On the 9th of February 2011, Mr Paolo Bray, Friend of the Sea’s Executive Director, travelled to Bermeo, Spain, to shake hands with the first of 15 observers, before boarding them on tuna purse seiners of Spanish shipowners Atuneros Vascos, Inpesca, Pevasa and Seabreeze Ventures. The vessels are part of the Pevaeche group.
North Carolina’s Marine Fisheries Commission has announced the reopening of ocean trawling for striped bass this season.
After regular protests from a campaign group Japan has decided to suspend its annual Antarctic whale hunt.
Watermen's group wants netting of rockfish season to resume while fishing organization supports keeping ban in place.
The Celtic Sea Herring Management Advisory Committee (CSHMAC) has entered its herring, sprat and sardine fisheries for MSC assessment.
Commercial catch limits for the Eastern Tuna and Billfish Fishery has been announced by the Australian Fisheries Management Authority Commission (AFMA Commission).
At a hearing today at Folkestone Magistrates Court, the owners and skipper of a Belgian registered fishing trawler were prosecuted following an incident in the Dover Strait Traffic Separation Scheme on the 22 March 2009.
The Honourable Gail Shea, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, today issued the following statement:
Total catch of Icelandic vessels in January 2011 was 119,345 tonnes compared to 55,523 tonnes in January 2010.
With only just over 4400 boxes of whitefish landed for the first two markets of last week February 7-8 at Peterhead Harbour Scotland’s premier fishing port after fishing was slowed by severe storms.
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