The Federation’s governing body is its Executive Committee, which is comprised of two nominees from each of the member producer organisations and regional committees. The Committee elects a chairman from amongst its number, whose term of office is two years. All sub-committees and the Federation’s officers are answerable to the Executive, which meets roughly every six weeks.
Each organisation/regional committee holds two votes but in reality the Committee only very rarely decides policy through vote, preferring to work through consensus, which the whole Federation can then support. Agendas for meetings of the Executive reflect the diversity of the Federation’s membership and the current issues confronting the fishing industry. Most Executive meetings are held in the NFFO’s offices in York but periodically they are held in a fishing port or other venue.
The members of the Executive Committee for 2021/22
Producers’ Organisations
Cornish FPO
Nominee 1: C Ranford
Nominee 2: S Lambourn
Eastern England FPO
Nominee 1: A Locker
Nominee 2: D Rodmell
The FPO
Nominee 1: J Sandell
Nominee 2: A Wilson
Lowestoft FPO
Nominee 1: A De Boer
Nominee 2: D Salmon
North Atlantic FPO
Nominee 1: P Haslam
Nominee 2: J Farrell
North Sea Fishermen’s Organisation
Nominee 1: G Meun
Nominee 2: R Hards
South West FPO
Nominee 1: J Hatchman
Nominee 2: W Brock
Western FPO
Nominee 1: C North
Nominee 2: M Youell
Non-Sector Regional Committees
East Anglia
Nominee 1: D Chambers
Nominee 2: Vacant
North East
Nominee 1: D Clark
Nominee 2: Vacant
South East
Nominee 1: A Delahunty
Nominee 2: P Gilson
South West
Nominee 1: S Parker
Nominee 2: J Balls
West Coast
Nominee 1: R Graham
Nominee 2: T Owen
Co-opted members of the Executive Committee
T Bartlett
N Blazeby
A Brown
R Casson
J Evans
A Pascoe
B Pawley
P Trebilcock