Press Releases

After months of campaigning from the NFFO, the government is considering changing the rules on medical certificates for small boat fishers.

Government Change of Heart on Medicals Follows NFFO Campaign

16 January 2024

After months of campaigning from the NFFO, the government is considering changing the rules on medical certificates for small boat fishers.

Cod: Precautionary Conundrum

16 October 2023

The new Northern Shelf Cod assessment may be a step forward for multi-stock assessment, but it's a step back for balanced fisheries management, argues Dale Rodmell, CEO of Eastern England FPO.

New Partnership to Improve Fishing Safety

7 July 2023

The final day of Maritime Safety Week 2023 sees the launch of a new partnership to improve safety in commercial fishing. The partnership has been established between The Seafarers’ Charity and the National Federation of Fisherman’s Organisations (NFFO) and formalised by a Memorandum of Understanding aimed at ensuring collaboration on a range of industry led initiatives to improve fishing safety.

NFFO Announces New Chief Executive

5 December 2022

The NFFO Executive Committee has appointed Mike Cohen to take over as Chief Executive of the National Federation of Fishermen’s Organisations, when current CEO Barrie Deas retires at the end of April 2023.

The Frightening Outlook of Fisheries Displacement – Spatial Squeeze Report Published

30 June 2022

The loss of fishing grounds across UK waters points to a frightening outlook for the future of the industry, claims a new report.

Statement from the Fishermen’s Welfare Alliance

17 May 2022

The Fishermen's Welfare Alliance has released a statement on the recent reports from the ITF and the University of Nottingham

NFFO Demands Transparency over TCA Deal

30 September 2021

The UK fishing industry was shocked at the scale of the UK’s capitulation on fishing on Christmas Eve, 2020. This was a decision made at the highest reaches of Government. And it was made, despite the promises, commitments and assurances made during the Referendum Campaign and throughout the negotiations with the EU. Additional quota shares secured from the EU came nowhere close to what any self-respecting coastal state might expect as their legal right. Access to fish in UK waters – a key bargaining lever in annual fisheries negotiations – was ceded to the EU for 6 years (at least). We even failed to secure an exclusive 12 mile limit, something that most coastal states take for granted.

HPMA Selection Process Rigged to Harm Fishing Communities

19 July 2021

The government’s process to select Highly Protected Marine Areas (HPMAs) needs a rethink. It is deliberately relegating human use issues to a second tier to be considered only once sites have been identified exclusively based on a set of ecological criteria. Instead, it should prioritise the search for sites that fulfil ecological criteria in areas where there are synergies with existing human uses of the marine environment.

NFFO Training Trust offers Grants worth £100,000

17 May 2021

The NFFO Training Trust, the charity arm of the National Federation of Fishermen’s Organisations, has announced that it will be offering grants worth a total of £100,000 to support training and safety in the fishing industry.