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Tuna 2010: Guiding the global tuna industry towards a sustainable and responsible industry
September 9 2010, Baird Maritime
Responding to the rapidly changing global economic scenario, the tuna industry has gone through some readjustments and consolidation for the.. Read more >>
B.C. salmon fisheries closing after record run
September 6 2010, ctv.ca
The banner year West Coast salmon run isn't done yet, but the race is just about over for British Columbia.. Read more >>
UK fishing industry set for fish price slump
August 30 2010, WorldFishing.net
Scottish fishing communities can expect more hardship this autumn when Iceland increases its cod quota and floods the market, pushing.. Read more >>
Fishing lobby calls for new Digby ferry
August 24 2010, ChronicleHerald.ca
Members of the fishing industry in southwest Nova Scotia want to end the funding uncertainty for the ferry between Digby.. Read more >>
Australia: Coalition fishes for votes
August 19 2010, Baird Maritime
The Australian Coalition has unveiled its policy for commercial and recreational fishing sectors ahead of the federal election on August.. Read more >>
Nor-Fishing 2010 to break record
August 17 2010, Baird Maritime
Nor-Fishing 2010 will attract a total of 464 exhibitors from a record-breaking 26 countries in Trondheim, Norway, according to Odd.. Read more >>
Gulf of Mexico fishing grounds open
August 13 2010, Fish Update
The United States has opened up another large area of the Gulf of Mexico fishing grounds, indicating that the.. Read more >>
‘Short-sighted’ fish quotas under fire
August 11 2010, Herald Scotland
Ministers have condemned the governments of Iceland and the Faroe Islands for ignoring agreed fishing quotas for mackerel. The decisions.. Read more >>
Fishing boats to have registration numbers
August 10 2010, Times of India
Fishing boats too will now sport unique registration numbers. An initiative of the department of fisheries in Dakshina Kannada will.. Read more >>
Fishermen demand compensation for oil spill losses
August 9 2010, Hindustan Times
The 800,000-strong fishing community in Maharashtra on Monday demanded compensation for what they claimed were huge losses to their trade.. Read more >>
New Zealand boosts support to Pacific fisheries
August 6 2010, Baird Maritime
New Zealand will boost the monitoring of Pacific fisheries to help an industry that loses more than NZ$400 million (US$291.5.. Read more >>
Alabama awaiting test results on Gulf fishing
August 4 2010, Business Week
Both commercial and recreational fishing could reopen within days on the Alabama coast after a summer-long layoff because of the.. Read more >>
Gulf fisheries could have suffered from BP dispersants
August 2 2010, Pakistan News
Businesspeople on the Gulf Coast of America have shown a reluctance to be optimistic about the future. Despite some encouraging.. Read more >>
Boom set around grounded fishing vessel in Alaska
July 29 2010, Business Week
Responders have placed containment boom around a sheen leaking from a grounded fishing vessel in Alaska's Prince William Sound, the.. Read more >>
EU signs regional Pacific fisheries convention
July 28 2010, Baird Maritime
The European Union is the latest signatory to the South Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Organisation, which will oversee regional regulation.. Read more >>
Iceland opens EU entry talks; says its fishing sector must remain national
July 27 2010, Canadian Business
Iceland says it wants to keep its fishing sector out of the hands of the European Union when it joins.. Read more >>
Irish fishermen welcome positive slant of new way forward
July 26 2010, fishnewseu.com
The Federation of Irish Fishermen (FIF) today welcomed what they see as an upbeat message from Irish fisheries board BIM’s.. Read more >>
Three Vessels Detained For Illegal Fishing
July 23 2010, bernama
The Penang Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) has detained three vessels from Indonesia for encroaching into the Penang waters and.. Read more >>
China's Guangdong Halts Fishing in Ting River on Zijin Copper Waste Leaks
July 22 2010, bloomberg
