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Scots minister calls on UK Govt to ensure good deal at EU Fish Council. Scotland’s Fisheries Secretary Fergus Ewing has called on the UK Government to ensure that Scotland’s interests are being fully represented at ...
A new seafood resource for Brexit trade issues has been released by Seafish, the public body that supports the £10bn UK seafood industry, to support the seafood production industry. The Rules of Origin and EU/UK ...
UK fishers welcome strengthening of Fisheries Bill. During a visit yesterday (10 December) to Peterhead Fish Market by Secretary of State for Scotland David Mundell, the Scottish Fishermen’s Federation (SFF) signalled their welcome to the ...
UK bolsters Fisheries Bill and delivers funding boost. Michael Gove today (10 December) announced a strengthening of the law and new money to ensure the UK’s fishing industry prospers as we become an independent coastal ...
Fisheries Brexit Concerns – The UK Government must remove the link between seafood trade and access to waters, says the Scottish Government. In a letter to UK Cabinet Minister Michael Gove, Scots Fisheries Secretary Fergus ...
Scots say in quota and effort limits. Scottish Fisheries Secretary Fergus Ewing has written to the UK Government (cabinet minister Michael Gove) to request a number of amendments to the UK Fisheries Bill, regarding quota ...
The UK will be a fully independent coastal state according to Prime Minister Theresa May. She has told the Scottish Fishermen’s Federation (SFF) that in 2020 the UK will negotiate as a fully independent state ...
The Scottish fishing industry demands full control of UK waters be taken back from the EU. Politicians from all parties at Holyrood and Westminster are being urged to sign a pledge in support. Along with ...
Fishing Centre Stage – The Withdrawal Agreement and Political Statement on the UK’s future relationship with the EU has put fishing in the spotlight. The NFFO looks at what is at stake. Independent Coastal State ...
Leaked EU fishing rights statement adds to May’s pressure. The EU will be declaring that the post-Brexit negotiations over fishing rights in UK waters will build on the current arrangements hated by the British fishing ...
Brexit spat over fishing ‘sell-out’. A spat between the SNP and Conservatives over what the proposed Brexit deal means for Scottish fishing shows no sign of going away. First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has said Scottish ...
SSPO CEO comments on proposed Brexit deal. Julie Hesketh-Laird, chief executive of the Scottish Salmon Producers Organisation, has said the proposed Brexit deal raises some serious questions for the farmed salmon sector. She said: “We ...
Scots fishers seek assurances. The Scottish Fishermen’s Federation says it will continue to seek assurances from the UK Government that Brexit will secure fisheries control, following the EU and UK agreeing a draft agreement on ...
Higher quotas for small fishing boats after Brexit. The Guardian newspaper reports that fishing rights should be redrawn to give a higher quota to smaller vessels after Brexit, the Labour party is to propose in ...
Grimsby seafood cluster seeks reassurances over Brexit – in particular how their relationship will be affected with their closest trading partners of Iceland, Norway and the Faroes. According to a recent report in the Grimsby ...
UK industry seeks Brexit clarity – Scottish and UK industry leaders are seeking clarity from the Prime Minister on the proposed new fisheries agreement within the Brexit settlement amid concerns about a linkage between access ...
EU demands fishing rights in British waters as price for all-UK Brexit backstop. European Union fishing fleets must be given wide-ranging access to British coastal waters as the price of agreeing an all-UK Brexit divorce ...
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