Supertrawler hearing at EP
The European Parliament’s Committee on Fisheries is holding a public hearing on the sustainability of supertrawlers later this month to examine the various impacts of these fishing vessels.
Broken Loophole agreement, says Norwegian federation
The agreement over access to the Loophole, the area of international waters in the Barents Sea between the Norwegian, Russian and Svalbard zones, is no longer functioning, according Norwegian vessel operators’ federation Fiskebåt.
Action on Mediterranean and Black Sea small-scale fisheries
At the first meeting of the Working Group on Small-Scale and Recreational Fisheries, organisations and stakeholders have taken concrete steps to support the sustainable development of small-scale fisheries.
Plenty of roughy
The results of a survey of the spawning biomass of orange roughy off eastern Tasmania have just been released, indicating that orange roughy stocks are healthy.
NAFO meets for the first time under modernised convention
The 39th Annual Meeting of the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization (NAFO) took place last week Montréal. More than 180 delegates from eleven NAFO contracting parties were welcomed to Montréal by NAFO President, Stéphane Artano, and the Honourable Dominic LeBlanc, Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard.
Europêche vessel owners defend full respect for fishers’ social and labour rights
Europêche representatives defended and promoted full respect for the social and labour rights of all fishing vessel’s crews and demanded that the same level of compliance must be required for all countries during the Tripartite Meeting on Issues Relating to Migrant Fishers held by the International Labour Organization (ILO) during the last week in Geneva.
Russian catches reach 3.7 million tonnes this year
Russian landings as a whole so far this year have totalled more than 3.5 million tonnes, which includes production of 64,000 tonnes of freshwater fish, according to the Fisheries Monitoring and Communication Monitoring Centre, which puts the current figures as being 4000 (+0.5%) tonnes up on last year’s.
Sea Harvest is serious about transformation
‘It’s not enough to talk about transformation, businesses need to show shareholders, customers and especially government stakeholders that they are transformed,’ said Mary-Lou Harry, human resources director at South African fishing company Sea Harvest.
Fiskebåt wants mackerel restrictions
Norwegian fishing vessel operators’ federation Fiskebåt has written to the authorities, asking for restrictions to be placed on Icelandic and Greenlandic vessels landing mackerel in Norwegian ports.
NAFO meeting in progress
The Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organisation’s 39th annual meeting is taking place this week in Montreal, with representatives of the twelve contracting parties discussing conservation and enforcement measures for the region.
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