Speaking ahead of today’s Holyrood parliamentary debate on Brexit and Scotland’s rural economy, Scottish fishing industry leaders claim that the EU referendum has handed the Scottish fishing industry an unparalleled opportunity to deliver a significant boost to investment and employment for our fragile coastal communities.
The referendum to leave the EU represents a seismic change for the UK fishing industry, according to the NFFO chairman’s report.
A delegation of Scottish fishing industry leaders has launched the start of their campaign to ensure that fishing forms a fundamental part of the forthcoming Brexit negotiations, describing it as ‘sea of opportunity’ for delivering a sustainable future.
A movement that emerged online between Dutch fishermen will today hold a protest in the port city of Rotterdam, with fishing vessels arriving in the city to protest against what they see as highly restrictive rules that are adversely affecting fishing.
The EU Commission has published guidance for Member States, which are responsible for the collection of relevant data, towards a clearer idea on how to build sound data collection plans for the period 2017-2020.
The NFFO expects that Brexit will dominate its for the foreseeable future, but says that until the shape of the post-Brexit world is clear, the UK will still be subject to the current management rules, most of which are applied or shaped by the CFP.
The UK referendum and the vote to part company with the EU is likely to have massive implications for both UK and European fishing business, according to Dutch PO VisNed.
A leading article in Yrkesfiskarna, the magazine of the Swedish Fishermen’s Federation, examines the effects that the UK vote to leave the European Union could have, not least that with the UK separated from the EU, there will be additional negotiations every year on top of the usual Brussels negotiations.
Olivier Lepretre, president of the Nord Pas-de-Calais fisheries committee, hopes that the European Commission has heard the very clear message sent by the UK Brexit vote.
Speaking at last week’s IIFET conference in Aberdeen, Niels Wichmann of the Danish FPO said that there has been a rush to implement the landing obligation, driven partly by fears over cod, and will lead to a a chaotic situation in 2019.