SFF outlines priorities for major quota talks
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…
Commission proposes 2008 fishing opportunities for the Black Sea
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…
MSC eco-label sought for Pacific cod fisheries
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…
Turning a blind eye to bigeye tuna
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…
Commission: ICCAT’s welcome decisions confirm its commitment to bluefin tuna recovery plan
The European Commission has welcomed the outcome of the annual meeting of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) which closed today in Antalya, Turkey. Despite calls…
Aquaculture only way to fill the coming “fish gap”
By 2030 an additional 37 million tonnes of fish per year will be needed to maintain current levels of fish consumption for an expanded world population. Because traditional capture fisheries…
Japan begins hunt for 1,000 whales
A Japanese whaling fleet has begun a five-month expedition that environmentalists say will hunt humpback whales for the first time in decades.
Major progress on Antarctic fisheries conservation
The Environment and Conservation Organisations (ECO) welcomed the major step forward in protecting the Antarctic marine environment agreed last week at the Antarctic Marine Living Resources Meeting (CCAMLR) which concluded…
Russian salmon figures don’t add up
East Asian countries are importing between 50% and 90% more Russian sockeye salmon than Russia is reporting as caught, according to a new report from WWF and TRAFFIC, the wildlife…
Namibia: Regional Fisheries Watchdog Sets Fish Quotas
A Regional fishing watchdog has decided to set fishing quotas for an endangered toothfish species currently exploited in the southern areas of the Atlantic Ocean.
