Bluefin tuna sells for 202 US dollars a kilo in Tokyo market
A Hong Kong sushi restaurant owner paid a record 55.700 US dollars for a massive blue-fin tuna in the first auction of the year at the world's largest fish market…
Operational Programme for the Italian fisheries and aquaculture sector
The European Commission recently approved the Operational Programme for the Italian fisheries sector for the period 2007-2013. The total eligible public expenditure of the programme is € 848,685,708, with EU assistance through the European Fisheries Fund (EFF) amounting to € 424,342,854.
The programme covers the entire Italian territory. € 318,281,864 of the EFF assistance will be allocated to the convergence regions of Italy and € 106,060,990 to the non-convergence regions.
Operational Programme for the Portuguese Fisheries Industry
The European Commission recently approved the Operational Programme for the Portuguese Fisheries Industry for the period 2007-2013. The total eligible public expenditure of the programme is € 324.9 million, with EU assistance through the EFF amounting to € 246.5 million. € 223.9 million of the EFF assistance will be allocated to the convergence regions of Portugal (Norte, Centro, Alentejo, Algarve and the Azores) and € 22.5 millions to the non-convergence regions (Lisbon & Madeira).
Operational Programme for Fisheries 2007 – 2013 Romania
The European Commission recently approved the Romanian Operational Programme for Fisheries for the period 2007-2013. The total eligible public expenditure of the programme is € 307,618,942, with EU assistance through the European Fisheries Fund (EFF) amounting to € 230,714,207.
The programme covers the entire territory of Romania which is designated as a whole as convergence region.
Snapper found floating in the Hauraki Gulf
A large quantity of snapper floating in the sea off the eastern side of the Coromandel Peninsula on 19th of December, just outside Coromandel harbour was reported to the Ministry of Fisheries by a recreational fisher.
Details of fisheries industrial action unknown
A press release from Public Service Association (PSA) and National Union of Public Employees (NUPE) indicates they are considering a range of industrial actions and they can make a decision on what actions will be taken on December 23.
New Fisheries act tabled in Parliament.
The Honourable Loyola Hearn, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, introduced in Parliament a new Bill on 29 th November to modernize the 139-year-old Fisheries Act.
The Government of Canada Accepts Panel Conclusion for the Whites Point Quarry and Marine Terminal
The Government of Canada accepts the joint review panel’s conclusions on the environmental assessment of the proposed Whites Point Quarry and Marine Terminal Project in Digby County, Nova Scotia.
Groundfish Ice Fishing on the Saguenay
Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO), Quebec Region, advise that the groundfish ice fishing season on the Saguenay River will open on January 14, 2008 and close on March 12, 2008.
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