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Europe’s
largest beach-launched fishing fleet is to be seen at Hastings
in East Sussex. The boats featured on this page are
designed to be launched from the beach and recovered by a winch
and cable system developed over many decades.
Apart
from the famous Battle in
1066, Hastings is famous for smuggling
activity and the rock caves.
The
fishing fleet is currently undergoing assessment for sustainable
certification as per the below:-
Classic
beach launched fishing boat
Fishery:
Hastings Fishing Fleet Pelagic Fishery Mackerel (Scomber
scombrus) and Herring (Clupea harengus).
Dover Sole Fishery (Solea solea).
Location: Within the Eastern English
Channel (ICES Division VIId) and specifically between Beachy
Head and Dungeness and offshore to the six mile limit
Fishing
Method: Drift net
Management: The management system is directed
ultimately by the European Union (EU) through the Common
Fisheries Policy and is controlled nationally by the Member
States of the EU. In England it is the Department of the
Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) that enforce
legislation and quota management rules in waters under its
jurisdiction.
Assessment details: The assessment process began
in September 2003.
Client: Hastings Borough Council and the
Hastings Fishermen's Protection Society
Certification Body:
Moody Marine Ltd
Moody International Certification
Salisbury House
Stephenson's Way
The Wyvern Business Park
Derby DE21 6LY UK
Tel: + 44 (1704) 834 644 ahough@moodymarine.com
www.moodymarine.com
HASTINGS
LINKS:
www.visithastings.com
Beaches
Countryside
and Nature Conservation Cultural
Strategy
Hastings
Country Park Museums
and Art Gallery Nature
Conservation Strategy
Parks
& Open Spaces Public
Art Strategy Ranger
Service
Sea
Bathing Water Quality Sport
Tide
Tables White
Rock Gardens
The
MSC promotes equal access to its certification programme
irrespective of the size, scale, type location or intensity of
the fishery. The MSC also recognises the need to
observe and respect the long term interests of people dependent
on fishing for food and livelihood.
The
MSC’s environmental standard for sustainable fishing, the Principles
and Criteria for Sustainable Fishing, is based on the FAO
Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries. The MSC Standard is
constantly reviewed by an independent group of fisheries experts
(Technical
Advisory Board) from around the world. Under its voluntary
scheme, fisheries around the world can apply to be independently
assessed against this standard. This assessment is not
undertaken by the MSC but by independent
certification bodies
FISHING
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