Research has provided a more accurate picture of the effects of trawl gears in MPAs, providing scientists with a better understanding of the level of fishing activity that can be carried out within Marine Protected Areas (MPAs), allowing them to remain compatible with conservation objectives.
There has been some good fishing on the Fugløy Bank in the Barents Sea since HB Grandi’s factory trawler Therney arrived there in mid-January. According to skipper Kristinn Gestsson, the first week there was very good and since then catch rates have been reasonable.
Avila Prima Intra Makmur in Indonesia and Philippine company Celebes Canning Corporation are the latest additions to the International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF) line-up of participating companies.
Portuguese emergency services responded to a SafeSea E100G distress signal to airlift crew members of Rainha Iemanja from rocks off São Miguel.
The Malta SeaWeb Seafood Champions award, held at the end of the three-day seafood summit in Malta, has gone to Newlyn fishing company Crystal Sea Fishing.
There have been international protests over the arrest and detention of Saeeed Baloch, general secretary of the Pakistani Fisherfolk Forum.
One of the biggest fisheries in the Pomorye region of the White Sea coast and surrounding areas in Russia, Arkhangelsk Trawl Fleet (ATF), has been certified to the Marine Stewardship (MSC) Fisheries Standard.
During a meeting held last week in Sofia, the European Social Partners in Fisheries, the ETF and Europêche, promoted together with the ILO the swift ratification of the ILO Work in Fishing Convention C188. The event was also attended by high-level representatives of the Bulgarian Ministries of Labour, Transport and Agriculture, who share competence over the ratification of the Convention.
Boulogne PO FROM Nord, representing fishing vessels from distant water trawlers to inshore netters, is having to distribute sole allocations to its members cautiously this year following a 14% cut in this year’s quota.
Scientists around the world have been quick to criticise an NGO-funded study by Daniel Pauly and others, arguing that it does not tell us anything about the state of fish stocks or about the need for further management. The paper claims that the global catch data, as reported by the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), is incorrect and it should in fact be lower, citing overfishing as the cause.
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