Mapping plastic pollution in Norwegian waters
Researchers at the Norwegian Institute of Marine Research have observed significant variations in plastic and other waste on the seabed. ‘We have never seen such large amounts of plastic over…
Researchers at the Norwegian Institute of Marine Research have observed significant variations in plastic and other waste on the seabed. ‘We have never seen such large amounts of plastic over…
Ahead of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee’s meeting to address plastic pollution, the International Coalition of Fisheries Associations has (ICFA) reiterated that the seafood community and its regulators must remain fully…
Quotas agreed for next year’s Baltic fisheries are a mixture of rollovers and reductions – with a 7% increase in Gulf of Finland salmon the only one of the list…
The European Commission is calling together a second Our Baltic Conference, to be held in Palanga in September, bringing together ministers from the eight EU nations that border the Baltic…
The Swedish authorities are supporting efforts to map and retrieve lost fishing gear with an initiative open to state bodies, regions, municipalities, universities, universities, scientific institutes, trade associations, POs, associations…
Ørsted has made a long-term commitment to help tackle the amount of marine litter in our seas. Working closely with the fishing industry, Ørsted has established a Fishing for Litter…
Norwegian fishing gear supplier Mørenot is playing a key role in the initiative to remove plastic from the marine environment spearheaded by Dutch NGO The Ocean Cleanup. A prototype set…
The Marine Environmental Protection Committee (MEPC) of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) has announced that a mandatory goal-based requirement for the marking of fishing gear will be developed. This is…
As part of an annual ghost gear removal competition project in 2021, the Azores fleet has removed more plastic fishing gear from the ocean, by weight, than it lost on…
The hauling of rope on fishing and other vessels could result in billions of microplastic fragments entering the ocean every year, according to new research. A study by the University…