NGOs

  • Seafish meeting draws wide range of expertise

    Seafish meeting draws wide range of expertise

    12th October 2023

    The Fisheries Management and Innovation Group, setup by Seafish to bring together a wide range of views about marine protection and fisheries, held a lively meeting in Fishmonger’s Hall in London last week. The catching sector was largely absent from…

  • Squid at record levels in Shetland waters

    Squid at record levels in Shetland waters

    24th January 2023

    Record numbers of squid are being seen in the waters around Shetland, according to an annual independent survey of commercial species. While haddock continues to be the most abundant stock, more than three times the average amount of squid (Loligo…

  • Over 150,000 Europeans call for EU bottom-trawling ban

    Over 150,000 Europeans call for EU bottom-trawling ban

    7th January 2022

    Just before Christmas, green NGOs delivered a giant pop-up book depicting the ‘devastation’ caused by ‘destructive’ bottom trawling to EU commissioner Virginijus Sinkevicius, on behalf of more than 150,000 Europeans who have signed a petition calling for the EU to…

  • NGOs call for more cuts in fishing to save climate

    NGOs call for more cuts in fishing to save climate

    23rd August 2021

    Record stocks ‘disprove claims of overfishing’ Scottish industry leaders have hit out angrily at calls by a coalition of leading green groups for the Scottish government to reduce bottom trawling and introduce a raft of other restrictive measures to fight…

  • ‘Leave quota system alone’

    ‘Leave quota system alone’

    9th September 2019

    ‘Resist changes to quota system’ says SW operator Threat to investment at a difficult time A leading South West vessel operator says that moves to challenge the existing quota allocation system are wrong and should be opposed, because they would…

  • Danger of fisheries being sidelined in Brexit talks

    Danger of fisheries being sidelined in Brexit talks

    2nd January 2017

    Lords report: ‘Expectations may be hard to deliver’ A new Parliamentary report on Brexit and Fisheries says the government faces ‘a huge challenge’ to achieve a successful outcome to the Brexit negotiation on fisheries, reports Tim Oliver. Above: Map showing…

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