Fisheries

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

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Scotlands leadership on the European stage was highlighted during a meeting held by Rural Affairs Secretary Richard Lochhead in Brussels on 22 March.

24th March 2010

Scottish fisheries and Europe

24th March 2010

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

A unique project in Orkney, UK, between the emerging wave energy industry and the local inshore fishing community aims to demonstrate that the two industries can co-exist in harmony - and deliver…

24th March 2010

Sustainable energy meets sustainable fisheries management

24th March 2010

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

On 15 March, NOAA Fisheries Service published an advanced notice of proposed rulemaking revising control dates for the Gulf group king and Spanish mackerel components of the coastal migratory pelagic fishery.

16th March 2010

Control dates for king and Spanish mackerel fisheries of the Gulf of Mexico

16th March 2010

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The New Zealand Ministry of Fisheries has said that NZ takes a conservative approach to its fisheries management based on sound scientific research.

13th March 2010

Cautious approach central to NZ fisheries management

13th March 2010

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

A new report by OCEAN2012 and Meridian Prime highlights environmental and social criteria that are successfully employed in allocating access to fisheries resources.

9th March 2010

Report offers criteria for allocating access to fisheries resources

9th March 2010

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Tony Killeen TD, Irish Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food last week opened the Irish Skipper - Inshore Fisheries Expo in Galway.

4th March 2010

Irish support schemes for fisheries sector involving €1.8m aid in 2010

4th March 2010

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Two Pacific cod fisheries, one located in the Gulf of Alaska (GoA) and the other in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands (BSAI), have earned Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification.

3rd February 2010

Two Pacific cod fisheries gain MSC certification

3rd February 2010