News
April 7, 2011
Stalemate on subsidies in WTO talks
With only a few weeks remaining until a draft agreement is expected, the chair of the WTO negotiating group dealing with subsidies said he needed a period for “reflections”, while nations describing themselves as “friends of the fish” called for ambitious rules limiting fisheries subsidies.
April 7, 2011
Bad deal EU-Morocco
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.
April 5, 2011
13th will be a magic date
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.
March 31, 2011
No Libyan bluefin tuna right now, Damanaki urges
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.
March 31, 2011
Critical NGO report on eco-labels
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.
March 31, 2011
Brits throwing lion pooh into otter fight
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.
March 31, 2011
Unhappy trawler catches rare visitor
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.
March 30, 2011
No more spurdog for Swedes
Making spurdog a fully protected species, the Swedish Board of Fisheries is banning all catches of the threatened shark even with handheld gear.
March 29, 2011
Misleading labels
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.
March 23, 2011
US ecosystem expert wins prestigious Water Prize
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.