19 Nov 2018
Landing Obligation 2019 – Rules and regulations The landing obligation (‘discard ban’) applies to quota species and is being phased in over the period 2015 to 2019. Suite of 15 reports deals with how to address the issues around implementing the landing obligations. Topics range from general guidance to specific gear related topics, e.g. Nephrops. […]
07 Aug 2018
Fisheries Bill, discards & bycatch – the threat of Brexit A few weeks ago the Government launched their White Paper on sustainable fisheries after Brexit. These two articles are among the growing wave of responses to the White Paper. Environmental campaigners join forces to tell Michael Gove not to fail on fisheries post-Brexit Experts from […]
08 May 2018
Bob Earll: There is a well known tension between Nephrops – scampi prawn – mobile gear fisheries and fisheries for white fish with the later usually suffering in the long run e.g. in the Clyde and Irish Sea. It will be interesting to see just what this FDF process will reveal. MMO: The Fully Documented […]
07 Jan 2018
The next phase of the discard ban is introduced to encourage sustainable fishing. Defra Published 2 January 2018 From today (2 January), fishermen targeting certain fish in the North Sea must land everything they catch as the next phase of the discard ban for demersal species comes into force, Fisheries Minister George Eustice has announced. The discard ban, […]
18 Dec 2017
Thanks to Keith Hiscock for this news. Persist with the Plymouth Herald site you’ll get to the video eventually. This article describes the still shocking realities of discarding of bass and the candid video of a local Plymouth fisherman. Fishermen have thrown £120k of dead fish back in sea in a week The fisherman say […]
14 Apr 2017
Amy Wardlaw, MMO, ‘The MMO is seeking to continue work with the fishing industry on the Fully Documented Fisheries (FDF) scheme – looking at ways of tackling the problem of discarding fish. On behalf of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) we’ve been running the Fully Documented Fishery scheme with industry since […]
09 Jan 2017
Defra: ‘As of 1 January, the next phase of the discard ban starts with fishermen now having to land cod and pollack. Further action to boost sustainable fishing begins as the next phase of the discard ban for demersal species comes into force, announced Fisheries Minister George Eustice. The discard ban, also known as the […]
14 Nov 2016
Fishing Focus The last Fishing Focus came out in May before the EU referendum. Reading this you might be forgiven for wondering whether it took place at all. It is well worth going through this Fishing Focus in detail because it highlights a range of items from the UK’s position on deep sea fishing to […]
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