Updated at 1000 |
At 1000 this morning the Padstow lifeboat has the stricken French trawler Le Sillon under tow making for Padstow. From the AIS tracks it looks like another French trawler, Le Buccin was standing by the drifting boat after her crew were airlifted off last night. |
Sunday 2 February 2014
Drifting French trawler, Le Sillon - news update
Le Sillon - French trawler crew airlifted by SAR helicopter off Trevose Head, Cornwall
THE crew of a French fishing boat off the north coast of Cornwall had to be airlifted to safety last night.
Five men were rescued from the boat and one had to be pulled from the water in the darkness.
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Five of the men were airlifted to safety by a Navy helicopter
Their boat, Le Sillon, was damaged by huge waves yesterday afternoon and lost power off Trevose Head.
Falmouth Coastguard was first contacted just before 4pm by coastguards in France.
A spokesman said: “They reported that the boat had been hit by a number of large waves and they had lost power and steering. “They were drifting approximately 5 miles off Trevose Head. The wind at the time was gusting up to 60 mph.
“The RNLI all-weather lifeboat from Padstow, along with the search and rescue helicopter from RNAS Culdrose were sent to the scene.
“Five of the crew were picked up by the Royal Navy helicopter and the other crew member was recovered by the lifeboat. There are no reported injuries.”
Martin Bidmead, the watch manager at Falmouth Coastguard, said: “Attempts have been made to bring Le Sillon under tow, but conditions were been too difficult.” He said the boat was left adrift and was being monitored. It is understood this morning that the boat is now undertow by the RNLI and being brought into Porthcothan.
Read more: http://www.westbriton.co.uk/French-fishermen-rescued-stricken-boat-north/story-20545376-detail/story.html#ixzz2s9fdEPQ6
Falmouth Coastguard was first contacted just before 4pm by coastguards in France.
A spokesman said: “They reported that the boat had been hit by a number of large waves and they had lost power and steering. “They were drifting approximately 5 miles off Trevose Head. The wind at the time was gusting up to 60 mph.
Martin Bidmead, the watch manager at Falmouth Coastguard, said: “Attempts have been made to bring Le Sillon under tow, but conditions were been too difficult.” He said the boat was left adrift and was being monitored. It is understood this morning that the boat is now undertow by the RNLI and being brought into Porthcothan.
Read more: http://www.westbriton.co.uk/French-fishermen-rescued-stricken-boat-north/story-20545376-detail/story.html#ixzz2s9fdEPQ6
Parliament and Council reach political agreement on fisheries fund
The EU institutions on Tuesday 28 January reached a political agreement on the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF), making it possible for the European Parliament to formally adopt the legislation before the elections in May.
“The tug of war between the institutions in December allowed Parliament to return to the negotiating table with a strong position and reach a very satisfactory agreement regarding in particular the financial breakdown and engine renewal”, the parliament’s rapporteur Alain Cadec said in a statement, referring to the breakdown of negotiations 19 December following disagreement on some of the budgetary allocations.
The EMFF will fund measures within the Common Fisheries Policy and Integrated Maritime Policy between 2014 and 2020.
More money for data collection & control €520 million of the EMFF budget will be earmarked for data collection, and €580 million for control and enforcement. This is a considerable increase over the original Commission proposal, and is an increase which has been defended by the European Parliament.
Phase-out of storage aid and scrapping subsidies Aid for the storage of fish will be available until the end of 2018. Scrapping subsidies will be available until the end of 2017.
Engine renewal: Vessels up to 24 meters will be eligible to receive money to buy new engines. Boats under 12 metres can receive aid to replace engines of similar power. Those between 12-18 metres can receive support for engines 20% less powerful than the original. Vessels above 18 metres can receive subsidies for new engines with a reduction in power of 30%.
Temporary cessation: Council managed to defend support for temporary cessation of fishing activities during 6 months in case of the non-renewal of a fisheries agreement between the EU and a third country.
Other measures:
Member states can choose how to spend the money In the EMFF, most of the money is for so-called “shared management”, which means that the EU funds only covers parts of the measures. Member states have to add the rest of the money from their own budgets. As the Commission puts it: “The EMFF will co-finance projects alongside national funding streams with each Member State receiving a share of the total budget.”
Within the framework of the EMFF, member states are free to choose what measures to include in their national programmes. They can, for example, choose not to fund new engines although this is allowed.
