The second issue of Eastern IFCA’s MCZ newsletter has now been published and is available online through the following link: Eastern IFCA Update: Cromer Shoal Chalk Beds MCZRead More >

Up to £2 million in grant funding is available under the infrastructure scheme of the UK Seafood Fund to modernise the small-scale coastal fleet with replacement engines.  Read More >

A team of researchers from the University of Gloucestershire, working with Fishing into the Future, who have been commissioned by Defra, are working to develop an annual surveyRead More >

We are extending the deadline for responses to the formal consultation on the following byelaws: Cromer Shoal Chalk Beds 2023 Crab and Lobster 2023 The new deadline forRead More >

Catchwise is a new survey of recreational sea angling taking place across England and Wales in 2023 and 2024.  This project is being delivered by the Angling TrustRead More >

Defra have commissioned an independent evaluation to assess the development of the Fisheries Management Plans (FMPs). The evaluation is conducting research to explore the views of fishers, anglersRead More >

At the end of last year (2022) officers completed a review of the extent of the rugged chalk in Cromer Shoal Chalk Beds MCZ which incorporated all newRead More >

Eastern IFCA has been working collaboratively with stakeholders and partners to implement an Adaptive Risk Management approach to potting fisheries in Cromer Shoal Chalk Beds MCZ. As partRead More >

Eastern IFCA has launched a formal consultation on two proposed byelaws for the district – the Cromer Shoal Chalk Beds Byelaw 2023 and the Crab and Lobster ByelawRead More >

The annual mussel stock survey has identified that there is sufficient stock to open a limited mussel re-laying fishery in The Wash with a maximum Total Allowable CatchRead More >