Welcoming advances in protecting VMEs
The fishing sector welcomes the advances in the protection of vulnerable marine ecosystems over the last two decades, industry figures have told a United Nations conference to implement a number of resolutions…
IFCA Reform is Vital – says NFFO chairman
There has been considerable turbulence between Inshore Fisheries Conservation Authorities and fishermen in their districts over recent months, according to NFFO Chairman Paul Gilson – to the point that in some areas…
UK introduces new MPAs
The British government claims that its new post-Brexit powers have enabled it to close new areas to fishing activities. The Marine Management Organisation has confirmed the implementation of byelaws to…
Co-management can be achieved
Participation by fishermen, the authorities and others concerned, plus an EMFF grant has made it possible to achieve successful co-management of an area off the coast of western Sweden. In…
APPG discusses how Marine Protected Areas can be managed inclusively
Participants in the APPG on Fisheries first event of 2022 heard from speakers from across the fisheries and conservation worlds discussing collaboration for effective management of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs).…
The UK government is stacking the odds heavily against the fishing industry as it seeks to impose HPMAs
UK government rigs MPAs to harm fishing communities
The government’s process to select Highly Protected Marine Areas (HPMAs) needs a rethink, according to the NFFO, which states that human use issues are being deliberately relegated to a second…
UK government’s MPAs Blitzkrieg
The Government’s intention to implement management measures in 40 offshore marine protected areas over the next three years emerged towards the end of a recent NFFO meeting with the management…
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MPA fishing ban – another industry sell-out
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…
40% of UK waters are already Marine Protected Areas – but the Beynon Review’s proposes a series of Highly Protected Marine Areas as zero fishing zones
No-Fishing zones threatened for UK waters
In spite of having what the National Federation of Fishermen’s Organisations described as a ‘world-beating Marine Protected Area network,’ the UK authorities are being urged to ban fishing across a…
Javier Garat has called for prudence, co-ordination and rational thinking to guide the development MPA policy
Industry asks for sensible measures in establishing MPAs
Javier Garat, Secretary General of Cepesca and President of Europêche, has has voiced a call for prudence, co-ordination and rational thinking in guiding the development of policies concerning Marine Protected…