The EU Landing Obligation: Contingency Planning for Chokes Must Begin Now
December Council. Despite a four-year phase-in, it seems highly unlikely that the…
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Landings Obligation: Statement of Intent
The EU landings obligation comes fully into force on 1st January 2019 and will then apply to all…
Bass may escape the landing obligation
A consensus seems to be emerging that bass could be excluded from the landings obligation when…
Bass Appeals Process
Following the NFFO’s meeting with Fisheries Minister, George Eustice, when the…
EU Landings Obligation
The beginning of 2017 and the second year of the progressive implementation of the EU landings…
North Sea Discard Plan for 2017
North Sea Member States have now submitted their Joint Recommendation for the Discard Plan for…
North Western Waters Discard Plan for 2017
The North West Waters member states have now submitted their Joint Recommendations to the…
Advisory Councils Publish Advice on the Landing Obligation Both warn about chokes ahead
The North Sea and North West Waters advisory councils have both published their advice on the…
Fisheries Debate: NFFO Briefing Note
In advance of the annual round of quota negotiations, the National Federation of…
NFFO Response: Defra Consultation on the Implementation of the EU landings Obligation
The EU landings obligation, enshrined in the CFP reform of June 2013, was the result of a toxic…
What will the landings obligation mean for me? Will there be time to adapt?
Two perfectly reasonable questions are being asked across the industry, as the deadline for…
Discards will Dominate Industry in 2015, says NFFO
With just 12 months to go before the introduction of a landing obligation, which will be the most…
Spurdog By-catch Initiative
Spurdog presents a particular challenge to fishermen, fisheries managers, scientists and…
No More Dog’s Breakfast? A Bonfire of Technical Conservation Rules?
There are many reasons to be concerned about the way that the EU landings obligation is…
Prominent Fisheries Scientist, Martin Pastoors, expresses his views on the EU Discard Ban
The main challenge that I see at the moment is to keep the fishing industry onboard when the…
Hugh on the Back Foot
It is perhaps not surprising that Hugh’s Fish Fight is now mounting a rather desperate…
The Proof: Fishermen had already reduced discards by 90%
The incoming ban on the practice of discarding fish is high on the media agenda at the moment,…
The Titanic Sails at Midnight
Midnight January 1st 2016 marks the embarkation date for the EU discards ban for our demersal…
NFFO Scaremongering? This is what STECF has to say about choke species under the discard ban
Analysis of potential chokes issues The available studies of the potential impacts of…
Accessing More Quota For Small Boat Fishermen - Industry Cooperation Delivers Net Results For Fishing Fleet
A pilot project, which has provided 26 percent more quota to small boat fishermen as well as…
New Project Sets out Positive Uses for Discards
A discards research project “Utilisation of discards in bait”, funded by…
Discards Ban
The political decision by the Council of Ministers and European Parliament to place an…
TACs to Increase to Cover Discards
The Commission has made it clear that it is prepared to propose significant increases in TACs to…
Fleet Overcapacity: Problems and Solutions
The European Commission has convinced itself, with the assistance of the European Court of…
CFP Reform: Commission ‘Non-papers’
The National Federation of Fishermen’s Organisations welcomes the…
North Sea RAC fears knee-jerk reaction on discards
The North Sea Regional Advisory Council (NSRAC) has stated its position on discards ahead of a…
Commission has Lost its way on Discards
The Commission seems to have lost its way on discards. Although the rhetoric is still there -…
Discards: The Dangers of Posturing
Although no formal announcement has yet been made, there are signs that the…
Cod Recovery and Discards Will Dominate December Council
Cod recovery is expected again to dominate this year’s December Council
North Sea RAC Takes Strong Stand on Discards
The North Sea Regional Advisory Council, of which the NFFO is a prominent member, adopted a…