03 Jan 2017
House of Lords EU Energy & Environment Sub-committee Fisheries and Brexit – Report published Report: Brexit: fisheries (HTML) Report: Brexit: fisheries (PDF) The EU Energy and Environment Sub-Committee has published its report highlighting some of the opportunities and challenges related to managing shared fish stocks following the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union. In […]
14 Dec 2016
Environment Agency Annual fisheries reports Fisheries activity and expenditure in England for the financial year 2015 to 2016, including partnership working and delivery projects. Reports for England and Regions. Environment Agency publishes annual report on flood and coastal erosion risk The Environment Agency has published its annual report on flood and coastal erosion risk management work […]
13 Dec 2016
NUTFA Statement Opportunities and Challenges Introduction: Under ten metre fleet & Brexit Whilst the only certainty with regard to the post Brexit landscape [seascape] for fisheries is that there is no certainty, it does however provide the opportunity to start from a clean sheet on which to design our future. The previous Fisheries Minister, Richard […]
05 Dec 2016
Interesting development – this phrase might spark some interest in other marine sectors …’that negotiations regarding fisheries should not be entangled with non-fisheries issues’ The UK’s two main representative organisations for commercial fishermen – the Scottish Fishermen’s Federation (SFF) and the National Federation of Fishermen’s Organisations (NFFO) – have agreed upon common principles to ensure […]
07 Nov 2016
Essential reading for all those tracking the implementation of the landings obligation. The MMO, and other agencies, are using this ‘collection approach’ to store all their documentation on particular issues. This ‘folder’ now has nine documents including the recent addition of guidance on the demersal landings obligation. 27 October 2016, see all updates MMO Guidance on […]
07 Nov 2016
Commission proposes fishing opportunities in the Atlantic and North Sea for 2017 – comments on bass – Angling Trust and Guardian Brussels, 27 October 2016 ‘In preparation for the December Fisheries Council, where Member States will negotiate fishing quotas in the Atlantic and North Sea for 2017, the Commission is presenting its proposal for healthy […]
31 Oct 2016
The headlines given to George Eustice’s statement (Oct 30th) seem to be based on the work on the analysis of fisheries data was carried out at the request of the Shetland Fishermen’s Association (SFA) by Ian Napier of the NAFC. The Telegraph piece moves from the bold headline to the relationship with the French in […]
24 Oct 2016
Seafish: ‘CLG Brexit Special on Friday 7 October. Seafish organised this Common Language Group (CLG) ‘special’ event to explore the potential issues and opportunities that leaving the EU could have for the seafood sector. Seafish lined up expert speakers from across the seafood supply chain to talk about key areas such as trade, regulation, marine governance, […]
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