“With this agreement it is now up to member states to choose what they allocate funding to and how ambitious they want to be implementing the reformed Common Fisheries Policy and ending EU overfishing,” said Uta Bellion, Ocean2012.
Comments:
“Mixed outcome” Environmental organisations said the deal is a “mixed outcome”. Uta Bellion, Ocean2012, said the deal “includes some positive measures, among them more funding for member states to enhance data collection and improve control and enforcement”.
Monica Verbeek, Seas At Risk, said: “This will help to improve the situation of data-limited fish stocks in European seas and allow for better scientific assessments.”
Justine Maillot, Greenpeace, said “the direct subsidies to the fishing sector, including funding for new engines, threaten the objectives of the new Common Fisheries Policy by keeping an oversized fleet afloat”.
The figures Budgetary allocations, according to the Council press release: - The global cap of the EMFF will be EUR 6 396 million during the period 2014-2020. - Resources under shared management (between the EU and the member states) for the “sustainable development of fisheries and aquaculture”: 4 340,8 millions;
- Data collection: EUR 520 millions;
- Control and enforcement: EUR 580 millions;
- Compensation for outermost regions: EUR 192 millions;
- Integrated maritime policy: EUR 71,1 millions;
- Storage aid (EUR 45 millions);
- Allocation under direct management (money controlled by the EU): EUR 647 millions.
Next steps: Some technical details remain to be negotiated in an additional meeting on Friday 31 January. After that, the text will be translated and scrutinised by lawyer-linguists before final approval. In the European Parliament, the agreement will be put to a vote in the Fisheries Committee before seeking final approval by the plenary in April. Then, the text will be formally approved by Council. The EMFF regulation is the last of the three texts of the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) reform package. The basic regulation and common market regulation were finalised in 2013.
Read more:
- Council press release
- Parliament press release
- Commission press release
- Ocean2012 press release
- WWF press release
- Greenpeace press release
- Seas at risk press release
“The tug of war between the institutions in December allowed Parliament to return to the negotiating table with a strong position and reach a very satisfactory agreement regarding in particular the financial breakdown and engine renewal”, the parliament’s rapporteur Alain Cadec said in a statement, referring to the breakdown of negotiations 19 December following disagreement on some of the budgetary allocations.
The EMFF will fund measures within the Common Fisheries Policy and Integrated Maritime Policy between 2014 and 2020.
More money for data collection & control €520 million of the EMFF budget will be earmarked for data collection, and €580 million for control and enforcement. This is a considerable increase over the original Commission proposal, and is an increase which has been defended by the European Parliament.
Phase-out of storage aid and scrapping subsidies Aid for the storage of fish will be available until the end of 2018. Scrapping subsidies will be available until the end of 2017.
Engine renewal: Vessels up to 24 meters will be eligible to receive money to buy new engines. Boats under 12 metres can receive aid to replace engines of similar power. Those between 12-18 metres can receive support for engines 20% less powerful than the original. Vessels above 18 metres can receive subsidies for new engines with a reduction in power of 30%.
Temporary cessation: Council managed to defend support for temporary cessation of fishing activities during 6 months in case of the non-renewal of a fisheries agreement between the EU and a third country.
Other measures:
* The EMFF will allow fishermen under 40 years old to be granted up to €75,000 in individual start-up support if they buy a small-scale and coastal fishing vessel between 5 and 30 years old and have five years’ professional experience in the sector.
* The EMFF may help fishermen to comply with the new rules in the common fisheries policy to ban discards, by supporting investments in more selective fishing gear or equipment to facilitate handling, landing and storage of unwanted catches. * EMFF aid can also be used to improve safety and working conditions, data collection and port infrastructure. * An action plan for the small coastal fishing fleet will be set up in the member states where the proportion of this fleet is significant
Member states can choose how to spend the money In the EMFF, most of the money is for so-called “shared management”, which means that the EU funds only covers parts of the measures. Member states have to add the rest of the money from their own budgets. As the Commission puts it: “The EMFF will co-finance projects alongside national funding streams with each Member State receiving a share of the total budget.”
Within the framework of the EMFF, member states are free to choose what measures to include in their national programmes. They can, for example, choose not to fund new engines although this is allowed.
“With this agreement it is now up to member states to choose what they allocate funding to and how ambitious they want to be implementing the reformed Common Fisheries Policy and ending EU overfishing,” said Uta Bellion, Ocean2012.
Comments:
“Mixed outcome” Environmental organisations said the deal is a “mixed outcome”. Uta Bellion, Ocean2012, said the deal “includes some positive measures, among them more funding for member states to enhance data collection and improve control and enforcement”.
