Westminster

  • South East fishermen take protest to parliament

    South East fishermen take protest to parliament

    27th September 2021

    A flotilla of inshore vessels from the South East of England sailed up the Thames to Westminster last Wednesday (22 September), in partnership with Greenpeace – which hosted a group of TV news crews on its own vessel – to…

  • MPs blast Brexit deal in Westminster debate

    MPs blast Brexit deal in Westminster debate

    19th July 2021

    Minister told to engage with industry The devastation caused to all sectors of the fishing industry in all regions by the Brexit deal was spelled out in stark detail by MPs in a Westminster fisheries debate last week, reports Tim…

  • N Ireland quotas ‘plundered’ in Brexit share-out

    N Ireland quotas ‘plundered’ in Brexit share-out

    6th April 2021

    Loss of access to Irish 6-12 zone ignored Northern Ireland says that Westminster has ‘plundered’ its fishing industry in the share-out of extra post-Brexit quota among the four UK administrations announced last week – as it feared would happen, reports…

  • Westminster accused of Brexit fisheries ‘power grab’

    Westminster accused of Brexit fisheries ‘power grab’

    13th November 2017

    Scots minister blasts Withdrawal Bill. Scottish fisheries minister Fergus Ewing has slammed the UK government’s Brexit Withdrawal Bill that will roll over the landing obligation into UK law as ‘one of the most bizarre decisions on fisheries management I have…

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