Call from NFFO to extend pledge to ‘buy British’ to UK-caught seafood Environment minister Steve Reed gave a speech to the Oxford Farming Conference last week – after braving a host of protesters outside – where he outlined a government…
NFFO chief executive Mike Cohen lays out his priorities for the next government… The end of June saw the publication of the last of the major party manifestos. Fishing is an important industry, but one about which most people have…
Initial tank test results suggest a sea-state-based approach to certification may be better for some small vessels than blocking the scuppers – and could feed into revisions to the under-15m code
The NFFO has launched a research project to better understand what fishermen want and need from a PFD. During February and March, it will be running face to face workshops in Newlyn and Grimsby, as well as a short online…
NFFO president Paul Gilson, who has worked on a variety of fisheries from his home port of Leigh-on-Sea in Essex, got a surprise name-check during Prime Minister’s Question Time in parliament last week. It came when his local MP Anna…
With the ML5 medical certification deadline just days away, the NFFO was attempting last week to clarify an additional issue with respect to its implementation in relation to vessel owners – an avenue that it says has been poorly explained…
It was promised in parliament on 13 July this year. After several postponements, Mark Harper, secretary of state for transport, finally met with Mike Cohen, the chief executive of the NFFO, on 25 October. The much-anticipated meeting was touted by…
NFFO Chief Executive Mike Cohen met Secretary of State for Transport Mark Harper, Baroness Vere, the ministers charged with oversight of the MCA, the ministers’ political advisors and MCA staff last Thursday, in a long-planned, and much postponed, meeting, which…
The 46th NFFO AGM, possibly the last before an election in 2024, was held in the historic Watermen’s Hall in the City of London last Wednesday afternoon, after a National Executive Committee meeting held earlier in the day. MPs from…
“It’s been a bit of a whirlwind, really,” Mike Roach told Fishing News at the end of his first six months as deputy chief executive of the National Federation of Fishermen’s Organisations (NFFO). “It’s enough of a challenge to learn…
