The National Federation of Fishermen’s Organisations
A formal system of marine spatial planning may still be some years down the road but when it arrives it will be of the utmost significance for all human activities at sea - including fishing - at least in EU waters.
22 March 2010
26 February 2010
Brown Crab will be the focus for a comprehensive examination of policy when the NFFO Shellfish Committee meets in London on 9th March.
25 February 2010
A new industry body has been formed, supported by two national federations, NFFO and SFF and involving a wide range of other fishermen’s’ organisations.
16 February 2010
The introduction of the new Omega net gauge has been seriously mishandled and there are mounting concerns whether it is fit for purpose.
10 February 2010
The founding organisations of the new MPA Fishing Coalition met recently with Natural England, JNCC and senior Defra officials, to begin high level engagement on the establishment of a network of marine protected areas in UK waters.
2 February 2010
The decision to close the English whitefish fleet down for the last week of the effort year, to address fisheries administrations’ concerns about exceeding the overall UK allocation of Kwdays, was transparently unfair and pointless.
1 February 2010
The UK’s two main UK fishermen’s federations have thrown their support behind an official complaint over a BBC programme that portrayed a totally inaccurate and damaging picture of the fishing industry.
20 January 2010
The announcement on January 8th by the Prime Minister on plans for a further 32GW of offshore wind generating capacity by 2020 inspires awe at the scale of what is being embarked upon.
19 January 2010
The terminology, “Good Environmental Status”, and “Marine Strategy Framework Directive”, is enough to bring on a short nap or a change of channel. But that would be a serious mistake.
12 January 2010
A short but important article on the NFFO website is having an impact in the United States.
It is a basic reality of fishing politics in the 21st century that next to nothing can be achieved alone.
11 January 2010
The annual Fisheries Debate is the main opportunity during the year for the Government to outline its policies on fishing and for MPs from the main political parties to respond.
Council of Ministers, EU/Norway negotiations and internal government meetings where UK fisheries policy is formulated, are not covered by CCTV
8 January 2010
The UK has now published its response to the Commission’s Green Paper on CFP reform.
7 January 2010
NFFO Chief Executive Barrie Deas and Fisheries Minister Huw Irranca Davies in this programme of Radio 4’s
One of the peculiarities of fisheries politics over the past 10 years or so has been the level of sustained criticism of the industry in the media.
6 January 2010
One of the Federation’s priorities for January is to agree as far as possible with Defra the terms of the days at sea regime for vessels operating in the Cod Recovery Zone.
23 December 2009
The Lisbon Treaty means that from here on in all decisions on European fisheries issues will be made jointly by the Council of Ministers and the European Parliament.
22 December 2009
The 2010 NFFO Yearbook has now been distributed to NFFO members.
NFFO Chairman Davy Hill Looks Forward into the New Year
16 December 2009
The annual quota negotiations have begun in Brussels following a late evening meeting between an NFFO delegation and UK Fisheries Minister Huw Irranca-Davies to finalise the UK’s priorities.
10 December 2009
Commissioner Joe Borg, outlined his views on the future direction of travel for Commission policy fisheries
The NFFO’s response to the Commission’s Green Paper is now complete and will be dispatched to the Commission in the next week, well before the 31st December deadline.
The NFFO has heavily criticised the appointment of what Defra is calling an “independent Science Advisory Panel”, which will advise on whether Marine Conservation Zone (MCZ) proposals meet the government’s scientific criteria for delivering its much touted Ecologically Coherent Network of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs).
