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March 13, 1981

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Fishermen from Cornwall, Devon and Dorset mm outside the House of Commons on Thursday last week.

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"NOTHING HA S BEEN another 62 men who had made AGREED YET!" This ls their own way lo London. _They filed into the com­ what fisheries minister tee room for the mass meet�,t l t ith n-Sm Alick Buchana od to be met by a bevy of MPs, over. 300 _ .. south.._west; f.:18her� _img _nduding a Cabinet minister ... men � ho descende d on·"·b.u t they wen.t away as Westminster last week to _pessimistic as th ey came in. demand a 12-mile exclusive Fisheries Minister Alick limit off Dorset, Devon and .Bu.chanan.-Smith did not meet Cornwall. the fishermen, but he held Eve:ry fisherman who took private talks with a delegation part in this biggest fishing which included Daphne Lawrie demonstration of its kind to hit of the Cornish FPO; Bill Wil­ London managed. to get into the Iiams, Plymouth Fishermen's Grand Committee Room of the Association: David Muirhead, House of Commons to present chairman, Cornish Federation their case. of Fishermen's Associations; The main batch of 266 Mike Orch a rd, Porthleven; fishermen arrived on a special charter train to be met by

HOPES of agreement on a Common Fisheries Policy are in danger of sinking without trace following the latest breakdown in negotiations in Brussels early on Wednesday morning.

No progress was made after tangle of highly technical 17 hours of talks, but Britain issues still dividing t heir - thanks to the Dutch pre- fisheries ministers.

All hope of serious discus-· sidency - broke out of a potentially dangerous posi- sion must be postponed at the tion of isolation engineered by very least until the end of the the French.

French presidential election An attempt by West Ger- in mid-May. Six years of wrangling have many and Britain to put together a mini-settlement on seen the dispute become, improved market protection according to one EEC official, for UK fishermen, in return "too technical for the politi­ for UK assent to a separate ·cians to solve andtoo p olitical EEC fishing package with for the experts."

British ministers started Canada, also crumbled into failure. this w e ek's ta lks in a There was an atmosphere potentially dangerous posi­ of weariness and finality tion of isolation following the about this week's breakdown tabling of new Commission which could spell the beginn- proposals which almost com­ i?r ing of the end of an intensive plete iy ignored the UK's case IN Radio telephone with separate iii Automatic tuning 10-month struggle to establish for a permanent 12-mile limit � Fifty five channels synthesized Jm LED display control unit if Two tone alarm an EEC fisheries policy. and protected are,is in the � Remote control transceiver Ii Push button instant Ch. 16 B Full y synthesized No new talks or com- Irish Sea and around the � Dual Watch fl Solid state B MF 1.6-4.5 MHZ Ii Up to 20 private channels promise proposals are plan- Orkneys and Shetland. iiffi Two 5 , dig it LED freq uency lj Sim plex and semi�du plex iii 200W (P.E.P.) or 400W (P.E.P.) Eight countries broadly ned, just an agreement that displays _vet§ior]_s ministers should meet again accepted the Commission on April 6.

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May 25, 1990

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THE west coast of !England and Wales has a varied fleet fishing the prime stocks and shellfish in the area. Fleetwood (below) has traditionally held pride of place as the top west coast port, but major developments at Milford Haven and Holyhead wm bring more competition. PHIL LOCK· LEY surveys the west coast in our 11 page fea-

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- 'more fishing opportunities' says government

:FISHERMEN wm be able to sen their vessel's licence .and its quota if • new Hcensing rules proposed in a new government consultation document go ahead. The scheme follows on from the new 'adding rip' · licensing regime, where two or more licences can be used to build .a bigger boat, or modernise an existing one.

Under the new plan, the The proposed changes transfer of the boat. The fishing entitlements of a ves· would "move towards a sys. quota of the boat or boats, sel whose licence is belng tern in which fishermen can based on track record, will surrendered will go With the increase their opportunities go witb the licence. The hew licence, based on the vessel's to fish for managed stocks capacity aggregation rules track record. But the plan without increasing their will apply, so an owner has been swiftly attacked by capacity," and vice versa. acquiring two licences to the Scottish and Northern Under the proposals a Ji. 0 Irish as being a major step cence or licences cn be down the road to individual transferred without the Comment - page 2. transferrable quotas (ITQs) , - , - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - writes TIM OLIVER. The plan is a major new development in fishing vessel licensing, and is seen by the industry as the second move in a three tier plan aimed ultimately at alloWing full scale trading of quotas (although the government has said this will not be brought in without the fullest consultations with INDUSTRY comment was limited because the docuthe industry).

Junior fisheries minister ment needs to be studied in detail, but severe doubts David Curry, announcing on the plans were expressed. the consultation document Bob Allan, chief executive in Parliament, sald the propof the Scottish Fishermen's ._ osed changes in the licensFederation, stressed the ing system "would allow complexity of the document, fishermen to acquire in- and criticised its failure to creased fishing opportunities address the immediate overwithout necessarily increascapacity problem. ing their fishing capacity''.

He said the SFF executive Comments from the indushad not had chance to distry must be submitted by cuss the document, but his July 31, and "subject to the feeling was that "if this is views expressed i t is hoped another stepping stone on t o i n t r o d u c e the new the road to ITQs i t will get a tinkering with the licensing arrangements in 1991," said very rough ride indeed from system, which will do noMr Curry. thing to address the immediour executive committee" Explaining the reasons for (although the Secretary of ate problem." the proposed changes, the State for Scotland had The SFF had expressed its document says current assured the SFF at its reconcern at the fears of licensing rules and quota cent meeting that ITQs accumulation of the industry arrangements mean that would not be "rammed down in the hands of a few people fishing opportunities can the industry's throat"). following the recent capacity only be increased by acquir:M"l Allen said i t seemed aggregation announcement. ing more or bigger vessels. that the government was in The federation had called for Similarly, a fisherman wanta different world from the a national licensing authing a smaller boat also faces rest of the industry. It had ority or something similar as a possible reduction in fish"turned its back on the real ' ing opportunities. issue of overcapacity, and is IS:Wffflf'f:UWf:!'·f

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