Comment – Page 14
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Dealing with 'MPA mania'
Spatially delimited MPAs (Marine Protected Areas), however lacking in true science, have recently become a commonly prescribed remedy for all fish stock ails, especially for the conservation of biodiversity.
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NewsInto fifth gear
Research into more effective and sustainable fishing gear is on the increase. Adrian Tatum explores some of the reasons why.
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NewsBrexit: A game changing vote for fishing
With the UK electorate voting to exit the European Union, WF asks where that leaves the country’s fishing industry and the broader seafood supply chain
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NewsDiscarding the past
Adrian Tatum discovers how some European fishing nations are adjusting to the second phase of the EU discard ban, which came into force on 1 January.
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NewsThe plastic menace
The worldwide production of plastics has increased considerably since the middle of the 20th century.
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NewsSri Lanka fisheries ready for return
With its ban on fisheries exports to the EU market lifted, the country anticipates it will start to reinstate crucial trade links from next month
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NewsBeta Files
Captain Olaf Olsen, whom I''m proud to call a friend, was born in the Faroe Islands in 1935.
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NewsEurope slowly opens up to the CFP
European nations are slowly coming to terms with implementing new rules and legislation under the latest Common Fisheries Policy (CFP), as Adrian Tatum reports.
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NewsCollaboration is the key in the fight against illegal fishing
Adrian Tatum examines the state of illegal fishing around the world and looks at some of the efforts being made to eliminate it.
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NewsFishing down marine food webs?
Menakhem Ben-Yami shares his opinion on Pauly and Zeller’s recent paper on fish catches.
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NewsGetting to the bottom of the ‘mislabelling’ issue
Bob Milne looks at the recent – and conflicting - seafood mislabelling studies.
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NewsScience fiction?
Menakhem Ben-Yami takes a tongue-in-cheek look at the possible technology of the future.
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News'North Korean' fishermen die in a desperate fishery
North Korea has made the global press headlines with its claim of detonating a hydrogen bomb, but Menakhem Ben-Yami reports on the fishing boats and bodies that have recently washed ashore in Japan, which appear to be North Korean.
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NewsChallenges in the South Eastern Mediterranean
A multidisciplinary scientific conference dealing with the dynamics of the Levant Basin, attended by international and Israeli experts, took place in November at the foot of Mt. Carmel, Israel. Menakhem Ben-Yami reports.
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NewsFishing and cage farming paradise
A couple of months ago a rare visitor, John Goodlad - a Shetlander who is also a Scottish fishery personality - passed here with his beautiful daughter.
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NewsA year of stability in the UK, but for how long?
The UK’s leading seafood authority, Seafish, has released a report on the state of the UK fishing fleet, but there are many challenges ahead, as Adrian Tatum finds out.
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NewsConfrontation
Menakhem Ben-Yami looks at difference between the recent Living Blue Planet Report and what the science and fishermen are saying.
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NewsSea lice solution
Bryan Gibson looks at a possible solution to the issue of sea lice infestation.
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NewsLessons learned from Thailand
Ethics and social responsibility in the seafood supply chain dominated discussions at the World Seafood Congress 2015
