Fishermen will receive ‘a major funding package’ to help them take advantage of Brexit, Michael Gove pledges Cabinet Office minister insisted new trade agreement was ‘best possible deal’ Fishing leaders have accused Boris Johnson of betrayal for the compromise Mr Gove said it gives the UK ‘control over who comes into our territorial waters’ By Daily … Read more
Hunt for 17 fishermen feared dead after their boat became ‘caked with ice’ and sank in minus 30 temperatures in the Russian Arctic The Onega sank in the Russian arctic in the early hours of Monday morning A search and rescue mission is under way for 17 missing members of the 19-strong crew after two … Read more
So long, and thanks for all the fishing quotas: Boris Johnson is accused of betraying Britain’s fishermen after compromise with EU in row over trawling The EU will give up only 25 per cent of the value of fish caught in UK waters Christmas Eve agreement will have a five-and-a-half-year transition period Prime Minister claimed … Read more
Seven crab fishermen were injured when their boat was blasted out of the water by a suspected Second World War explosive. Several crew members of the 42ft boat Galwad-Y-Mor suffered life-changing injuries in the accident, 25 miles north of Cromer, Norfolk, last Tuesday. The two British and five Latvian men were hauling in a line … Read more
‘We will protect our fishermen’: Navy should be used to stop EU trawlers operating in UK waters, says Defence Secretary Ben Wallace MP defends plan to deploy four patrol boats if trade talks with the EU collapse He says fishermen have a right to be protected while they go about their work But critics say … Read more
Fishermen rescue turtle from the razor sharp jaws of a tiger shark after it tries desperately to climb aboard their boat Kai Survance and his friends were out fishing when they saw the sea tussle Pair in boat off coast of Abaco, Bahamas, when turtle and tiger shark appeared Turtle tried to climb on their … Read more
Boko Haram massacre kills at least 110: Islamist militants behead and slit the throats of Nigerian rice farmers and fishermen and kidnap their wives and daughters after barbaric attack The workers were rounded up and slaughtered by the militants in Borno state Boko Haram has not claimed responsibility but is believed to be behind attack … Read more
A search for two missing fishermen was called off on Sunday as relatives told of their fears for the men’s lives. Adam Harper and Robert Morley were swept into the sea when their scallop boat sank off the English coast on Saturday. A third man, the boat’s skipper Dave Bickerstaff, 34, was rescued after he was … Read more
Desperate hunt for two fishermen missing at sea after their boat sank off the Sussex coast – as one crew member is pulled from the water alive A distress beacon from the Joanna C began broadcasting at 6am Saturday The EPIRB automatically broadcasts if a vessel sinks showing its last location One crew member from … Read more
Listeners slam ‘woke’ BBC R4’s Today programme for replacing the word fishermen with ‘fisherpeople’ – despite women making up just 2.7% of trawler crews Europe editor Katya Adler used the gender neutral description on air yesterday Critics argued that people working on trawlers are overwhelmingly men Ashley Mullenger, who calls herself the ‘female fisherman’, joined … Read more