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Remote Electronic Monitoring: Instrument of Control or Assurance Tool?
As the Fisheries Bill passes through the House of Lords, amendments have been laid down that…
Fisheries Response Fund: Detailed Advice
Detailed advice has been provided by the MMO on accessing the Government’s financial…
Fisheries Response Fund
Statement by the National Federation of Fishermen’s Organisations
Government announces financial support for England’s fishing businesses
£10 million fund for England’s fishing and aquaculture sectors announced. More…
Financial Support Package Announced for English Fishing Industry
After intense political activity, and in some quarters mounting despair, the Government has…
Political Pressure for Support Package Ratcheted Up
The NFFO has continued to ratchet up political pressure on the Government for a financial…
Supporting the UK’s fishing industry through COVID-19 and beyond: New Interactive Retail Map and Grants Programme Launched
COVID-19 has resulted in the closure of fish markets and the UK restaurant trade is now at a…
Frustration Mounting
Frustration is mounting across those parts of the fishing industry impacted by the…
Covid-19 NFFO Briefing Note for MPs
National Federation of Fishermen's Organisanisations Covid-19 support package for the…
Pressure Mounts on Government for Fishing Support Package
Pressure is mounting on the UK Government for a support package for the fishing industry in…
Salmon Compensation Delays
We have been informed that the process of compensating salmon fishermen for the early closure…
NFFO Pressing Government for Bespoke Fishing Support Package
The immediate issue confronting the fishing industry, as the covid-19 virus crisis takes grip…
Financial Support Package
It is widely acknowledged that the UK Government’s package of financial support to…
NFFO/UKAFPO Reaction to Coronavirus Support Measures
Until yesterday, provision for the self-employed was the biggest gap in the UK…
Support Package for Self-Employed Share Fishermen in next 24/48 Hours
An announcement is expected within the next 24/48 hours on package of support that will help…
Response to Coronavirus Epidemic
The Government has reacted to the potential health and economic damage caused by the pandemic,…
Impact of Coronavirus on Fishing
Dialogue has begun between the NFFO and the Government on how best to mitigate the impact of the…
Pelagics Prepare for UK Adjustment
The UK’s new status as an independent coastal state was widely recognised at a recent…
A New Equilibrium
The tectonic plates of European and internal UK politics are shifting. One consequence of this…
Catch App for Under-10s
The MMO is introducing a mobile phone-based catch app for recording catches from the under 10…
The Year Ahead – A UK/EU Fisheries Agreement
In an industry that has experienced many momentous years and critical turning points, 2020…
New Government and Fisheries
The election of a Conservative government, with a solid majority, means that the passage of the…
The Future of Our Inshore Fisheries
The Future of Our Inshore Fisheries Conference will be held in London on 8th/9th October. Your…
The Future of Inshore Fishing
The political profile of the fishing industry stands at its highest point since the Cod Wars in…
Fixed Quota Allocations and Sustainable Fishing
The NFFO’s members span all sizes of vessel and so must be scrupulously fair when it comes…
Parliamentary Support for the Fishing Industry
At a critical juncture in the Brexit process, around 70 parliamentarians gathered yesterday…
Electronic Monitoring: Aiding a Culture of Cooperation or Surveillance?
As the Government is poised to extend the use of vessel monitoring systems (VMS) across the…
Battle over Maximum Sustainable Yield
The dangers of one-dimensional fisheries management.
Fisheries Bill
Both sides of the Christmas break have seen intense activity at Westminster as the Fisheries…
Fisheries Council
The December Council of Ministers will not only be the last in which the UK participates but one…
Inshore VMS: Consultation Response by the National Federation of Fishermen’s Organisations
Defra is consulting on a proposal to require all vessels below 12 metres in length to fit and…
Publication of the UK Fisheries Bill
As the UK leaves the EU and therefore the Common Fisheries Policy, this Bill is an important…
Landing Obligation: No Solution So Far to Choke Problem
The full implementation of the landing obligation – the requirement to land all quota…
Brexit and the Australian Fisheries Management Authority
Intense behind-the-scenes work is continuing both in preparation for the exit negotiations…
Norway Study Trip
An NFFO delegation of 11 has recently returned from a study tour to Oslo and Bergen to learn in…
Labour and Fishing
The Labour Party intends to engage much more closely with the fishing industry than it has done…
Round table with Secretary of State
The top DEFRA ministerial team, led by Secretary of State, Michael Gove, met recently with key…
Withdrawal of the UK from the London Convention Confirmed
The Federation has today received the following letter from the Secretary of State, Michael…
Fishing and Brexit
Fishing will be a sort of litmus test for Brexit. As the UK begins the process of leaving the EU, we…
Laying the Foundations
The Fisheries Bill contained in the Queen’s speech, along with the Government’s…
Minister Provides Brexit Assurances
In a letter received before the announcement of the General Election, Fisheries Minister,…
Weekly Brexit Update: National Quota Shares
Relative Stability is the name given to the quota allocation keys adopted as part of the CFP in…
Are Days the Answer?
