22 Feb 2022
Welsh fishing boats to have monitoring devices. Wales has become the first nation in the UK to require all of its licensed commercial fishing boats are fitted with a Vessel Monitoring System (VMS). Boats 12m or more in length were already required to have such a system in place, but an Order coming into force […]
15 Feb 2022
The UK has secured exchanges of opportunities valued at around £5.5 million for the fishing industry through the annual negotiations with the Faroe Islands, providing certainty for the industry on quota for this year. The agreement will allow UK and Faroe vessels to fish in an area of each country’s waters. This year, the UK fishing […]
07 Feb 2022
The UK government has published a report on the ‘Benefits of Brexit’. The report illustrates the government’s view of the achievements over the two years since the UK left the EU. There have several news pieces and research reports released this week which discuss Brexit in relation to UK fisheries and the environment: Firstly, one […]
01 Feb 2022
Bluefin tuna have been tagged with state-of-the-art acoustic tracking tags for the first time in UK waters. The huge fish, which in UK waters can be up to 2.5 m long, are commercially valuable and biologically fascinating. The 7cm long tags send individually coded sound (acoustic) messages to listening stations moored on the seabed, allowing […]
25 Jan 2022
Compare & Contrast: ‘No Fish’ business collapses with this shocking report of Bass dumping. Jerry Percy made it crystal clear that the ‘no fish’ scenario is putting UK fishers out of business at the Coastal Futures conference – see his speaker note below. Then look at this link to bass dumping in the channel Is […]
18 Jan 2022
Fisheries management in the UK is largely devolved. As part of the wider UK Fisheries Management and Support Framework (the Fisheries Framework), the Joint Fisheries Statement provides a mechanism to manage policy divergence while establishing common goals for all administrations to work towards. The JFS sets the policy framework for how the UK will work […]
09 Nov 2021
Bass industry guidance 2021 Information on the rules, regulations and restrictions for bass fishing in 2021 and 2022 MMO guidance Details The Sea Fisheries (Amendment etc.) Regulations 2021 retained and amended the Bass Measures 2020 as per Article 10 of Council Regulation (EU). Bass authorisations are applicable within the British Fishery Limits only. You should refer to […]
02 Nov 2021
‘An independent report on the Evaluation of Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authorities (IFCAs), has been published. Evaluation of the Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authorities Report UK Fishing Industry News ‘The Association which is the representative body for the ten IFCAs in England, has welcomed the ‘Evaluation of the Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authorities commissioned by […]
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