NFFO

  • NFFO blasts UK minister

    NFFO blasts UK minister

    10th January 2017

    ‘Eustice sacrificing English interests to appease Scots’ NFFO asks ‘who is fighting our corner?’ English fishing interests and quotas are being sacrificed to appease nationalist pressure in Scotland, and the UK minister is failing to defend English interests, reports Tim…

  • NFFO fury as cod quota set to move north

    NFFO fury as cod quota set to move north

    20th December 2016

    ‘Minister not looking after English industry interests’ UK fisheries minister George Eustice has come under heavy fire from the NFFO over a deal agreed between DEFRA and Scottish fisheries minister Fergus Ewing to top slice 1,500t of north east Arctic…

  • Wind farm off Yorkshire coast covers 154 sq miles

    Wind farm off Yorkshire coast covers 154 sq miles

    23rd February 2016

    The world’s largest windfarm is to be built in the North Sea 80 miles off the Yorkshire coast, reports Tim Oliver Developer DONG Energy says the Hornsea-1 farm will cover more than 154 square miles and its wind turbines will…

  • UK Fisheries Minister engages with discussions with NFFO

    UK Fisheries Minister engages with discussions with NFFO

    30th July 2015

    Fisheries Minister, George Eustice, met recently in London with the NFFO’s Executive Committee to discuss the industry’s principal areas of current concern. The issues raised with the Minister reflected both the diversity of the Federation’s membership but also the complexity…

  • Scrapping boats rebuilds stocks

    Scrapping boats rebuilds stocks

    7th July 2015

    Scrapping schemes to reduce fleet capacity throughout Europe have been the fundamental reason behind the current successful rebuilding of stocks in NE Atlantic waters according to a UK fishermen’s leader, reports Tim Oliver Commenting on current EU fisheries management NFFO…

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