Monica Verbeek, Seas At Risk, said: “This will help to improve the situation of data-limited fish stocks in European seas and allow for better scientific assessments.”
Justine Maillot, Greenpeace, said “the direct subsidies to the fishing sector, including funding for new engines, threaten the objectives of the new Common Fisheries Policy by keeping an oversized fleet afloat”.
The figures Budgetary allocations, according to the Council press release: - The global cap of the EMFF will be EUR 6 396 million during the period 2014-2020. - Resources under shared management (between the EU and the member states) for the “sustainable development of fisheries and aquaculture”: 4 340,8 millions;
- Data collection: EUR 520 millions;
- Control and enforcement: EUR 580 millions;
- Compensation for outermost regions: EUR 192 millions;
- Integrated maritime policy: EUR 71,1 millions;
- Storage aid (EUR 45 millions);
- Allocation under direct management (money controlled by the EU): EUR 647 millions.
Next steps: Some technical details remain to be negotiated in an additional meeting on Friday 31 January. After that, the text will be translated and scrutinised by lawyer-linguists before final approval. In the European Parliament, the agreement will be put to a vote in the Fisheries Committee before seeking final approval by the plenary in April. Then, the text will be formally approved by Council. The EMFF regulation is the last of the three texts of the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) reform package. The basic regulation and common market regulation were finalised in 2013.
Read more:
- Council press release
- Parliament press release
- Commission press release
- Ocean2012 press release
- WWF press release
- Greenpeace press release
- Seas at risk press release
Saturday 1 February 2014
C'mon Jack!
The all-new back row for England with one cap between them...
Includes our boy Jack Nowell from Newyln - son of a trawlerman according to the BBC.
Saturday as the wind blows over the top of the harbour - all the fleet are in port
Nearly low water and the wind has decreased for a time...
all of the fleet are back in port - again...
even the biggest are forced to return cutting short their trips...
another anchor relic from the days of sail...
PZ100, Elizabeth N (owell) - whatever the weather the Nowell family will all be in front of the TV this afternoon to see young Jack Nowell gain his first cap for England at Paris against the French...
most of the ports small netters are huddled together.
Safety checks in Newlyn Mission - pick up YOUR free lifejacket!
NEWLYN'S fishermen will next week have the opportunity to pick up a free lifejacket and get an update about health and safety at sea.
The initiative has been devised by the Fishermen's Mission, one of whose stated duties is to promote and, whenever possible, provide safety equipment for active fishermen.
Recently the mission partnered local authorities in Northern Ireland and Scotland and was able to distribute lifejackets to fishermen in those communities.
Now, together with Seafish, the government-sponsored fisheries body, the mission has secured European funding to provide lifejackets for fishermen here in Cornwall.
"This is an ideal opportunity to keep our fishermen safe," said Keith Dickson the Superintendent at the Fishermen's Mission.
"Fishermen are working all hours and tides; their health and wellbeing is often put to one side. Therefore we are working with the local NHS to give the fishermen a health check when they pick up their lifejacket."
Fishermen wishing to attend have the opportunity to turn up at one of the two events which take place at 6pm on Tuesday and at noon on Wednesday, both at the Fishermen's Mission in Newlyn.
Read more: http://www.thisiscornwall.co.uk/Lifejackets-health-checks-fishermen/story-20527594-detail/story.html#ixzz2s3V6uPDI
The initiative has been devised by the Fishermen's Mission, one of whose stated duties is to promote and, whenever possible, provide safety equipment for active fishermen.
Recently the mission partnered local authorities in Northern Ireland and Scotland and was able to distribute lifejackets to fishermen in those communities.
Now, together with Seafish, the government-sponsored fisheries body, the mission has secured European funding to provide lifejackets for fishermen here in Cornwall.
"This is an ideal opportunity to keep our fishermen safe," said Keith Dickson the Superintendent at the Fishermen's Mission.
"Fishermen are working all hours and tides; their health and wellbeing is often put to one side. Therefore we are working with the local NHS to give the fishermen a health check when they pick up their lifejacket."
Fishermen wishing to attend have the opportunity to turn up at one of the two events which take place at 6pm on Tuesday and at noon on Wednesday, both at the Fishermen's Mission in Newlyn.
Read more: http://www.thisiscornwall.co.uk/Lifejackets-health-checks-fishermen/story-20527594-detail/story.html#ixzz2s3V6uPDI
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