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  • Discards will become a thing of the past after the UK Government secured a historic victory in Brussels to set firm dates to introduce a ban.

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  • Amendment of the Common Fisheries Policy would not change the sovereignty of our sea bed or give the EU new powers.

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  • Richard Benyon, Fisheries Minister delivered the below speech to the House of Commons on Tuesday 8 January 2013.

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  • The UK Government has secured a deal that is good for both the health of our seas and the UK fishing industry at this year’s annual round of…

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  • Changes to the fishing quota system which sees end to automatic reductions

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  • A campaign to encourage the UK to eat more fish has been backed by UK Fisheries Minister Richard Benyon today. The ‘Fish is the Dish’ campaign…

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  • The Government has secured another major step towards fundamental reform of the broken Common Fisheries Policy today following agreement on …

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  • The myth: An article in The Sunday Times claimed that ‘fewer than 100 mature cod are left in the North Sea’. The truth: This is completely…

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  • Endangered sharks will be given greater protection following the signing of an international agreement on the conservation of sharks, Fisheries Minister Richard Benyon announced today.

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  • EU Council has agreed a general approach which includes a commitment to ban the discarding of dead fish.

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  • All four nations within the UK will be given greater power to manage their own fishing quotas.

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  • The process to agree a new Common Fisheries Policy is expected to continue into 2013.

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  • The UK is testing Catch Quota management which counts what is caught rather than what is landed at port.

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  • The UK Government has today secured a victory for the fishing industry by stopping a massive cut in the number of days that fishermen are allowed to spend at sea.

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  • To look at UK priorities for next year's fish quotas and the need to avoid drastic cuts to the amount of time fishermen can spend at sea. 

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  • Trials show that new technology is allowing South West fishermen to continue to fish in their local area while protecting the marine habitats in Lyme Bay, it was revealed today.

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  • The UK will work to secure additional quota in this year's negotiations on total allowable catches and quotas so that trials can be expanded.

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  • Fishing communities struggling to survive could benefit from a new cooperative scheme to keep England's inshore fishing fleet afloat.

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  • We need to continue to work together to achieve our shared goal of a thriving and sustainable fishing industry.

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  • Defra Ministers are fighting in Europe for all of the UK’s farmers, fishermen and taxpayers.

    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government