The European Commission recently approved the Romanian Operational Programme for Fisheries for the period 2007-2013. The total eligible public expenditure of the programme is € 307,618,942, with EU assistance through the European Fisheries Fund (EFF) amounting to € 230,714,207.
The programme covers the entire territory of Romania which is designated as a whole as convergence region.
A large quantity of snapper floating in the sea off the eastern side of the Coromandel Peninsula on 19th of December, just outside Coromandel harbour was reported to the Ministry of Fisheries by a recreational fisher.
A press release from Public Service Association (PSA) and National Union of Public Employees (NUPE) indicates they are considering a range of industrial actions and they can make a decision on what actions will be taken on December 23.
The Honourable Loyola Hearn, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, introduced in Parliament a new Bill on 29 th November to modernize the 139-year-old Fisheries Act.
The Government of Canada accepts the joint review panel’s conclusions on the environmental assessment of the proposed Whites Point Quarry and Marine Terminal Project in Digby County, Nova Scotia.
Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO), Quebec Region, advise that the groundfish ice fishing season on the Saguenay River will open on January 14, 2008 and close on March 12, 2008.
Aquaculture has an important role to play in global efforts to eliminate hunger and malnutrition and make significant contributions to poverty reduction and economic growth. The main challenge for policy makers and development agents is to create an “enabling environment” to support the expansion needed to meet this potential.
Scheveningen, 4of January 2008 – As of the beginning of January 2008, the fish auctions of Den Helder, Den Oever and IJmuiden will accede to the Pefa auction system. With…
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