fishing sector

Estimates suggest that around six humpback whales die annually in Scottish waters after becoming snagged in the ropes which link lines of creels or lobster pots together – an average of 30 minke whales and 29 basking sharks suffer the same fate each year

The creative solution by Isle of Skye fishermen to end whale deaths

The fishing industry is struggling to recruit enough people to sustain the Scottish fleet.

Fishing industry tells John Swinney to help them recruit fishermen

The Lower Pavillion beat is a popular fishing spot on the River Tweed where families also like to picnic and swim, according to residents in the area

Sewage leak in famous salmon river 'to get worse' as summer arrives

Scotland's leading fishing sector group has called on John Swinney to 'right the wrongs' of the Bute House Agreement

Fishing sector urge John Swinney 'right the wrongs' of Bute House deal

Exclusive 'They've all gone': Fishing hotels at risk of closure over salmon decline

Ministers have to change their mindset says Elspeth Macdonald.

Ministers urged to work with fishing industry, not against it

The UK was among 67 countries to sign the UN's new high seas treaty on its first day (Mario Tama/Getty Images)

UK signs new ocean treaty but net zero u-turn 'already undermining it'

Ally Connell, 38, was only a mile from shore on a fishing trip when he saw a massive shark fin poking out of the water.

Kayaker spots large shark fin circling around him off UK coast

Creel fishermen say the government should listen to them when drafting up HPMAs. Image: Press Association.

Creel fishers urge government to listen to them when drafting up HPMAs

Angus MacPhail of Skipinnish. Image by Stephen Kearney, Little Day Productions

Fishermen in protest song comparing proposed ban to Highland Clearances

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Outer Banks season 3: How to get OBX theme song & every song in OBX3

Scotland's women's carp squad. Picture: Contributed

Here's why Linlithgow Loch is still a "value-for-money" fishery

While strict quotas are intended to maintain stock numbers, mackerel and other species of fish are being hauled from the seas in their tens of thousands.

What future for Scotland's sea fishing industry as our seas empty?

Extraction licences have been suspended to help protect salmon and other wildlife in the River Tweed as water levels drop to record lows due to a long spell of very dry weather, linked to climate change. Picture: Getty Images

Tweed water ban welcomed as fears rise over survival of wild salmon

Malachy Tallack PIC: Craig Colahan

Book review: Illuminated by Water, by Malachy Tallack

Tom Flockhart: 'passionate, driven and once you met him, you certainly couldn’t forget him'

Scotsman Obituaries: Tom Flockhart, entrepreneur and arts patron

Fishing for food supply answers

Bob Mortimer and Paul Whitehouse at Llyn Gwyn Lake, Wales.

Mortimer and Whitehouse: Gone Fishing returns and heads to North Uist

Exports of fresh fish and seafood to the European Union have been severely disrupted by delays since the end of the Brexit transition period (Picture: Jane Barlow/PA Wire)

How Scottish fishing has been sold out by the UK once again – Kenny MacAskill

Fishing has proved to be one of the main stumbling blocks in the talks over a post-Brexit trade deal with the European Union (Picture: Oli Scarff/AFP via Getty Images)

After Brexit, does Scotland really want bitterness of Indyref2? – John McLellan

Prime Minister Boris Johnson and European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen met for negotiations on Wednesday night (Getty Images)

What does a no deal Brexit mean?

RSPB Scotland wants to tackle the accidental capture of seabirds by fishing vessels

We need vision for sustainable fishing - Alex Kinninmonth

David Tennant in Staged

Review: David Tennant and Michael Sheen provide light lockdown relief in Staged

If you regularly partake in a spot of fishing, you may be eager to get back out on the open water or riverbank again (Photo: Shutterstock)

Rules around fishing in the UK during lockdown

A Seafire Resort room, Cayman Islands

Travel: Cayman Islands, Scotland on Sunday travel

Storm clouds are gathering over the future of the fishing industry. Picture: Matt Cardy/Getty

Bill Jamieson: Beware Brexit snakes, but don’t lose sight of the ladders

Fishermen in Shetland say rising numbers of foreign gill-netters and longliners are causing an increase in plastic pollution in Scottish seas and crowding out local boats

Shetland fishermen call for curb on foreign boats using damaging methods in Scot...

