SFF

  • New Issue: Fishing News 29.10.20

    New Issue: Fishing News 29.10.20

    27th October 2020

      – SFF Slams three-mile limit push – Ocean Challenge named on proud day for Skerries – Green coalition pushes for trawling ban – Talks resume to head off no-deal Brexit – Irish ministers pledge no Brexit fisheries sell-out –…

  • SFF slams three-mile limit push  

    SFF slams three-mile limit push  

    26th October 2020

    SFF attacks campaign for three-mile mobile gear ban   ‘No evidence’ for claimed benefits The Scottish Fishermen’s Federation has hit back at green groups and some creel fishermen who are mounting a sustained campaign for mobile gear to be banned…

  • Green pressure on Scots

    Green pressure on Scots

    31st August 2020

    Greens push for radical changes in Scottish fisheries   SFF: Report ‘not realistic and wrong approach’ Leading green groups have made calls for more highly protected marine areas in Scottish waters, low-impact fishing by 2021, restrictions on heavy mobile gear…

  • New Issue: Fishing News 11.06.20

    New Issue: Fishing News 11.06.20

    9th June 2020

      – £2m extra quota for Scots shellfishermen – J-Sea crew rescued after five-hour ordeal – First herring of the year at Peterhead – Ireland rejects zonal attachment – SFF Brexit demands restated as talks resume – Slow response from…

  • New Issue: Fishing News 06.02.20

    New Issue: Fishing News 06.02.20

    4th February 2020

        – Lifejacket aircraft checks – UK industry sets out vision for better deal – New fisheries bill introduced – No Brexit betrayal, warns SFF – MMO: All rules apply during transition – Ewing: fisheries bill ‘ignores devolved process’…

  • North Sea cod cut blast

    North Sea cod cut blast

    6th January 2020

    N Sea cod cut ‘may end fishery as we know it’ Greens, Brussels and MSY under fire Eight fishermen’s organisations with North Sea interests have blasted the decision taken at the December Fisheries Council to cut the North Sea cod…

  • New SFF chief ready for tough challenges ahead

    New SFF chief ready for tough challenges ahead

    17th October 2019

    Tim Oliver talks to Elspeth Macdonald, the new chief executive of the Scottish Fishermen’s Federation Elspeth Macdonald took over the helm of the SFF two months ago from outgoing chief executive Bertie Armstrong, who retired officially on 30 September after…

  • Skipper Expo Int Aberdeen 2019 – 17-18 May

    Skipper Expo Int Aberdeen 2019 – 17-18 May

    9th May 2019

    Over 210 exhibiting companies from 19 different countries will be exhibiting at Skipper Expo Int Aberdeen 2019 on Friday 17 and Saturday 18 May This will be the biggest Skipper Expo Int Aberdeen, highlighting the underlying optimism in Scottish fishing today. Sponsored…

  • ‘No CFP exit delay’ call

    ‘No CFP exit delay’ call

    8th April 2019

    ‘We must leave CFP by end of 2020’ – Federations’ message to minister at Westminster event Industry leaders and representatives told new fisheries minister Robert Goodwill, MPs and Lords last week that whatever else happens, they must not delay the…

  • Brexit in turmoil

    Brexit in turmoil

    21st January 2019

    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…

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