News
May 24, 2011
Crack-down on illegal fisheries imminent; more questions mount on fishery subsidies
Illegal drift net operations targeting bluefin tuna have been taken down in the Italian islands of Sicily and Ponza by undercover fisheries inspectors from Brussels, the Financial Times reports.
May 24, 2011
Hugh’s FISH fight wins a BAFTA award
The 2011 British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) recognized Fish Fight, an incredibly successful and political TV campaign aiming to put an end to discards, with an award in the ‘Features’ category.
May 23, 2011
The Golden Fish calls for ‘Environment First’!
"The Story of the Golden Fish", a visually stunning street performance carried out during the 2011 European Maritime Day (EMD) on 20 May, captured the absurdity of the present European Union (EU) fisheries management and currently destructive fishing practices, and called for sustainable fisheries in a balanced ecosystem.
May 16, 2011
Draft of the new Common Fisheries Policy reform leaked: BBC reports
An article by Richard Black, Environmental Correspondent for BBC, presents the current proposals for the CFP reform. Among other things, the current draft’s center points are planned to consist of eliminating discards, encourage the use of selective fisheries, multi-annual management plans for stock recovery, and restoring fisheries to a Maximum Sustainable Yield (MSY) level by 2015.
May 16, 2011
2011 European Maritime Day: Fish have a voice in Gdańsk
Polish members of the OCEAN2012 coalition are gearing up for a street performance “The story of the Golden Fish”, which will take place on May 20th during the European Maritime Day celebrations in Gdańsk, Poland.
April 14, 2011
Aquaculture of “great importance” in new CFP
The upcoming CFP reform will include organisational and funding upgrades that emphasise the growing role of aquaculture, Commissioner Maria Damanaki said after the fisheries ministers’ April Council meeting.
April 14, 2011
Desert caviar a pricey first
Very far from its classic haunts in the Caspian Sea, sturgeon for exclusive caviar productions is now bred in – the Abu Dhabi desert.
April 13, 2011
Possibly spring for aqua-bred tuna
With the Atlantic bluefin tuna hovering on the brink of extinction, an Australian company reports promising progress in a program to produce aquaculture-bred Southern Bluefin Tuna.
April 13, 2011
We want green fish, EU consumers say
An overwhelming majority of European consumers – in southern Europe more than 90 percent – want to see more sustainably caught products in the fish counters, a recent WWF poll shows.
April 13, 2011
April Council goes West
The Fisheries ministers’ 14 April Council meeting will include a first discussion of a new regime for the Western Waters, a huge part of the area the Union controls.