Non-Falklands ship listings to change
The criteria for listing non-Falklands flagged vessels will be revamped as a result of the European Union, Executive Committee (ExCo) recently filed application requesting a definition of economic ties between…
Alaska Salmon Re-Certified for Sustainable Fishing
The Alaska salmon fishery, which commercially harvests more than 160 million salmon a year, has been re-certified as meeting the Marine Stewardship Council’s environmental standard for sustainable fishing . Recertification…
November Fisheries Memo
The mother of all end runs in Eastern Canada would have the processors and big boat owners give the boot to all the small fishing operations. In the U.S. they…
CRA3 forum on track with plans to improve rock lobster fishing
The CRA 3 Multi-stakeholder Fishing Forum is on track with plans to improve fishing in Gisborne’s highly valued local red rock lobster fishery (known as CRA 3). Forum members, representing…
EU and North-Atlantic coastal states agree on 2008 fishing possibilities on 3 major shared stocks
Several agreements have been concluded in the past few days between the European Commission, on behalf of the EU, and the other coastal states concerned regarding 2008 fishing opportunities on…
Joe Borg welcomes Lisbon’s Conference ministerial Declaration on combating international trade of fisheries products from illegal fishing
"Many international meetings on illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing have been held in the past. Many of them have been useful because they have raised awareness of the burning need…
Kingfisher Information Services
The Kingfisher Information Services department have been supplying fishermen with valuable seabed information for over 40 years. In recent times, Kingfisher have moved away from the production of paper fishing…
Scientific Spanish vessel researching in South Atlantic
A state of the art Spanish fisheries research vessel currently in Punta Arenas is scheduled to collect sea bed and water samples in the South Atlantic, off the Falkland Islands…
New crab fishing rules come into force on 1 November
New signs have been going up at popular crab fishing locations in recent weeks, to outline the changes that will apply in the West Coast Bioregion from Thursday 1 November…
Chilean coastal fishermen protest depletion of hake
Chilean fishermen used public debates in the coastal town of Valparaiso Wednesday as a forum to criticize Chile’s fishing policies. The debates, titled “Who sells you fish,” focused on the…