Wind power and MPAs threaten local seafood supply
Two key Australian fishing groups have said that trawl and shark fishing can survive if offshore wind is prioritised toward low-fishing areas. Four of Australia’s six offshore wind zones affect…
Renewed demands for blanket ban on mobile gears in MPAs
The European Bottom Fishing Alliance is accusing the EU Commission’s environmental division of presenting a set of rigidly-defined questions to ICES, against the backdrop of a renewed demands for a…
Banding together to challenge UK MPAs
With France in the lead, eight European states with Atlantic coastlines are demanding that Brussels challenges the thirteen Marine Protected Areas instituted by the UK in March. France’s Minister for…
Area closures yet another blow
The decision by the UK authorities to implement marine protected areas is set to have far-reaching implcations for French fishing. The EU Commission was notified of these closures in the…
Broken promises and sidelined science – a recipe for disaster
The fishing industry in Western Australia is facing a hostile environment – as government decisions concerning the future of fisheries look to be based on dogma instead of science as…
Calling on government to deal with rogue agency
Fishermen in Western Australia have slammed approaches made by the department responsible for planning marine parks, claiming that they stand to be ‘wiped off the map’. According to WA Fishing…
Dutch government critical of EU’s Action Plan
The Netherlands has become the latest EU member state to voice its criticism of the European Commission’s Action Plan that outlines severe restrictions on demersal fisheries. The Dutch cabinet’s position…
Ten years conservation haven’t brought fish back
The 8+Fjords conservation initiative in Sweden has failed to bring fish back to areas that have been subject to conservation measures for the lasty ten years, according to a study…
Fisheries Committee chair slams Commission’s plans as illegal
The European Commission’s proposals to shut down the use of mobile fishing gears inside MPAs has been slammed on the floor of the European Parliament by MEP Pierre Karleskind, who…
Commission’s proposals undermine CFP
France’s national fishing industry body has reacted furiously to the European Commission’s plans for demersal gears in MPAs, accusing it of proposing measures that will wreck whole sections of the…