China’s Guangdong province stopped fishing in the Ting River until at least the end of this month amid concerns Zijin.. Read more >>
Fishing industry says Coral Sea fishing ban could be election issue
July 19 2010, ABC Online
The fishing industry in Queensland says Labor should be worried about what regional voters think of plans for a Coral.. Read more >>
Government to revamp fishing sector
July 15 2010, New Vision
In a bid to recoup over sh120b losses worth of exports incurred last year, the government is set to roll.. Read more >>
Indonesian fishermen want action after oil spill
July 14 2010, Baird Maritime
Residents from fishing communities along the eastern seaboard of East Nusa Tenggara in Indonesia have called on the central government.. Read more >>
Brunei: Fisheries future to more diverse economy
July 13 2010, Baird Maritime
Brunei has called on the ASEAN states to tackle over-fishing, in an effort to strengthen fisheries and diversify its own.. Read more >>
Nordic parliamentarians call for halt of unethical EU fisheries
July 7 2010, fishnewseu.com
Thirtytwo parliamentarians from Finland, Sweden and Denmark have requested the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of their countries to prevent renewed.. Read more >>
Fishermen seek profit, not just ‘top’ fish species
July 5 2010, Baird Maritime
People who fish for a living pursue profits, not necessarily top predators, according to the first-ever analysis of worldwide catch.. Read more >>
Warning on North Sea fish quotas suggestion
June 30 2010, BBC News
Scottish fishing industry leaders have called for calm heads in the wake of scientific advice recommending a 20% cut to.. Read more >>
New fishing ban issued for the Gulf of Mexico
June 29 2010, winknews.com
The fishing ban has expanded in the Gulf of Mexico as a result of the oil spill. All commercial.. Read more >>
Australia: what's causing lobsters’ decline?
June 28 2010, Baird Maritime
An analysis of South Australia’s northern zone rock lobster catches from 1970 to 2007 reveals that population declines during the.. Read more >>
Huge threat to Scottish mackerel industry from irresponsible Iceland and Faroe quotas
June 25 2010, fishnewseu.com
Faroe and Iceland have sparked major uncertainties surrounding management of the key North East Atlantic mackerel fishery, a leading industry.. Read more >>
Phillipines’ tuna industry wants bilateral fishing agreements
June 23 2010, Baird Maritime
The Philippines’ tuna industry is requesting that the national government arrange bilateral fishing access agreements with other tuna-abundant countries to.. Read more >>
MMO in pledge to protect fishing
June 16 2010, Fish Update
The new Marine Management Organisation, which looks after fishing and related matters around the English coastline, received its official.. Read more >>
Government to buy freezing containers for fishing cooperatives
June 14 2010, Angola Press
The government of southern Cunene province is intending to buy freezer containers for fishery cooperatives to promote river fishing.. Read more >>
Nations split fleet for EPO tuna closures
June 11 2010, Baird Maritime
The Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC) tuna closure for 2010 have ruled that all purse-seine vessels with a carrying capacity.. Read more >>
Red snapper fishing ban could come today
June 9 2010, Florida Today
Furious fishermen warned regional fishery managers Tuesday night about the economic fallout of extending a fishing ban on red snapper.. Read more >>
New parking scheme is sparking interest
June 7 2010, fishnewseu.com
A number of Scottish fishing operations are said to be already showing interest in a key new scheme allowing two.. Read more >>
North East lobster pot fishery targets MSC certification
June 4 2010, fishnewseu.com
Investment from the North East Sea Fisheries Committee combined with funding from the Co-operative’s Sustainable Fishing Fund has enabled the.. Read more >>
1m pound grants for English fishing firms
June 1 2010, fishnewseu.com
Grants worth almost £1 million have been awarded to a number of English fishing companies from the European Fisheries Fund.. Read more >>
Maersk's "bizarre" IUU shipping decision
May 31 2010, Baird Maritime
New Zealand-based fishing company Sanford has welcomed shipping line Maersk’s decision to stop shipping illegal, unregulated and unreported (IUU) fish.. Read more >>
Fishing industry efficiently regulated
May 28 2010, Namibia Economist
“This is implemented mainly by limiting the number of vessels licensed to fish in Namibian waters, setting regulations regarding the.. Read more >>
White fish landings drop, but value rises at top port
May 26 2010, fishnewseu.com
Tonnage and gross value of fish handled at Peterhead so far this year are both running ahead of last year’s.. Read more >>
Sustainable fish market is all at sea, claims report
May 25 2010, Business Green
UK supermarkets need to make it easier for the growing number of ethical consumers to buy sustainably sourced fish by.. Read more >>
Ports 'failing to halt illegal fishing'
May 21 2010, BBC News
Global measures to regulate the fishing industry lack the capability to tackle illegal catches, warn researchers. Writing in the journal.. Read more >>
Minister defends new fishing fee structure
May 20 2010, ABC News
The Fisheries Minister Norman Moore says WA's peak body for commercial fishing is over-reacting to changes to fishing fee arrangements... Read more >>
South African fisheries minister spells out government plans
May 19 2010, Baird Maritime
South Africa’s Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Ms Tina Joemat-Pettersson, said in a recent budget speech that the country.. Read more >>
Greenpeace declares ‘war' on tuna fishing
May 17 2010, Manila Bulletin
Greenpeace activists said Saturday that they will undertake “peaceful direct action” to stop tuna fishing in the Mediterranean. The Greenpeace.. Read more >>
Salmond calls on Lib Dems to press for fishing policy reform
May 14 2010, The Press and Journal
Alex Salmond has called on Scottish Liberal Democrats to urge the new coalition government in Westminster to make reforming EU.. Read more >>
BC Salmon Farmers set out their stand on closed containment
May 12 2010, fishnewseu.com
Canadian salmon producers have responded to growing demands from environmental organisations to move salmon production to on-shore ‘closed containment’ systems.. Read more >>
Doco predicts dire future for fishing industry
May 11 2010, ABC Online
A new documentary about the world's seafood industry is being compared to Al Gore's climate change film An Inconvenient Truth... Read more >>
Warning issued over Scotland's fishing future
May 10 2010, BBC News
Scottish fishing leaders have warned large sections of the fleet could be forced out of business unless urgent government action.. Read more >>
China’s fishing ban in East Sea worthless, says FM spokesperson
May 7 2010, vovnews.vn
China’s ban on fishing in the East Sea, including Vietnam’s territorial waters, is totally worthless, said Vietnam’s foreign ministry (FM).. Read more >>
Mississippi fishermen affected by US oil spill
May 7 2010, Baird Maritime
The US city of Mississippi reported that oil from the Transocean ‘Deepwater Horizon’ rig had reached its coast on May.. Read more >>
EU puts overfishing in the spotlight
May 6 2010, iol.co.za
European Union ministers on Wednesday vowed to overhaul their 840-million-euro-a-year fishing subsidies policy by next year to avoid overfishing and.. Read more >>
Tuna quota cut was unnecessary
May 4 2010, Baird Maritime
New data has reported that Australia’s 24 percent southern blue fin tuna quota cut in 2009 was not necessary, ATuna.. Read more >>
Fisheries urged to diversify their take
April 27 2010, ABC News
Researchers say the fishing industry needs to harvest a more diverse range of species to take the pressure off our.. Read more >>
US lawmakers seek higher fishing limits
April 23 2010, Boston.com
Twenty-three US senators and representatives are asking US Commerce Secretary Gary Locke to take emergency steps to increase limits on.. Read more >>
Flight Ban Impacts Iceland’s Fishing Industry
April 19 2010, IcelandReview, Iceland
The flight ban that was established due to ash fall from the volcanic eruption in south Iceland has caused extensive.. Read more >>
