Falkland Islands loligo season closes early
Due to low biomass levels, the Falkland Islands Fisheries Department has taken the decision to close this year’s second Loligo season. This decision has been taken following analysis of the…
Due to low biomass levels, the Falkland Islands Fisheries Department has taken the decision to close this year’s second Loligo season. This decision has been taken following analysis of the…
There’s a longstanding convention that the small amounts of fish that crews get to take home for their own consumption are overlooked in official figures and not deducted from quotas.…
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Fisheries officials and delegates from the 17 Members of the Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA), are gathering this week at the Millenium Hall in Niue for the 138th Forum…
The outcome of the challenge to the UK’s decision to close down sandeel fishing in its waters has resulted in a complex situation under which the ban has been ruled…
Speaking at the Norwegian Pelagic Federation’s annual meeting, chairman Kristian Sandtorv didn’t hold back on issues facing the industry, ranging from the apparently ever-present threat of oil industry expansion, the…