World tuna - a look from FAO
01 May 2008
Tuna fisheries represent a heavily invested industry that operates highly mobile fleets of large expensive purse seiners and longliners. ...

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How to attain decent working conditions?
01 Apr 2008
Globalisation of fisheries is characterised by fishermen fishing not only in their own national waters, but also on the high seas and in the waters of other countries, and by an unprecedented growth in the number of fishermen from developing...

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When David’s die and Goliath’s rejoice
01 Aug 2007
Fishermen’s lives go cheap in more than one way. Apart from engaging in one of the most hazardous occupations worldwide, they are frequently outside the reach of the occupational safety and health services available to other working people. They must navigate,...

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Fishermen’s knowledge
01 Jul 2007
Nobody would deny that experienced professional fishermen, especially the old salt among them, possess a wealth of knowledge on fish and sea, and on what’s going on between the two, accumulating for generations. ...

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The Northwesterly fury
01 Jun 2007
“…Yet this sea, this beautiful sea, is not to be trifled with. If It gets angry and suddenly and unexpectedly begins to foam, the waves whipped up by the tramountana rise up, break out into the open sea and crash...

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Edinburgh – what next?
01 May 2007
The well attended Edinburgh Cod Recovery Symposium received very good initial publicity. It bore a great promise of finding a golden road to the recovery of the ailing cod stocks in the NE Atlantic Ocean and the North Sea. ...

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Comments for MSC
23 Apr 2007
Recently the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) asked for public comment on the main criteria of its environmental standards for sustainable fishing. This was a good thing to do and I sincerely hope that many people responded. No doubt, the MSC is...

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Greenpeace and fish trade liberalisation
01 Mar 2007
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Good advice from FAO fisheries chief
29 Jan 2007
How happy certain European and American members of the fisheries management establishment would be if they could apply uniform management laws and regulations to all fisheries under their respective jurisdictions. ...

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Enlightenment from Russia
18 Dec 2006
A wise man once said: people without history are people without future. I’ll paraphrase: science that ignores former studies and historical data cannot produce reliable predictions. This is also true for all those who attribute to fishing being the single or...

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