Ben Bares His Teeth

[wurzel]

Could someone for the sake of good order confirm or provide evidence to the contrary that Arnold Locker mentioned here who is President of the NFFO is one and the same person who has been convicted along with his company of black fish landings. I think the public shoud be aware of the truth one way or the other

 

Can any of the commercial subscribers confirm this?

 

 

 

 

 

Fred Normandale is or will be soon president of the NFFO.

[Guest challenge]

http://www.nffo.org.uk/committees_specialist.html

 

it,s the same arnold locker whos name you see as one of the many commitee members.

[ColinW]

The NFFO obviously don't update their site very often. I just got his name from the contacts list (30 April 2007).

 

 

On another page it does say that the president is now Elizabeth Stevenson and chairman Fred Normandale.

Yes, the same Elizabeth Stevenson who runs the company that got done the other week for the "Fish Quota Scam"

 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cornwall/6553155.stm

 

She was not charged with any offences, so we'll have to assume she knew nothing about what her employees were up to.

[Ken Davison South Wales]

Well that's a real can of worms opened up, I don't understand why the fraud squad was not involved, if I cooked my books I know they would be then.

[glennk]

Up here in Yorkshire DEFRA recently held the fisheries vision meeting. Arnold Locker chaired the meeting. It has been said by some attendees that when an RSA rep tried to speak he was blanked by the chair on almost each occasion.

[barry luxton]

The NFFO obviously don't update their site very often. I just got his name from the contacts list (30 April 2007).

 

 

On another page it does say that the president is now Elizabeth Stevenson and chairman Fred Normandale.

Yes, the same Elizabeth Stevenson who runs the company that got done the other week for the "Fish Quota Scam"

 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cornwall/6553155.stm

 

She was not charged with any offences, so we'll have to assume she knew nothing about what her employees were up to.

 

According to the nffo latest news sheet, they took just 35 minutes to get ben to set aside the bass mls, wonder how long it would have taken honest people?

 

ps good luck fred, let's hope we don't see you in the papers for the wrong reasons.

 

pps got any skeletons in the cupboard?

[Ken Davison South Wales]

I think BB should be challenged on his connections with people who so frequently break the law, they should be banned from holding any office outside their own mucky pit.

Edited May 1, 2007 by Ken Davison South Wales

[glennk]

Hi Ken

 

A similar sentiment was made in the house of Commons 2 weeks ago by an MP taking part in the fisheries debate

 

I sometimes despair at the short-sighted approach of a number of those in the commercial sector, who set their faces against every attempt to introduce sensible conservation measures to ensure a sustainable fishery.

 

It was rather regrettable—all Members will share my sadness on reading the press reports—that not only was the president of the National Federation of Fishermen's Organisations in court a while ago for breaches of quota and submitting false returns, but so was the chairman of that organisation.

 

That organisation will quite virulently attack the Minister and any other Member who stands up in the House and has the courage and foresight to put forward arguments in favour of the conservation of marine species.

 

Perhaps the NFFO needs to put its own house in order before rushing to make judgments.

[Ken Davison South Wales]

Hi Ken

 

A similar sentiment was made in the house of Commons 2 weeks ago by an MP taking part in the fisheries debate

 

Hi Glen,

 

From the looks of it they think their house is in order and everyone else is wrong, but if BB knows their track record one would have to question his motives for having meetings with them, the whole thing stinks.

[Guest challenge]

Up here in Yorkshire DEFRA recently held the fisheries vision meeting. Arnold Locker chaired the meeting. It has been said by some attendees that when an RSA rep tried to speak he was blanked by the chair on almost each occasion.

Lets be faire here. For one I did not attend the meeting but neither did you glen.

I therefore have to accept your friend’s vision of what he said.

But there are people who come on this forum who have said totally different.

Darlick, John and Michele and the doctor had totally different perceptions of Arnold lockers chairing of the meeting than those of your associate. In fact just the opposite.

Edited May 1, 2007 by challenge