Crewing crisis for Nephrops boats, as Seafish warns that visa salary rules could force tie-ups within months; new row with EU brewing, as Commission moves to tighten rules on shared stocks; ‘serious concerns’ in English industry about the Crown Estate’s latest wind power plans; and proposals for a new market in Plymouth move forward, with a feasibility study due by November. Plus: vessel retirals north and south of the border in Sailing into the Sunset, and a first-hand account of the distant-water boom days from Gaul skipper Ernest Suddaby.

Crewing crisis for Nephrops boats, as Seafish warns that visa salary rules could force tie-ups within months; new row with EU brewing, as Commission moves to tighten rules on shared stocks; ‘serious concerns’ in English industry about the Crown Estate’s latest wind power plans; and proposals for a new market in Plymouth move forward, wi....