03 May 2022

Fishing will no longer be permitted in a Jersey harbour after a vote to create a “no-take zone”. The zone aims to give marine life in Portelet Bay better protection and will also be used as a natural laboratory, the BBC reported. The regulations will come into force from 2 May 2022, making it an […]

06 Apr 2021

The environment secretary, George Eustice is facing a threat of legal action from shellfish farmers over claims that the government has misled the industry over its post-Brexit arrangements with the EU. Live mussels, cockles, oysters and other shellfish caught in most of the UK’s waters are no longer allowed to enter the EU following Britain […]

29 Jan 2017

French fishermen fined £84k for fishing in Jersey waters Two French fishermen were fined £84,000 in Jersey’s Royal Court today, after pleading guilty to beam trawling in Jersey waters. The men were on the trawler, ‘Louis Pauline’, in June 2015 before being caught by Fishery Officers within the Jersey Territorial Sea. Data showed that the […]