
NIFCA is delighted to share our Spring 2026 edition of NIFCA News!
This edition of NIFCA News marks the Authority’s 15th anniversary as an IFCA. We reflect on key milestones since NIFCA’s inception and recognise the valuable contribution of our members, officers, stakeholders, and partners in shaping our work and supporting sustainable fisheries management across the district.
The newsletter also brings together a range of updates from across our district and wider work, including gear innovation trials, recent events, national legislative changes, and partnership projects taking place across the marine environment.
View our latest newsletter HERE.
Feel free to contact us if you have any queries about the articles within the newsletter or if you have anything else you wish to discuss.
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March 2026 | AIFCA News

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The Association of IFCAs has released their March edition of IFCA Insights.
IFCA Insights is designed to better connect and communicate the work carried out across England’s ten IFCAs. The Association of IFCAs represents the IFCAs at a national level and the newsletter aims to showcase and highlight the innovation, dedication and impact of IFCAs and share widely their important work to manage inshore fisheries in England.
In this edition, you’ll be able to find out about AIFCA’s ongoing collaboration with the Inshore and Small-Scale Fisheries (ISSF) Consortium, updates on IFCA training and professional development, the growing role of drones in IFCA science and enforcement and much more.
Access the latest edition here.
These newsletters will be released Quarterly, with the next edition in June 2026. The AIFCA is always looking for new content, ideas and feedback. Feel free to get in touch with Emily Bulled, Communication and Engagement Manager, at emily.bulled@association-ifca.org.uk.
A reminder to all recreational fishers – The Catch and Release period is now in affect and will run from 1st Feb to 31st March 2026.

The Association of IFCAs is excited to release the beginning of a new series of newsletters: IFCA Insights.
The Association of IFCAs represents the ten IFCAs in England and we aim to showcase the work undertaken by the IFCAs to manage inshore fisheries in England.
IFCA Insights is designed to better connect and communicate the work carried out across England’s ten IFCAs. Through our newsletter we aim to showcase and highlight the innovation, dedication and impact of IFCAs and share widely their important work.
In our December 2025 edition, you’ll find highlights from the 2025 Technical Advisory Group Conference, where collaboration and science showcased the strength of the IFCA model; an overview of the newly adopted National Remote Electronic (REM) & Artificial Intelligence Strategy; regional updates on fisheries management, enforcement and partnership work; and a spotlight on the people who deliver this work every day.
Access the latest edition here.
These newsletters will be released Quarterly, with the next edition in March 2026. Sign up to receive future newsletters through the sign up form here.
We are always looking for new content, ideas and feedback. Feel free to get in touch with Emily Bulled, Communication and Engagement Manager, at emily.bulled@association-ifca.org.uk.