Analysis – Page 8

  • One of the proposed amendments to the Magnuson Act is to replace the term ‘overfished’ with ‘depleted’. Credit: Jsome1/CC-BY-2.0
    News

    New name, new game?

    2014-04-03T14:08:00Z

    Menakhem Ben-Yami looks at the recent shift in fisheries management science.

  • Returning from a sardine fishing expedition. Credit: FAO
    News

    Speaking up for small-scale fisheries

    2014-04-02T16:25:00Z

    Menakhem Ben-Yami fights the case for small-scale fisheries throughout the world.

  • Thousands of fishermen were affected by Yolanda. Credit: OCHA/Gemma Cortes
    News

    The Philippine disaster and local relief action

    2014-03-13T17:26:00Z

    Small-scale fisheries (SSF) are not only a great provider of employment, and either the only or most important income source in poor coastal communities, but there is something in the fishing itself that makes it the preferred way of life for the fishing people.

  • This month sees the start of the seafood processing exhibition season
    News

    Seafood processing exhibition season gets underway

    2014-03-11T17:43:00Z

    This month sees the start of the all-species seafood processing exhibition season with Seafood Processing North America opening its doors in Boston on the east coast of the USA from 16-18 March.

  • In depth NOAA fisheries science and management programme has led to the recovery of some major fisheries in the US. Picture courtesy of NOAA
    News

    Why monitoring makes sense

    2014-03-03T11:20:00Z

    How has the combination of sound fisheries science and management programmes led to the recovery of some fisheries? Adrian Tatum reports.

  • Open Blue cobia farming
    News

    Cobia at a crossroads

    2014-01-13T11:02:00Z

    Andrew Martin reports on the future potential for farmed cobia.

  • Kathryn Stack
    News

    Comment: Fisheries and the Green lobby – what’s the real catch?

    2014-01-09T16:23:00Z

    Kathryn Stack, Senior Political Advisor to Struan Stevenson MEP, Senior Vice-President of the European Parliament Fisheries Committee, writes on the influence of the Green lobby/NGOs in EU fisheries policy decision making.

  • De Beers SA, has been extracting diamonds for decades
    News

    Between the devil and the deep blue sea

    2013-11-28T13:48:00Z

    Menakhem Ben-Yami looks into the issue of sea mining.

  • Omega-3 supplements in store
    News

    Omega-3: The key to a longer, healthier life

    2013-11-13T13:33:00Z

    Professor John Stein, Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Professor of Neurophysiology, University of Oxford, and his brother, television personality and world famous fish chef, Rick Stein, speak to WF&A on the benefits of Omega-3.

  • Small fishing boat in Sanya, China. Credit: David Castor
    News

    New China – an awaking giant

    2013-10-20T19:03:00Z

    Like a giant awaking from a long sleep and storming into global reality, since its parting with orthodox communism China''s economy is growing almost exponentially, placing its technology, science, entrepreneurship, industry and international trade among the world''s leaders.

  • Bertie Armstrong
    News

    Scottish fisheries – sustainability and independence

    2013-10-15T16:07:00Z

    Bertie Armstrong, chief executive of the Scottish Fishing Federation (SFF) writes for World Fishing & Aquaculture on the Scottish fishing industry.

  • Fisheries management scientists are unable to follow environment-induced trends and fluctuations. Credit: Profmauri/ CC-BY-SA-3.0
    News

    Two sorts of science

    2013-09-11T12:19:00Z

    Menakhem Ben-Yami looks into the issue of fisheries management.

  • The Night Orion Fell
    News

    Salmon fishing and a traumatic tale

    2013-08-07T16:28:00Z

    Menakhem Ben-Yami reviews two very different fishing books.

  • Boarfish
    News

    Ireland’s biggest fish resource is difficult to process

    2013-08-07T15:28:00Z

    Ireland is the leading EU quota holder of boarfish (Capros aper) at 56,666 tonnes.

  • Tied up: Croatia's fishing fleet will have to make significant changes to its fleet and equipment to comply with EU laws
    News

    Croatia prepares for Europe

    2013-08-01T17:32:00Z

    Croatia’s accession to the EU means the country will have to face fresh challenges in its fishing sector. Adrian Tatum reports.

  • A more optimistic future for the under tens
    News

    Under 10m fleet wins quota battle

    2013-07-18T17:15:00Z

    Bryan Gibson reports on the recent court battle between the UK’s under 10m fleet and the producer associations over quota share.

  • Fishing boats in Gujarat. Credit: Koshy Koshy/ CC-BY-2.0
    News

    India: Too many fishermen?

    2013-07-16T19:47:00Z

    Menakhem Ben-Yami looks into the stagnation of Gujarat''s fisheries.

  • Bering Sea shore
    News

    Warming up relations in cold waters

    2013-06-12T15:52:00Z

    Back in 1867, President Andrew Johnson''s Secretary of State William Seward went shopping and returned home with a bargain: the whole and only Russian territory on the American continent – Alaska and the Aleutian Islands, which since 1859 was put on sale by the Russian Empire.

  • A proper ‘plaice’ to buy fish
    News

    The traditional fishmonger: The right horse for the course

    2013-06-06T14:21:00Z

    Bryan Gibson looks at the benefits of buying fish from a traditional fishmonger, compared to a supermarket.

  • One of the trafficking victims shows the physical damage done to his hands while working aboard a Thai fishing boat © EJF
    News

    Violence and murder in Thai fisheries

    2013-06-01T15:27:00Z

    A new report by the Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF) has documented harrowing evidence of human trafficking and exploitation in Thailand’s fishing industry, where boat workers are subjected to excessive working hours, little or no pay, threats of violence, physical abuse, and even murder, reports Carly Wills.