Fisheries

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

New Zealand will commit an additional NZD 4.8 million (€2.6 million/$3.5 million) to support the management and policing of the Pacific’s fisheries, Prime Minister John Key has announced.

9th August 2010

New Zealand boosts support for Pacific fisheries

9th August 2010

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) have ordered the emergency reopening of commercial fishing areas in the Gulf of Mexico that were…

2nd August 2010

Commercial fisheries reopen in Louisiana

2nd August 2010

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

A UK fisheries delegation this week met with the new EU maritime and fisheries commissioner, Maria Damanaki, at the European Parliament in Strasbourg.

9th July 2010

UK fisheries delegation meets EU commissioner

9th July 2010

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

New Zealand’s fisheries and aquaculture minister Phil Heatley will this week have two important meetings with other fisheries ministers and government representatives from around the Pacific.

5th July 2010

Tuna on the agenda as NZ fisheries minister meets Pacific colleagues

5th July 2010

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Fishing communities in England’s less populated areas are able to access a €4.6 million ($5.8 million) fund, with expressions of interest invited from 30 June by the Marine Management Organisation (MMO).

5th July 2010

English fisheries invited to bid for share of €4.6 pot

5th July 2010

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Tourism presents a significant obstacle to the development of global aquaculture, but both these vital industries need to follow Croatia’s lead and find greater harmony, according to one of the country’s fisheries…

24th June 2010

Croatian fisheries chief: integration is best for aquaculture

24th June 2010

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The Shetland Shellfish Management Organisation (SSMO) has entered its brown crab, velvet crab, European lobster potting fishery and Shetland inshore scallop dredging fishery into assessment for Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification.

25th May 2010

Shetland shellfish fisheries start MSC assessment

25th May 2010

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The European Commission has published its report launching discussions on fishing opportunities in EU waters in 2011.

18th May 2010

Brussels seeks to get fisheries management on track in 2011

18th May 2010

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

NOAA implements blanket commercial fishery closures in the wake of the oil rig disaster.

5th May 2010

Deepwater Horizon spill closes Gulf Coast fisheries

5th May 2010

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The findings of the report by the independent Mixed Stock Salmon Fisheries Working Group was published this week.

29th April 2010

Safeguarding wild salmon fisheries

29th April 2010

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The Icelandic exporting business Sæmark has entered its cod, haddock and wolffish fisheries for full assessment under the Marine Stewardship Council’s (MSC) certification programme.

28th April 2010

First Icelandic fisheries enter MSC assessment

28th April 2010

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

WWF and the leading associations for European seafood processors and retailers are to work together to push for solutions to the crisis of European seas and fisheries.

28th April 2010

WWF and industry leaders join forces to save European fisheries

28th April 2010

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Bertie Armstrong, chief executive of the Scottish Fishermen’s Federation will today tell a meeting in Brussels on the future of the Common Fisheries Policy that a regional approach to management is vital…

28th April 2010

Regional control of fisheries is vital, SFF will tell CFP seminar

28th April 2010

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The UK Government has confirmed an unelected member of the House of Lords will represent Scotland at next months informal Fisheries Council.

21st April 2010

Scotland denied place at fisheries talks

21st April 2010

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Japanese scallop fisheries represented by Hokkaido Gyoren (Hokkaido Federation of Fisheries Cooperative Associations), with the largest scallop harvest in the world, are entering into Marine Stewardship Council full assessment.

16th April 2010

Japanese scallop fisheries enter MSC assessment

16th April 2010

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Scottish Fisheries Secretary Richard Lochhead spoke yesterday following a meeting of the Scottish Fisheries Council in Edinburgh.

14th April 2010

Scottish Fisheries Council

14th April 2010

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

What does mathematics have to do with fishing? It turns out quite a lot.

9th April 2010

Maths + fish = sustainable fisheries

9th April 2010

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

A study released by the Poseidon Aquatic Resource and the Pew Environment Group finds that EU fisheries subsidies have failed to reduce fleet overcapacity, thus exerting fishing pressure on stocks at two…

5th April 2010

Overfishing exacerbated by EU fisheries subsidies

5th April 2010

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

The Sustainable Fisheries Partnership (SFP) has published a sustainability league table of the principal fisheries used for the production of fishmeal and fish oil.

26th March 2010

New sustainability league table of fisheries used for fishmeal and fish oil

26th March 2010

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

A new report from NOAA shows that the last decade has been a period of progress for US fisheries and ocean ecosystems.

25th March 2010

Progress made in rebuilding and sustaining US fisheries and ocean ecosystems

25th March 2010