EXCLUSIVE: Collaboration at sea

The relationship between commercial fishing operators and regulators is too often defined by friction, marked by suspicion, box-ticking compliance and a persistent sense that decisions are made far from the quayside, writes Phil Haslam, managing director, North Atlantic Fishing Company.

Phil Haslam

The relationship between commercial fishing operators and regulators is too often defined by friction, marked by suspicion, box-ticking compliance and a persistent sense that decisions are made far from the quayside, writes Phil Haslam, managing director, North Atlantic Fishing Company.