06 Mar 2017

At the Coastal Futures conference there were two discussion sessions on Brexit which covered Environmental regulations and Fisheries. These briefings have now been completed by Suzannah Walmsley (Fisheries) and Chris Williams (Environmental Regulation). Although until Government actually say what their intentions are much is speculation there are some major elements highlighted by these briefings that […]

16 Feb 2017

License to Engage: Gaining and retaining your social license in the seafood industry/ A handbook of available knowledge and tools for effective seafood industry engagement with communities ‘Community engagement is important to your seafood business and sector because: The values held by stakeholders who can affect your business are important. These stakeholders can and will […]

23 Jan 2017

Another report promising boom time for UK fisheries – but is it true? Plenty of scope for analysts to test realities and the politics. Post Brexit Boom! The Robbery of UK Resources   Fishing for Leave have produced a detailed analysis, using software commissioned by the group,  to show catches in UK waters and what the […]

14 Jan 2017

Dialectics of nature: The emergence of policy on the management of commercial fisheries in English European Marine Sites Robert Clark, John Humphreys, Jean-Luc Solandt, and Catherine Weller  European Marine Sites (EMS), designated under either the Habitats or Birds Directives, protect the biodiversity of the European Union (EU) and contribute to the implementation of the 1992 UN Convention on […]

03 Jan 2017

House of Lords EU Energy & Environment Sub-committee Fisheries and Brexit – Report published Report: Brexit: fisheries (HTML) Report: Brexit: fisheries (PDF) The EU Energy and Environment Sub-Committee has published its report highlighting some of the opportunities and challenges related to managing shared fish stocks following the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union. In […]

14 Dec 2016

Environment Agency Annual fisheries reports Fisheries activity and expenditure in England for the financial year 2015 to 2016, including partnership working and delivery projects. Reports for England and Regions. Environment Agency publishes annual report on flood and coastal erosion risk The Environment Agency has published its annual report on flood and coastal erosion risk management work […]

13 Dec 2016

NUTFA Statement Opportunities and Challenges Introduction: Under ten metre fleet & Brexit   Whilst the only certainty with regard to the post Brexit landscape [seascape] for fisheries is that there is no certainty, it does however provide the opportunity to start from a clean sheet on which to design our future. The previous Fisheries Minister, Richard […]

05 Dec 2016

Interesting development – this phrase might spark some interest in other marine sectors …’that negotiations regarding fisheries should not be entangled with non-fisheries issues’ The UK’s two main representative organisations for commercial fishermen – the Scottish Fishermen’s Federation (SFF) and the National Federation of Fishermen’s Organisations (NFFO) – have agreed upon common principles to ensure […]