Grant funding available for maritime/fishing courses on the North Thames for those looking to enter the industry or gain extra skills! ⁦@Seafarers_UK⁩ #EMFF dropbox.com/s/icgp4tf3weqo…

STCW Combi, Diesel Engine and Hygiene Level 3 places available! Email [email protected]

3 days to go! Book your tickets at the SouthendFilmFestival website to hear about the history and heritage of Leigh on Sea and to see the @NTFLAG funded film by The Cultural Engine and the white bus! #LeighOnSea #EMFF

Packed out at SouthendFilmFestival 'Old Leigh Through The Ages' including the first showing of the North Thames FLAG funded film of Old Leigh Port. Congrats The Cultural Engine the white bus

Thanks @Seafarers_UK, a great evening at @FishmongersHall. Barry highlighting the important work us animateurs do for fishing industries to access EMFF! well done FLAG’s! Dorset Fisheries and Aquaculture HastingsFLAG @NorthofTyneFLAG, Holderness and Cornwall! #EMFF

What are the best ways to market sustainable seafood and how do we ensure the smaller-scale fleets benefit from sustainability labels too? Another good discussion! Cheers Mindfully Wired @FisheriesAPPG

An overdue shout out to The Cultural Engine, the white bus and Visit Southend for a really fantastic film exploring the port and fishing in Leigh on Sea on the Thames Estuary. #EMFF #Fisheriesfunded EU Maritime & Fish @EU_FARNET m.youtube.com/watch?v=0ipEpJ…

Two marine talks where you can learn about your local #ThamesEstuary and Essex Coastline, with Essex Wildlife Trust this August! In #Leighonsea (2nd) and #Thurrock (8th) - see you there!

Remember this fantastic talk happening on Friday with the Essex Wildlife Trust ! Belfairs Woodland Centre at 11am to hear all about the Thames Estuary, North Sea and what lives there! #Leighonsea #ThamesEstuary

Thanks for a fantastic talk from Essex Wildlife Trust Rachel Langley EWT today. There is so much life in the Thames Estuary - take a look at these postcards for examples 👌 #EMFF #EssexMarineMonth #ThamesEstuary

Fishermen in over 12m fleet urged to register now to be ready for EU exit gov.uk/government/new…

Sign up for our #Brexit readiness workshops for seafood businesses at seafish.org/article/helpin… 4 September – #Plymouth 5 September – #Newlyn 11 September – #Grimsby 12 September – #Scarborough 26 September – #Fleetwood 4 October – #London #prepareforEUexit

Memories of Old Leigh - fishing and maritime? Come to Leigh Heritage Centre for Oral History Workshops Friday 13th! Age Exchange, The Cultural Engine and Leigh Estuary U3A will be there to hear and preserve your stories! ⛵️⚓️

Thank you for visiting The North Thames FLAG!! It was great to show the projects our partners have been working on for the last two years! Thanks again The Cultural Engine Marine Management Organisation Leigh TC Events Osborne & Sons #EMFF @EU_FARNET

*Breaking* #sustainability news! Today, the Thames Cockle Fishery has been certified #sustainable by MSC in the UK! We are proud to be working on #fishcomms & branding for this historic #fishery at the heart of the #LeighOnSea community! Keep your 👀 out for more soon.

Today we are in Southend-On-Sea to celebrate North Thames Cockles. Our historic #cockle #fishery fishing from Leigh-On-Sea has been certified as #sustainable by the MSC! MSC in the UK, Kent and Essex IFCA, Mindfully Wired & others are here to congratulate our hard working fishers.

👏 The first cockle fishery on the UK east coast has been MSC certified. To fish sustainably, the Leigh Port Partnership cockle fishery: ✅ Only catch cockles of a specific size ✅ Limit catch to specific times ✅ Assess their impact on estuary wildlife via.msc.org/iMNj50xsqXz

There has never been a better time to come & try local #cockles. Visit the famous cockle sheds in #LeighOnSea to taste our delicious #sustainable cockles, fresh from our North #Thames cockle fishery - recently certified with the MSC in the UK blue tick!