Coral harvesting five-year plan
The Algerian authorities have defined two areas for coral harvesting under a 2016-2020 management plan announced last week.
The Algerian authorities have defined two areas for coral harvesting under a 2016-2020 management plan announced last week.
Mathilde Jounot’s crowdfunded film, Oceans, La Voix des Invisibles (Oceans, the Voice of the Invisibles), which explores the relationship between NGOs, corporations and the perceived efforts made towards privatising the oceans is now available with its English subtitles.
Russian President Vladimir Putin expects changes to be made to Russian fishing industry laws at the State Duma spring session.
Extensive discussion took place over two days as part of the United Seafood Industry Forum in Adelaide, which was opened by the Assistant Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources, Senator Anne Ruston.
Europêche has called attention to the lack of fair treatment following the release of new oil and gas exploratory zones at a time when these very areas are threatened with closure to parts of the European fishing fleet
The UK Oil and Gas Authority has released seismic data for the Rockall Trough and mid-North Sea High areas acquired during a £20 million Government-funded seismic survey carried out last year.
The Marine Management Organisation has announced that a series of local events will be held across England as part of public consultation for the next phase of marine planning.
Canvassing in the south-west of England, UK fisheries minister George Eustice has said that if Britain votes to leave the EU, fishermen will get a better deal, but warned that there will be no free-for-all.
The Palestinian fishing zone off Gaza has been increased from six nautical miles to nine, allowing fishermen greater access to their fishing grounds along the southern portion of the Gaza Strip between Israel and Egypt.
As accusations of corruption are levelled at some of Iceland’s political figures this week and with the likelihood that the government will not survive the latest scandal, SFÚ, the Association of Fish Producers and Exporters, has also pointed to what it refers to as long-term corruption within the fishing industry.