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Orkney RIFG Meeting January 2025
DescriptionThis meeting of the Orkney Regional Inshore Fisheries Group will be held at the Stromness Nav School and online, through a Teams link (below) All commercial fishermen are invited.
A surveyor from the Maritime and Coastguard Agency will be attending. Any questions for the surveyor should be summited in advance to the Chair, Phil Bennett, by phone on 07305 212429 or by email, orkneyrifg@gmail.co.uk
An agenda will follow but items from the meeting held on 22/10/2024 will be rolled forward. One of the subjects for discussion will be the priorities for Orkney within future marine planning and these will be included in discussions with relevant Marine Directorate departments and Scottish ministers.
Orkney RIFG Meeting October 2024
DescriptionThis meeting of the Orkney Regional Inshore Fisheries Group will be held at the Stromness Nav School and online, through a Teams link (below) All commercial fishermen are invited.
A surveyor from the Maritime and Coastguard Agency will be attending. Any questions for the surveyor should be summited in advance to the Chair, Phil Bennett, by phone on 07305 212429 or by email, orkneyrifg@gmail.co.uk
One of the subjects for discussion will be the priorities for Orkney within future marine planning and these will be included in discussions with relevant Marine Directorate departments and Scottish ministers.
The Teams link to the meeting is https://teams.live.com/meet/9493260842808?p=rAKzzxiljbubn2xym6
Orkney RIFG Meeting 7.30pm
DescriptionThis meeting of the Orkney Regional Inshore Fisheries Group will be held at the Stromness Nav School and all commercial fishermen are invited.
A surveyor from the Maritime and Coastguard Agency will be attending. Any questions for the surveyor should be summited in advance to the Chair, Phil Bennett, by phone on 07305 212429 or by email, orkneyrifg@gmail.co.uk
Jack Farnham, Development Manager, West of Orkney Windfarm, will be attending and share a presentation about the construction phase of the project. This will include the methods which will be employed to bury the transmission cables etc and he will answer any questions fishermen may have.
If any fishermen are unable to attend in person, but would like to be involved, they can contact Phil, by email, for a virtual link to the meeting orkneyrifg@gmail.co.uk
An agenda will be published nearer the time
Orkney RIFG Meeting April 2024
DescriptionThis meeting of the Orkney Regional Inshore Fisheries Group will be held at the Stromness Nav School and all commercial fishermen are invited.
Katie Cubbon, the Community Catch Orkney Pilot Scheme Coordinator will be attending. Katie will deliver a presentation about the Community Catch Scheme, the potential benefits for local fishermen and be available to answer any questions fishermen may have.
Also attending will be a surveyor from the Maritime and Coastguard Agency. Any questions for the surveyor should be summited in advance to the Chair, Phil Bennett, by phone on 07305 212429 or by email, orkneyrifg@gmail.co.uk
If any fishermen are unable to attend in person, but would like to be involved, they can contact Phil, by email, for a virtual link to the meeting orkneyrifg@gmail.co.uk
An agenda can be found in the attached documents
Orkney RIFG Interim Meeting (on-line only)
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Orkney RIFG Meeting January 2024
DescriptionOrkney Regional Inshore Fishing Group is here to give the Fishermen of Orkney a strong voice in these challenging times. Your views, knowledge and experience are much needed to ensure Orkney is at the centre of future planning;
Invites have been made to Mark Shiner, Head of Stromness Nav School, to share information about the proposed changes to training requirements for new entrants; and to Stuart Bell, Marine Directorate, Scottish Govenment, to give an update and answer any specific concerns.
Fishermen are encouraged to participate but if you are unable to attend in person, please feel free to contact the Chair, Phil Bennett, directly to discuss any issues you want to be raised. (Phone: 07305 212429 or E-mail OrkneyRIFG@gmail.com)
Orkney RIFG Meeting September 2023
DescriptionOrkney Regional Inshore Fishing Group is here to give the Fishermen of Orkney a strong voice in these challenging times. Your views, knowledge and experience are much needed to ensure Orkney is at the centre of future planning
Orkney RIFG Meeting June 2023
DescriptionOrkney Regional Inshore Fishing Group is here to give the Fishermen of Orkney a strong voice in these challenging times. Your views, knowledge and experience are much needed to ensure Orkney is at the centre of future planning. This will also be an opportunity to meet the new Chair, Phil Bennett and to ask direct questions of a representative of Marine Scotland, who has been invited to attend.
The Regional Inshore Fisheries Groups (RIFGs) aim to improve the management of inshore fisheries in the 0-12 nautical mile zone of Scottish waters, and to give commercial inshore fishermen a strong voice in wider marine management developments.