Clubbiedean Fishery. Photo by Nigel Duncan

Fishing: Clubbiedean all set to open with more boats and a new season-ticket off...

Environmental groups say nearly half of the North Seas fish stocks continue to be overexploited. Picture: David Cheskin/PA Wire

Paris Gourtsoyannis: Not enough fish in the sea for Brexit

Brexit negotiations are ongoing. EMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP/Getty Images)

Fishing's '˜genuine fear' of Brexit limbo

Loganlea Trout Fishery

Fishing: Culbert happy to cast an eye over your technique

Scottish island on sale for less than a one-bedroom Edinburgh flat

Stuart Goodall is Chief Executive of Confor: promoting forestry and wood

Stuart Goodall: Fishing is important '“ but the forestry sector is twice the siz...

Paris Gourtsoyannis: Tough Brexit talk on fishing is the one that got away
Fishing is turning out to be the '˜fisherman's tale' of Brexit. Full of drama and daring in the telling, but little of substance on dry land.

Back in 1974, only eight EU countries had grazing rights in Scottish waters. Now that number is 28.

Lesley Riddoch: Fishing rights could slip through net

The art works being sold once appeared in comedian Billy Connolly's Scottish townhouse.

Artwork from Billy Connolly's mansion to go up for sale

Guy Grieve on scallop diving, Scotland's stunning seafood and the importance of ...

The dunes at Rattray Head, close to the castle site which was destroyed by moving sand whipped up by a violent storm in the early 1700s. PIC www.geograph.co.uk

The North East castle that disappeared in a sandstorm

The Reul A' Chuain (Star of the Sea) fishes for scallops near the Inner Hebrides.
Picture: Allan Milligan/TSPL

Scottish fishing industry could be '˜Brexit bargaining chip'

Rainer Bonhof islooking forward to returning to Scotland with Borussia Monchengladbach. Picture: Getty Images

Celtic can't expect any gifts from Rainer Bonhof

The fishing industrys backing for Brexit is not small-minded anti-European jingoism. Picture: Contributed

Simon Collins: Fisheries' backing for Brexit not narrow minded

Fishing boats in Fraserburgh harbour . Picture: Alan Miligan

Bertie Armstrong: ending EU fisheries policy a good decision

Senior Superintendent Aubrey Jamieson is based in Lerwick, Shetland. He is pictured ahead of blessing of new boat, The Guardian Angel.

The Fishermen's Mission and its 130-year lifeline to Scotland's coastal communit...

Michael Gove made the error when talking about the EU's Common Fisheries Policy. Picture: Neil Hanna

Michael Gove in Scots fishing ports blunder

The Commission and its permanent bureaucracy is where European power really lies. Picture: TSPL

Comment: The European dream needs a little work

More than 70 per cent of Scots admit they wouldn't know what to do if someone had a heart attack. Picture: Ian Georgeson

Seven numbers you should know this week

Fishing on the Tweed contributes around 24m to the economy. Picture: Walter Baxter

Tweed helps £24m flow into Borders economy

Mallaig harbour is typical of much of the Scottish fishing industry, small-scale but integral to the survival of rural communities. Picture: David Linkie

Watch for catches in casting vote in EU referendum

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Scotland has failed to meet its latest target for reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, the latest official figures show. Picture: John Giles/PA Wire

Fail: Scotland misses climate target

Pro-independence protesters with Scottish Saltire flags (top) march for Scottish independence. Picture: Andy Buchanan/AFP via Getty Images

Yousaf: Growing popular support for Yes the only way to Scottish independence

Nadine Dorries. Picture: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

SNP MP cleared of bullying Nadine Dorries