Describing the upcoming CFP reform as an “once-in-a-decade opportunity”, close to a dozen NGOs told the EU Fisheries ministers to promote a shift to “appropriately-scaled, community-based fisheries” when the new policy is taking shape. The ministers were gathered for an informal meeting in the Spanish fishing stronghold of Vigo on May 4-5. Welcoming the Commission’s … Continued
More than 70 NGOs, fishermen’s organisations and other stakeholders have signed a declaration calling for the European Union to put small-scale coastal fisheries “at the heart of the CFP reform”. At the meeting in the Spanish Atlantic fishing port of La Coruña, NGOs and organisations of artisanal, or small-scale, coastal fishers agreed to work together … Continued
The first, possibly ground-breaking, steps in a future hand-in-hand walk between NGOs and small-scale fishermen were taken at a meeting in Spain in late April. The meeting in the Galician port of La Coruña, set off with a joint declaration urging EU decision-makers to set small-scale coastal fisheries “at the heart” of the upcoming reform … Continued
Newfoundland and Labrador, a Canadian province already hit hard by the cod stock collapse in the early 1990s, has reported a sharp decline in the value of its seafood industry last year. The 22 percent decrease, to a €617 million total, was however mainly caused by the global recession and the strengthened Canadian dollar in … Continued
Capture-based aquaculture – saving the catches in cages to be butchered and sold when most advantageous market-wise – is hailed by a Norwegian scientist as “the fishing method of the future”. “If you catch 100 tonnes of wild cod in April, you can sell 200 tonnes in December”, says Kjell Ø. Midling, a senior scientist … Continued
Farmed fungi fed on biproducts from a pulp mill will make aquaculture more sustainable, Swedish scientists hope. From an ecological viewpoint, a major problem with aquaculture has been that it takes considerably more wild fish to feed the farmed fish than what you get out of the production, generally by a two-to-one ratio; the caught … Continued
The EU Commission has published a compilation of 382 responses received to its Green Paper on CFP reform, originally scheduled to be presented at the cancelled April Council meeting. The Council meeting was cancelled due to the air traffic problems caused by volcanic ashes. The new Common Fisheries Policy, expected to be hammered out in … Continued
Submitting to the fact that fisheries have gone down in sustainability since Jesus and his disciples were around, the Israeli government has imposed a two-year ban on all fishing in the Sea of Galilee. The fish stocks in the Sea of Galilee – actually a freshwater lake and Israel’s main source of water – have … Continued
A preliminary compilation of 382 responses to the CFP Green Paper will be presented by the Commission at the upcoming April Council meeting. The ten-year Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) is up for a renewal to take force in 2013, and the Commission opened the gates to the official decision-making process by publishing a Green Paper … Continued
At the same times as the British branch of the Whiskas cat food maker has announced grand plans for going sustainable, its US mother company is selling gourmet Whiskas flavoured with bluefin tuna. “Cats love classic ocean taste. That’s why we’ve crafted this blue fin tuna recipe just for them. It’s an experience that’ll bring … Continued