MMO

  • New Issue: Fishing News 16.01.20

    New Issue: Fishing News 16.01.20

    14th January 2020

      – Brexit threat to N Ireland – Call to stop recruitment fees for foreign fisherman – Two men lost on Alize off Hook Head – Danish fishermen blast onboard cameras plan – Proposed bass measures for 2020 – MMO…

  • New Issue: Fishing News 09.01.20

    New Issue: Fishing News 09.01.20

    8th January 2020

      – North Sea cod cut blast – Cornwall: This Fishing Life – BBC2 documentary – Cod choke risk in 7d ‘may be avoided’ – NFFO chief blasts greens’ ‘obstruction’ – SW leader: Let’s get out of this ‘mad’ system –…

  • U10 E-catch roll-out

    U10 E-catch roll-out

    11th November 2019

    MMO starts e-catch recording for under-10s: phase-in begins for England and Wales The MMO has begun phasing in electronic catch recording for under-10m boats in England and Wales. The roll-out of the new system has started, after the MMO worked…

  • New Issue: Fishing News 31.10.19

    New Issue: Fishing News 31.10.19

    29th October 2019

      – Pulse ban challenge – MMO increases enforcement capabilities – Brexit delayed – again – Whitby Commercial Fishermen’s Association formed – £15.4m funding boost for English industry – TAC cuts planned for 40 stocks – Concerns of N Ireland…

  • Jim Portus: 30 years at the helm

    Jim Portus: 30 years at the helm

    25th October 2019

    Thirty years ago, on 1 October, 1989, fishery protection officer Jim Portus jumped ship from the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAFF – now the MMO) to manage the South Western Fish Producers’ Organisation (SWFPO) He did so after…

  • New Issue: Fishing News 10.10.19

    New Issue: Fishing News 10.10.19

    8th October 2019

      – Minister’s no-deal warning – FFL calls for ‘clean’ no-deal Brexit – UK-Norway deal to fish as normal until 2020 – Brexit – what you need to know – Policing controls strengthened – ‘Blow’ as Seafish pulls out of…

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