26 Jun 2017
Bar Council – Brexit Papers from Daniel Owen You might be interested in this initiative by the Bar Council: their ‘Brexit Papers’. A Third Edition was released on 23 June: http://www.barcouncil.org.uk/media-centre/publications/2017/2017/june/the-brexit-papers-third-edition/ I’ve written a paper for them on fisheries: it’s number 23 in the list. It takes into account the Queen’s Speech on 21 June. […]
22 Jun 2017
19 Jun 2017
It is encouraging that the MMO are routinely succeeding in their enforcement activities. This fine arose from 13 breaches which begs the question of why so many were allowed before there was legal intervention? For anyone thinking that Brexit and fisheries will be easy just look at the complexity of ownership by a Dutch company […]
16 May 2017
A flurry of electioneering claims and counter claims surround the notable quote from Environment Secretary Andrea Leadsom in a letter to the SFF. She said “no decision has yet been made” on the extent to which the CFP would be incorporated into British law. But she pledged to “disapply the key elements” which are “most […]
25 Apr 2017
The relationships between Europe’s countries fishing around our coast is long standing. The London Convention embodied this relationship in 1964. The historic relationships are however much longer than that. Despite my coverage of this in March when the Times and Telegraph carried articles saying that UK would trigger exit from the London Convention it is […]
28 Mar 2017
Telegraph 24th March ‘Theresa May is expected to announce within weeks that the UK will reclaim its waters for British fishermen by pulling out of a deal that pre-dates the EU. The Prime Minister will take Britain out of the 1964 London convention which allows European fishing vessels to access waters six to twelve nautical […]
13 Mar 2017
In early 2016 Scottish Government established fisheries restrictions in Scottish Marine Protected Areas to protect vulnerable marine ecosystems. The ‘mobile’ fishing sector (i.e. the part of the fishing industry most likely to be affected by these MPA) raised many concerns about the negative impact the restrictions could have on coastal communities. This report looks at […]
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