Organic expert awarded Honorary Fellowship

An organic farming expert has been awarded an Honorary Fellowship by Scotland’s Rural College.




Fisherman ordered to pay over £6,500 for breaking fisheries byelaws

Defendant cast a drift net from his boat while inside a conservation zone




Grant to fund research into mental wellbeing in vet industry

Scotland’s Rural College has received a £20,000 grant for research focussed on mental health and wellbeing within the veterinary professions.




New equipment to help combat illegal fishing

Funding has helped secure new specialist equipment to boost fisheries enforcement patrols in East Anglia.




Fines for anglers caught flouting the law

Anglers found guilty of fishing offences in Cambridgeshire have been ordered to pay fines, costs and victim surcharges totalling almost £1,800.