NFFO Calls For Additional Quota Allocation The NFFO has written to the Secretary of State, George Eustice, arguing that additional quota secured from the EU should be first and foremost use to address cases where ...
NFFO Strong Letter to PM – The NFFO has written in strong terms to the Prime Minister about the Government’s portrayal of the UK/EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement as a success on fisheries: Dear Prime ...
No sign of border obstacles dissipating. With exports of fish and shellfish into the EU impeded by a range of border issues, Defra has formed a new stakeholder group to address the mounting crisis. The ...
The NFFO on Brexit Deal – “Miniscule, Marginal, Paltry, Pathetic” Some of the adjectives that will be in circulation within the UK fishing industry today, to describe the change in UK quota shares as the ...
The 11th Hour – The NFFO reiterates what is at stake as negotiations with the EU reach the inevitable endgame. As the negotiations with the EU enter the 11th hour, rumours are swirling around in ...
No Deal Looms Without a Major Shift on Fish as Negotiations Remain on knife-edge The BBC last night reported that: “Talks to reach a post-Brexit trade deal are in a “serious situation”, Boris Johnson said ...
Fatal Miscalculation – A huge miscalculation lies at the heart of the EU’s negotiating strategy as we now head, apparently inexorably, into a future relationship unmediated by an overall framework agreement states an article on ...
The Fathom Podcast. The weekly Fathom Podcast, hosted by NFFO member organisation, the Cornish Fish Producers Organisation, has rapidly established itself as a must-listen venue for those who want to know what is going on ...
Boris Johnson’s Edward Heath Moment? – The NFFO takes stock of the negotiations for a UK/EU fisheries deal, after the remaining issues blocking a deal have been elevated to the political realm. The announcement that ...
Preparing for the End of the Transition Period – The top team at the Marine Management Organisation use the Fathom broadcast to discuss preparations for the end of the transition period on 31st December 2020 ...
Myth Making and Bluster – The NFFO responds to an article in the Irish Times that asserts the UK position in negotiations is based on “myth-making and bluster” as it seeks to reset its fisheries ...
WWF Calls for Camera Monitoring to Help Reduce Fishery bycatches Hundreds of thousands of endangered marine animals are dying unnecessarily every year as a result of being accidentally caught in fishing nets, according to a ...
FISHERIES ACT 2020 The Fisheries Bill, after a long and at times tortuous journey, has successfully completed its final parliamentary scrutiny stage reports the NFFO. The House of Lords accepted the amendments made in the ...
Macron shift signals start of real fishing talks. The legal and political realities confronting the EU on fishing have been finally acknowledged by President Macron, in the wake of last week’s EU summit. In a ...
NFFO welcomes UK/Norway fisheries agreement. The National Federation of Fishermen’s Organisation has welcomed the signature of a fisheries framework agreement between UK and Norway. The agreement was signed by Secretary of State, George Eustice, and ...
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 ...
Fishing vessel owners asked to share impacts of Covid-19 in annual fleet survey. Vessel owners across UK to take part in a major survey of fishing fleet. Seafish, the public body that supports the £10bn ...
Shellfish group makes progress despite COVID-19. The Shellfish Industry Advisory Group established in November last year has made substantial progress, despite the crisis in the shellfish markets caused by the coronavirus pandemic. Although shellfish markets ...
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