Research for PECH Committee - Common Fisheries Policy and BREXIT

This is the reference document of the Workshop on “Common Fisheries
Policy and BREXIT” of 21th June 2017, organised by the Committee on
Fisheries (COMPECH) and the Policy Department B (PECH Research) of the
European Parliament.

It is structured in three parts:

1. Legal framework for governance
2. Trade and economic related issues
3. Resources and fisheries

#FishyFiday in Newlyn

Good seamanship - smaller boats are always advised to put out a leg when grounding against a quayside - just in case the boat falls to lean into the quay as the tide drops away...

a pinch of salt or a ton of ice...

mixed bag of boats in the harbour this morning...

with three beam trawlers,an inshore trawler and a couple of netters filling Friday's fish market...

with plenty of megrim sole...

stacked four boxes high...

along with good shots of monk...

and their alien-like skin...

along with a good selection of ray from the beamers...

line caught pollack stiff as a board...

and some of those big flatfish so beloved of the more expensive restaurants...

these tub gurnards would make ideal fish to cast from...

two of the MSC Certified Cornish hake boats, the Karen of Ladram ...

and the Ajax made big landings...

with a few kilos of monks cheeks...

and the odd blue shark...

prime 5kg hake would make a superb fish for a big family gathering - eaten hot or cold, baked, roasted, steamed, poached or cubed and added to a curry - hake is one of the most versatile fish swimming in the North Atlantic and we have loads!...

looks like a bit of a summer refit underway for the Arkin Castle...

for the moment the Lisa has lost her numbers...

one 8' pram dinghy for sale, give the man a bell...

a 'rule-beater' the Rejoice BH220 up on the slip for under the waterline work...

huge Dutch beam trawler Zuiderzee and the Spirited Lady III laying outside her...

one of the oldest and most successful beam trawlers in the port, the Algrie...

signs of summer, the marina pontoon filled with yachts...

high contrast morning light looking towards the Mount...

time to Rejoice in the fine weather...

when it was a private bus route people used to say they would catch Harvey's or the 'blue' bus to Mousehole...

with the best view of the harbour and Mounts Bay and superb local food the Fishermans Arms is a must for any visit to Newlyn...

another date to add to your Newlyn social diary!

Newlyn School Turner course giveaway!

Newlyn School of Art is running a 5 day course for fans wanting to learn more of Turner's painting techniques next month - five days of getting into the Turner groove with three artists all of whom owe their careers to a love of that hero of British art JMW Turner...

 - who made several visits to Mount's Bay in his lengthy career as these preparatory sketches show...

one of his iconic works and the full title of which is, The Fighting Temeraire tugged to her last berth to be broken up, 1838 ...

is a scene often witnessed in Newlyn over the last 25 years as a good number of boats were towed to their final resting place before being broken up.

This new Turner five day course is an exciting departure for the art school. Three respected landscape artists will be helping students to respond to the work of J M W Turner with demonstrations and lots of hands-on exercises.

Hannah Woodman will help students try their hand at exploring how Turner used drawing materials and watercolour sketches in his work. She will also provide a brief presentation of paintings by Turner from various points in his career looking at his techniques.

Paul Lewin is a highly respected coastal landscape painter and will be taking the group for two days exploring Turner's ground-breaking use of watercolour. Turner made over 20,000 works on paper over his career.

Artist Gareth Edwards will be taking the last two days of the course sharing his in-depth knowledge of oil painting methods and materials with a lively and hands-on series of demonstrations and exercises enabling students to learn how Turner used oils in a way that had not been seen before his time.

Now things get really exciting! Here is your chance to win not only the five day course but also a complete staycation package to boot!

The Prize!

One place on the five-day Turner course on 10th-14th July, 2017 - worth £550.
3 nights B&B at Artist Residence Hotel, Penzance on 9th, 10th and 11th July - worth £585 (accommodating up to two people).

3 nights B&B at Chapel House Hotel, Penzance on 12, 13 and 14th July - worth £525 (accommodating up to two people).

Two places at the public talk on Turner at Newlyn School of Art and the subsequent dinner and talk at Chapel House Hotel on 13th July - worth £65.


Enter for the prize draw and get full details by visiting this page on the Newlyn School of Art website!

Latest on the Landing Obligation rules for 2018 implementation.

Summary of 2018 proposals

North Western Waters (Areas VI and VII)

By-catches of sole, plaice and megrim are to be added to existing haddock by-catch as landing obligation (LO) species in the targeted Nephrops fishery west of Scotland (area VI).

Saithe will become a LO species in areas VI and VII, where the total landings per vessel of all species in 2015 and 2016 consist of more than 50% saithe.

