The UK government has published a report on the ‘Benefits of Brexit’. The report illustrates the government’s view of the achievements over the two years since the UK left the EU. There have several news pieces and research reports released this week which discuss Brexit in relation to UK fisheries and the environment: Firstly, one […]
Bluefin tuna have been tagged with state-of-the-art acoustic tracking tags for the first time in UK waters. The huge fish, which in UK waters can be up to 2.5 m long, are commercially valuable and biologically fascinating. The 7cm long tags send individually coded sound (acoustic) messages to listening stations moored on the seabed, allowing […]
Compare & Contrast: ‘No Fish’ business collapses with this shocking report of Bass dumping. Jerry Percy made it crystal clear that the ‘no fish’ scenario is putting UK fishers out of business at the Coastal Futures conference – see his speaker note below. Then look at this link to bass dumping in the channel Is […]
Fisheries management in the UK is largely devolved. As part of the wider UK Fisheries Management and Support Framework (the Fisheries Framework), the Joint Fisheries Statement provides a mechanism to manage policy divergence while establishing common goals for all administrations to work towards. The JFS sets the policy framework for how the UK will work […]
Bass industry guidance 2021 Information on the rules, regulations and restrictions for bass fishing in 2021 and 2022 MMO guidance Details The Sea Fisheries (Amendment etc.) Regulations 2021 retained and amended the Bass Measures 2020 as per Article 10 of Council Regulation (EU). Bass authorisations are applicable within the British Fishery Limits only. You should refer to […]
‘An independent report on the Evaluation of Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authorities (IFCAs), has been published. Evaluation of the Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authorities Report UK Fishing Industry News ‘The Association which is the representative body for the ten IFCAs in England, has welcomed the ‘Evaluation of the Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authorities commissioned by […]
Daniel Skerritt: ‘I wanted to draw your attention to a letter that has been published in Science on Friday October 29. Our letter “WTO must ban harmful fisheries subsidies” was published in on the same day, a new draft of the treaty text will be released, just over 30 days ahead of the start of […]
The latest inshore fisheries flare up between the UK and the EU over the issuing/or not of fishing licenses. Almost 1,700 EU vessels licences have now been licensed to fish in UK waters, 117 of these in the 6-12 nautical mile zone. However, of the 47 applications made for vessels under 12m in length to […]