Brexit is being presented as a beacon of hope for fishers. Many in coastal communities are looking to Brexit to lift them out of the economic hardship in which they feel trapped. But modelling from the New Economics Foundation has shown that without action, Brexit risks creating as many ‘losers’ as ‘winners’ across the diverse UK fishing fleet. The […]
Guardian: Brexit is a red herring when it comes to the plight of UK fishermen John Lichfield Small fishing companies are harmed not by the EU, but by government rules that allow big interests to corner the quotas Pericles, Prince of Tyre, Act 2, scene 1: Third Fisherman: Master, I marvel how the fishes live […]
The issue of ownership of UK quota by European companies apparently isn’t likely to be changed by Brexit. Fishing industry warning over future of small boats before Brexit By Ross Hawkins Political correspondent, BBC News UK is set to stay in the Common Fisheries Policy until the Brexit transition period ends in December 2020. Hundreds […]
Amy Wardlaw, MMO, ‘The MMO is seeking to continue work with the fishing industry on the Fully Documented Fisheries (FDF) scheme – looking at ways of tackling the problem of discarding fish. On behalf of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) we’ve been running the Fully Documented Fishery scheme with industry since […]
Timed perfectly to coincide with MMO’s quota documentation on this the New Economics Foundation report explores how this process is undertaken by different European countries. Griffin Carpenter: Fish stocks are owned by no one but desired by many. How, then, should access to fish stocks be determined? In the EU, member states have answered this question very […]
Globally the trend is towards fewer, larger fishing boats, and a concentration of fishing rights in fewer hands, making it hard for smaller fishing operations to compete. There are often trade-offs between the social, environmental and economic value of fishing. A new fresh approach to fishing is needed, so that the industry brings the biggest […]
Unsurprisingly given Brexit Government pitched their announcement in terms of the quota increases for some stocks, whilst MMO have released advice for bass Bass fishing – catch limits,closures and minimum size. No doubt there will further commentary on what these decisions mean for stocks. Defra December 14 Quota Outcomes ‘Today the UK government achieved agreements […]
Defra have launched a stakeholder consultation: We’d like your views on our proposed changes to the 2012 Fisheries Concordat. The Fisheries Concordat sets out arrangements for licensing fishing vessels and allocating fish quota received through the EU’s Common Fisheries Policy. Our plans include changing when fishing vessel owners can move the management of vessels from […]