Fishermen in Shetland state that the extent of biodiversity loss in the country’s seas has been greatly exaggerated in the public’s mind. They say that Scottish Government ministers and others…
The government of the Solomon Islands has commissioned Spanish technology company Satlink to provide technical support for electronic monitoring systems and to update their fisheries management center, for which the…
Describing NGO Oceana’s report on the state of UK fish stocks as ‘misleading’, Scottish Fishermen’s Federation chief executive Elspeth Macdonald states that it is ‘based on only partial knowledge and…
The work of the Our Resource (Auðlindin okkar) working group appointed by Iceland’s Minister of Fisheries Svandís Svavarsdóttir has delivered its findings in the form of an extensive report –…
The German government’s Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, BMZ and the Fisheries Transparency Initiative (FiTI) will co-operate on the project Sustainable marine fisheries through transparency and stakeholder participation. The…
Proposals to introduce electronic tracking and monitoring technology for small fishing vessels will be consulted on as part of package of new fisheries measures announced by the Scottish government. The…
Agreement has been reached at the EU-UK Specialised Committee on Fisheries (SCF) on three shared issues. The parties have agreed on a mechanism for voluntary transfers of fishing opportunities between…
A set of proposals to be tabled at the 101st Session of the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC) to secure albacore tuna stocks and improve transparency will be watched with…
Better rules on caging and fair distribution of bluefin tuna quotas among fleet segments are part of the new plan to manage bluefin tuna in the eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean.…
The UK government has announced a slew of new measures centred around Fisheries Management Plans, described as a blueprint for the best management of marine stocks, as well as a…
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