Seafish Barents Sea report refutes Greenpeace claims
A call by Greenpeace for the British retailers to stop buying seafood originating from the northern Barents Sea contrasts with a report by Seafish that paints a very different picture.
Conference studies Black Sea and Mediterranean fisheries
With small scale fishing constituting more than 80% of Black Sea and Mediterranean fishing fleets, a conference to examine the future of these regions takes place in Algiers next week, organised by the General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM) and FAO’s Fisheries and Aquaculture Department.
Haddock everywhere
The abundance of haddock off the south-west of England and the shortage of quota are causing huge difficulties for fishermen across the region who are forced to dump fish they are not able to avoid catching.
Raided after first trip
Sea Fisheries Protection Authority officers yesterday swooped to inspect a vessel landing at Kilmore Quay, landing after its first trip for two months, reports the Wexford Dispatch.
Net bans cripple Queensland commercial fishing
ABC Rural reports that Queensland state net bans have crippled the regions’s seafood industry, with wholesalers struggling to secure supplies of fish.
Unions lodge complaint with ILO
The ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation) and the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) have today submitted a case to the International Labour Organisation (ILO) against the government of Thailand relating to breaches of ILO Convention 29 on forced labour in the Thai fishing industry. Thailand signed the convention in 1969.
EMFF launched in UK
With EFF shut down at the end of 2015, its place has been taken by the new European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF), which was announced last week at a meeting at Poole in the south of England.
Nouakchott Declaration calls for support on IUU
President of Mauritania Ould Abdel Aziz, who also chairs the African Union, has urged urgent action to halt the flow of illicit finance and illegal fishing.
Newlyn’s Seafood Champions
The Malta SeaWeb Seafood Champions award, held at the end of the three-day seafood summit in Malta, has gone to Newlyn fishing company Crystal Sea Fishing.
Fishing activist held
There have been international protests over the arrest and detention of Saeeed Baloch, general secretary of the Pakistani Fisherfolk Forum.