MMO agrees to bass appeals process
Following the NFFO’s meeting with Fisheries Minister, George Eustice, when the absence of an appeals process for bass entitlements was criticised, the MMO has announced a turnaround in the official approach.
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Following the NFFO’s meeting with Fisheries Minister, George Eustice, when the absence of an appeals process for bass entitlements was criticised, the MMO has announced a turnaround in the official approach.
A fishing vessel owner has been handed a 12-month sentence for fishing safety offences, plus a 3-month suspended sentence.
The NFFO is encouraging fishing vessel owners to make use of the EMFF funds not only to gain early minimum compliance with the upcoming codes but to improve the vessel safety beyond that which is required.
A Shoreham trawler had the back luck to pick up a pile of discarded seine rope on fishing grounds south of Shoreham, which brought that trip to a premature end.
The UK’s Fishing Minister paid a visit to Plymouth Fisheries to hear first-hand from fishermen and staff about issues affecting the South West fishing industry.
The Nodosa shipyard at Marín in Spain has delivered its latest newbuild for Falkland Islands company Consolidated Fisheries Ltd. The largest single investment ever made by with Falklands capital, the new vessel is designed to catch toothfish inside the islands’ EEZ.
Vestværft-designed and built fly-shooter Boy Andrew has been delivered to Wick company Bremner Fishing Co. The newbuild is based on a hull built in Poland and fitted out by Vestværft at Hvide Sande in western Denmark.
The NFFO has raised the issue of bass with Fisheries Minister George Eustice. At a meeting this week, the NFFO highlighted the unnecessary rigidity of the rules for gillnetters, as well as spelling out the consequences – the discarding of valuable bycatch.
The National Federation of Fishermen’s Associations (NFFO) has written urgently to UK Fisheries Minister George Eustice calling for an appeals process to be put in place for those vessels excluded from the bass fishery.
NFFO President and Selsey fisherman Tony Delahunty has been appointed to the Board of the Marine Management Organisation.
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