Inshore fishermen in the South West reacted with mixture of anger, frustration and despair last week to the announcement of an extended closed season for crawfish for all UK and EU vessels. Social media comments expressed a range of views…
Three days after the Fisheries and Seafood Scheme (FaSS) closed to new applications, and just two days after the UK general election was called – only the most cynical FN reader could see this as anything other than a complete…
The MMO has confirmed that it has issued five licences to UK vessels to fish for albacore tuna this summer, of the possible nine that it indicated were available. The UK has a quota of 630t for the species –…
An inshore fisherman who has successfully overturned a 2016 decision that he was not eligible for bass entitlement on his licence has created a real stir in many inshore fishing ports, with a host of other vessel owners now rechecking…
MARINE MANAGEMENT ORGANISATION Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (c.23) Notice of proposal to make a byelaw to prohibit fishing activity within specified areas for the conservation of habitats and species within Allonby Bay Highly Protected Marine Area (HPMA); Dolphin…
The MMO has now confirmed details of the roll-out of iVMS to the English inshore fleet, following last week’s announcement of the restart of the programme (Fishing News, 17 August, ‘iVMS roll-out restarts’).
The MMO has confirmed that the roll-out of inshore vessel monitoring system (iVMS) devices for vessels in England has been restarted, following the hiatus earlier this year after approval for two terminals was withdrawn. New funding deadlines and limits are…
Buffer zone proposals will extend areas closed to fishing vessels in the three English HPMAs
MARINE AND COASTAL ACCESS ACT 2009 APPLICATION FOR WILD OYSTERS RESTORATION TYNE & WEAR Notice is hereby given that Mrs Alison Debney, Zoological Society of London, has applied to the Marine Management Organisation under the Marine and Coastal Access Act…
Repeated warnings were ignored, and fishermen’s concerns were not listened to By Jerry Percy and Sarah Ready of the New Under Ten Fishermen’s Association The lack of independent testing prior to the national roll-out of the iVMS programme is yet…
