12.01.2016 NE RIFF Meeting Agenda

 Committee meeting of North East Regional Inshore Fisheries Forum

City North HOTEL, Gormanstown

 8^th JAN 2015 11 am

1. Review and Adoption of previous minutes
2. Update of 3^rd NIFF meeting held 10^th November

• Recreational potting
• Support for Classification of bivalve fisheries
• Lobster management Measure
• North West Herring and Line Fin Tuna
• Line caught Fishery and Marketing Plan
• Social Welfare for Fishermen

http://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/social_welfare/social_welfare_payments/farming_and_fishing/farm_assist.html

 http://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/social_welfare/social_welfare_payments/supplementary_welfare_schemes/supplementary_welfare_allow.html

 3.Razor Clam Fishery in the North Irish Sea

 4. Update from Razor Assoc and action points to be considered by the RIFF

 5. Update on new EMFF schemes and dates

6. Networking workshop for all the RIFF members. Suggested date: 3rd March 2016, Galway. Suggested content:

Jerry Percy – LIFE

http://lifeplatform.eu/about-us/

Someone to talk about the Shetland Management order and MSC

http://ssmo.co.uk/page2.htm

Someone to talk from one of the Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authorities (IFCAs) in the UK.

http://www.association-ifca.org.uk/

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/472261/fishing-focus-autumn-2015.pdf

 7. BIM’s  Inshore Management Scheme

8. Stakeholder Engagement /consultations

• Public Consultation on a proposal to increase the minimum cod-end mesh for Irish Vessels targeting Nephrops. Deadline Friday 15 January 2016

http://www.agriculture.gov.ie/customerservice/publicconsultations/publicconsultationonaproposaltoincreasetheminimumcod-endmeshforirishvesselstargetingnephrops/

• IFI angling development strategy. Deadline is 4 January 2016

http://www.fisheriesireland.ie/Press-releases/inland-fisheries-ireland-launches-public-consultation-on-national-strategy-for-angling-development.html

• Strategic Management Framework (SMF) for Dublin Bay

http://emra.ie/dublin-bay-stakeholders-questionnaire/ Deadline is 31st January 2016

•  The Marine Strategy Framework Directive Draft Programme of Measures. Deadline Friday, 29 January, 2016 http://www.environ.ie/en/Publications/Environment/Water/FileDownLoad,43775,en.pdf

https://consultation.environ.ie/index.php/492929/lang-en

 9. Any other Business

Inshore Policy Proposal Template for Inshore Forums

                                       Note from J Woodlock

Note from Alan Fanning

Note from Inshore single riggers

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