12 Oct 2021
Continuing controversy over inshore fishing licenses for EU vessels
The latest inshore fisheries flare up between the UK and the EU over the issuing/or not of fishing licenses. Almost 1,700 EU vessels licences have now been licensed to fish in UK waters, 117 of these in the 6-12 nautical mile zone. However, of the 47 applications made for vessels under 12m in length to […]
04 Oct 2021
Switching from mobile to static fishing gear
Latest publication with results from research carried out over the last 11 years in Lyme Bay since its designation as a Marine Protected Area. The aim was to assess the effectiveness of excluding using bottom-towed fishing across the MPA while still allowing static gear, rod and line and diving fishing methods. Overall, the number of […]
21 Sep 2021
Offshore wind & compensating fishermen for not fishing – Hansard Government responds to questions
From Hansard and the Fisheries APPG newsletter. This response by Lord Goldsmith to questions in the Lords about offshore wind illustrates that the Government are thinking: The noble Baroness asked a number of specific questions. The first was again in relation to the tension between inshore fisheries and offshore wind farms. Defra is working closely […]
07 Sep 2021
Fisheries and Seafood Scheme funding rounds open for applications – MMO
Fisheries and Seafood Scheme funding rounds open for applications – Closing date 6th October Four competitive funding rounds to support key areas of England’s marine and fisheries sector. The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) has today (25 August) opened four funding rounds for applications to help support the fishing and seafood sector in England. The time-limited […]
20 Aug 2021
Making fishing ‘climate-smart‘
A new report from MCS, WWF & RSPB pressing government to adopt a ‘climate-smart’ approach to UK fisheries. The report calls for stakeholders to actively seek to limit bottom towed fishing gear to support recovery of blue carbon within current MPAs and in key areas outside of MPAs. Also that work should take place to […]
20 Aug 2021
Climate resilience in fisheries management strategies
This briefing summarises the outputs from the All Party Parliamentary Group on Fisheries open Parliamentary webinar, held on 12 July 2021. The meeting heard from speakers from around the world who have made pioneering efforts to build climate resilience into fisheries and coastal communities. The briefing summarises case studies from South America, Australia and Canada […]
03 Aug 2021
A bridge over troubled waters
There have long been issues of trust between the fisheries sector and institutions charged with fisheries management, not helped by the more recent repercussions of Brexit. This paper gives some insights into the issue, summarising the results of a survey to examine levels of trust as well as fishers’ opinions of current management goals and […]
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