‘Our governments have let us down,’ said SFF chief executive Bertie Armstrong, commenting on the deal that means relative stability and therefore reciprocal access to fishing grounds will remain in place throughout the two-year post-Brexit transition period.
The Vard Aukra shipyard in western Norway has finalised an agreement to build a new fishing vessel for Fosnavåg company Remøybuen, with a delivery date in the second quarter of 2019.
According to the Taiwanese Fisheries Agency, the recent claims made by the Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF) regarding treatment of crews contain numerous inaccuracies, including that a number of the examples cited refer to vessels under other flags, over which Taiwan does not have jurisdiction.
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.
Representatives of fishermen’s organisations and co-operatives from England, France, Belgium, Holland and the Channel Islands gathered in Devon for the 39th annual Mid-Channel Potting Conference, and following two days of discussion have released a statement to the effect that they intend to ensure that cohabitation agreements should continue to be made, industry to industry, into the future.
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.
The European Fisheries Alliance (EUFA) has welcomed the draft guidelines presented by European Council President Donald Tusk. The commitment by the European Union to maintaining current access to waters and resources and to conduct negotiations on fisheries in the context of a wider trade agreement is an important step towards a balanced and mutually beneficial post-Brexit agreement on fisheries.
The Nerpa shipyard, a branch of JSC ZS Zvezdochka, part of Russian shipbuilding conglomerate United Shipbuilding Corporation, is gearing up to expand its activities in the fishing sector.
After tracking the satellite positioning data of 70,000 fishing vessels for the past four years, a group of researchers have concluded that commercial fishing covers over 55% of the ocean's surface. Europêche has hit back at the claim that fishing therefore occupies four times as much space as agriculture in terms of square kilometres.
The furore over claims by environmental organisations of suspicious fishing activity continues as the Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA) has gently set out in response to a National Geographic article, specifically mentioning a vessel operated by Austral Fisheries, that AIS is not the same thing as a VMS.
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