The Deep Sea Conservation Coalition today released a report at the United Nations which describes major shortcomings in the implementation of UN General Assembly resolutions designed to protect the deep-ocean…
- The four pillars of sustainable fisheries management are: science, fisheries legislation, control of fishing activities, and violation sanctions, said Åsmund Bjordal, panelist at the “United Nations Open-ended Informal Consultative…
CFP reform seems to be adrift after the lead Commission official on the reform process, Spaniard Cesar Deben, was abruptly removed from post by new fisheries Commissioner Maria Damanaki. At…
The MPA Coalition met recently in Fishmongers Hall, in London, to shape its future work programme. The Coalition has been active for six months and has firmly established itself as…
The European Commission is sending a letter to five member states on the implementation of the Mediterranean Regulation, recalling that all the rules fully apply as from 1 June 2010…
Norwegian fisheries minister Lisbeth Berg-Hansen was quizzed by Fisheries Committee MEPs Tuesday on Norway's compliance with international rules on whaling and the likelihood of any whaling policy change.
Fish imports play a crucial role in supplying the European market, yet fisheries and aquaculture are strategic sectors that do not lend themselves to a purely free-trade approach, believes the EP Fisheries Committee. In a draft resolution adopted on Tuesday, MEPs say that imports should meet the same standards as European-produced fish and fishery products should be classified as "sensitive" in trade talks.
Contrary to earlier beliefs, a new study indicates that professional fisheries do not go for what is left at the top of the food chain, but rather focuses on what…
A whole Danish fishing community that went for ITQs now risks to be wiped out after the local bank collapsed.
HB Grandi’s pelagic vessels Ingunn AK and Lundey NS are now alongside in Vopnafjördur with 700 tonnes between them that was caught south-east of Iceland over the weekend. Their catch…
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