Fishing News 4th June 2026

This issue reveals that UK seafood exports reached £2bn, driven by strong mackerel and scallop prices and an extraordinary boom in octopus sales. It also examines Reform UK’s emerging fisheries policy, calls for wider restrictions on bottom trawling in European protected areas and proposals for independent oversight of Ireland’s fisheries regulator. On the practical side, fishermen and rescue specialists undertake pioneering marine-entanglement training, while a heritage feature recalls working aboard Scotland’s herring fleet during the 1950s. Further reports cover the MMO’s new leadership, a royal visit celebrating Toms’ upgraded boatyard and changing fortunes in South West pot fisheries.