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The NFFO West Coast Committee at its recent meeting held in Barrow-in Furness was given presentations on the recently launched Irish Sea Marine Conservation Zone Project and Seafish’s Responsible Fishing Scheme.

West Coast Committee Engages the Irish Sea Marine Conservation Zone Project

14 August 2009

The NFFO West Coast Committee at its recent meeting held in Barrow-in Furness was given presentations on the recently launched Irish Sea Marine Conservation Zone Project and Seafish’s Responsible Fishing Scheme.

Control Regulation Moving Fast

10 August 2009

The new EU Control Regulation is moving rapidly towards adoption by the Council of Ministers in October, raising fears that this hectic timetable will result in a botched job.

Scientific Advice for TACs and Quotas in 2010

30 July 2009

The NFFO played a full role in a major meeting organised recently by the European Commission to hear the annual scientific advice on the stocks and to prepare for the Commission’s proposals for next year’s TACs and quotas.

Sledgehammers and Nuts: What do Drugs Barons, Terrorists and Fishermen have in Common?

27 July 2009

The recent conclusion of the long-running court case about fish landings in Newlyn, has brought the use the Serious Organised Crime Agency, for fisheries offences, into the spotlight.

ICES Advice: “Most Stocks Stable”

27 July 2009

In an overview given to a major consultative meeting on the Scientific Advice on European fish stocks, held recently in Brussels, a senior ICES scientist stated that most European fish stocks can be categorised as being broadly stable.

There’s “Overfishing”, then there’s “Overfishing”

22 July 2009

“Overfishing” is a widely used phrase, especially in the media. But it doesn’t always mean the same thing.

Commission Double Standards on RAC Advice

13 July 2009

Shifting goal posts and weak assessments cripple ICES advice

Crewing Crisis: Joint NFFO/SFF Delegation

3 July 2009

A joint delegation from the NFFO and the Scottish Fishermen’s Federation met recently with the Migration Advisory Committee at the Home Office

TACS and Quotas for 2010

3 July 2009

The process of establishing Total Allowable Catches and Quotas for 2010 has begun with the publication of ICES scientific advice and a statement from the Commission which outlines the approach it will be adopting when it comes to make its proposals around November.

North Sea Stocks Survey 2009

26 June 2009

The NFFO in collaboration with the North Sea Regional Advisory Council and other Fishermen’s representative bodies are again running the North Sea Stocks Survey.

Real Time and Area Closures

24 June 2009

Real time closures are now established as a significant feature of the Cod Recovery Plan.

Shellfish Consultation

24 June 2009

An NFFO delegation met recently with Defra officials and the Shellfish Association of Great Britain to discuss shellfish policy.

NFFO Speech on CFP Reform

11 June 2009

The NFFO recently shared a platform with European Fisheries Commissioner, Joe Borg at an event organised by the influential European Policy Centre. The speech is reproduced below.

Crewing Chaos

11 June 2009

The new Home Office polices on the entry of non EEA nationals to the UK threatens to cause chaos in those parts of the UK fleet that are now heavily dependent on skilled fishermen from the Philippines.

The End of the Line

8 June 2009

The current press excitement over the film The End of the Line raises two fundamental questions.

Don’t Misunderstand our Position on Effort Control

29 May 2009

The NFFO has written to the UK Fisheries Minister Hugh Irranca-Davies to reaffirm its opposition to effort control - and to reiterate its determination to secure its removal at the earliest opportunity.

Marine Stewardship Council

26 May 2009

An NFFO delegation recently met the MSC at its London headquarters.

NFFO and SFF meet to Build United Approach on Effort Control

19 May 2009

The two national federations, the National Federation of Fishermen’s Organisations and the Scottish Fishermen’s Federation, met in recently in Glasgow to confer on the case they are jointly building to address the industry’s serious misgivings about where the EU cod recovery plan is taking the fleet.

John Dent Taylor

19 May 2009

24 June 1960 – 10 May 2009

Scottish Quota Climbdown

15 May 2009

It has been evident for some time now that the Scottish administration’s proposals for a separate quota and licensing system, on terms defined unilaterally in Edinburgh, and based around UK quota self-defined as “Scottish”, were going nowhere.

NFFO Hosts the 2009 Buckland Lecture

5 May 2009

One of the prestigious Buckland Lectures will this year be held to coincide with a meeting of the Federation’s Executive Committee.

Celtic Sea Effort Control

29 April 2009

There are signs that the arguments put forward by the NFFO, Cornish Fish Producers’ Organisation along with our allies in France and Ireland, have persuaded the Commission that it would be a mistake to include the Celtic Sea in the Cod Recovery Plan

Fisheries: The Missing Layer in Marine Planning

27 April 2009

Under the Westminster Marine Bill and the European Marine Strategy Framework Directive, the government is legally committing itself to delivering a network of marine protected areas.

Starter Kit for Bone Idle Journalists

27 April 2009

The recent spate of superficial and sensationalist stories appearing in the media has provoked the Federation into preparing a starter kit for journalists too lazy to make the effort to understand the fishing industry.
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