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Concrete steps toward achieving sustainable fisheries – Countries take concrete steps toward achieving sustainable fisheries in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea More than twenty countries and the European Union […]
NEW DATA REVEALS BOTTOM TRAWLING IN PROTECTED AREAS GREATER TRANSPARENCY NEEDED TO STOP ILLEGAL FISHING IN THE MEDITERRANEAN Members of the Med Sea Alliance, a diverse coalition of NGOs, today […]
EFCA issues recommendations for the next five years. The European Fisheries Control Agency Administrative Board has issued recommendations to guide the work of the Agency for the next five-year period. […]
New Global Fisheries Transparency Coalition releases charter for comment. The Global Fisheries Transparency Coalition, a new global community of ocean advocates campaigning for increased transparency at sea, has released its draft Global […]
Seafood companies join forces calling for more effective safety initiatives. Fishing is one of the most dangerous occupations in the world and improving fisher safety is of critical importance to […]
Pelagic fishers call for action against Norway and Faroe over mackerel. The Pelagic Advisory Council (PAC) has written to the EC demanding action on over the unilateral setting of mackerel […]
SeaBOS launches progress report. Recently, at the UN Ocean Conference in Portugal, SeaBOS launched its first progress report, following commitments made at the 2017 UN Ocean Conference Setting out to […]
New collaboration establishes Joint Analytical Cell in major step forward for fisheries monitoring and enforcement. International organisations aim to transform global ocean governance by enabling access to data, technology and […]
Blue Marine Foundation reply against Europêche statement. In a recent article published on the Fish Focus website, which can be found here, Europêche tuna group slammed the report accusing the […]
Europêche tuna group slams report accusing the EU fleet of illegal fishing in the Indian Ocean As per EU, Seychelles and Mauritius fisheries control processes, catches declared in logbooks by […]
Tackling challenges of global seafood traceability programmes. Practitioners, technical experts, and fisheries officials from across the globe met to discuss the challenges and opportunities in the design, management, and implementation […]
Nutreco and Skretting publish new responsible sourcing policy. Nutreco and Skretting have published a new responsible sourcing policy, which is a practical guide to decide on the type of marine […]
NOAA to consider broadening Seafood Import Monitoring Programme. NOAA Fisheries of the USA has submitted a report to Congress on the development of a priority list of species for consideration under […]
Age of Union Alliance makes $4.5m donation to Sea Shepherd. Age of Union Alliance, led by tech leader and environmental activist Dax Dasilva, has announced a $4.5 million donation to […]
USA wins new conservation measures for Pacific tuna. Tropical tuna in the eastern Pacific Ocean gained renewed protections and science-based catch levels under resolutions advocated by the United States. They […]
EC adopts new strategy for Mediterranean and Black Sea. The General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM) has adopted its new 2030 Strategy for the Mediterranean and Black Sea at the […]
Concrete steps taken against ghost nets in Mediterranean and Black Sea. While the international community zeroed in on the critical importance of the environment for our future at the COP26, […]
SeaBos members ramp up efforts to transform the seafood sector. Supplied by Amod Ashok Salgaonkar SeaBOS members agreed during its annual CEO meeting to continue activities designed to eliminate Illegal, […]
Some 87 percent of Thai Union Group PCL’s branded tuna was sourced from MSC certified fisheries and Fishery Improvement Projects (FIPs) in 2020, surpassing its target of 75 percent and […]
NGOs condemn failure of EU ambition in fisheries. Following the recent adoption of the EU AGRIFISH Council position on future fisheries controls, the EU Fisheries Control Coalition condemned the failure of […]
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