
Need Should be Basis For Additional Quota
The NFFO has written to the Secretary of State, George Eustice, arguing that additional quota…
The National Federation of Fishermen's Organisations
The NFFO has written to the Secretary of State, George Eustice, arguing that additional quota…
Defra have consulted on how any additional quota, obtained as the UK renegotiates its…
The last Fisheries Council in which the UK will participate as an EU member state concluded in…
This was a different kind of December Council in a number of important ways. Many delegations…
A strong NFFO team is present in Brussels for the December Council, which begins today in…
Sleeves were rolled up in London recently, as large teams from NFFO and DEFRA/Cefas got to grips…
“I told you so” is rarely an attractive phrase. But it is difficult to avoid a…
Relative Stability is the name given to the quota allocation keys adopted as part of the CFP in…
ICES has replied to a special request from the European Commission asking its opinion on…
The National Federation of Fishermen’s Organisations, which represents fishermen in…
The December Council, as usual, generated a mixed bag of winners and losers. The underlying…
The December Council remains (for the time being) an important date in the fishing calendar.
The EU landings obligation will come into force on 1st January 2016.
We are now in receipt of the definitive TAC and quota changes agreed at the December…
The Council of European fisheries ministers which decided the quota levels for 2016 was held in…
In an open letter to the New Economics Foundation, the NFFO has challenged its misguided…
Jockeying for position in the run up to decisions on quotas for 2016 has already begun. The…
The 2015 deadline for quotas to be set in relation to maximum sustainable yield, where…
Quota allocations for 2015 reflect stock recovery and acknowledge importance of local…
Ahead of the December Council of Fisheries Ministers, which begins today in Brussels, the NFFO…
The drive to reach maximum sustainable yield by 2015, the centrepiece of the new CFP, poses a…
The publication of the Commission’s proposals for TACs and quotas in 2015 opens a period…
The commercial fisheries in the Bristol face imminent closure. This is not because of any…
The early exhaustion of the skates and rays quota for the eastern channel (VIId) has raised the…
The President and Chairman of the NFFO have written a joint letter to Fisheries Minister George…
The National Federation of Fishermen’s Organisations (NFFO) has welcomed last…
The much postponed EU Norway talks for a fisheries agreement for 2014 began in Bergen on Monday…
During a brief lull in the gales battering Cornwall last week, an important meeting was…
The long awaited register of UK quota holdings has now been published jointly by the four UK…
The “short and brutal” Council which delivered TAC decisions for next year on…
Council Outcomes on Quota Allocations for 2014 Reflect Stock Recovery But More Needs to Be Done…
The enhanced role of the European Parliament in fisheries decisions and the new emphasis given…
Cooperation between the Fish Producers Organisation and the Ramsgate under-10metre Pilot…
"The NFFO represents all sizes of vessel and regrets that the issue of quota distribution ended…
The NFFO has brokered an agreement between a number of producer organisations and under-10m…
An NFFO delegation, reflecting the diversity of the Federation’s regional and fleet…
Except in a single species fishery in urgent need of dramatic remedial action, zero TACs have no…
The NFFO and the Scottish Pelagic Fishermen’s Association have met to address fears…
The National Federation of Fishermen’s Organisations has expressed its strong…
In the sometimes fractious exchanges within the fishing industry about quota shares, sight is…
The annual seminar organised by the Commission which marks the beginning of the autumn…
We are wholly opposed to the suggestion that bass should be incorporated into the system of…
The Commission has made it clear that it is prepared to propose significant increases in TACs to…
The requirement for a register of quota holdings (FQAs*) in the UK has now become an absolute…
We are not without sympathy for the dilemma that you face in addressing the problems of the…
The Marine Conservation Society has apparently pronounced itself “appalled”…
TACs and Effort Move in Opposite Directions
The main North Sea joint stock TACs were agreed with Norway in late November and with the…
Paul Trebilcock Cornish Fish Producers and NFFO Chairman-elect
Tony Delahunty, Chairman of the NFFO South East Committee, represented the South…
After two days of negotiations in Brussels, the conclusion of the EU’s Fisheries…
A major consultative meeting was held in Brussels on 8th September as a prelude to the autumn…
The Industry/Defra working group charged with developing solutions to the quota problems…
A meeting held recently in Copenhagen and attended by the NFFO, assessed the progress made to…
A Defra consultation later this year will mark a fork in the road for the shellfish fisheries.
Approaching the turn of last year the Irish Sea faced an appalling prospect.
In addition to arguing for TAC and quota levels consistent with the viability of the fleets, a…
The NFFO met recently with Defra officials to discuss the details of the DEFRA Catch Quota…
TACs and Quotas for 2010
The annual quota negotiations have begun in Brussels following a late evening meeting between…
EU Fisheries Commissioner, Joe Borg, was challenged by the NFFO to move beyond TAC reductions…
Preparation for this year’s quota negotiations began in April, with preliminary…
The NFFO played a full role in a major meeting organised recently by the European Commission to…
The process of establishing Total Allowable Catches and Quotas for 2010 has begun with the…
It has been evident for some time now that the Scottish administration’s proposals for a…
Overall, the North Sea whiting TAC tends to be underutilised but inflexibilities in the…
The NFFO recently formally responded to the Scottish Executive’s “Interim…
The NFFO has urged all fishermen who operate under 10m vessels and have been allocated a limited…
DECEMBER 2008 FISHERIES COUNCIL
Key features of the December settlement for Fishing Grounds
The NFFO and Defra officials got down to the detail of the UK’s priorities for the…
This paper responds to the Scottish Executive’s consultation paper Safeguarding our…