Checking illegal fishing in Indian Ocean
The regional authority will use satellite, radar and port inspections to crack down on illegal fishing in the Indian Ocean, where tuna catches have reached the maximum sustainable limits.
The regional authority will use satellite, radar and port inspections to crack down on illegal fishing in the Indian Ocean, where tuna catches have reached the maximum sustainable limits.
The Pacific nations have banned tuna boats in the ocean to save the fish from a repeat of the collapse of Atlantic cod fisheries in the 1980s.
Fishermen, a number of whom who a fortnight ago shook the European quarter in Brussels with violent protests, will receive an increase in the amount of direct aid from the…
Seafish, the Sea Fish Industry Authority, today expressed its disappointment with the government’s decision to close the Lyme Bay fishing area. Fishermen in Lyme Bay have demonstrated for the last…
In adopting a joint resolution on the crisis of the fisheries sector due to the rising fuel price, MEPs expresses their solidarity with the EU fishermen and call on the…
There are now five Icelandic trawlers fishing for redfish on the Reykjanes Ridge close to the 200 mile limit. Catches have been slow since fishing began again after the Seamen's…
According to Dr. Kristján Thórarinsson of the Icelandic Federation of Fishing Vessel Owners, there is no let-up in the relentless pressure on retailers from green organisations. "These organisations, including Greenpeace…
Despite gloomy predictions crabbers have harvested good amount of crabs this season but they question state call for short season.
In FAO’s Sub-Committee meeting on Fish Trade a set of technical guidelines was approved to promote responsible international trade in fish and fishery products.
In its report Greenpeace ranks grocer Seafood Pans Publix last among major chains on sustainability issues.