Sea lion report influence fishing rules
Alaska fishing industry is waiting for sea lion report to impose new fishing rules, sasy a report.
Huge equipment lifted to new place
Nearly 200 tonnes of equipment lifted into place from HB Grandi’s Vopnafjördur fishmeal facility.
SWFSC’s research at Sea moving ahead
NOAA’s FSV-6 is serving SWFSC research well replacing the old David Starr Jordan for better work.
Recidivist commercial fisher receives big penalties
A Chatham Islands commercial fisher gets huge penalties for illegal paua fishing, admits a report.
Urge to use study in Arctic
Oceans ambassador urged the nation to use study in Arctic in order to manage human activities in the ocean.
Legal suit to block plan for water use on north state rivers
Commercial fishing groups and environmentalists jointly filed a lawsuit in order to block a state plan to balance fish and farming along two Northern California rivers.
Bering Sea crab season begins smoothly
Bering Sea crab season starts with calm seas and warm weather that helps fishermen in their catch.
Raising red flags on catch shares
Conference on catch shares urged to start a high-level workshop on the preferred tool of the Obama administration to modernize the regulation of fisheries across America.
Exhibitors call for World Fishing Exhibition to be held more frequently!
As was previously announced at the closure of the World Fishing Exhibition Vigo 2009, the Organising Committee is studying the possibility of holding the exhibition at shorter intervals at the request of exhibiting companies. “The industry itself is rapidly evolving and there is a greater innovation capacity which both back the idea of holding the event more frequently” said the President of the Executive Committee, Alfonso Paz-Andrade who went on to say: “however the interval will not be too short as the exhibition requires a great effort from visiting and exhibiting companies as well as the support of governmental organisations.
EU fisheries industry blasts Commission’s Green Paper
Two of the main industry organisations in EU fisheries have presented a positioning document on the Commission’s CFP reform Green Paper, calling it “provocative” although “interesting”, but “painting too bleak…
