NFFO

  • Sea state and vessel stability

    Sea state and vessel stability

    15th March 2024

    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

  • Help to design better PFDs for fishing!

    Help to design better PFDs for fishing!

    16th February 2024

    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…

  • ML5: further complications as deadline looms

    ML5: further complications as deadline looms

    29th November 2023

    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…

  • As ML5 deadline looms: “We have heard nothing”

    As ML5 deadline looms: “We have heard nothing”

    22nd November 2023

    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…

  • Transport minister finally meets NFFO on MCA issues

    Transport minister finally meets NFFO on MCA issues

    1st November 2023

    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…

  • “Frank and valuable”: NFFO AGM hears from three MPs

    “Frank and valuable”: NFFO AGM hears from three MPs

    25th October 2023

    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…

  • A Day In The Life Of: NFFO Deputy Chief Executive Mike Roach

    A Day In The Life Of: NFFO Deputy Chief Executive Mike Roach

    20th October 2023

    “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…

  • Talk to us! Plea from NFFO as transport minister maintains silence on ML5

    Talk to us! Plea from NFFO as transport minister maintains silence on ML5

    12th September 2023

    The National Federation of Fishermen’s Organisations (NFFO), which was in Westminster last week briefing MPs on various current issues around fishermen’s safety, made an impassioned plea to MPs asking them to engage with Mark Harper (pictured above), the secretary of…

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