Land: UK

meeting held in Edinburgh today (20 January) of the Scottish

Scottish Pelagic Sustainability Group Ltd western component of north east Atlantic mackerel has been certified as MSC status.

Measures to help Scottish fishermen ‘weather the economic storm’ and

Around 8.15 this morning Dover Coastguard were alerted to the

The NFFO is currently engaged in intensive discussions with Defra officials on the form that the effort control regime will take in 2009. The new regime will commence on 1st of February but there are still many unresolved issues, not least the basic question of relevance to vessels affected by the EU cod recovery plan – how many days will each vessel be allowed to fish over the next 12 months?

The first of a series of meetings on the shape and role of the new Marine Management Organisation, was held recently in Reading – almost as far from the sea as it is possible to reach in England. When it becomes active in 2010 the MMO will absorb the Marine Fisheries Agency, oversee the replacements for sea-fisheries committees, and be the main instrument for marine spatial planning, including the designation of marine conservation zones.

A meeting was held recently with Defra officials in the NFFO offices in York, on the Commission’s proposal for a new control regulation. The main focus of the meeting was a line-by-line scrutiny of the Commission’s text, firstly to understand what is being proposed and secondly, to alert officials to some of our main areas of concern.

The Scottish Shellfish Marketing Group is celebrating after mussels from its farms were chosen by top chef Heston Blumenthal as part of his revamp of the menu of the Little Chef motorway chain.

Coastguard helicopters from both sides of the channel and an

Russia’s restrictions on fish imports from Scotland have been removed,