Regional Fisheries Groups - East 4c

The Regional Fisheries Groups (RFG) are a way for the fishing industry to come together to share their views and work with organisations including:

The RFG lead will regularly send email updates, organise port visits, arrange online/hybrid meetings, topic specific workshops as well as 1-2-1 meetings.

If you would like to become a member of the RFG network you can subscribe to the East newsletter or you can email [email protected]

Meeting notes and quota presentations which occurred over 18 months ago can be accessed by contacting the RFG team at [email protected]

Fisheries Management Plans – useful links

To learn more about Fisheries Management Plans (FMP), please visit the FMP blog.

If you want to contact Defra’s FMP team you can do so by emailing [email protected]

You can find useful links to the Bass FMP below:

Stakeholders can provide comments on the bass FMP by emailing [email protected]

Following recent meetings with stakeholders, there has been growing interest in engaging with the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA). In response, MMO RFG team has been working closely with the MCA to set up a series of meetings to gather views on stakeholder engagement and explore how this can be strengthened in future.

A trial of this approach took place in the East in 2025 and proved successful. The collaboration will now continue in 2026.

Updates on upcoming RFG–MCA visits will be shared through the RFG East newsletter. For more information or to share your views, you can contact your RFG lead or [email protected]