Cornish AGM: Brexit Focus
Fisheries Minister, George Eustice, and a team of senior DEFRA officials used the Cornish FPO’s recent annual general meeting to provide an update on preparations to…
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Changes Ahead to Safety in Fishing
As part of the preparation for the implementation of ILO C188, the first meeting of a special Fishing Industry Safety Group (FISG) to develop a voluntary safety management code…
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Bolder Management of Spurdog Recovery Vital
The latest scientific advice on spurdog points to the reintroduction of a bycatch allowance as the most sensible management strategy to recover the stock. This would prevent the…
Irish Sea Turnaround
“I told you so” is rarely an attractive phrase. But it is difficult to avoid a tone of grim smugness…
Labour and Fishing
The Labour Party intends to engage much more closely with the fishing industry than it has done the past. It is doing so in…
Round table with Secretary of State
The top DEFRA ministerial team, led by Secretary of State, Michael Gove, met recently with key UK stakeholders to hear…
Blog: A Precautionary MPA Tale
Dale Rodmell argues that dismissing an evidence-based approach to Marine Protected Area planning in favour of precaution is misguided.
Diverse Fishing Fleet
The diversity in the British fleet is one of its greatest strengths. With the demand for seafood increasing year on year it is crucial that the sector is well equipped to keep pace and ensure enough fish is landed in a manner that is…
Deck to Dinner
Following the release of new scientific research that shows the stocks of many commercial fish species have reached the ‘gold standard’ of sustainability, the nation’s fishermen have joined forces with Masterchef…
The UK's most sustainable fish...
New research from the National Federation of Fishermen’s Organisations has found hake to currently be the UK’s most sustainable fish.
Discard Reduction
Between 2002 and 2012 the English fleet reduced its discards by around 50%. This figure illustrates the point that substantial progress was already being made to reduce discards in many fleets across the EU before the political clamour…
NFFO Services
NFFO Services is the commercial division of the NFFO, dedicated to the provision of effective marine support based upon fisheries liaison and guardship services to other offshore sectors including oil/gas and renewable energy. By…
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