
Brussels Takes Stock of Landing Obligation
A seminar in Brussels, organised recently by the European Commission, was held to take stock of…
The National Federation of Fishermen's Organisations
A seminar in Brussels, organised recently by the European Commission, was held to take stock of…
It’s early days for the landing obligation, given the magnitude of the changes…
December Council. Despite a four-year phase-in, it seems highly unlikely that the…
The EU landings obligation comes fully into force on 1st January 2019 and will then apply to all…
A consensus seems to be emerging that bass could be excluded from the landings obligation when…
Following the NFFO’s meeting with Fisheries Minister, George Eustice, when the…
The beginning of 2017 and the second year of the progressive implementation of the EU landings…
North Sea Member States have now submitted their Joint Recommendation for the Discard Plan for…
The North West Waters member states have now submitted their Joint Recommendations to the…
The North Sea and North West Waters advisory councils have both published their advice on the…
In advance of the annual round of quota negotiations, the National Federation of…
The EU landings obligation, enshrined in the CFP reform of June 2013, was the result of a toxic…
Two perfectly reasonable questions are being asked across the industry, as the deadline for…
With just 12 months to go before the introduction of a landing obligation, which will be the most…
Spurdog presents a particular challenge to fishermen, fisheries managers, scientists and…
There are many reasons to be concerned about the way that the EU landings obligation is…
The main challenge that I see at the moment is to keep the fishing industry onboard when the…
It is perhaps not surprising that Hugh’s Fish Fight is now mounting a rather desperate…
The incoming ban on the practice of discarding fish is high on the media agenda at the moment,…
Midnight January 1st 2016 marks the embarkation date for the EU discards ban for our demersal…
Analysis of potential chokes issues The available studies of the potential impacts of…
A pilot project, which has provided 26 percent more quota to small boat fishermen as well as…
A discards research project “Utilisation of discards in bait”, funded by…
The political decision by the Council of Ministers and European Parliament to place an…
The Commission has made it clear that it is prepared to propose significant increases in TACs to…
The European Commission has convinced itself, with the assistance of the European Court of…
The National Federation of Fishermen’s Organisations welcomes the…
The North Sea Regional Advisory Council (NSRAC) has stated its position on discards ahead of a…
The Commission seems to have lost its way on discards. Although the rhetoric is still there -…
Although no formal announcement has yet been made, there are signs that the…
Cod recovery is expected again to dominate this year’s December Council
The North Sea Regional Advisory Council, of which the NFFO is a prominent member, adopted a…