But ‘choke’ worries as saithe transferred to Norway. Fishermen will have increased quotas in 2018 for five of the six North Sea stocks jointly managed by the EU and Norway, reports Tim Oliver. This was the outcome of the annual…
NFFO: ‘December talks still crucial until Brexit’ Problems facing fishermen over bass, skates and rays and spurdogs were among a wide range of issues discussed last week as vital pre-December Council talks between the industry and government got underway, reports…
But fair treatment for foreign vessels in UK waters. Fisheries minister George Eustice spelled out last week that when the UK leaves the EU, under international law, the responsibility for managing fisheries within the UK’s 200-mile/median line exclusive economic zone…
Devon and Severn IFCA is taking the lead in the South West to manage a developing sustainable wrasse fishery using light pots. Above: Wrasse. Wrasse are in demand from salmon farms because they are natural feeders on fish lice and…
UK pulls out of London Convention deal on 6-12 access. The government has put in motion steps to secure exclusive control over the UK’s 12-mile limit, reports Tim Oliver. DEFRA secretary Michael Gove announced last week that the UK has…
DEFRA’s top minister has assured the Scottish Fishermen’s Federation that fisheries will be ‘a key area in the EU exit negotiations’. Andrea Leadsom, Secretary of State at DEFRA, says Brexit will be ‘a once in a generation chance to regenerate…
‘Eustice sacrificing English interests to appease Scots’ NFFO asks ‘who is fighting our corner?’ English fishing interests and quotas are being sacrificed to appease nationalist pressure in Scotland, and the UK minister is failing to defend English interests, reports Tim…
‘Minister not looking after English industry interests’ UK fisheries minister George Eustice has come under heavy fire from the NFFO over a deal agreed between DEFRA and Scottish fisheries minister Fergus Ewing to top slice 1,500t of north east Arctic…
The South Western Fish Producers Organisation, in association with Devon & Seven IFCA, will host a seminar conference on king scallops at the Brixham Laboratory of the Plymouth University next week, on Monday 10 and Tuesday 11 October. Dr Kevin…
DEFRA: Decisions to be notified ‘as soon as we can’ Well over half of the English under-10m vessel owners whose licences were capped or suspended have appealed against their capping notifications, reports Tim Oliver. DEFRA says it has received 447…
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