The New Under Ten Fishermen’s Association (NUTFA) may have been founded originally by groups of like-minded inshore fishermen from England and Wales seeking a new voice with officialdom and regulators, but its reach now stretches far beyond this. The small…
– Boris Brexit betrayal – Scots will have LESS fish to catch – UK government: ‘Historic deal will protect all UK fishermen’ – Deal falls ‘far short of commitments and promises’ – New UK fishing licences issued after trade agreement…
– Brexit talks on knife-edge – Ireland welcomes EU TAC ‘rollover’ to March 2021 – High Court challenge over trawling rights – NUTFA: ‘No foreign vessels inside 12 miles, deal or no deal’ – MMO support for end of…
ICES gives green light to pulse beaming ‘Less damaging’ than conventional beam trawling Leading international scientific fisheries body ICES says that electric pulse beam trawling is less damaging to the marine environment than conventional beam trawling, reports Tim Oliver. In…
Dutch legal challenge to EU pulse ban Dutch fishermen have mounted a legal challenge to the EU ban on electric pulse beam trawling, reports Tim Oliver Dutch agriculture minister Carola Schouten has filed an application with the European Court of…
– Brexit deal agreed – Scots government under fire over static gear losses – 2018 record whitefish year for Shetland – UK fisheries agreement signed with Faroe Islands – French company to monitor UK vessels – Crowds brave weather…
UK and EU agree 11th hour Brexit deal – but battle to get it through parliament The UK is set to leave the EU next week, after a Brexit deal was agreed and signed off at an EU summit last…
Consultation on U10 e-catch reporting Start in England and Wales by summer 2019 Mandatory electronic catch recording for the under-10m sector has moved a step closer with the launch of a consultation on the scheme by DEFRA/MMO and the Welsh…
‘Anglers must not be equal to commercial fishermen’ – Inshore fishermen’s message to minister as fisheries bill debated Inshore fishermen’s groups are calling on fisheries minister George Eustice to reject moves by recreational angling interests to gain equal ‘stakeholder’ status with…
Landslide vote kills Brexit withdrawal bill No-deal exit or delay more likely The future of Brexit, and the future of the UK as an independent sovereign coastal state, looked highly uncertain after MPs crushed the EU withdrawal bill by a…
