by Niall Duffy | Jul 20, 2021 | News, Regional
The government’s process to select Highly Protected Marine Areas (HPMAs) needs a rethink say the NFFO 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...
by Niall Duffy | Mar 16, 2021 | News, Regional
The UK has today reached agreement with Norway and the European Union on catch limits in 2021 for six jointly-managed fish stocks in the North Sea. The agreement promotes the sustainable management and long-term viability of cod, haddock, plaice, whiting, herring, and...
by Niall Duffy | Feb 1, 2021 | Featured Article, News, Regional
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 Lia ní Aodha | Sep 4, 2020 | News
With Brexit talks still in deadlock and fisheries remaining a contentious sticking point between the EU and UK, the two largest fishing representative organisations in the UK have reaffirmed their support for the UK’s negotiating stance. Elspeth Macdonald and...
by Lia ní Aodha | May 27, 2020 | News
Part of the government’s £10 million Fisheries Response Fund to assist the fishing industry sectors most impacted by COVID-19, the first grants to projects across England have been awarded as part of a £1 million grants scheme supporting innovative ways to sell fish...
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