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The UK referendum and the vote to part company with the EU is likely to have massive implications for both UK and European fishing business, according to Dutch PO VisNed.
The grassroots Dutch ‘Eendracht Maakt Kracht’ (Unity Is Strength) campaign, kickstarted online by a group of fishermen, has been gathering pace.
The results of the UK referendum should be sending a very clear signal to Brussels that fishermen find EU fisheries policy too bureaucratic, especially in regard to the Natura 2000 regulations, according to Johan Nooitgedagt of Dutch PO De Nederlandse Vissersbond.
The Reimerswaal Shipyard at Hansweert in the Netherlands is relocating to a new site, having outgrown its present location.
Dutch yard Luyt, based in Den Oever, reports that it has orders for two new stern trawlers, with an option for two more.
This year’s Holland Fisheries Event is set to take place in Urk on the 7-8th of October, and the event has become a regular feature of the Dutch fishing industry.
The new Immanuel MDV-1 breaks plenty of the accepted rules of how a fishing vessel should look. It was built in a little over a year as a co-operative project by the Padmos and Hoekman shipyards and delivered last summer to Urk owners Klaas Kramer and Hendrik Romkes.
In his State of the European Union speech as the Netherlands took over the EU Presidency for the coming six months from the first of January, Dutch Minister for Foreign Affairs Bert Koenders made a brief mention of fisheries, sandwiched between agriculture and forestry.
With the discard ban in place for demersal fishermen, Pim Visser of VisNed in Holland commented that they have been fortunate that there is an exemption for boats fishing with what the Dutch fishermen refer to as a ‘Belgian net,’ which has a three metre 120mm panel ahead of the codend.
Effective management and conservation of fisheries and fishing grounds require a comprehensive understanding of fishing methods and fishing gear, according to a new paper published in the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) Science Series volume 2.