The inshore sector has been dealt a significant blow with the retirement of Sarah Ready (pictured above) from NUTFA. Sarah was well known for her support for individual fishermen facing multiple issues, from financial hardship to legal or practical challenges.…
Jerry Percy, director of NUTFA, which represents under-10m vessels, has said that the MCA’s introduction of compulsory medical certification for fishermen has been ‘a fiasco from start to finish’. On 29 November, 30 hours before the deadline by which all…
An investigation by NUTFA has discovered that the Department of Transport (DoT) is in breach of its own legislation, which required it to publish a review of the Fishing Vessel Regulations, introduced in 2017, by 23 October last year. The…
Repeated warnings were ignored, and fishermen’s concerns were not listened to By Jerry Percy and Sarah Ready of the New Under Ten Fishermen’s Association The lack of independent testing prior to the national roll-out of the iVMS programme is yet…
MAIB reports show not one instance of an individual fisherman’s health causing an accident The New Under Ten Fishermen’s Association (NUTFA) has written to shipping minister Baroness Charlotte Vere and transport minister Mark Harper reiterating its concerns about the new…
The new under ten Fishermen’s Association (NUFTA) has written to the newly appointed MCA chief executive Virginia McVea requesting an urgent meeting about the unprecedented numbers of worried fishermen seeking its advice about the new medical requirements being introduced this…
Defra announced last week a widespread consultation on the management of fly-shooting in UK waters, including an online survey The online survey is accessible here. The fishery is operated mainly by large Anglo-Dutch vessels, targeting non-quota species including red mullet,…
Limit to apply to all vessels to comply with TCA NUTFA is calling for all vessels working with mobile gear in the UK 6-12nm zone to be restricted in power and size, as a means to prevent powerful Dutch fly-draggers…
Without urgent steps to curb the activities of the Dutch-owned ‘super-seiners’, the days of inshore fishing from South East ports are numbered, writes NUTFA director Jerry Percy Shortly after EU exit at the end of December 2020, NUTFA queried the…
The four UK administrations have taken different approaches to the introduction of VMS in the under-12m sector, with Defra and the Welsh government at the forefront of moves to make operation of VMS mandatory across the entire fleet during 2022.…
