by Niall Duffy | Apr 19, 2022 | News, Notices, UK
Fishing activity will be prohibited in four Marine Protected Areas (MPAs), the UK Government has announced. The move has been made possible by new post-Brexit freedoms which allow the government to protect rare habitats and wildlife in UK waters. The...
by Niall Duffy | Feb 1, 2021 | Featured Article, News, UK
NFFO accuses MMO of taking a Sledgehammer approach to Fishing in MPAs In a shocking development, the Marine Management Organisation has announced that intends to ban all forms of towed bottom gears in the Dogger Bank SAC and the majority of three other...
by Niall Duffy | Aug 7, 2020 | News
Scallop fishing in the North Sea around Dogger Bank will be suspended for a further three weeks until 23:59 on 29 August following preliminary analysis of the state of the shellfish stock. Since the initial four-week closure was brought in on 12 July, sampling by...
by Niall Duffy | Jul 10, 2020 | UK
Scallop fishing in the North Sea around Dogger Bank will be suspended for four weeks from Sunday 12 July to Saturday 8 August to enable data gathering about the state of the shellfish stock. Following a call for evidence, and engaging with the scallop industry, the...
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