Fisheries

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The OPEC Fund for International Development has approved a US$20 million loan and a $240,000 complementary technical assistance grant to the Republic of Liberia to co-finance the Sustainable Management of Fisheries Project…

19th October 2022

Liberia $20m fisheries deal

19th October 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

EU fisheries ministers failed to set the Baltic Sea on a path to recovery and a long-term sustainable future at the latest Fisheries Council meeting in Luxemburg, according to a group of…

18th October 2022

Baltic quota reactions

18th October 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The Council of the European Union has reached an agreement on the fishing opportunities in the Baltic Sea for 2023.

18th October 2022

Baltic Sea quotas agreed

18th October 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The European Commission has confirmed that its proposal for fishing opportunities for 2023 for the Mediterranean and Black Sea has now been adopted, advising that the move promotes the sustainable management of…

17th October 2022

Med, Black Sea 2023 quotas

17th October 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

As part of its efforts to combat illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has launched Por La Pesca, a new public-private partnership to support artisanal fishing in both Ecuador and Peru.

14th October 2022

Ecuador, Peru fishing boost

14th October 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Fishing line that could wrap around the Earth 18 times is lost in the world’s oceans every year, according to new research from CSIRO, Australia’s national science agency, and the University of…

14th October 2022

Cost of lost gear revealed

14th October 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Close to 2.5 million tonnes of tuna is being caught annually that’s certified to the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) standard for sustainable fishing, according to new data published by the international non-profit…

14th October 2022

MSC tuna tops 2.4m tonnes

14th October 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Officials have announced the closure of both the Bristol Bay red king crab and Bering Sea snow crab 2022/23 seasons over concerns that populations are edging towards collapse.

12th October 2022

Alaska cancels crab seasons

12th October 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Norway is to restrict access to its ports for Russian fishing vessels in order to prevent them from circumventing the sanctions placed on Moscow due to the conflict in Ukraine, the country’s…

7th October 2022

Norway curbs Russia access

7th October 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Large cuts should be made to Northeast Atlantic herring and mackerel quotas for 2023, but next year’s blue whiting catch can increase, according to the latest advice from the International Council for…

5th October 2022

ICES issues pelagic advice

5th October 2022