The European Commission has welcomed the outcome of the annual meeting of the North-West Atlantic Fisheries Organisation (NAFO), which ended earlier today in Lisbon, Portugal.
A public briefing will be held in Busselton, next Wednesday (17 October), at which research and reasons will be presented on why a new approach is needed to manage recreational…
Shrimp aquaculture is a valuable and growing production sector where success is largely based on the quality of postlarvae, making hatchery production a crucial element to the sector's sustainability
A Swanbourne man was fined $4893 yesterday, for unlawfully selling fish in two western suburbs and for dumping offal in the waters off Cottesloe. 55-year-old Michael Stuart Lane pleaded guilty…
The Alaska Fisheries Development Foundation (AFDF) has partnered with industry stakeholders and begun the process of certifying all sectors of the Pacific cod fishery in Alaska as sustainably managed. This…
Fish stocks in the region have declined dramatically in recent decades, and the quality of the catch has gone down. The future for poor fishing communities in the region looks bleak.
Greenpeace has compiled the database from existing official registries of Illegal, Unregulated and Unreported (IUU) vessels and companies.Industrial fishing vessels and fishery support vessels, including motherships, refrigerated carriers and supply vessels, may be included on the database.
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $5-million grant (approximately Rs.23.22 crore) to help fishing communities and others affected by the December 2004 tsunami in Kerala and Tamil Nadu restore and diversify their livelihood.