Tag: Brexit
Minister urges Irish fisheries sector to complete Brexit preparations. The Irish Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue T.D., has called on companies in the agri-food and fisheries sectors to urgently complete their ...
Irish reaffirm commitment to get Brexit deal that protects fishing industry. The Irish Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue, T.D., has with representatives of the Irish fishing industry to reconfirm the Government’s ...
Fishing centre stage in EU negotiations. Negotiations with the EU have bounced back centre stage, as time to reach an agreement of the UK’s future relationship with the EU runs out. Both parties have said ...
Response to Brexit and Our Seas Consultation and the next steps towards a future fisheries policy for Wales. By Lesley Griffiths, Minister for Environment, Energy and Rural Affairs. Last year I published the ‘Brexit and ...
Joint statement from SFF and NFFO. Elspeth Macdonald and Barrie Deas, chief executives of the Scottish Fishermen’s Federation (SFF) and National Federation of Fishermen’s Organisations (NFFO) respectively, said: “For the fishing industry in the UK, leaving the Common Fisheries Policy has ...
IFM position on the Fisheries Bill. The Fisheries Bill is the first domestic marine fisheries legislation for over 40 years and is primarily a piece of framework legislation designed to fill the governance gap once the ...
Calm before the storm for UK fishing fleet as 2019 economic estimates published. The first economic performance estimates for the UK fishing fleet in 2019 have been published today by Seafish, the public body that ...
NFFO Reiterates Key Positions as Negotiations Intensify – It is difficult to glean much from the official statements made by the EU and the UK after each round in the intensified UK/EU negotiations on their ...
Irish discuss fisheries and Brexit with EC Trade Commissioner. The Irish Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Dara Calleary T.D., met last week via video conference with European Commissioner for Trade, Phil Hogan, where ...
UK will end exploitative relationship with the EU, says fishing chief. The chief executive of the National Federation of Fishermen’s Organisations says the UK has been “trapped in an asymmetric and exploitative relationship with the ...
Scottish sea food businesses widening their nets to catch more of the global market.The challenges of the past four months have noticeably shifted the Scottish seafood market, according to trade organisation Seafood Scotland. Current business behaviour ...
Irish discuss Brexit fish implications with EU Fisheries Commissioner. The Irish Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Barry Cowen T.D, met last week by video link, with Fisheries Commissioner Virginius Sinkevičius for the first time ...
Fish concerns discussed at meeting with EU, Ireland and N. Ireland. The Irish Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Barry Cowen T.D., last week met via video conference with European Commissioner for Trade, Phil ...
Meeting with UK chief Brexit negotiator. A small delegation from the National Federation of Fishermen’s Organisations met recently (remotely) with Chief Negotiator, David Frost. The meeting took place ahead of five weeks of intensive negotiations ...
SFF underlines key Brexit demands. Scottish fisheries leaders have re-iterated the industry’s demands as talks resumed over a Brexit deal. SFF chief executive Elspeth MacDonald said the UK’s departure from the EU and its Common ...
Barnier upholds EU commitment for good Brexit fishing deal. Last week, the Irish Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Michael Creed attended a meeting with EU Chief Negotiator Michel Barnier and Fisheries Commissioner Virginius Sinkevicius ...
NFFO Update on UK-EU Negotiations – After last week’s round of negotiations, Michel Barnier singled out fisheries as one of the areas where insufficient progress is being made towards the point at the end of ...
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