– 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 –…
End of ‘education’ phase of discards ban The MMO will be taking a tougher line on enforcing the landing obligation/discards ban next year, after a period of educating fishermen on the requirements of the rules, reports Tim Oliver DEFRA official…
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…
MARINE AND COASTAL ACCESS ACT 2009 APPLICATION FOR A MARINE LICENCE IN RELATION TO COASTAL MONITORING WAVE BUOY NETWORK Notice is hereby given that New Forest District Council of Appletree Court, Beaulieu Road, Lyndhurst, SO43 7PA has applied to the Marine…
– 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…
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…
MARINE AND COASTAL ACCESS ACT 2009 APPLICATION FOR THE HAVHINGSTEN FIBRE OPTIC TELECOMMUNICATION CABLE LANDING AT SQUIRES GATE LANE, BLACKPOOL, UK Notice is hereby given that Aqua Comms, 51-54 Pearse Street, Dublin 2 Ireland has applied to the Marine Management…
Aggregate Dredge Area 1803 Bassurelle Extension The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) has carried out an Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) under the Marine Works (EIA) Regulations 2007 (as amended) in relation to the Aggregate Dredge Area 1803 Bassurelle Extension (case reference…
– 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…
U10 e-catch recording to be phased in Changes to original proposal Electronic catch recording for English and Welsh under-10m vessels is planned to start in mid-August – but it will be phased in, instead of applying to the whole fleet…
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