Bigger cut advised on North Sea cod – and the chance it will be revised down yet further. Delays to Scottish FMPs welcomed by industry – ‘better to get them right than get them fast’. Promising results from first Thames clam trial, and optimism at start of Manx scallop season. Plus: the 50-year career of Noble’s-built stalwart Prospector, and the story behind the creation of a new portrait immortalising Newlyn fishermen.

Bigger cut advised on North Sea cod – and the chance it will be revised down yet further. Delays to Scottish FMPs welcomed by industry – ‘better to get them right than get them fast’. Promising results from first Thames clam trial, and optimism at start of Manx scallop season. Plus: the 50-year career of Noble’s-built stalwart Prospector, an....