nd us on Join the Fishing News group – follow this link £3.25 http://on.fb.me/shingnews 19 July 2018 Issue: 5421 17 April 2015 TURN TO£2.99 PAGE 2 FOR THE FULL Courageous Courageous approaches Symbister harbour for the first time after being bought by a youthful Whalsay partnership (Photo courtesy REPORT PLANSat Whalsay TOIvan Reid) CHARGE INDUSTRY Kirkella – new Hull freezer trawler fishing her first trip REGIONAL NEWS North Sea hake, plaice and whiting A large number of Whalsay residents awarded MSC certification braved gales force winds and driving North Sea hake, plaice and whiting, and West Coast sleet to welcome the latest addition haddock, were awarded MSC accreditation on 3 July, to the local fleet, the 26.5m whitefish after being entered for assessment by the Scottish trawler Courageous LK 470, into Fisheries Sustainable Accreditation Group (SFSAG), Symbister harbour for the first time at reports David Linkie. the beginning of this month, reports In an innovative approach, SFSAG did an David Linkie. expedited assessment of the North Sea haddock The occasion was given added fishery, which secured MSC certification for the significance by the fact that Courageous second time in 2015. Expedited assessment enabled has been bought by four young Whalsay the target species array to be expanded to haddock, fishermen, skipper Ian Shearer (24), saithe, plaice, hake and whiting in five separate engineer Malcolm Reid (24) Christopher Units of Assessment and a range extension that Irvine (19) and James Johnston (18), in includes ICES divisions 4, 6a, 3a and 2a (EU waters), partnership with LHD Ltd. depending on the species. With an average age of just 21 years, Following a positive audit by the independent the new partnership is probably one of assessment body control union Pesca, hake, plaice and the youngest on record for this class of whiting, together with West Coast haddock, have now vessel. been added to the existing haddock certificate. The four partners have all been continues on page 5 crew members on local whitefish boats since leaving The new school, freezer with stern Ian trawler Shearer Kirkella… aboardThe Defiant, new freezer Christopher stern trawler Irvine Kirkella on H 7 sailed from Ålesund Tranquility,at the endMalcolm of last Reidmonth, with to fishArcturus her maiden trip, reports David and JamesLinkie Johnston. on Guardian Angell beforeKirkella this was boat designed was renamedby Rolls-Royce Marine AS. Of Courageous.81.21m LOA and a beam of 16m, the hull was built at Crist ContinuedShipyard, on Poland, Page 5and fitted out by Myklebust Verft AS at Gursken, Norway, for UK Fisheries Ltd, Hull. Built to replace an 86m stern trawler of the same name, built in 2015 and sold to Spain earlier this year, the new Kirkella features a state-of-the-art factory deck, including … leaving Ålesund at the start of her maiden trip. onboard filleting lines and a fishmeal production plant. (Photos: Jan Sætre) Up to 100t of whitefish can be processed daily on the factory deck, and frozen using Slippurinn/Afak machinery and each 350m3. FALOptimar freezing, auto-ejectingChie and palletising equipment.F The :The ‘Telatest in a long line ofLL Hull trawlers named MPs Kirkella, it Hedinn HPP-2000 fishmeal plant produces 9.6t of product is powered by a Rolls-Royce Bergen B33 45L6 main engine North Sea hake… per 24 hours. of 3,600kW, and is equipped with electric winches. A Rolls- Kirkella’s main lower freezer hold has a capacity of Royce Bergen C25 33l6A auxiliary engine of 1,920kW, and a we1,400m 3. 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STAINLESS STEEL FEET CALL: 01603 788833 ONLINE: teknomek.co.uk EMAIL: [email protected] ISO 9001 Made in Quality Management the UK 2 NEWS Visit us at fishingnews.co.uk and on Twitter @YourFishingNews 19 July 2018 Management charges on industry after Brexit White paper sets out plans for new management regime The UK government is proposing to impose charges on fishermen to contribute towards the cost of fisheries management after Brexit, reports Tim Oliver This is one of a number of Quota reallocation it would be necessary to monitor controversial ideas in the DEFRA intends to discuss with the potential cumulative impact of fisheries white paper it published the devolved administrations medium-impact vessels.” last week, in which it set out its and stakeholders how any A targeted scientific trial using thinking on a new post-Brexit additional quota the UK may an effort-based (days-at-sea) fisheries management regime. acquire after Brexit could be regime in place of a quota regime Other ideas are to impose allocated. Zonal attachment is for some low-impact inshore charges on over-quota fish one method that might be used. A