Posts By: Alix Foster vander Elst

Time to transform our fishing industry: for fishermen and the ocean.

George Eustice MP, fisheries minister has the power to transform the UK’s fishing industry. Will he use it? For years, local fishermen in the UK have been left struggling. Constrained by the amount of fish they’re allowed to catch (quota), they’ve seen their livelihoods all but disappear. In turn, their… Read More

Alix Foster vander Elst - 28th September 2016

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Will George Eustice finally create a fair deal for small-scale fishermen?

(Guest blog by Frances Rankin) Fisheries Minister George Eustice was at the House of Lords yesterday, facing questions on the future of the fishing industry after we leave the EU. Eustice called Brexit an opportunity to take a serious look at shares of allocations both within… Read More

Alix Foster vander Elst - 15th September 2016

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Greenpeace volunteers confront destructive fishing

If you were doing your weekly shop at Sainsbury’s last Saturday, you may have noticed that John West tuna was no longer in stock. ‘Hurray!’ you may have thought, ‘Sainsbury’s has finally decided to drop this horrific brand.’ If you looked a little closer, however, you would have noticed that… Read More

Alix Foster vander Elst - 23rd May 2016

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