2017 Council Overview
This was a different kind of December Council in a number of important ways. Many delegations…
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December Council. Back off on Bass!
A strong NFFO team is present in Brussels for the December Council, which begins today in…
Work Under Way on December Council Priorities
Sleeves were rolled up in London recently, as large teams from NFFO and DEFRA/Cefas got to grips…
Irish Sea Turnaround
“I told you so” is rarely an attractive phrase. But it is difficult to avoid a…
Weekly Brexit Update: National Quota Shares
Relative Stability is the name given to the quota allocation keys adopted as part of the CFP in…
Path clear to remove quotas for Dab and Flounder: Only a first step says the NFFO
ICES has replied to a special request from the European Commission asking its opinion on…
NFFO Fights Back against Appeasement
The National Federation of Fishermen’s Organisations, which represents fishermen in…
December Council outcomes
The December Council, as usual, generated a mixed bag of winners and losers. The underlying…
December Council
The December Council remains (for the time being) an important date in the fishing calendar.
Demersal Landings Obligation applies from 1st January
The EU landings obligation will come into force on 1st January 2016.
December Council Details
We are now in receipt of the definitive TAC and quota changes agreed at the December…
December Council Outcomes
The Council of European fisheries ministers which decided the quota levels for 2016 was held in…
Who’s to Blame for Landing the Blame?
In an open letter to the New Economics Foundation, the NFFO has challenged its misguided…
Scientific advice and ministers’ responsibility to manage fisheries
Jockeying for position in the run up to decisions on quotas for 2016 has already begun. The…
December Council 2014
The 2015 deadline for quotas to be set in relation to maximum sustainable yield, where…
'Ministers strike a balance to protect livelihoods' - December Council outcomes
Quota allocations for 2015 reflect stock recovery and acknowledge importance of local…
BBC Today Programme: Ministers must put fishing businesses and livelihoods ahead of MSY dogma: NFFO
Ahead of the December Council of Fisheries Ministers, which begins today in Brussels, the NFFO…
MSY Threat to Small-Scale Fisheries
The drive to reach maximum sustainable yield by 2015, the centrepiece of the new CFP, poses a…
Quotas for 2015
The publication of the Commission’s proposals for TACs and quotas in 2015 opens a period…
The Collapse of The Bristol Channel Fisheries: An Early Victim of the Rush to MSY
The commercial fisheries in the Bristol face imminent closure. This is not because of any…
Choke Fears on Skates and Rays
The early exhaustion of the skates and rays quota for the eastern channel (VIId) has raised the…
NFFO Warns of One-Dimensional Approach to Quotas
The President and Chairman of the NFFO have written a joint letter to Fisheries Minister George…
NFFO Welcomes Final Agreement on North Sea Quota But Says Delay Has Caused Serious Difficulties For Fleets
The National Federation of Fishermen’s Organisations (NFFO) has welcomed last…
EU Norway Talks Break down amidst dissent in Norwegian Delegation
The much postponed EU Norway talks for a fisheries agreement for 2014 began in Bergen on Monday…
Dealing with 'Random and Sporadic Recruitment Spikes': Newlyn Meeting
During a brief lull in the gales battering Cornwall last week, an important meeting was…
Quota Register
The long awaited register of UK quota holdings has now been published jointly by the four UK…
December Council Outcomes
The “short and brutal” Council which delivered TAC decisions for next year on…
Quota Decisions Must Take Greater Account of Mixed Fisheries
Council Outcomes on Quota Allocations for 2014 Reflect Stock Recovery But More Needs to Be Done…
Council Remains a Critical Fulcrum
The enhanced role of the European Parliament in fisheries decisions and the new emphasis given…
PO and Under-10 Cooperation Shows the Way
Cooperation between the Fish Producers Organisation and the Ramsgate under-10metre Pilot…
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…
NFFO Brokers South East Quota Initiative
The NFFO has brokered an agreement between a number of producer organisations and under-10m…
Council of Ministers: A Tough Negotiation Ahead
An NFFO delegation, reflecting the diversity of the Federation’s regional and fleet…
