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…