Interviews – Page 5

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    Deep sea fishing will not replace coastal fishing says fisheries scientist

    2002-05-11T11:51:00Z

    While the EU has given the subject a wide birth so far, Member Governments such as Ireland and Spain and other countries around the world have been busy researching possibility of uncovering new species with commercial potential.Ireland, for example, has been researching deep sea fishing possibilities in its waters since ...

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    UK retailer calls for sustainable approach to global fishing

    2002-04-21T15:12:00Z

    George French (left) Sainsbury's technical director and George White (right) of the Supermarket's environmental team discuss the new tuna project that will look at the worldwide management of the fisheries.Being one step away from the consumer, it is their views that can be used as a stepping stone and platform ...

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    Ireland takes up the sustainability challenge

    2002-03-24T16:16:00Z

    Irish Fisheries Minister, Frank FaheyBut as far as his running of his country's commercial fishing industry is concerned, you would find it hard to criticise him.The fishing industry in Ireland has changed sustainably over the last five years. It is now much more business driven than before, market focused and ...

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    Scotland look to further measures to help declining whitefish fleets

    2002-03-24T16:15:00Z

    The Scottish fleet has endured enough through decommissioning and the time has come to put boat scrapping measures on the backburner and focus on other fisheries management measures.This is the view of Hamish Morrison, chief executive of the Scottish Fishermen's Federation, who believes that if the Scots fleet shrank any ...

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    Policy change needed for Europe

    2002-02-01T12:27:00Z

    The past year has seen the arrival of a Green Paper on the future of the Common Fisheries policy and a public hearing lasting three days in Brussels last June.Since then there has been much debate and criticism. The Commission has listened, talked, argued and is currently finalising proposals.Governments, fishing ...