The NFFO looks at claims that, post-Brexit, we could ditch quotas.
Risks for us as Scotland Heads for the Door
Notwithstanding the referendum result in 2014, in which the Scottish electorate rejected…
Bass Appeals Process
Following the NFFO’s meeting with Fisheries Minister, George Eustice, when the…
Meeting with Minister
An NFFO delegation met with Fisheries Minister George Eustice, on Thursday 9th February to…
NFFO Calls for Bass Appeals Process
The Federation has written urgently to Fisheries Minister George Eustice calling for an…
NFFO Concordat Response
We have been deeply troubled about the way that the fisheries concordat between the four…
NFFO Fights Back against Appeasement
The National Federation of Fishermen’s Organisations, which represents fishermen in…
Brexit offers ‘opportunity for radical change’ says UK fisheries minister
Brexit Takes Centre Stage at Fishing Industry Debate
NFFO Working on Brexit Detail
Since the referendum on leaving the EU took place on 23rd June, the Federation has been actively…
Policy on Brexit
The NFFO Executive Committee met on 12th July 2016 to discuss the implications of Brexit.
Brexit
From any perspective, it is clear that the outcome of the EU referendum marks a seismic change…
Fishing Industry Access to IFCAs Called into Question
IFCAs, the bodies responsible for managing inshore fisheries in England, are at risk of…
Under-10 Capping Appeals
The NFFO has offered to help those fisherman who have they been told that their licences will be…
Guernsey
There is no sign that Guernsey authorities are minded to accept that they have a responsibility…
“Watershed Meeting” with the MMO
An NFFO team met recently with the Chief Executive of the Marine Management Organisation to…
Wide Ranging Discussions with UK Fisheries Minister
Fisheries Minister, George Eustice, met recently in London with the NFFO’s Executive…
Community Quota: A Workable Solution for the West Coast?
NFFO West Coast Committee Chairman, Ron Graham, has reaffirmed that what is needed for under 10…
Guernsey Fiasco Requires Tough Line
The continuing fiasco through which vessels registered in Guernsey, with the collusion of the…
Post-Election Horse Trading Concerns voiced by NFFO
The SNP has made no secret of its ambition to take the lead in representing the UK in the Council of…
Fishing Body Rejects Basis for Greenpeace's Divisive Court Action
The National Federation of Fishermen’s Organisations (NFFO) has warned of…
NFFO Exec expresses frustration at Government “Inertia”
The Executive Committee of the National Federation of Fishermen’s Organisations…
Crystal Ball
The Federation looks forward to its work programme for 2015.
“Minister should rethink decision on an Independent Review of the MMO”
The NFFO releases a statement saying an 'ad hoc' approach to a review is no longer satisfactory.
NFFO Expresses Alarm at Scottish Concessions
Fishermen in England, Wales and Northern Ireland have expressed their mounting alarm that…
NFFO Chairman, Tony Delahunty discusses the future of quota management in the under-10m Pool
The NFFO has already expressed, as part of its response to a recent Defra consultation, its…
Maintaining the Diversity of our Fleets is the best Guarantee of a Resilient UK Fleet and Sustainable Fisheries for the Future - NFFO
NFFO Response to Greenpeace/NUTFA Report "Championing coastal waters".
