UK initiative ‘Fishing into the Future’ has been officially launched as a charity, and will serve to showcase what fisheries and fishermen can achieve when shared ambition and a pioneering spirit deliver benefits across the whole of society.

Fishing into the Future has been officially launched as a charity. Credit: Mary and Angus Hogg/CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Fishing into the Future has been officially launched as a charity. Credit: Mary and Angus Hogg/CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Fishing into the Future is led by a Board of Trustees, comprised of 18 dedicated fishing industry members, representing all fishing sectors in UK fisheries from small inshore fishers to large pelagic trawlers.

Alan Steer, Chairman of Fishing into the Future, said, “Fishing into the Future will be promoting leaders and leadership from within the fishing industry itself in order to reverse the decline in the public image of fishermen and tackle some of the industry's problems as they strive towards sustainable fisheries for all our benefits.”

Catalysed by the Prince of Wales’ International Sustainability Unit in collaboration with Seafish and the Gulf of Maine Research Institute, Fishing into the Future was borne from an inspiring workshop with over 100 people in attendance in Brixham, Devon, in the summer of 2013.

Fishing into the Future will focus initially on supporting the transition to both sustainable and profitable fisheries across all sectors, through an engaging and inspiring range of projects and products. One of the first projects will be the piloting of a flagship training programme that seeks to provide fishers with the knowledge to engage in the debate and practical development of sustainable fisheries, and finding ways whereby the fishing industry can contribute to fisheries data collection and enhance understanding of the seas, leveraging the critical insights of those who spend their every day on the water.

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