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Management measures announced for Greenland Halibut in Canada’s North
The Canadian total allowable catch (TAC) for the Northwest Atlantic Fishery Organization (NAFO) Division 0B Greenland halibut (turbot) fishery has been set at 7,000 tonnes. This is an increase of 1,500 tonnes from last year. Nunavut will receive 90 per cent of the increase and Inuit fishers in Nunavik will ...
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Five Nova Scotia harvesters fined
The Canadian Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO), Gulf Region, has announced the sentences imposed to five Gulf Nova Scotia area fish harvesters for violating the fisheries regulations.
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NewsWorkers in St. Thomas benefit from investment in new vessels
Canada has announced that Kanter Marine of St. Thomas, Ontario has been awarded a $360,000 contract for two new hydrographic survey launches for the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO).
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Pew urges stronger action to save bluefin tuna and sharks
In response to ICCAT''s recent meeting, where it set the catch limit for bluefin at 13,500, Susan Lieberman, Director of International Policy for the Pew Environment Group said:
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NewsEC welcomes ICCAT’s action
The International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tuna (ICCAT) has adopted a number of new multi-annual management plans which align fishing opportunities with the latest scientific opinions, say the European Commission.
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WWF - tuna commission fails
WWF is renewing its calls for an international trade ban in Atlantic bluefin tuna, after it says the commission responsible for managing stocks, failed to agree on measures that will ensure the recovery of the species.
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NewsGreenpeace - tuna commission gets worse?
The International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) has failed once again to act beyond the interests of a few tuna fishing and farming industries, warned Greenpeace at the end of the ICCAT annual meeting.
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NewsCanada presses ICCAT further to protect Atlantic bluefin tuna
The Honourable Gail Shea, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans Canada issued the following statement at the conclusion of the ICCAT annual meeting.
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Is an 80 year-old mistake leading to first species to be fished to extinction?
A species of common skate is to become the first marine fish species to be driven to extinction by commercial fishing, due to an error of species classification 80 years ago, reveals research published in the journal Aquatic Conservation.
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NewsPalau calls for UN bottom trawling ban
Palau will call for a ban on bottom trawling at the United Nations this week when the General Assembly resumes negotiations on a resolution to make high seas fisheries sustainable.
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NewsNew fisheries management organisation for the South Pacific high seas
The European Commission has welcomed the adoption of a Convention for the setting up of a new regional fisheries management organisation (RFMO), to manage non-tuna fish stocks in the South Pacific, in Auckland, New Zealand.
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NEAFC adopts management measures
At its 28th Annual Meeting held in London on 9-13 November, NEAFC adopted management measures for six out of seven fisheries. Parties will continue consultations on mackerel later this year with a view to agreeing measures later.
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Marine and Coastal Access Act paves the way for Net Gain
The news that the UK Marine and Coastal Access Bill has received Royal Assent has been welcomed by Net Gain, the new project that has been set up to identify Marine Conservation Zones (MCZs) in the English North Sea.
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ISCZ project welcomes Marine and Coastal Access Act
Up to now, Marine Protected Areas have covered only 9.43% of English waters, but the new legislation will enable far more of the sea to be protected, in part through new Marine Conservation Zones.
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NewsFinding Sanctuary applauds Marine Bill’s Royal Assent
The UK Marine and Coastal Access Bill received Royal Assent on Thursday 12 November 2009, giving the Finding Sanctuary project a green light to progress its work with local sea users to plan new Marine Conservation Zones across the south-west.
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NewsBalanced Seas sets sail
The UK Marine and Coastal Access Bill has received Royal Assent, which means a green light for Marine Conservation Zones.
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NewsMulti-million rescue plan for UK fishing quay
A partnership has come to the rescue of an ageing quay structure that is essential to the future of the region’s fishing industry.
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NewsMarine Bill "beacon of hope" for UK seas
Today the UK Marine and Coastal Access Act has been introduced into the statute books. This new piece of legislation puts a duty on the UK Government, for the first time, to conserve and protect marine species and habitats.
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Famed clam fishery first to receive MSC certification in Southeast Asia
The Ben Tre clam fishery in Vietnam has received Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification, becoming the first fishery in Southeast Asia to meet the organisation’s sustainability and management standards.
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NewsAustralia confiscates 130km long deepwater gillnet
Australia has revealed it confiscated a huge gillnet set illegally in Antarctic waters earlier this year.