Vietnamese PM issues new fisheries legislation
April 16 2010, Baird Maritime
Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has recently issued Decree No 32/2010/ND-CP regarding the management of the operation of foreign.. Read more >>
RNAS Culdrose rescue helicopter airlifts fisherman
April 14 2010, BBC News
A rescue helicopter from RNAS Culdrose in Cornwall has airlifted a sick fisherman from a trawler 120 miles south west.. Read more >>
Scallop fishing off Bridlington 'threatens crabs'
April 1 2010, BBC News
Yorkshire crab fishermen have claimed their livelihoods could be put at risk by Scottish trawlers dredging for scallops in their.. Read more >>
Cefas seeks participants for cod catch quota trial
March 31 2010, fishnewseu.com
THE Centre for Environment, Fisheries & Aquaculture Science (Cefas) is running a pilot project investigating the use of catch quotas.. Read more >>
Fishers reel off zoning import fears
March 30 2010, ABC Online
Queensland fishing groups say a plan to protect the Coral Sea will result in more fish being imported from overseas... Read more >>
Russia detains 2 foreign trawlers over illegal fishing
March 26 2010, RIA Novosti
The Russian Coast Guard said on Friday it had detained two Cambodian-flagged fishing vessels near the island of Sakhalin in.. Read more >>
More Coral Sea fishing consultation urged
March 25 2010, ABC News
The Cairns and Far North Environment Centre (CFNEC) in far north Queensland says there needs to be extensive community consultation.. Read more >>
Richard Lochhead to stress Scotland's EU fishing role
March 22 2010, BBC News
Fisheries Secretary Richard Lochhead has vowed to try to give the voice of Scotland's fishing industry maximum influence on the.. Read more >>
World’s largest wild scallop fishery enters MSC full assessment process 

March 17 2010, fishnewseu.com
The U.S. Atlantic sea scallop (Placopecten magellanicus) dredge fishery is entering full assessment in the Marine Stewardship Council’s (MSC) certification.. Read more >>
Peru GDP Grows Less Than Forecast on Fishing Decline
March 16 2010, Business Week
Peru’s economy expanded less than economists forecast in January as a decline in fishing catches overshadowed gains in construction and.. Read more >>
Fishing industry still awaiting oil spill compo
March 11 2010, ABC News
Commercial fishermen affected by one of Australia's worst oil spills say they are still waiting for compensation a year after.. Read more >>
German fishing boat flies giant kite to save fuel
March 10 2010, ABC News
Germany's largest fishing vessel will leave the Netherlands this week, towed by a giant kite harnessing trade winds for South.. Read more >>
Chile starts to rebuild shattered fishing industry
March 8 2010, fishfarmer-magazine.com
Chile has started the long job of rebuilding its shattered fishing industry following the devastating earthquake nearly two weeks ago... Read more >>
Japan says it won't comply with bluefin tuna ban
March 5 2010, Washington Post
Japan and the United States keep rubbing each other the wrong way. Last fall, it was a quarrel -- still.. Read more >>
Faroes hit back in fish dispute
March 3 2010, Fish Update
The Faroe Islands has expressed its disappointment at Canada's "heavy handed" decision to close its fishing ports to Danish flagged.. Read more >>
NZ fisheries value sees a spike
March 1 2010, Baird Maritime
Statistics New Zealand last week released fish monetary stock accounts showing that fish stocks had risen in financial value by.. Read more >>
Can eco-friendly fish be big in Japan?
February 26 2010, BBC News
But the oceans are under extreme pressure and many fear we are running out of fish. The experience of the.. Read more >>
Last US sardine cannery to close
February 26 2010, Baird Maritime
The USA’s last remaining sardine cannery is going out of business due to US federal limits on the amount of.. Read more >>
Indonesia to take delivery of Spanish training ship
February 23 2010, Baird Maritime
Indonesia is to soon receive a fishing training ship from Spain’s Asturias Gondan yard, the Antara News Agency has reported.. Read more >>
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