Oceana reports, 29th July 2015: Today, the Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF), Oceana and WWF heralded a new era of fisheries transparency with the launch of an online database detailing 15,264 EU vessels authorised to fish outside EU waters between 2010 and 2014. The figures have been made public by the NGOs for the first time […]
» Fisheries
- New data on what EU fishing vessels catch outside the EU
- Pew Trust explains the Global Ocean Legacy Project
- Could the World agree to no fishing in the Arctic Ocean?
- The impact of “market forces” on fish stocks
- New call for stricter fishing limits on Sea Bass
- Is anyone doing anything about the alarming state of the EU’s fish stocks?
- GM research produces plant containing omega-3 fish oils
- Dredging ban for South Arran MPA
- Blue Ventures advocate the “temporary fisheries closure” approach
- Over-fishing could push European fish species to extinction
- Canadian government scientists question claims made for GM salmon
- Fish discard ban: MEPs delay sanctions
- EU Parliament undermines CFP reform
- The Black Fish shifts focus onto crime with new UN report
- China wants to increase its Antarctic krill catch by 7 fold
- Greenpeace secures judicial review of how UK fishing quotas are distributed
- Pew Trust launches report to end over-fishing in NW Europe’s seas
- Institute of Fisheries Management issues statement on Sea Bass
- The Atlantic Dawn, alias Annelies Ilena, “the ship from hell”
- Dutch trawler convicted of illegal fishing in Irish seas
Matt Rand, Director, Pew Foundation, reports 16th June 2015: The ocean plays an essential role in sustaining life on our planet. It covers nearly three-fourths of the globe and is home to nearly half of the world’s known species—and many more yet to be discovered. The ocean provides sustenance for billions of people and myriad […]
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The Globe and Mail.com (Canada) reports, 19th July 2015: After 100,000 years of frozen peace, the central Arctic Ocean around the North Pole is becoming a hotbed of activity. Scientists see the ice melting quickly — at least 40 per cent of the central Arctic Ocean is now open water in the summer — and […]
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The New Statesman reports, July 2015: “We are, quite seriously, on the brink.” Jerry Percy, Executive Director of Low Impact Fishers of Europe, a group representing fishers around the continent, is worried about the future for the UK’s small-scale fleet. “If things don’t change, in some areas we’ll lose the last remnants of what was […]
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The Guardian reports, 10th July 2015: Urgent action is needed to prevent rapidly declining sea bass stocks from collapsing, conservationists have warned. A temporary ban on all fishing of wild sea bass may be needed if agreement to manage stocks cannot be reached, the Marine Conservation Society (MCS) said after new scientific advice warned the situation […]
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Blogactive.eu reports 13th July 2015: This is a guest blog post by Lasse Gustavsson, Executive Director of Oceana in Europe. Oceana is the world’s largest international advocacy organization focused solely on ocean conservation. . . . . Which animal protein requires no fresh water, produces little carbon dioxide, doesn’t require arable land and provides healthy protein […]
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The Guardian reports, 8th July 2015: Fish oil grown on the farm has come a step closer following promising results from a genetically modified crop trial. British scientists have developed a GM oilseed plant, Camelina sativa or “false flax”, whose seeds contain omega-3 fatty acids normally only present in oily fish such as salmon, mackerel […]
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C.O.A.S.T. (Community of Arran Seabed Trust) reports June 2015: In a broadly welcome statement Richard Lochhead, Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs and the Environment, announced yesterday that a Marine Conservation Order (MCO) will be put before parliament this week setting out conservation measures including banning the highly destructive practice of scallop dredging within the South […]
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The Ecologist reports, 12th May 2015, on the Blue Ventures proposal: “Marine conservation is usually expressed in austere and negative terms, writes Alasdair Harris [CEO Blue Ventures], with strict quotas and exclusion zones. But the truth is the exact opposite: it’s about working with natural ecosystems to unlock their productive potential, creating sustainable wealth and […]
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Science, the journal of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), reports 3rd June 2015: More than 90 species of marine fishes in Europe’s waters are threatened with extinction, according to a report (large 4MB pdf file) published by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN). Sharks, rays, and other cartilaginous […]
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Friends of the Earth United States report, 28th May 2015: A never-before-seen draft environmental review of AquaBounty Technologies’ (ABTX) genetically engineered — or GE — salmon reveals that Canadian government scientists disagree with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on key questions related to the safety and performance of what may be the first GE […]
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EU Parliament press release, 28th April 2015, states: “Fishermen will have until 2017 to adapt to the new discard ban rules, which will make fishing more sustainable. Fishermen will have two years to “adapt” before sanctions for failing to comply with the new fish “discard” ban take effect, under a law passed by Parliament on […]
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Reuters reports, 28th April 2015: “European lawmakers have backed reforms meant to end decades of over-fishing, but critics said unscrupulous fishermen would be able to carry on throwing away perfectly good fish because of a glaring loophole. “The European Union in 2013 agreed to reform the bloc’s common fisheries policy in an attempt to rebuild […]
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The Black Fish press release 28th April 2015, states: “Earlier this week The Black Fish presented a groundbreaking new report on fishing crime at the UN Crime Congress in Doha, Qatar. Bringing together case studies from around the world, the publication makes the case that illegal fishing constitutes a form of organized crime and should […]
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MercoPress reports, 30th April 2015: “Conservation groups and scientists worry that China’s push to boost its harvest of krill — a shrimp-like creature used for aquaculture feed and human supplements — may leave Antarctica’s whales, seals and penguins struggling to survive. China’s leaders say they want a seven-fold increase in krill production, according to a […]
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Greenpeace press report, 24th April 2015, states: “A full judicial review into the government’s decision to continue to give nearly the entire UK fishing quota to domestic industrial and foreign corporations, at the expense of local, low impact fishermen, has been given the green light by the High Court today. “Mrs Justice Andrews granted permission […]
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The Pew Trust published, 26th March 2015, a report titled “Turning the Tide” (very large pdf file) which sets out the history of over-fishing of NW Europe’s seas since 1945 along with a proposal for the recovery of fish stocks in the future. Their press release states: “The seas of north-western Europe — the North, […]
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The Institute of Fisheries Management issued the following statement on proposals and actions relating to the management of Sea Bass: “The European sea bass, Dicentrarchus labrax, is a vulnerable species in a changing and dynamic climate. A combination of slow growth, late maturity, spawning aggregation, and strong site fidelity increases the vulnerability of bass to […]
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Britishseafishing.co.uk reports that the Atlantic Dawn has been described as the ship from hell. Charles Clover, author of The End of the Line, states “Atlantic Dawn … is the greatest fish killing machine the world has ever seen.” Atlantic Dawn was the world’s largest trawler — and the most controversial fishing vessel ever built. It […]
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The Irish Times reports, 27th March 2015: “The skipper of the world’s largest trawler has been convicted of breaching EU fishing regulations on board a vessel that’s half a metre longer than the Croke Park pitch [144 metres] “Two of the five charges against Gerrit Plug, skipper of the 144.6-metre Annelies Ilena, were rejected on […]
