Fishing and Coastal Growth Fund: expert advisory group
Ensuring the Fishing and Coastal Growth Fund reflects the needs and priorities of the fishing and aquaculture industry and wider stakeholders.
The Fishing and Coastal Growth Fund (FCGF) expert advisory group provides advice on the sector’s needs and priorities. This is to help Defra develop and implement the fund in England.
Work to develop the fund is ongoing and projected to move quickly and this group has an important role in shaping this work.
The group will advise on:
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long-term issues affecting the fishing and seafood sector
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potential funding scheme design
It is an informal advisory group and does not have the authority to make decisions on government policy. Any final policy decisions will be subject to ministerial approval.
Terms of reference
Read the terms of reference, which sets out how the group operates.
Membership
The group members are:
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Mike Cohen, National Federation of Fishermen’s Organisations (NFFO)
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Chloe Rogers, UKAFPO
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David Jarrad, Shellfish Association of Great Britain
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Hannah Rudd, Angling Trust
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Rob Clark, Association of Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authorities (AIFCA)
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Matilda Phillips, Young Fisherman’s Network
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Simon Dwyer, UK Seafood Federation (UKSF)
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Mark Simmonds, British Ports Association (BPA)
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Ed Baker, English Small Scale Inshore Fisheries Network
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Emma Plotnek, Women in Fisheries
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Emma Sheehan, University of Plymouth
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Louisa Evans, University of Exeter
Meeting minutes
Read the previous meeting minutes. Individual contributors have not been identified: