Read more about the article Free fishing for Iceland’s coastal fleet, recommend independent scientists
In their report to Iceland’s Parliamentary Employment Committee, fisheries scientist Jón Kristjánsson and biologist Sigurjón Thórðarson recommend that free coastal fisheries would be benefit both marine stocks and coastal communities in Iceland

Free fishing for Iceland’s coastal fleet, recommend independent scientists

In a report to Iceland’s Parliamentary Employment Committee, fisheries scientist Jón Kristjánsson and biologist Sigurjón Thórðarson made a clear recommendation that removing limitations on coastal fisheries would be a significant…

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Read more about the article Impersonating a fishery officer is a risky business
A New Zealand man has been fined for impersonating a fishery officer. (Those are real fishery officers in the picture…) Image: MPI

Impersonating a fishery officer is a risky business

A man has been fined for pretending to be a Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) fishery officer and extorting money from tourists who he told had caught undersized fish. Forty-two-year-old…

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Read more about the article Electronic Monitoring: A Culture of Co-operation or Surveillance?

Electronic Monitoring: A Culture of Co-operation or Surveillance?

As the UK government is poised to extend the use of vessel monitoring systems (VMS) across the inshore fleet in England, recent experience with electronic monitoring systems (EMS) illustrates two very different trajectories for fisheries management, and the NFFO has examined the situation to set out the complexities of electronic monitoring of fishing vessels and the pitfalls that have to be avoided.

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Read more about the article Coastal Fisheries Initiative underway in West Africa

Coastal Fisheries Initiative underway in West Africa

Overfishing, competing uses for coastal areas, promoting sustainable fisheries management, building strong fisherfolk associations, supporting women in fisheries, and ensuring efficient fisheries value chains are common challenges facing coastal fisheries communities around the globe. The GEF-funded Global Fisheries Initiative is an ambitious programme with five projects – three of them regional and two global. The main objective of all projects is to strengthen coastal fisheries communities worldwide.

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Read more about the article Landmark Arctic surf clam agreement reached

Landmark Arctic surf clam agreement reached

Fourteen First Nations communities in Nova Scotia and Newfoundland and Labrador have announced a landmark agreement reached with Clearwater Seafoods Incorporated on the Arctic surf clam fishery, stating that the Agreement forges a 50-year partnership that protects existing jobs while creating meaningful economic, employment and capacity building for the fourteen First Nations that are adjacent to the clam resource.

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Read more about the article Canada invests in BC fishing communities

Canada invests in BC fishing communities

Canada’s Minister of Fisheries and Oceans Jonathan Wilkinson and Steveston-Richmond East Member of Parliament Joe Peschisolido have confirmed that the government has invested C$33 million in in 35 small craft harbours across British Columbia between 2016 and 2020 to ensure coastal communities can continue to create jobs, and local economies can thrive. This investment is in addition to the ongoing Small Craft Harbour Program operational budget.

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