14 Apr 2017
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 […]
20 Mar 2017
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 […]
22 Feb 2017
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 […]
03 Jan 2017
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 […]
13 Dec 2016
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 […]
23 May 2016
Greenpeace ‘Small scale fishermen in England are struggling to retain their livelihood, while multi-million pound companies buy up the majority of fishing right, according to a new investigation by Greenpeace. The investigation revealed that just three companies own nearly two-thirds of England’s fishing quota while some fishermen hoard quota on vessels which never cast a […]
23 May 2016
Tom Appleby, van der Werf, and Chris Williams have analysed the current situation in a recent paper. Abstract/Description The UK’s fishery is a public asset worth in the region of £1,125 million. The free allocation of quota to commercial businesses on the basis of 2 years’ track record is a similar process to permitting that […]
02 Feb 2016
Government fishing policy judicial review verdict – Greenpeace response 18 January, 2016 Greenpeace: Following a recent judicial review which saw Greenpeace challenge the UK Government over its distribution of fishing quota, Mrs Justice Andrews DBE has ruled in the Government’s favour. Responding to the verdict, Greenpeace UK’s Head of Oceans, Will McCallum, said: ‘Low-impact fishing […]
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