Sunday 11 September 2011
New filleting knife.
Saturday 10 September 2011
Landing day for the netters.
Take the Online Survey for Fishermen’s Knowledge
Your views are very important
so please GET INVOLVED FOR A CHANCE TO WIN £200!
Time: 15/20min
Deadline: 25th September 2011
Prize: £200
In recent years fisheries scientists, economists and policy makers have increasingly recognised the importance and value of information and knowledge held by fishermen who, from the deck or wheelhouse, can often spot signs of change in a fishery long before they show up on scientific stock assessments.
Through early involvement with the Fisheries Science Partnership programme the NFFO has been at the forefront of this drive to accommodate fishermen’s information more formally into the decision-making process and stock assessments.
The AFR project, first piloted by NFFO in 2009, seeks to build on this foundation by developing a means of recording skippers’ observations in a systematic and consistent way. Over a longer time period the benefit of these reports will increase as they will provide an invaluable reference guide.
Your views, observations and comments are therefore vital, please ‘get involved’ and take the short online survey (15-20mins). We are looking for information on a range of topics, these include:
VESSEL - length/power/crew/days at sea/area of operation
CATCHES - observations on abundance/seasonality/distribution of species
DISCARDING - are you affected?
REGULATION - is it effective? Could it be improved? share your comments!
ECONOMICS - how is your business performing?
By completing the survey you will automatically be entered into a £200 cash prize draw (only one entry per vessel). But please be quick – the survey deadline is 25th September. Prize winner will be drawn at random on 30th September.
If you do not have access to the internet or would rather do the interview over the phone or require further assistance then please contact the NFFO office on 01904 635432 who will arrange for a member of the AFR project team to contact you.
The NFFO Annual Fisheries Reports (AFR) project is funded by the Fisheries Challenge Fund. Survey is carried out via a Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) meaning there is a secure and encrypted connection between your computer browser and the server where the survey data is collected and stored.
Thank you
Barrie DeasNFFO Chief Executive
Background info on the survey - how and why it will be useful and of benefit to the industry.
In a determined attempt to break with the era when fishermen’s knowledge was invariably relegated to the “interesting but unusable” category, the NFFO has introduced a simple-to-use online survey which allows individual fishermen to contribute to the scientific understanding of stock and fleet trends.
The survey is part of a broader initiative to bring industry knowledge into the fore in fisheries science and fisheries policy through annual fisheries reports.
A step-by-step format guides all those willing to contribute their knowledge and experience through the process. The results put fishermen’s knowledge on a much more systematic and therefore influential, footing.
Davy Hill, President of the NFFO said: “This is how we can break free of the claim that fishermen’s knowledge is merely “anecdotal” and therefore incapable of being taken into account in fish stock assessments”.
“The more fishermen who complete this survey, the more difficult it will be for scientists and fisheries managers to ignore the results. It will be possible to compare and contrast the industry’s direct experience with the views based on assessment models. This is very exciting and if enough people support the survey will amount to a breakthrough” he added.
“Over the years I have heard plenty dissatisfaction expressed about fisheries science on the quayside and in the wheelhouse. With this survey it is possible to move beyond moaning to actually change the science. If the survey, in good faith, generates enough evidence for an emerging trend, the scientists are duty bound to take it into account.
“I strongly urge you all to take the very short time that it takes to complete the survey. This is your and our future.”
Davy Hill, President of the NFFO
National Federation of Fishermen's Organisations
30 Monkgate, York YO31 7PF
Phone numbers:-
Tel: 01904 635430
NFFO Services: 01904 635432
Accounts Dept: 01904 635428
Fax: 01904 635431
Email: nffo@nffo.org.uk
How to find us here
30 Monkgate, York YO31 7PF
Phone numbers:-
Tel: 01904 635430
NFFO Services: 01904 635432
Accounts Dept: 01904 635428
Fax: 01904 635431
Email: nffo@nffo.org.uk
How to find us here
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President
Davy Hill |
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Chairman
Arnold Locker |
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Chief Executive
Barrie C. Deas |
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NFFO Services
Operations Assistant Alan Piggot |
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NFFO Services
David Bevan |
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Assistant Chief Executive
Dale Rodmell |
Friday 9 September 2011
Fishroom full Friday.
Thursday 8 September 2011
Stainless steel Gurdie Combo - designed by a fisherman for fisherman.
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Gurdie Combo |
No dangerous hooks spread across decks, fish one side, no overhanging outriggers giving more deck space and freedom to move. Revolving rollers with stainless steel bearings. Strong clamping system with rubber-based protective gaskets helping to reduce damage especially to fibreglass gunnels, the clamps pivot 23º ensuring no damage to gunnel resulting in a more secure fastening with locking nuts. The 4" revolving wide handle makes approximately 2 turns per fathom.
Rear end stanchion to gurdie taking strain off gunnels, this unit fishes 6–20+ hooks with tangle free system. All open ends are rubber sealed resulting in less damage to hands etc.
Unit can be supplied as just gurdie / gurdie and wheel / complete system.
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| Innovative line transporter keeps the working deck clear of hooks. |
Complete system £495.00 with free local delivery.
For further information email or phone 07415511227
Calling all young fish friers!
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| Visit the Young Fish Frier's web site here. |
Formed for young fish friers by young fish friers - what better justification than that? The fishing industry grew to a great extent on the back of that singularly great British eating experience, fish and chips - cod 'n chips or 'addock 'n chips. Simple ingredients, fillets of fish deep fried in a simple batter accompanied by a scoop of chipped potatoes straight out of the frier - salt 'n vinegar to season wrapped in yesterday's paper (well before Health & Safety ruled the day) eaten on the go doubling up as a handwarmer in the winter.
With celebrity chefs opening fish and chip shops - our own local boy done good Rick Stein has one such place in Falmouth - chippies have never been better placed to champion their art. Everyone has their favourite - once, many people in Newlyn and Penzance would drive all the way over to a certain fish and chip shop in Carbis Bay - rather than patronize any one of a dozen shops locally!
Put the word out that young fish friers are the future and that we should be doing all we can to make every chippy a favourite!
For more information, fill out the simple enquiry form here.
Cornish fishermen to lose 20% to Marine Conservation.
Protection for key nature sites in UK seas has come a step closer with the unveiling of proposals to create over 100 Marine Conservation Zones (MCZs). The zones range from tiny stretches of coastline to large tracts of sea floor. The proposals stem from the 2009 UK Marine Bill and cover seas abutting the English coast and waters around Wales more than 12 miles from the coast.
Among the sites proposed for protection are:
- Chesil Beach, Dorset's remarkable stretch of shingle
- Land's End
- the Silver Pit, a relic of an ancient sub-glacial valley in the seabed off the Yorkshire coast
- the Donna Nook seal colony in Lincolnshire
- tracts covering thousands of square kilometres of seabed off the Cornish coast
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