UK fishers stage fuel prices demonstration

Fishers today protested in London over the soaring fuel costs they claim will have a “horrendous” effect on the hard-pressed industry.

The National Federation of Fishermen’s Organisations (NFFO) and the Scottish Fishermen’s Federation (SFF) are calling on the government to put together a short-term survival package for the fishing industry.


Fishers from Scotland, north-east England, Cornwall and Northern Ireland gathered outside the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with the demonstration timed to coincide with a meeting of fishing industry representatives and UK fisheries ministers.

The protesters said fuel costs had doubled in the past year and now accounted for between 30% and 50% of the cost of a typical fishing trip.

Guardian