A CONSULTATION on the enforcement of a new marine licensing system, which will be introduced by the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009, was launched yesterday by Defra.

IT MAY not have walked off with any of the prizes on the night, but frozen at sea cod was one of the big winners of London’s glamorous Fish & Chip Shop of the Year awards ceremony. That is the verdict of the Frozen at Sea Filleted Fish Association (FASFA), which yesterday proclaimed it the ‘unsung hero’ of the night.

AN INITIATIVE set up through the Welsh Assembly Government to provide Welsh fish and shellfish companies with more business opportunities has been given the seal of approval after an independent evaluation.

ELVER fisherman Michael Watts faced a double whammy after a Crown Court jury found him guilty of illegal fishing on the River Parrett in Somerset.