News - Page 29 of 40

Sam Signs off as RAC Chairman

3 November 2011

Past NFFO President Sam Lambourn has recently retired as Chairman of the North West Waters Regional Advisory Council in order to devote more of his time to the operation of his fishing vessel, the 12 metre Lyonesse.

NFFO South West Committee Elects New Chairman and Vice Chairman

21 October 2011

The NFFO South West Committee elected John Butterwith as its new Chairman at its meeting on 19th October, replacing Rob Penfold who stands down after leading the Committee for the last 3 years.

Cod Plan: Uncertain Future

10 October 2011

A meeting convened by the European Commission to consider the future of the EU Cod Management Plan, in light of its evaluation by STECF/ICES, has failed to shed much light on the immediate future.

NFFO South West Committee Returns to “Usual Business”

4 October 2011

The NFFO South West Committee meets next in Exeter on 19th October.

NFFO Shellfish Policy

3 October 2011

After careful consideration, the NFFO's Shellfish Committee has adopted a policy on the crab, lobster fisheries, following a recent meeting in Derby attended by a wide range of port representatives.

South East Committee Prepares for MPAs

27 September 2011

The fishing industry in the South East must prepare itself for a dialogue with fisheries managers at individual site level.

NFFO Shellfish Policy: Discussion Paper

16 September 2011

The idea of capping effort in the UK crab and lobster fisheries has been in circulation for many years without making any significant headway.

South East

12 September 2011

Fishermen in the South East have asked the NFFO to reinvigorate its South East Committee

Stocks Meeting

9 September 2011

A major consultative meeting was held in Brussels on 8th September as a prelude to the autumn decisions on TACs and quotas for next year.

Online Survey Opens New Era for Fishermen’s Knowledge

7 September 2011

In a determined attempt to break with the era when fishermen’s knowledge was invariably relegated to the “interesting but unusable” category, the NFFO has introduced a simple-to-use online survey which allows individual fishermen to contribute to the scientific understanding of stock and fleet trends.

Marine Conservation Zones Reach Significant Waypoint

6 September 2011

With the site recommendations by the four English regional MCZ projects due to be published on 7th September, a significant stage in the process has now been completed.

Fisheries Science and Fishermen

2 September 2011

An important change is underway in the relationship between fishermen and fisheries science.

Busy Autumn Ahead

2 September 2011

The Federation is gearing up for an extremely busy autumn

Twelve Words and Two Failed Cod Plans

30 August 2011

Twelve words have rocked the foundations of the EU Cod Management Plan and have undermined the whole basis of the EU’s strategy for rebuilding the cod stocks in the North Sea, Irish Sea and West of Scotland.

Battle Lines Drawn on Transferable Fishing Concessions

11 August 2011

Extreme positions are being adopted and incendiary language used on the issue of transferable quotas.

Sold Out for Bureaucratic Neatness

10 August 2011

Defra’s public response to the NFFO’s broadside on the imminent transfer of administration over English and Northern Irish vessels which exhibit “ a Scottish fishing pattern” to Marine Scotland fails to address any of the substantive points made by the Federation.

EU Technical Conservation Rules: Mission impossible?

10 August 2011

The EU rules which cover technical conservation measures, such as mesh size, minimum landing sizes, and the selectivity of fishing gear generally, have to date been dealt with through the Technical Conservation Regulation.

Celtic Sea Points the Way

5 August 2011

Work going on within the North West Waters RAC, on a long term management plan for the Celtic Sea demersal stocks, points the way forward for the future management of mixed fisheries.

Minister Prepares to Sell out English Fishing Interests

3 August 2011

New devolution concordat will hand over control to Scotland

Irish Sea Cod Enigma

2 August 2011

The stubborn refusal of Irish Sea cod to respond to a whole array of conservation measures is one of the fisheries enigmas of our time.

Under-10m Pilot Quota Schemes

1 August 2011

The Industry/Defra working group charged with developing solutions to the quota problems facing parts of the under 10m fleet, met again recently to review responses to the Defra consultation and discuss ways forward.

CFP Reform “Wide Open”

26 July 2011

The final outcome of the CFP reform is wide open; that was the impression left by Lowri Evans, Director General of DG Mare, the EU Directorate that deals with fisheries and marine affairs, when she met with UK stakeholders in London recently.

Strange Silence Alarms Salmon Netsmen

26 July 2011

Over the last thirty years there has been constant pressure from the powerful and well-connected salmon angling lobby for the closure of the North East coast commercial net fishery.

What delivers sustainable fisheries?

25 July 2011

An interesting and authoritative “global meta analysis” of 345 fish stocks has recently been published.