Fisheries inquiry

Inquiry by the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee, 12 October 2017 to 31 October 2018. Its page on the Parliament website.

Evidence sessions

• 15 November 2017: Bertie Armstrong, Chief Executive Officer, Scottish Fishermen’s Federation, and Mike Cohen, Chairman, The National Federation of Fishermen's Organisations, and Bryce Beukers-Stewart, Lecturer, Environment Department, University of York.
• 29 November 2017: Helen McLachlan, Programme Manager, Fisheries Governance, WWF UK, Dr Thomas Appleby, University of West England, Erin Priddle, UK Fisheries Manager, EDF, and Dr Steven Mackinson, Chief Scientific Officer, Scottish Pelagic Fishermen’s Association; Professor Richard Barnes, University of Hull, Aaron Brown, Fishing for Leave, Jim Portus, CEO, South West Fishermen's Producer Organisation, and Griffin Carpenter, Senior Researcher, New Economics Foundation (at 10.30am).
• 13 December 2017: Euan Beaton, President, Macduff Shellfish (Scotland) Ltd, Daniel Whittle, Managing Director, Whitby Seafoods, and Jimmy Buchan, Business Manager, Scottish Seafood Association; Andrew Kuyk CBE, Director General, UK Seafood Industry Alliance, and Mark Simmonds, Policy Manager, British Ports Association, and Martyn Boyers, Chief Executive, Grimsby Fish Dock Enterprises (at 10.30am).
• 17 July 2018: George Eustice MP, Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Anne Freeman, Deputy Director, Domestic Fisheries and Reform, and Neil Hornby, Director, Marine and Fisheries, Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.
• 5 September 2018: George Eustice MP, Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Anne Freeman, Deputy Director, Domestic Fisheries and Reform, Neil Hornby, Director, Marine and Fisheries, Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs