Ghost net removal saves marine wildlife
For the second time in a few days, Australian Border Force (ABF) and Maritime Border Command (MBC) have retrieved lost fishing gear, this time from the Timor Sea roughly 150 nautical miles NNW of Darwin.
Independent processors back fishermen
Icelandic processors’ organisation SFÚ (Samtök fiskframleiðenda og útflytjenda), which represents independent processors and exporters, was held last week and chairman Jón Steinn Elíasson was re-elected. SFÚ also took a firm stance at its AGM on the current threat of strike action by fishermen, backing the fishermen in their demands.
New SFF President
Ian Gatt, the chief executive of the Scottish Pelagic Fishermen’s Association, has been elected as the new President of the Scottish Fishermen’s Federation (SFF) at its annual general meeting.
Future of Black Sea fisheries and aquaculture
Romania is hosting a high-level conference to examine the future of fisheries and aquaculture in the Black Sea region, which starts today.
Marine biodiversity in areas beyond national jurisdictions
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.
Sweden’s traceability rules delayed
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.
MEP urges Commission to put North Sea plans on hold
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.
Sweden’s weekly quotas on the way out
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.
Bringing the blue world into the green economy
FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva stressed the role of healthy oceans as drivers of prosperity at African ministerial conference.
NASBO chairman steps down
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.
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