Waterdance (South West Fleet owners) has announced that Martyn Youell currently Head of the Fisheries Management Team at MMO will be joining them at the at the end of April. Martyn will head up Fisheries and Quota management for Waterdance . Waterdance, which is part of the Greendale Group, has 23 fishing vessels based in the South West including beam trawlers, netters, potters and scallopers with two new boats currently under construction: a 35-metre beam trawler and a 15-metre potter.

Nigel Blazeby , Waterdance Managing Director said, ‘we are looking forward to having Martyn as part of our dynamic team. There are considerable challenges ahead in Fisheries; from Quota Management , Sustainability, the Landing Obligation and Brexit! Having someone who has an understanding of how fisheries management works will be of great benefit. A flow of skills and experience between regulators and the fishing industry is a positive move; ‘revolving doors’ and crossing over of expertise can only make for a better industry’.