West Coast Committee to Look at Options for Community Quota
The NFFO's West Coast Committee agreed at its meeting in Barrow on the 4th July to explore the…
E-log problems Raised at North East meeting
The latest of several regional and port meetings organised by the MMO and NFFO to address…
NFFO secures government support for storm hit fishermen, but says more must be done
The National Federation of Fishermen’s Organisations (NFFO) has welcomed…
Storms: Damage and Disruption
It is not exactly unknown for the weather in January to disrupt fishing operations, even for the…
Quota Register
The long awaited register of UK quota holdings has now been published jointly by the four UK…
PO and Under-10 Cooperation Shows the Way
Cooperation between the Fish Producers Organisation and the Ramsgate under-10metre Pilot…
MMO taking a critical look at itself
The Marine Management Organisation is taking a critical look at its own performance in a number…
Under-10s: Taking Stock
Now that the shape of the reformed CFP is known in broad terms, and the UKAFPO legal challenge to…
NFFO responds to High Court ruling on quota reallocation
"The NFFO represents all sizes of vessel and regrets that the issue of quota distribution ended…
FISHERMEN CAST LINE OF ENQUIRY TO GOVERNMENT MINISTER
UK fishermen spanning large, offshore vessels as well as the small-scale fleet challenged the…
EFF Applications Process must be Reformed
The experience of NFFO members, not just the NFFO, would seem to suggest that the MMO team…
Electronic Logbooks
The MMO and NFFO have agreed to work together on safety, cost issues and the significantly…
Under-10 metre Stalemate: NFFO Perspective
Progress towards a broadly acceptable solution to the quota shortage problems facing parts of…
Fishing Coalition Urges Industry Wide MCZ Response
The MPA Fishing Coalition (MPAC) is warning that the time to respond to Defra’s Marine…
MCZ Public Consultation
The MPA Fishing Coalition (MPAC) is calling on fishermen to make their voices heard in response…
Government Sanctions North East Net Fishery Property Grab
Drift Net Fishery Axed
Handline Mackerel Assurances
The NFFO and the Scottish Pelagic Fishermen’s Association have met to address fears…
Oak Foundation and Fisheries Policy
What are we to make of the astounding sums of money put at the disposal of environmental lobby…
Brid Fights off Harbour Threat
The NFFO has played its part in successfully fighting off Council redevelopment plans for…
Kilkeel Welcomes Northern Ireland Assembly Environment Committee
The NFFO joined ANIFPO in welcoming representatives of the Northern Ireland Assembly on 3rd…
Welsh Assembly Panders to Noisy Angling Lobby
In pandering to a noisy angling lobby in South Wales, the Welsh Assembly has abandoned any…
Meeting With the Marine Management Organisation
The frustrations of dealing with two management bodies was a recurrent theme at the most recent…
A Register of Quota Holdings - Now an Imperative
The requirement for a register of quota holdings (FQAs*) in the UK has now become an absolute…
Northern Ireland Marine Bill: Avoiding the Pitfalls
There is much to learn from the experiences of the UK and Scottish Marine Acts in taking account…
Meeting with Minister on Under-10m Issue
A small NFFO delegation, representing a cross-section of the Federation’s…
Concordat
The recently published and long awaited concordat that will in future govern relations…
Coalition Challenges Scientific and Legal Basis of ‘No Take Zones’
MPAC, the Coalition established to ensure that fishing gets a fair hearing in the…
Letter to the Minister: Under 10s Quotas
We are not without sympathy for the dilemma that you face in addressing the problems of the…
An Absolute Priority
In direct meetings with the UK Fisheries Minister, Richard Benyon, the NFFO has emphasised…
Sold Out for Bureaucratic Neatness
Defra’s public response to the NFFO’s broadside on the imminent transfer of…
Minister Prepares to Sell out English Fishing Interests
New devolution concordat will hand over control to Scotland
Under-10m Pilot Quota Schemes
The Industry/Defra working group charged with developing solutions to the quota problems…
MPs Briefed on CFP Reform
The NFFO and the Scottish Fishermen’s Federation recently jointly briefed MPs on the…
MCZs: The Opposite of the Big Society
There is a paradox in the way that the present Government is using heavy duty, top-down…
MPA Coalition Reinforces Concerns
The body formed to provide the fishing industry with a voice on how marine protected areas are…
Natural England Brought to Heel
The Government’s cull of quangos is likely to carry huge implications for the way that…
Holding Natural England to Account
The MPA Fishing Coalition, of which the NFFO is a core member, has continued its important role…
The NFFO’s contribution to the discussions on the under 10m quota problem is reproduced below.
The reintegration of under-10 metre vessels into the mainstream quota management system
Progress on Under-10m Front
A ground-breaking meeting involving representatives from all sides of the fishing industry…
The Future of Producer Organisations in the United Kingdom: The Evolution of Delegated Responsibilities
The NFFO and UKAFPO, the representative body for producer organisations in the UK, are to…
Constructive First Meeting with Minister
An NFFO delegation, representing the diversity of the NFFO’s membership, met recently…
NFFO Exec Meets the MMO
NFFO Exec Meets the MMO Marine Management Organisation, Chief Executive, Steven Gant and his…
New Administration Outlines Broad Approach
A large breakfast meeting between the Secretary of State and all of the new Defra ministers…
First Engagement with new MMO
The Marine Management Organisation will be launched on 1st April.
Federations Brief Westminster MPs
The NFFO and Scottish Fishermen’s Federation recently briefed Westminster MPs in…
Scottish Quota Climbdown
It has been evident for some time now that the Scottish administration’s proposals for a…
Natural England: Marine Conservation Zones
The NFFO met the Board of Natural England recently to discuss the Marine Bill and how Natural…
Prawns – a UK and an NFFO Priority
Nephrops make a vitally important contribution to the earnings of the UK fleet