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…
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…
It’s vital that fishermen make their views known in a fishery with significant French interest, and where anglers take over a quarter of the catch By Andy Read The Bass Fishery Management Plan (FMP) for England and Wales differs from…
New consultations, responses to previous consultations – though few decisions – and UK Seafood Fund grant announcements on same day from Defra In a wide-ranging announcement last week, Defra launched a series of consultations on proposed reforms of fisheries management…
Range of initiatives planned by The Seafarers’ Charity and the NFFO The final day of Maritime Safety Week 2023 saw the launch of a new partnership between The Seafarers’ Charity and the NFFO, which signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU)…
NFFO: ‘This is a really valuable opportunity to give the MCA feedback’ The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) has launched an online survey asking for views from fishermen on its proposals for the implementation of ILO 188 – the international…
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