Brexit is one-off chance to change quota system. Inshore leader calls for revamp to help coastal communities. An inshore fishermen’s leader has spelled out that Brexit will provide the government with a one-off opportunity to completely reset the quota allocation system…
This week in Fishing News you will find: – Lifejackets law shock – FFL rejects EU no-deal Brexit move but KFO welcomes it – MMO under fire over January quotas ‘farce’ – ‘Not one kilo of UK seafood will get…
This week in Fishing News you will find: – Brexit in turmoil – KFO seeks Brexit mitigation measures – Peterhead catch value exceeds £200m for first time – Public consultation on quota balancing for demersal fish stocks – Marine Scotland…
Landslide vote kills Brexit withdrawal bill No-deal exit or delay more likely The future of Brexit, and the future of the UK as an independent sovereign coastal state, looked highly uncertain after MPs crushed the EU withdrawal bill by a…
This week in Fishing News you will find: – Crewing fight goes on – DEFRA: ‘Get ready for no-deal Brexit’ – Severe weather impacts on first mackerel landings – NAFC fisheries scientists’ busy year – Stormy start for Girl Stephanie…
Cautious optimism that crewing law could change but Brexit hampering government work Crewing remains a serious problem for vessels working inside the 12-mile limit, but the changes in immigration law needed to improve the situation are being hampered because government…
Council moves to avoid chokes as discards ban kicks in Efforts to avoid choke species, particularly those with zero TACs, dominated difficult two-day December council negotiations that brought cuts in some important TACs but increases in others, reports Tim Oliver…
This week in Fishing News you will find: – Electronic catch recording for under-10m fleet – Crunch Brexit vote this week – Coastal states agree 20% mackerel cut for 2019 – Early records and winter weather in Shetland – Sturgeon…
This week in Fishing News you will find: – Fishing central in Brexit – ‘Protect our fishing’ SFF urges politicians – Inshore netters fight to save Solent fishery – BIM seminar to assist fishermen with new EU landing obligation –…
EU takes hard line on trade and fishing in Brexit deal Fishing moved centre-stage last week in the Brexit negotiations, with the publication of the political declaration, and statements from the EU and from French president Emmanuel Macron linking fisheries…
