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NGOs – what are they up to?
His comments followed steps taken by British supermarkets to take North Sea cod off the shelf in response to campaigns by Greenpeace and others claiming that the species was facing 'extinction'.The ferocity of Mr Deas' outburst may have surprised many in the fishing industry, not only in the UK, but ...
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The mercury quagmire
Whether to stop eating fish suspected of mercury contamination and forfeit the benefits of Omega-3, or ignore the mercury content and keep eating fish because the benefits outweigh the risks involved, is an ongoing, nagging argument.
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US seafood industry shows growth
Overall seafood consumption in 2004 was up 1.8% over the previous year (and up 9% since 2001) and stood at 7.5kg per person. This figure is made up as follows: Shrimp: 1.90kg Canned tuna: 1.50kg Salmon: 0.98kg Pollock: 0.58kg Catfish: 0.50kg Cod: 0.32kg Crab: 0.29kg Flatfish: 0.27kg Clams: 0.21kg Oysters: ...
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The meaning of sustainability – Part 2
While sustainability and sustainable development represent consensual values, their implementation is often subject to controversies. The U.N. system recognizes sustainable development as “development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the needs of future generations. To achieve it, a balance between environmental integrity, social development and economic development ...
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Orders for British boats
First for five yearsWhat is said to be the first new whitefish boat to be constructed for Shetland owners for five years has now been was delivered by the Whitby, Yorkshire yard of Parkol Marine Engineering Ltd.The 18.77m Copious represents an investment of over £1 million for the boat, licences ...
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The meaning of sustainability - Part 1
Environmentalists and fishermen rarely agree on anything. It’s a pity because conventional logic would say that, fundamentally, environmentalists and fishing people should stand shoulder-to-shoulder in a common cause for maintaining resources – sustainability – while blending that with their sensible usage. Unfortunately, all too often there is controversy between the ...
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Beyond the limit in the Arctic
There are two major issues regarding Svalbard and fishing. One is the problems with illegal fishing around the archipelago. The other is Norwegian jurisdiction in the same area. When the Norwegian Coast Guard arrests a Russian or Spanish trawler, accusing them for illegal fishing, both questions have to be dealt ...
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FAO, tuna and fuzzy logic
“Not all that can be measured is important and not all that is important can be measured” - Albert Einstein - I have on my desk a copy of “Management of tuna fishing capacity: conservation and socio-economics” (FAO Fisheries Proceedings 2 – publication-sales@fao.org. 2005, 336 p). The book ...
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The Lawless Oceans
Pirate fishing is now big business, involving the collusion of countries offering flags of convenience and catches which drive down income for legal fishermen.
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NewsLicence application flood delays South African fishing season
It all started with the decision of the South African Department of Environmental Affairs (SADEA) to issue long-term fishing rights for the first time, starting in 2006. Rights were to be issued for between 10 and 15 years and the overall value of the rights in terms of catch has ...
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Who’s in Charge
Time to ask where? What? and Why? - The FISHFOLK Internet discussion list* is a stage on which current and not so current issues are often thrashed out. The focus is usually very American, reflecting where most of its aficionados come from. Recently, however, Bill Bartlett, one of the list’s ...
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NewsFishermen, stakeholders in the future of coral reefs
Jamaican coralSubsistence and growth of coral depends on a number of requirements, temperature, irradiance, calcium carbonate saturation, turbidity, sedimentation, salinity, pH and nutrients. The level of these variables determines the processes of photosynthesis and calcification, and also the level of survival. In turn these requirements are affected by meteorological processes, ...
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Globalisation and fish stocks
The influence of globalisation of fisheries on the world''s fish stocks and their management
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Swedish fish turn Norwegian
The coast of Bohuslän County stretches from the Norwegian border to Sweden's second largest city, Göteborg (Gothenburg). Both the region and the city have been built on the herring with proud traditions and a 'herring culture' which was also adopted by the Russians. Today the Bohuslän coastline is still the ...
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US controls & too many boats jeopardise Tsunami aid impact
According to Pieter Tesch, a Red Cross report just published says that lack of coordination between aid agencies has meant far more new boats than those which fished pre-tsunami. This may cause serious overfishing. Further, Indian exporters have attacked new US duties on shrimp saying the economic impact could be ...
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Taiwan - from fishing boats to yachts
Poorer deep-sea stocks, reports David Hayes, have meant marine and freshwater aquaculture has grown, creating a new market for fishery equipment. There are more than 50 companies in this business today and many small firms act as subcontractors to larger companies. Some companies producing deck equipment and fittings for fishing ...
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Fishermen and processors join scientists in management review
What made it different was the nature of the different participants who included experts from the Anglo-North Irish Fish Producers Organization (ANIFPO), the N. Irish Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (DARD), the Aquatic Systems Group, the Marine Fisheries Research Programme, Sea Fishery Policy, an Icelandic consulting fishery biologist, and ...
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Management economics what's missing?
A guide to heartless, soulless cold strategies - Almost 30 years ago Prof. Lee G. Anderson''s wrote The Economics of Fisheries Management and it was then one of a kind in its field. He revised it in 1986 and now we have the 2004 reprint. It is a bit ...
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Tuna in the eye of a storm
Tuna sandwiches are big in the US. The Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC- www.spc.int), quoted Heinz North America in August saying Americans eat one third of the 2.2 billion cans of tuna sold each year around the world.The debate's elements are simple: tuna as a convenience food and containing ...
