Fishing for Leave (FFL) is calling for the abhorrent practice of electric pulse fishing to be banned in British waters post-Brexit. In this article, FFL also details six other important fisheries reforms that a newly-sovereign UK government must adopt in […]
CIB affiliate member Fishing for Leave gives a cautious welcome to the launch of the Government’s Fisheries Bill, but warns that the serious threat to the fishing industry from Theresa May’s Chequers proposals remains. The launch of the Government’s Fisheries Bill […]
Fishing for Leave’s John Ashworth explains why electoral considerations mean that British fishermen will not be sold out to the EU once again. British fishermen have not had much reason for happiness since we joined the EEC. The Common Fisheries […]
The EU’s Common Fisheries Policy has decimated our fishing fleet. We have less than five months to save it from total annihilation, writes CIB Deputy Chairman Philip Foster. When Heath betrayed British fishermen as a condition (among many) of joining […]
The Fisheries White Paper was better than I was expecting and certainly a lot of thought has gone into the wording, but – and there is always a but – the whole paper has been written on the assumption that […]
A briefing note from Fishing for Leave The Transition deal the government is agreeing with EU has dire implications and presents an existential threat for what’s left of the British fishing industry and coastal communities. The government hopes to ratify […]
