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  • Support for British food – but does this include fish?

    Support for British food – but does this include fish?

    16th January 2025

    Call from NFFO to extend pledge to ‘buy British’ to UK-caught seafood Environment minister Steve Reed gave a speech to the Oxford Farming Conference last week – after braving a host of protesters outside – where he outlined a government…

  • Flapper skate: tracking the road to recovery

    Flapper skate: tracking the road to recovery

    15th January 2025

    NatureScot seeks fishermen’s help in documenting recovery of key apex predator By Dr Jane Dodd, NatureScot In Scotland, we have been seeing positive signs of a recovery in flapper skate numbers. This is welcome news for a species that was…

  • Hornsea fisherman driven out by beach erosion

    Hornsea fisherman driven out by beach erosion

    15th January 2025

    Growing safety concerns for beach-launched fleet A fisherman who has been working out of Hornsea for more than four decades has called time on his career early due to concerns including unsafe launching and landing conditions. Alan Stead, who started…

  • Public Notice: Morocco-UK Power Project

    Public Notice: Morocco-UK Power Project

    14th January 2025

    NOTICE OF ACCEPTANCE OF AN APPLICATION FOR A DEVELOPMENT CONSENT ORDER FOR XLINKS’ MOROCCO-UK POWER PROJECT | APPLICATION REFERENCE: EN010164 Notice under Section 56 Planning Act 2008, Regulation 9 of the Infrastructure Planning (Applications: Prescribed Forms and Procedure) Regulations 2009…

  • Issue specific hearings public notice: Outer Dowsing Offshore Wind

    Issue specific hearings public notice: Outer Dowsing Offshore Wind

    14th January 2025

    NOTIFICATION OF ISSUE SPECIFIC HEARINGS OUTER DOWSING OFFSHORE WIND DEVELOPMENT CONSENT ORDER (APPLICATION REFERENCE EN010130) SECTION 91, PLANNING ACT 2008 | RULE 13(6) INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING (EXAMINATION PROCEDURE) RULES 2010 Notice is hereby given that, at the dates, times and locations…

  • Public Notice: White Cross Offshore Wind Farm | The Electricity Act 1989

    Public Notice: White Cross Offshore Wind Farm | The Electricity Act 1989

    14th January 2025

    THE MARINE AND COASTAL ACCESS ACT 2009 THE MARINE WORKS (ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT) REGULATIONS 2007 (as amended) THE ELECTRICITY ACT 1989 APPLICATION FOR: MLA/2023/00113 WHITE CROSS OFFSHORE WIND FARM Notice is hereby given that White Cross Offshore Windfarm Limited of…

  • Public Notice: Crustacean and molluscan fisheries byelaw

    Public Notice: Crustacean and molluscan fisheries byelaw

    14th January 2025

    MARINE AND COASTAL ACCESS ACT 2009 | CRUSTACEAN AND MOLLUSCAN FISHERIES (VESSEL SPECIFICATIONS) BYELAW 2024 Notice is hereby given: Cornwall Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authority (IFCA) intends to apply to the Minister for the Department for Environment, Food and Rural…

  • Public Notice: Inch Cape Offshore Limited | The Energy Act 2004

    Public Notice: Inch Cape Offshore Limited | The Energy Act 2004

    14th January 2025

    NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR SAFETY ZONE SCHEME DURING CONSTRUCTION AND MAJOR MAINTENANCE OF THE INCH CAPE OFFSHORE WIND FARM THE ELECTRICITY (OFFSHORE GENERATING STATIONS) (SAFETY ZONES) (APPLICATION PROCEDURES AND CONTROL OF ACCESS) REGULATIONS 2007 – STATUTORY INSTRUMENT 2007 NO 1948…

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