Bottom trawl ban in English MPAs on the cards; funding opportunities as FaSS reopens and Marine Fund Scotland launched for 2025-26; and Great British Inshore Fishing Fleet Survey aims to collate views of small-scale fishermen for a new report to government. Plus: the groundbreaking MAKTAG mackerel tagging project; the first all-women’s sea survival course; and an exclusive extract from John Goodlad’s new Food from the Sea – plus your chance to win a copy!

Bottom trawl ban in English MPAs on the cards; funding opportunities as FaSS reopens and Marine Fund Scotland launched for 2025-26; and Great British Inshore Fishing Fleet Survey aims to collate views of small-scale fishermen for a new report to government. Plus: the groundbreaking MAKTAG mackerel tagging project; the first all-women’s sea s....