The fishermen of North Norfolk are seething over a high court injunction taken out against them by Dong Energy to stop them fishing in their best area of The Wash until 22nd October whilst offshore geophysical surveys are undertaken prior to establishing a major wind farm project. The area in question has thousands of crab […]
» Fisheries
- North Norfolk fishermen angered by fishing ban
- EU Commission running public consultation on “fishing opportunities for 2015”
- Pew Trust urges EU Commission to end over-fishing and to set quotas according to scientific advice
- Coral reefs in the Caribbean could disappear within 20 years without protection
- Global Oceans Commission launches petition in support of its Report
- Asda supermarket informs customers about the source of wild fish
- Government lethargy in protecting the sea off Cromer
- BBC documentary on British whaling history
- Fish on UK postage stamps
- High Seas should be closed to fishing because fish are a significant “carbon sink”
- Closing high seas to fishing would be beneficial, says American professor
- EU backs out of full protection for Atlantic bluefin tuna
- What will the world inherit from GM salmon – the death of the wild oceans?
- NEF Fish Dependence update: EU still a long way from “fish food security”
- Campaign to secure the sale of sustainably sourced Tuna in UK supermarkets claims “success”
- Managing Commercial Fishing in English SACs, and the Implications
- Levels of “by-catch” in USA’s fisheries are “very high” says Oceana report
- Report says “Farmed salmon are fertile, can breed with wild salmon, and so should be sterilised”
- Marinet responds to “Castle Debate” on CFP Reform
- Large fish have disappeared from vast tracts of Australian coast
The EU Commission states, 26th June 2014: “Fishing opportunities for 2015 will be fixed for the first time under the new Common Fisheries Policy (CFP). Setting fishing opportunities must contribute to achieving the objectives of the new CFP [Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2013 on […]
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Following the EU Commission’s announcement of a public consultation on “fishing opportunities for 2015”, the Pew Trust has given clear advice to the Commission on the principles which the CFP must observe during 2015. Pew states, 25th June 2014: “The European Commission today published its Communication on Fishing Opportunities for 2015, which serves as a […]
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The Guardian reports, 2nd July 2014: “A comprehensive analysis by 90 experts of more than 35,000 surveys conducted at nearly 100 Caribbean locations since 1970 shows that the region’s corals have declined by more than 50%. But restoring key fish populations and improving protection from overfishing and pollution could help the reefs recover and make […]
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A Global Ocean Commission press release, 3rd July 2014, states: “A week ago the Global Ocean Commission released its report and proposals for restoring ocean health. If you have not seen the report you can see it here. “As part of the Global Ocean Commission’s commitment to breathe life into its proposals it has started […]
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The Guardian reports, 4th July 2014: “The supermarket Asda has for the first time disclosed a full list of where and how all the wild fish it sells are caught in response to concerns over the sustainability of fish stocks around the world. The Asda list, which will be on its website and annually updated, […]
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The plan to create 127 Marine Conservation Zones around the UK was launched four years ago, yet the green light has not yet been given to designate a single zone in either Norfolk or Suffolk, although it is claimed that the Cromer shoalshoal A sandbank or sandbar that makes the water shallow chalk beds are […]
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The BBC has produced a television documentary about Britain’s whaling history. It is supported by a number of short video films on its website. These are: “Whale products and whaling in the 18th and 19th Century”. Click here “Ships of the British whaling fleet in Antarctica”. Click here “Arrival at South Georgia” — the centre […]
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The Guardian reports, 5th June 2014: “Royal Mail marks World Environment Day by launching its first ever set of special stamps on threatened fish species to promote sustainable fishing in British waters. The 10-stamp set highlights the beauty of marine fish and encourages people to eat sustainable fish. […]
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Science Daily, 5th June 2014, reports: “Fish and aquatic life living in the high seas are more valuable as a carbon sink than as food and should be better protected, according to research from the University of British Columbia. The study found fish and aquatic life remove 1.5 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide from the […]
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The San Luis Obispo Tribune reports, 7th April 2014: “If the high seas were closed to fishing, populations of migratory species such as tuna, billfish and shark would increase significantly and that would help the coastal fishing industry to flourish, a Cal Poly (California Polytechnic State University) assistant biology professor has advocated in a recent […]
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Undercurrentnews reports, 2nd May 2014: The European Union has backed out of implementing the full version of an electronic bluefin catch documentation system that was hoped could combat the trade in illegally-caught tuna, according to Pew Charitable Trusts. After many years of delays and adjustments to the new electronic bluefin catch database (eBCD), the system […]
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We provide here the text, with a Marinet comment as a footnote, of an article published 12th May 2014 by Dr. Gerry Goeden in the Independent Science News. The title of the original article is: What will the world inherit from GM salmon? Dr. Goeden [biographical details below] states: “It’s true — about 50 percent […]
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The latest New Economics Foundation report, 28th March 2014, on fish dependence (fish food security) in the EU states: “European Union (EU) fish stocks are heavily overfished, which means they deliver far fewer fish than if they were allowed to recover; yet fish consumption throughout Europe remains high. The EU has been able to maintain […]
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The Guardian reports, 10th April 2014: “LDH, owner of Oriental & Pacific, a brand stocked by Tesco and Asda, told campaigners it would sell only sustainably sourced tuna from April 2015. At present tuna for Oriental & Pacific is caught using the purse seine method involving large nets that scoop up all kinds of marine […]
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Jean-Luc Solandt (Marine Conservation Society), Tom Appleby (University of the West of England) and Miles Hoskin (Coastal and Marine Environment Research) have published an article in 2013 in Environmental Law and Management [www.lawtext.com] titled: “Up Frenchman’s creek: A case study on managing commercial fishing in an English Special Area of Conservation and its implications.” The […]
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Fishing vessels operating off the coasts of Florida and California and in the Gulf of Mexico routinely dump more fish overboard than they bring to shore, says Oceana in a new report “Wasted Catch” published March 2014. Half of all the wasted fish and seafood can be traced to just nine fisheries, operating off the […]
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The Guardian reports, 10th March 2014: “Farmed salmon should be sterilised to prevent them breeding with wild fish and introducing genetic weaknesses, experts have urged. New research shows that while salmon bred in captivity for food consumption are genetically different from their wild relatives, they are just as fertile, potentially damaging wild populations if they […]
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Marinet has responded to the debate and evidence presented at the “Castle Debate” (organised by Pamela Castle OBE) in London on 4th March 2014 This debate considered the outcome and consequences from the recent reform process of the EU Common Fisheries Policy (CFP). Marinet’s response can be seen here.
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From The Guardian 21st February 2014: Vast tracts of Australia’s coastline have been denuded of large fish, with marine life under pressure from climate change, over-fishing, pollution and invasive species, a year-long study has found. The reef life survey, undertaken by volunteer divers along the entire Australian coastline, took in reefs up to 400 nautical […]