fisheries will be considered. landed under the discards ban, new methodology will be in place ‘Robust’ vessel monitoring to end the under-10m/over-10m in time for the allocation of any systems and catch-reporting fleet division and redefine additional opportunities agreed would have to be in place before ‘low-impact’ inshore boats, from December 2020 onwards. any trial could begin. and to look at effort control “We will learn from best If this is successful, further as an alternative management practice in other fisheries nations, selective effort-based trials or measure for some smaller such as Iceland and New Zealand, alternative hybrid models will be vessels. where the commercial fishing ‘carefully considered’ in other It is not clear from the white industry and the recreational parts of the demersal fleet. paper which of the plans it sets sector work in closer partnership DEFRA says it aims to manage out will apply throughout the with government, while making a fisheries – including recreational UK, and which only to England. greater financial contribution.” fishing – and the wider marine “The sheer brazen-faced effrontery of this lot The powers the devolved A quota ‘reserve’ will be environment ‘as a shared asking us to underwrite their bloody costs... It’s like administrations will exercise in considered in England, using resource, a public asset held in us asking them to pay our diesel.” the post-Brexit management additional quota acquired after stewardship for the benefit of all’. regime are unclear. Brexit. It will be allocated by the On charges, the white paper MMO in accordance with the new Preventing discarding stocks from quota limits, and using Devolved says it will use the fisheries bill to criteria, which will be discussed “The UK government remains fully alternative management measures administrations ensure the MMO in England ‘has with industry and stakeholders. committed to ending the wasteful ● If supported by the science, The decision-making power the same powers as elsewhere Some early thoughts on discarding of fish, and wants to removing the requirement to of each of the devolved in the UK to recover their costs reallocation include: work with the industry to address land under-size fish of stocks administrations is expected to for fisheries management’. Cost ● Retaining some fishing this issue,” says the white paper. that have little or no value, increase. The government is recovery will also ‘encourage opportunities to incentivise the To deter catching fish in subject to appropriate control also working with the Channel behaviour change in the industry reduction of discards excess of quota, or discarding the and enforcement and full Islands and the Isle of Man and a responsible approach ● Raising revenue from the new fish caught, and to try to avoid documentation of the catches, administrations to develop to the management of a public opportunity to support fisheries ‘choking’ of vessels or POs, a which would be set against quota. new fisheries management asset’. science, particularly the stock charge related to the market value A joint working party with agreements. “Our future vision is surveys that underpin annual TAC of the over-quota fish landed could industry and other interests will be that industry should take a negotiations be considered (with an allowance established to help develop the Marine environment greater, shared responsibility ● Auctioning or tendering, taking for handling costs). detail of how the schemes could The government will retain for sustainably managing into account the wider potential “This flexibility will be particularly work in practice. EU regulations to manage the fisheries, while making a greater benefits, including those which important in mixed fisheries impacts of fishing on the marine contribution towards the costs. stand to be delivered by applicant where it is very difficultto entirely Western waters environment. It also wants UK “This can include, for POs’ plans for sustainable avoid by-catch, and traditional DEFRA and the MMO will work authorities to be able to decide example, work to develop new fisheries enforcement methods such as with scientists, stakeholders and what measures are needed to management practices and ● Considering whether some quota penalties and prosecution industry to develop sustainable protect habitats and species contributing to fisheries science, fishing opportunities should be might not always be appropriate.” management measures for throughout UK waters. This will being part of the delegation in reserved for the recreational Such landings would be covered by non-quota stocks in Western enable the government to deliver the negotiations, being more angling sector.