UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement: Call for Evidence

With the review of the UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement approaching, and the Adjustment Period on fisheries ending in 2026, the APPG on Fisheries is gathering evidence on priorities for future UK-EU arrangements on fisheries. As part of this, we are now launching a Call for Evidence from the fishing industry and related stakeholders, on their priorities for the future. 

Recruitment and Labour in UK Fishing and Seafood: All Our Panellists' Answers

This event heard from a range of panellists from the catching and processing sectors, alongside public and civil society organisations who together explored challenges surrounding recruitment and labour facing the UK's fishing industry. During the event, our panellists offered insights into the scale nature of the challenges facing the industry and wider sector, alongside efforts underway and needed to tackle these.

Parliamentary Focus on Recruitment and Labour in the UK’s Fishing and Seafood Sector

As an island, surrounded by some of the most productive seas in the North East Atlantic, fishing has long formed the lifeblood of coastal communities in the UK – offering livelihoods at sea and onshore, contributing to local economies and culture, and providing healthy food for populations.

Final Consultation for the Frontrunner FMPs: What You Need to Know

Fisheries Management Plans (FMPs) set out policies for maintaining one or more stocks at sustainable levels, or restoring them to these levels if needed. Six FMPs have been selected as frontrunners, with a final consultation now launched ahead of their anticipated publication at the end of 2023. This digest summarises the purpose of the final consultation and ways to engage in this, the key issues under consideration for each of the frontrunner FMPs and engagement that has already been undertaken during the FMP development.

The Joint Fisheries Statement: What you need to know

The Joint Fisheries Statement (JFS) was published on 23 November 2022. It sets the direction of UK fisheries management following Brexit, outlining how the fisheries policy authorities of England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland will meet the eight objectives of the Fisheries Act 2020 to achieve environmental and economic sustainability. This digest focuses on how the final version of the JFS differs from the consultation draft published earlier in 2022.

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