IFCA? Think Cornwall Sea Fisheries Commitee - as was!

Applications are being sought from the Cornish fishing community to join the Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authorities (IFCSAs), which are due to replace the existing Sea Fisheries Committees in April.

As a result of the successful introduction of the Marine and Coastal Access Act, ten IFCAs are being established along the coast. They will have a wider remit to promote healthy seas, champion sustainable fisheries, and boost viable industry by managing inshore fisheries resources out to six nautical miles.

With the growth of community led projects and paying heed to terms like inclusivity, here is another opportunity for anyone with even a remote connection to the sea to become directly involved in influencing the day to day management of coastal resources including fishing. This can have obvious strengths for the resource concerned as such a collective should bring a wide range of views to the process and ensure that powerful, yet misguided larger bodies, do not get their way as a matter of course.