The NFFO has hit back at the Marine Management Organisation’s announced intention to outlaw towed gears in the Dogger Bank SAC and the majority of three other offshore MPAs, describing…
Following the Trade and Cooperation Agreement between the EU and the UK, new fishing licences were issued buy the MMO on New Year’s Eve 2020, intended to ensure minimal disruption…
A group of the English fishing industry’s big names have written to Secretary of State for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs George Eustice to set out serious concerns over MMO…
The current closure of scallop fishing on the Dogger Bank will be remain in place for a further three weeks until 23:59 on 29th August. This follows a preliminary analysis…
According to the MMO, more than 1900 UK under-10-metre fishing vessel owners have registered on the system, representing 77% of the fleet. Over 27,000 individual catch records have been recorded…
The All Party Parliamentary Group on Fisheries group’s online Support for the Fisheries Sector attracted over 70 participants from all over the UK. MPs and high-level officials from across the…
The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) is accepting applications for projects that support domestic sales of locally-caught fish and shellfish from now to Monday 11th May under a a new grant…
The controversy over the Catch App rolled out by the UK authorities for small-scale fishermen to declare landing figures continues. According to the MMO, improvements have been made to the…
The Coastal PO is calling all UK under 10 metre fishermen to register their experience of using the new CatchApp for logging catches. ‘We have received only complaints and have…
The skipper and owner of Irish trawler Ocean Venture II S-121 have been fined a total of £55,842.47 at Exeter Magistrates Court for fisheries offences in a prosecution brought by…
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