@SWFPA
 Representing fishers from 1943
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SFF@sff_uk14 Mar 2025
The Home and Dry campaign, which first launched in 2020 to improve fishing safety and reduce the number of fatalities in the industry, has produced a series of excellent safety videos which we will be posting here over the next few weeks - do please share with colleagues.
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NFFO@NFFO_UK14 Oct 2024
The NFFO has been campaigning for a national strategy for fishing for some time now and the need is only becoming more apparent with every passing day. nffo.org.uk/fail-to-plan-pla…

Fail to plan: plan to fail - NFFO

NFFO Chief Executive Mike Cohen argues that we need a plan for our seas and a strategy for developing the fishing industry’s place in them.

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SWFPA retweeted
SWFPA@SWFPA14 Oct 2024
Good to see early progress on our new HQ, which will also house the Scottish Seafood Centre of Excellence here in Fraserburgh. As well as our administrative and corporate functions, there will be space in the new two-storey building for training activity on safety, performance and resource efficiency. We hope also to attract UK-hosted international fisheries meeting and delegations. #fisheries #scottishfisheries @Aberdeenshire
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SWFPA Chairman David Milne gives his thoughts ahead of the 2024 fishing year. View his message at facebook.com/SWFPA
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Blue Marine - Wealthy, Connected and Wrong, from @NFFO_UK nffo.org.uk/blue-marine-weal…

Blue Marine: Wealthy, Well-Connected and Wrong - NFFO

Over the course of this year’s negotiations there has been a persistent drumbeat from Blue Marine about the failures of fisheries mismanagement in general and cod in particular, It is a very select...

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Stakeholder perceptions & next steps for COD assessments in the North Sea & Celtic Seas - great to see the report published from @ICES_ASC @SWFPA workshop with 6 recommendations. doi.org/10.17895/ices.pub.21…
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Meet Hannah Fennell; Trustee for Fishing into the Future, Head of Orkney Fisheries Association, PHD researcher, wonderful WIF Director & absolute powerhouse in the fishing sector! #womeninfisheries
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♀️🎣 @UK_WIF on @BBCRadio4 at 4pm! Out of the 12k commercial #fishers, just 18 are #women. The industry desperately needs to recruit, but there is still a lot of #sexism & superstition. Meet some of the women who have made it on board to pursue a career👇bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001fmg…
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🐟🐟 fit for our King – at Methlick, Scotland
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Replying to @Bluemarinef
Or that fishermen introduce numerous closed areas each year to protect spawning cod, or that we left tens of thousands of tons of haddock in the sea last year and this year to reduce the impact on cod
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Replying to @Bluemarinef
Interesting that ICES advice allows fir an increase in North Sea Cod by up to 44% and that the same ICES is to look at the high possibility that the northern, west of scotland cod population is the same as northern North Sea. Don’t hear you mentioning that?
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SWFPA retweeted
SWFPA@SWFPA24 Aug 2022
Replying to @Bluemarinef
@Bluemarinef, call me a cynic, but how interesting to note that campaigns such as that with cod centre around a book launch. similar self promotion to that of @HughFW. of interest is the ICES advice for NS Cod for 2023 of a 44% increase in catches.
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SWFPA@SWFPA4 Aug 2022
Replying to @trussliz
@trussliz The fishing industry is crying out for a solution to its crewing problems, no crew, no fishing, no fish. We ask that you make this a priority if gain the hot seat! We deserve no less #sustainablefishing
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SWFPA retweeted
SWFPA@SWFPA15 Jun 2022
Replying to @DefraGovUK
@DefraGovUK @david_duguid Price of fuel to the vessels now hovering at £1 per litre. Being price takers, not price makers, leaves commercial fishermen economically vulnerable. It’s time for fiscal package to support it #FoodSecurity #feedthenation
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Replying to @TheOpenSeas
@swfpa the data you refer to was shared in confidence but also with the aim of being transparent. From over 350 trips, cod bycatch was less than 0.5% yet you focus on data points which suit your agenda. This behaviour is despicable and shows why industry can not trust you.
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A global study of the impacts of #BottomTrawling has found that #seabeds are in good health where trawl #Fisheries are sustainably managed... bit.ly/3FB9ppJ

Worldwide trawling study makes case for sustainable fisheries - Fishing News

A global study of the impacts of bottom trawling has found that seabeds are in good health where trawl fisheries are sustainably managed. The first study of its kind, undertaken by Bangor University...

fishingnews.co.uk
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#FishingTwitter can anyone give me an example of where VMS has allowed entry into a previously closed to towed gear area within an MPA please? Please answer yes / no with detail. And pls 🙏 RT this to others would like a good geographic sample. Thank you
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Replying to @hlfennell @CFAScot
So true. I have worked hard to reassure our fishermen that restrictions will only be imposed where evidence supports such action. This development shows that fishermen were quite right to tell me that Scot Gov can’t be trusted and will backflip for a vote.
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@sff_uk @CFAScot @CIFA_Scot @SmokedSimon
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Trust is hard-won, and easily lost. By this surprise announcement Marine Scotland jeopardises not only their relationship with the fishing industry, but also the success of future #management and conservation efforts. (9/9)
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