Preparation Agriculture/Fisheries Council of November 2007
The Agriculture & Fisheries Council will meet in Brussels on Monday 26 (starting at 11 a.m.) and Tuesday 27 November, under the Presidency of Mr Jaime Silva, Minister for Agriculture,…
The Agriculture & Fisheries Council will meet in Brussels on Monday 26 (starting at 11 a.m.) and Tuesday 27 November, under the Presidency of Mr Jaime Silva, Minister for Agriculture,…
IMBER (http://www.imber.info/) is very pleased to announce that the workshop “Climate driving of marine ecosystems changes: Training for young marine scientists” will be held on April 21-24 2008 at the…
The European Commission recently approved the Operational Programme for the Finnish Fisheries Industry for the period 2007-2013. The total eligible public expenditure of the programme amounts to € 91,848,827 ,…
THE proposal for a ban on high seas bottom trawling has caused some concern among members of the fishing industry at the Falkland Islands.
The conclusion in the early hours of this morning (26 November) of the EU/Norway negotiations to decide quotas for jointly managed North Sea stocks for 2008 has resulted in a…
Seafish Chief Executive, John Rutherford, said: “We are glad to see that the problem of discarding unwanted fish is being highlighted and we acknowledge that this is a wasteful practice…
With the crucial December meeting of EU Council of Ministers to decide upon catching opportunity for 2008 now looming, and the second round of the EU/Norway negotiations on shared stocks…
For the first time since the accession of Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union on 1 January 2007, the European Commission is now proposing fishing opportunities for fish stocks in…
Full assessment against the Marine Stewardship Council’s (MSC) standard for sustainable fisheries has been initiated by the Alaska Fisheries Development Foundation (AFDF) for the Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands (BSAI) and Gulf of…
Bigeye tuna are under threat because authorities are failing to recognize the dire extent of overfishing. If protection measures are not put in place, says WWF and TRAFFIC, the tuna…