The controversial EU-Morocco fisheries deal, prolonged by the Council last February against the will of Commissioner Maria Damanaki and key MEPs, is not only questionable on human rights grounds – it’s a bad deal financially as well, according to a media report.
EU Fisheries Commissioner Maria Damanaki plans to present her CFP reform proposal to the Commission for its confirmation on 13 July, she has told MEPs.
Considering the tumultuous political situation in the country, EU Fisheries Commissioner Maria Damanaki calls for a temporary suspension of the bluefin tuna fishery in Libyan waters, or by vessels under Libyan flag.
ICSF, an organisation focusing on global small-scale fisheries, fishworkers and fishing communities, has published a new edition of its tri-annual SAMUDRA report, including critical analyses of both the MSC and the new ASC eco-labelling systems.
Described as “very, very pungent”, English anglers say lion dung, retrieved from the London Zoo, is a very efficient deterrent against otters threatening their prize fish.
A Swedish fisherman otherwise going for shrimp has caught a 2.15 meter Trachipterus arcticus, an extremely rare and not very good-looking deep-water fish.
Making spurdog a fully protected species, the Swedish Board of Fisheries is banning all catches of the threatened shark even with handheld gear.
A recent study shows that almost 40 percent of all hake consumed in Spain is mislabelled. DNA studies of the contents in packets sold in supermarkets showed that the information on the label was wrong or misleading.
An American limnologist whose ecosystem research has shown how overfishing of a top predator like cod can eventually lead to algae bloom has been awarded the $150,000 Stockholm Water Prize for 2011.
Swedish fish exports increased by 24 percent in 2010, making up one third of all Swedish export incomes from food and agriculture products, the government announced.