Belgian PO gets a fresh identity
Belgian fishing industry PO Rederscentrale this year celebrated its 75th anniversary, and from 1st January it also takes on a new identity as the Belgian Fisheries Producers Organisation (BFPO). The…
Industry registers spatial squeeze concerns
Concerns over marine space became a key part of the agenda at the latest Mid-Channel Conference, which has since the 1980s brought together parties from the Netherlands, Belgium, France and…
Channel seine netting agreement confirmed
Fishermen’s organisations in France, The Netherlands and Belgium have confirmed that a gentlemen’s agreement to regulate seine netting activity in the eastern part of the English Channel has been reached.…
Gentlemen’s agreement on Eastern Channel seine netting
Nobody believed it would happen – but it has. An agreement regulating seine netting activity in the Eastern Channel has been reached between French, Dutch and Belgian fishermen and their…
