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FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

BirdLifes Global Seabird Programme is supporting a series of satellite tracking projects to minimise the amount of seabirds caught on longlines.

1st June 2009

Seabird tracking to reducing longline bycatch

1st June 2009

NEWS

NEWS

Senegal wins World Bank support for fisheries development - Senegal has recently been awarded World Bank funding worth US$8.5 million to develop sustainable coastal fisheries.

1st June 2009

Senegal

1st June 2009

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

However, one sure way to attract interest was to highlight the labour saving aspects of the machine in question. Not only is labour expensive, but today young people don’t want to go…

1st June 2009

Saving on labour is the key for onboard processing

1st June 2009

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

Koos Richelle is Director General of EuropeAid, the European Commission's (EC) body, which, along with member states and the European Development Bank, represents the largest development aid programme in the world. He…

1st June 2009

Climate cash – turning past into future

1st June 2009

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

This column is going to be a continuation of my previous one, for the voices questioning some of the management means and the very science underlying them are heard loud and clear…

1st June 2009

Mathematics and selective fishing

1st June 2009

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Peru’s fish exports will revive later this year despite an uncertain start and irrespective of the global economy, Humberto Speziani Cuevas, the president of the Fisheries and Aquaculture Committee of the Exporters…

1st June 2009

Peru’s exports predicted to revive

1st June 2009

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

PIRIOU shipyards recently launched the first of the three 90m purse tuna seiners ordered by SAPMER.

1st June 2009

PIRIOU launches Franche Terre

1st June 2009

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Macduff Shipyards Limited recently completed its largest fishing vessel to date for Peter Lovie from Whitehills, Scotland, MV Endeavour IV BF515.

1st June 2009

Endeavour IV from Macduff Shipyards

1st June 2009

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

Audubon Alaska, the state office of the National Audubon Society (BirdLife in the US), has welcomed the decision of the North Pacific Fishery Management Council (NPFMC) to prevent the expansion of industrial…

1st June 2009

US fisheries act to protect Arctic

1st June 2009

SAFETY & DISTRESS

SAFETY & DISTRESS

Miko patches came to the rescue earlier this year when the 60m stern trawler m/v Nybo was struck by trawler Kvannøy whilst at anchor at Vadsø in the Varanger Fjord, Norway.

1st June 2009

Patch saves catch

1st June 2009