Tag: Marine conservation
New fisheries plan for Med and Black Sea. The 43rd General Fisheries Commission for Mediterranean (GFCM) Annual Session attended by 24 countries took place in Athens from 4 to 9 November 2019. The 15 recommendations ...
Mosquito nets devastating fish stocks. Mosquito nets designed to prevent malaria transmission are used for fishing which may devastate tropical coastal ecosystems, according to a new scientific study. The researchers found that most of the ...
Research into SW England crawfish. Devon and Severn Inshore Fisheries & Conservation Authority (IFCA), Cornwall IFCA and Isles of Scilly IFCA hav received £5,752 from Seafish to aid research work into the movement, growth rates ...
New Zealand snapper survey. New Zealand fisheries scientists aboard NIWA (National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research) research vessel Kaharoa are trying to understand how many one and two-year-old snapper are in the area known ...
NZ catfish initiative scoops award. Winners of 10 awards were celebrated at the 2019 New Zealand Biosecurity Awards held in Auckland on Monday, 4 November 2019, with the supreme award going to Te Arawa Lakes ...
US funding for marine habitat restoration. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in the USA has announced the availability of up to $4 million in Community-based Restoration Programme funding for new coastal and marine ...
ISSF sets out Atlantic tuna conservation priorities. The International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF) has set out its priorities for this year’s meeting of the International Commissionfor for Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT). An article on ...
Strait of Georgia herring in steep decline. International and local conservation groups are calling for an immediate closure of the herring fishery in the Strait of Georgia, after recently released data from the federal Department ...
Endangered porpoise and rampant fishing in biosphere reserve. Sea Shepherd ship M/V Farley Mowat and Museo de la Ballena research vessel Narval encounter dozens of skiffs fishing with prohibited gillnets near a live vaquita inside ...
The River Clean initiative 2020 – Transnational River Clean Up at CPMR’s Political Bureau Meeting on 11th of June 2020. To raise awareness of marine litter in the ocean and the source of the problem. ...
Public to have their say on stronger protections for UK waters. • Call for views on introduction of Highly Protected Marine Areas to potentially strengthen ‘Blue Belt’ protections around the UK • Part of six-month ...
EC pushes for long term sustainability of Baltic stocks. Fisheries ministers are meeting at the AGRIFISH Council in Luxembourg on 14 and 15 October to reach a political agreement on the Baltic fishing opportunities for ...
Stronger protection for UK Waters. Independent panel calls for views on introduction of Highly Protected Marine Areas. The public are being asked to give their views on strengthening protections for UK waters to help safeguard ...
UK announces new ocean global alliance. The UK has announced a new global alliance to help drive urgent action to safeguard the world’s ocean and protect its precious wildlife. Plastic pollution, warming sea temperatures and ...
MSC North Sea cod certificate suspended. The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certificates for North Sea cod fisheries will be suspended after stocks dropped below the safe biological level. The suspension affects all MSC certified fisheries ...
Vulnerability of Bering Sea marine life to climate change. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) scientists in the USA and partners have released a Climate Vulnerability Assessment for groundfish, crabs, and salmon in the Eastern ...
NOAA disappointed by Maine Lobstermen decision. NOAA Fisheries is disappointed that the Maine Lobstermen’s Association announced it is backing away from its commitment to regional measures to reduce the risk of right whale serious injuries ...
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