The thresholds are to be lowered or eliminated in fisheries for the following targeted species:

● Hake caught with trawls and seines in VI, VII and Vb from 20% to 10%.
● Whiting in the directed fishery on gadoids (cod, haddock, whiting, saithe) in VIId and VIIb,c, e and VIIf-k from 20% to 10%.
● Nephrops from 20% to 5% in VI and Vb and from 20% to 10% in VII.
● No threshold for sole caught by trawls in VIId and for beam trawls in VIId,e and VIIb,c and VIIf-k.

All other thresholds that determine a targeted species in a fishery are maintained for 2018.

The landing obligation applies as follows:

■ VI and Vb
Cod, haddock, whiting, saithe in all trawl fisheries where catches of all these species combined in 2015 and 2016 were 5% or more, plus by-catches of sole, plaice and megrim.

Nephrops in all trawl and creel fisheries where catches in 2015 and 2016 were 5% or more of the total catch, plus by-catches of haddock, sole, plaice and megrim.

Saithe in trawl fisheries where catches in 2015 and 2016 were 50% of the total.

■ VI and VII

Hake: All trawl fisheries where catches of hake in 2015 and 2016 were 10% or more of the total catch and all hake catches with gill nets and long lines.

■ VII

Nephrops when catches using all gears in 2015 and 2016 were 10% or more of the total catch.

Saithe when saithe was 50% of the catch with trawls of 100mm or more mesh.

■ VIIa

Haddock, where combined landings of all gadoids (cod, haddock, whiting, saithe) were over 10% of the total catch in 2015-2016 in all trawl and seine net fisheries.

■ VIId

Sole in all beam trawl fisheries, trawl fisheries with meshes less than 100mm and all gill and trammel nets.

Whiting in all trawl and seine fisheries where all landings in 2015-2016 consisted of more than 10% of cod, haddock, whiting and saithe combined.

■ VIIe

Sole in all beam trawls and all gill/trammel nets.

■ VIId, e

Pollack in trammel and gill nets.

■ VIIb, c and f-k

Sole in all beam trawls and all gill/trammel nets.

■ VIIb, c, e and f-k

Whiting in all trawl and seine fisheries where combined catches of cod, haddock, saithe and whiting were more than 10% of total landings in 2015 and 2016.

Newlyn, work in progress...

The wooden and tyre fenders that line the quays are being replaced after many years sterling service - timber baulks from a tree called ironwood for these the old fenders ...

a bit like the current Government, the wheels appear to have come off the new freshwater hose trolley...

the replica sailing langoustier (crayfish) boat, Skellig leaves her berth - she took ten years to build as the funds needed rolled in...

as the inshore trawler Shiralee heads back to her berth...

the Skellig turns again...

now working from Newlyn again, the Chris Tacha heads back in through the gaps...

while some classic wooden boats both enter and leave...

fabulous lines of the Skellig...

there are plenty of stays keeping the mast aloft...

close-up of the tiller and striking counter stern.

Securipêche: a (French) website for fishermen

Normandy is one of the regions where the profession of fisherman is risky: in 2014, 1 out of 9 fishermen has been the victim of a maritime accident, compared to 1 in 11 at the national level. There is now a Securipêche website that explains all the safety measures to follow.

To mitigate the risks inherent in maritime professions, the IMP, with the help of the Normandy Region, today officially launched the Sécuripêche.fr project, presented during this security day.

The Sécuripêche project is an interactive and documentary website on safety at sea issues carried out in collaboration between the Loba law firm and the Lycée Maritime et Aquacole in Cherbourg.

The Region paid a grant of € 15,200 to the IMP and € 34,200 to Loba Conseil for the concretization of the Securipêche site.

For example, since 2012, Normandy has invested € 393,200 in security for the program of action of the Maritime Institute of Prevention, equipment in integrated buoyancy of the students of the Lycée Maritime de Cherbourg, The implementation of the dota B program (standardized medical case on board ships), the availability of coated caps and the creation of the Sécuripêche site.

To realize the orientations of the new regional policy in terms of fisheries and aquaculture, it has launched three thematic projects:

1. New impetus for fisheries
2. Exploitation of products
3. Innovative aquaculture

They are accompanied by two cross-cutting projects:

1. Articulation of policies in the Region / Departments,
2. Implementation of the EMFF. 

Here is the film that you can enjoy on the website: 

Clothilde Eudier, Vice-President in charge of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, presented the Securipêche project, monitored and piloted by the Maritime Prevention Institute (IMP), during a day organized by The Normandy Region, and dedicated to the safety of fishermen.

A fishy business: why the Tories are back in Scotland - video

The Guardian's trip north of the border provoked a wide range of responses as they worked their way up the east coast of Scotland - start 2 minutes in as the taxi driver whisks both reporters off to Peterhead - and a quick visit to the Caley Bar, run by a Norwegian - the story was aired on June 1st this year.