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Clyde fishermen parted company with the Scottish Fishermen’s Federation in November last year, and have announced that the Clyde Fishermen’s Association (CFA) has instead become part of the Communities Inshore Fisheries Alliance (CIFA), which it describes as a politically neutral umbrella voice for fishing associations and fishing-related businesses.
The UK’s environment secretary Michael Gove and fisheries minister George Eustice, who is also MP for the Camborne and Redruth constituency where fishing is a key part of the economy, can expect to have some explaining ahead of them, given the expectation they raised over Britain being able to regain exclusive control of its fisheries, according to the Cornish FPO.
Two fishermen wearing lifejackets have been dramatically rescued from their liferaft by a passing fishing vessel after their own vessel capsized 3.6nm off Prawle Point early on Friday morning.
As the UK and the EU move towards a crucial stage in negotiations, an NFFO delegation has come away from a meeting with environment secretary Michael Gove, having reinforced its position that giving way to the EU aim keeping the UK within the CFP status quo, but with only a notional right to be consulted, would be wholly unacceptable.
Following on from the overwhelming success of Fishing into the Future’s first industry training workshop in 2017, the charity delivered its second training session aimed at inshore fishermen on the 6-8th March, at Dartington Hall in Devon: entitled ‘an Introduction to Sustainable Fishing.’
The latest netter to join the fleet fishing from the south-west of England is Amanda of Ladram, following an extensive conversion job from its previous role as a Scottish prawn trawler. We caught up with skipper John Walsh and his crew in Newlyn as they were preparing for their first trip with the new boat.
Scottish Pelagic Fishermen’s Association chief scientist Dr Steven Mackinson, and colleagues from the Centre for Environment Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (Cefas), have published a scientific paper highlighting the sustainability issues faced when balancing pressures between maximising sustainable catch yields and ensuring effective fish stock conservation.
Reacting to the EU’s draft guidelines for trade talks, Scottish Fishermen’s Federation chief executive Bertie Armstrong stated that there cannot be ‘fairer shares’ for fishing communities if existing reciprocal access is maintained.
The NFFO has highlighted the problem of the distorting effect that devolution is having on UK fisheries management, claiming that the issue is having a distorting effect with fisheries management decisions being compromised by politics. The NFFO states that the fishing industry cannot thrive until fisheries management is depoliticised.
The raw materials used by Newlyn specialist recycling company Fishy Filaments are the gill nets that pile up in bags on the quayside. The company is still in its early stages, recycling fishing gear to produce the high-quality filament that 3D printers require, and it’s a more complex business that it appears at first glance.