Following two weeks of intense but constructive negotiations, last week the session closed for the United Nations Preparatory Committee for a new legally-binding instrument under the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) for the conservation and sustainable use of marine biodiversity in areas beyond national jurisdiction.
New rules for traceability of fishery and aquaculture products in Sweden will come into effect in 2017, at least three months later than planned, as the Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management (HaV) draft regulation has to first be assessed by the European Commission.
The European Commission has been urged to postpone a fisheries management plan for the North Sea, given the UK will no longer be bound by EU rules once the Brexit process has concluded.
The leading article in Swedish fishermen’s newspaper Yrkesfiskarna suggests that the right balance in finding a fisheries management system is when most people are a little dissatisfied.
FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva stressed the role of healthy oceans as drivers of prosperity at African ministerial conference.
Halldór Ármannsson, chairman of the Icelandic National Association of Small Boat Owners, has decided to step down after three years in the post, and is returning to fishing.
A movement that emerged online between Dutch fishermen will today hold a protest in the port city of Rotterdam, with fishing vessels arriving in the city to protest against what they see as highly restrictive rules that are adversely affecting fishing.
Fisheries Iceland (SFS), the organisation representing employers in Iceland’s catching and processing sectors, has appointed a new director.
The usual Eastern Baltic for the whole of July and August, as set out under several European Commission and CFP regulations, appears to no longer apply – and while Swedish fishermen knew about this, nobody appears to have seen fit to tell their Danish counterparts.
Law Enforcement and Peace Officer (LEPO) training is now underway at the DAFF Fisheries Management Branch in Cape Town following a cash injection of R50m from the Norwegian embassy to tackle fish crime in South African waters. The funding will be distributed over three years.