Sandeels are a key food source for many seabirds, including the colonies of gannets, puffins, razorbills and other species at the RSPB Bempton Cliffs nature reserve on the Yorkshire coast.

Sand eels are not even eels. They are long, thin fish, useful to humans only to produce fishmeal. But puffins and kittiwakes love them; and in view of these birds’ declining numbers, the UK last year ...

Sand eels are a vital source of food for seabirds that live along the UK coastline, including the internationally important ...

The UK move to implement the closures to all boats targeting the fish comes after expert advice that prohibiting fishing for sand eels in the North Sea will benefit seabirds, fish and marine mammals.

The European Union has launched legal action against the UK over a ban on catching sand eels in British waters in a fresh post-Brexit fishing dispute.. In January, Britain announced a ban on ...

The rift comes at a sensitive time for EU-UK relations since prime minister Keir Starmer is aiming to strengthen ties with the trading union. As well as being eaten by puffins, sand eels are eaten ...

With broad control over its fishing policy, the UK banned fishing for the sand eel in 2024, following years of pushing from environmentalists. However, the post-Brexit Trade and Cooperation Agreement ...

The UK breached its obligations in closing parts of its waters to EU sand eel fishermen, a tribunal has ruled while upholding London’s right to restrict access in other areas.

The UK and Scottish governments' move to stop sand-eel fisheries came after 25 years of campaigning by green groups and charities, including the RSPB. READ MORE: Israel bombs Iran as huge ...

The case challenges UK restrictions on sand eel fishing, a €52 million ($56.3 million) industry primarily used for fishmeal production.

However it does not mean the UK is legally obliged to reverse the closure of English waters to EU boats fishing for sand eel, the UK government said. The RSPB was one of dozens of conservation ...

Sand eel is set to take center stage in the first courtroom trade battle between the UK and EU since Brexit, reports the BBC.. The UK has banned European vessels from catching the fish in its ...