Spanish companies are poised to buy out Scotland’s whitefish fleet and fishing rights if relative stability is ditched and international trading rights established when the CFP is reformed

Intensive efforts are being made to try to resolve the quota crisis in the North Sea under-10m sector, fishermen in Ramsgate heard last week

Inshore fishermen at Aldeburgh were due to meet their local MP on Friday (23 July) to emphasize the urgency of the quota crisis they and other under-10m fishermen face in the North Sea.

Under-10m boats are facing a crisis in the North Sea due to a lack of quota – but POs are also running out of quota and early closures of some important fisheries for some PO members appear inevitable

Scottish whitefish skippers are angry at losing important fishing grounds in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea because of new real time closures

The model being considered by the EU for the decision-making process in a reformed CFP is down-stream regionalization

DEFRA has spelled out its three main priorities for CFP reform in a letter to Thames fishermen