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Electronic Monitoring: A Culture of Co-operation or Surveillance?
As the UK government is poised to extend the use of vessel monitoring systems (VMS) across the inshore fleet in England, recent experience with electronic monitoring systems (EMS) illustrates two very different trajectories for fisheries management, and the NFFO has examined the situation to set out the complexities of electronic monitoring of fishing vessels and the pitfalls that have to be avoided.
New fisheries and quota manager joins Waterdance
South-West fishing company Waterdance has announced that Martyn Youell, currently Head of the Fisheries Management Team at the MMO, will be joining the company at the at the end of April.
UK appoints minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
A replacement for UK fisheries minister George Eustice, who resigned last week, has been found in Robert Goodwill, who takes over at DEFRA.
Parliamentarians pull together to promote UK fishing
MPs and Peers with a keen interest in the UK fishing industry have announced a new programme of activity for the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Fisheries, establishing a cross-party Westminster body opening its membership to the fisheries sector.
UK flag? Get your IMO number
As part of the contingency planning for Brexit, UK fishing vessel operators are advised to register for an IMO number ahead of the changes expected to take place as the UK leaves the EU and automatic access to EEZs of EU nations ends.
UK fisheries minister quits government
UK Minister for Fisheries George Eustice has added to the turmoil of UK politics, resigning from the government over Theresa May’s decision to allow a vote on delaying article 50, commenting that it would be a ‘final humiliation.’
UK fishing’s high profile
With only a few weeks to go and the terms of the UK’s departure from the European Union still very unclear, NFFO chief executive Barrie Deas said that fishing has a higher profile than it has had for years.
Seafish reports on UK fishing’s employment statistics
The 2018 Employment in the UK Fishing Fleet report has been published by Seafish, presenting data on the nationality, gender, age, qualification, work pattern and ways of paying workers in the UK catching sector on board and onshore.