News
July 22, 2010
US restaurants to start conserving fish
Several huge American fast food/restaurant chains, including McDonald’s, seem to be jumping on the train to save the world’s dwindling fish stocks. “We know that if we go raping and pillaging it today, there’s nothing left for tomorrow,” Ken Conrad, the owner of the chain of 10 Libby Hill seafood restaurants in North Carolina and … Continued
July 22, 2010
Eating fish may save women’s sanity
A recent Nordic study indicates that psychotic conditions are much more common among women who do not eat fish, as compared to those who do. “Our research strengthens the hypothesis that a shortage in vitamin D and some fatty acids may contribute to the emergence of psychotic conditions”, says Maria Hedelin of Karolinska Institutet, The … Continued
July 22, 2010
Caging cod just as good as netting it, project shows
Catching cod in cages has been found well comparable in efficiency to using nets, trials in Sweden have shown. The program, whose sponsors include the Swedish Board of Fisheries, a government agency, and the national organisation for professional fishermen, is still ongoing, but results so far point to an average catch per cage of 3 … Continued
July 19, 2010
Belgian Presidency stakes out the Council autumn
Few political decisions beside the usual TAC and quota haggling are foreseen in the work programme of the Belgian EU Presidency for the second half of 2010. Belgium took over the Presidency from Spain on 1 July, to pass on the torch to Hungary on 1 January next year. Belgium still has a caretaker government … Continued
July 19, 2010
Producers want money for mergers
As part of its preparations in drafting legislation for the new CFP, the Commission recently organised a seminar and stakeholder dialogue on the “Reform of the Market Policy on Fishery and Aquaculture Products”. Council Regulation 104 dating from 2000 has directed the common organisation of the market since its inception and is now up for … Continued
July 16, 2010
Polish elections: Small step for fisheries, bigger step for Presidency planning
The outcome of the recent Polish presidential elections is not predicted to impact the country’s position on the Common Fisheries Policy, although the winner Bronis³aw Komorowski is expected to play an important role in the preparations for the Polish EU Presidency, which starts on July 1, 2011. Komorowski, of the Civic Platform party, claimed election … Continued
July 13, 2010
Future for Swedish Fisheries, Now in English
A strategic Government report on future Swedish fisheries urging “radical change”, has now been released in English. The recommendations from the Swedish Board of Fisheries, published in May, included better distribution of fishing rights between the fishing sector, fishing tourism and leisure fishing, giving priority to what has “the greatest value to society”.
July 8, 2010
Baltic States invited to take part in Clean up the Baltic event
The 4th annual International Clean up the Baltic 2010 event has been scheduled for 9 September in Poland, just when the tourist season nears its end. Organised by Our Earth Foundation (Fundacja Nasza Ziemia), the previous three events have been met with tremendous success, and efforts to continue raising awareness and attention regarding pollution of … Continued
July 1, 2010
American, Costa Rican, share huge Swedish Environmental Award
An American biologist/oceanographer who has ”made it his life’s work to promote a coordinated and sustainable administration of marine resources and marine environments”, and a Costa Rican environmentalist who has successfully fought shark finning are sharing this year’s one million kronor (€105,000) Göteborg Award for Sustainable Development. Dr. Ken Sherman and Randall Arauz, chairman of … Continued
June 30, 2010
North Sea cod slowly recovering, but in Kattegat it’s still do or die
Some positive signs for the North Sea/Skagerrak cod stocks were suggested when ICES published its scientific advice for the 2011 TACs in that region, but the situation for their Kattegat cousins remains at a critical level. The Copenhagen-based International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) said there were now more spawning cod in … Continued