Zero TACs
Except in a single species fishery in urgent need of dramatic remedial action, zero TACs have no…
Handline Mackerel Assurances
The NFFO and the Scottish Pelagic Fishermen’s Association have met to address fears…
NFFO Rejects Redistribution of South-West Handline Mackerel Quota
The National Federation of Fishermen’s Organisations has expressed its strong…
TACs and Quotas Decisions: A Great Deal at Stake
In the sometimes fractious exchanges within the fishing industry about quota shares, sight is…
Stocks Outlook: State of Fish Stocks in European Waters
The annual seminar organised by the Commission which marks the beginning of the autumn…
NFFO Response to the Commission’s Non-Paper on the Development of a TAC for Seabass
We are wholly opposed to the suggestion that bass should be incorporated into the system of…
TACs to Increase to Cover Discards
The Commission has made it clear that it is prepared to propose significant increases in TACs to…
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…
Letter to the Minister: Under 10s Quotas
We are not without sympathy for the dilemma that you face in addressing the problems of the…
TAC Decisions and NGO Naivity
The Marine Conservation Society has apparently pronounced itself “appalled”…
The Common Fisheries Policy: A Failed Experiment in Centralised Control
TACs and Effort Move in Opposite Directions
North Sea
The main North Sea joint stock TACs were agreed with Norway in late November and with the…
December Council: South West Focus
Paul Trebilcock Cornish Fish Producers and NFFO Chairman-elect
South East: TACs and Quotas
Tony Delahunty, Chairman of the NFFO South East Committee, represented the South…
Irish Sea Fishermen “Deflated by EU Decisions”Alan McCulla Chief Executive of the Anglo-North Irish Fish Producers Organisation
After two days of negotiations in Brussels, the conclusion of the EU’s Fisheries…
Stocks Meeting
A major consultative meeting was held in Brussels on 8th September as a prelude to the autumn…
Under-10m Pilot Quota Schemes
The Industry/Defra working group charged with developing solutions to the quota problems…
Catch Quotas
A meeting held recently in Copenhagen and attended by the NFFO, assessed the progress made to…
Shellfish Policy
A Defra consultation later this year will mark a fork in the road for the shellfish fisheries.
Irish Sea Shores up its Position
Approaching the turn of last year the Irish Sea faced an appalling prospect.
December Council Outcomes
In addition to arguing for TAC and quota levels consistent with the viability of the fleets, a…
Catch Quota Project Q + A
The NFFO met recently with Defra officials to discuss the details of the DEFRA Catch Quota…
December Council
TACs and Quotas for 2010
Quota Talks Begin in Brussels
The annual quota negotiations have begun in Brussels following a late evening meeting between…
Commissioner Challenged on “Cosmetic” TACs
EU Fisheries Commissioner, Joe Borg, was challenged by the NFFO to move beyond TAC reductions…
Quota Negotiations for 2010
Preparation for this year’s quota negotiations began in April, with preliminary…
Scientific Advice for TACs and Quotas in 2010
The NFFO played a full role in a major meeting organised recently by the European Commission to…
TACS and Quotas for 2010
The process of establishing Total Allowable Catches and Quotas for 2010 has begun with the…
Scottish Quota Climbdown
It has been evident for some time now that the Scottish administration’s proposals for a…
NFFO North East Committee Demands Realistic Approach to Whiting TAC
Overall, the North Sea whiting TAC tends to be underutilised but inflexibilities in the…
NFFO Response to the Interim Outcome of Consultation Report February 2009
The NFFO recently formally responded to the Scottish Executive’s “Interim…
NFFO Urges Under-10s to Appeal
The NFFO has urged all fishermen who operate under 10m vessels and have been allocated a limited…
Cornish Fish Producers’ Organisation
DECEMBER 2008 FISHERIES COUNCIL
December Council TACs and Quotas for 2009
Key features of the December settlement for Fishing Grounds
Shirtsleeves Meeting on Council Priorities
The NFFO and Defra officials got down to the detail of the UK’s priorities for the…
Scottish Executive Consultation on a Separate Quota System in Scotland: Response by the National Federation of Fishermen’s Organisations
This paper responds to the Scottish Executive’s consultation paper Safeguarding our…