World Fishing News – Page 712
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£5.25 million grants boost for English fishing industry
£5.25 million in grants has been awarded to the English fishing industry from the European Fisheries Fund.
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Irish support schemes for fisheries sector involving €1.8m aid in 2010
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.
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NFFO policy review on Brown Crab
Brown Crab will be the focus for a comprehensive examination of policy when the UK’s NFFO Shellfish Committee meets in London on 9 March.
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Greenpeace: ICCAT proves itself incapable of saving bluefin tuna
Just weeks away from a crucial meeting of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) the fisheries management organisation mandated to protect the species has proved it is incapable of doing so, says Greenpeace.
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Conservation measures needed to reverse overfishing of Indian Ocean tuna
Ahead of this week’s annual Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC) meeting in Busan, Korea, the International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF) called on nations to ‘adopt and enforce scientifically sound conservation management measures’ for yellowfin tuna in order to keep catches at or below 300,000t.
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NewsMacduff Shipyards completes major conversion
Macduff Shipyards Ltd has just completed a major conversion on a former north east vessel.
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NewsEuropean Commission proposes that EU supports tuna ban
The European Commission has proposed that the European Union should press for a ban on international trade in Atlantic bluefin tuna to enter into force within the next year.
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WWF: Cautious welcome to European Commission’s conditional support for bluefin tuna trade ban
WWF cautiously welcomes the EU Commission’s recommendation that the 27 European Union member countries vote for a ban on international commercial trade in Atlantic bluefin tuna through a listing on Appendix I of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) at next month’s ...
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NewsWWF: New whaling compromise is step backwards for whales
A new draft compromise on whaling released by the International Whaling Commission (IWC) set a dangerous precedent that the international community must reject, WWF said.
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Queensland fishing rules change for bream, tarwhine and tailor
Commercial and recreational fishers should be aware that new size limits for bream, tarwhine and tailor will come into effect next month.
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Monica Medina appointed US commissioner to IWC
Monica Medina, Commerce Department principal deputy under secretary for oceans and atmosphere, has been appointed the US commissioner for the IWC by President Barack Obama.
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AFDF to serve as new client managing MSC certification for Alaska salmon
The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) has been informed by the AFDF that its board has voted in favour of AFDF serving as the client for the purpose of maintaining MSC certification for the entire Alaska salmon fishery.
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NewsAnnouncement by PNA to enter 40% of the skipjack tuna fishery into MSC assessment
The MSC (Marine Stewardship Council) has welcomed the decision by the Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA) to proceed with the full assessment of 40% of their skipjack tuna fishery.
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NewsSpeech by Maria Damanaki on Atlantic Bluefin tuna and the CFP reform
“I heard you came all the way from Portugal to see Brussels and to learn something more about the European Institutions. It is very important to facilitate these opportunities as part of the understanding of Europe and its institutions and I welcome you all here today in the premises of ...
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IWC promotes return of commercial whaling: Greenpeace response
Greenpeace has called for a proposal by a working group of the International Whaling Commission that would allow the return of commercial whaling to be rejected out of hand, describing it as a dangerous throwback to the 20th century when whales where hunted to near extinction.
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NewsMinisters work together to improve the Atlantic fishing and aquaculture industry
Federal, provincial and territorial fisheries and aquaculture Ministers concluded the annual meeting of the Atlantic Council of Fisheries and Aquaculture Ministers (ACFAM) recently with agreement to move forward with concrete action on a broad range of issues, including seal management, Atlantic lobster, and the Canadian Shellfish Sanitation Program.
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NewsTragedy at Sea World Orlando
WDCS says that it is horrified to learn of the death of a trainer at Sea World’s park in Orlando, Florida this week.
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New marine channel opens up
The Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC) and Natural England welcomed the launch this week of the Fishing Coalition for Marine Protected Areas (MPAs).
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New fishing coalition launched
A new UK-wide fishing industry coalition to ensure that the interests of fishermen are fully taken into account during the consultation and designation process for Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) was officially launched this week.
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Greenpeace response to ISSF’s new study
Greenpeace response to International Seafood Sustainability Foundation’s new study on the feasibility of pole and line skipjack tuna fisheries in the Pacific:
