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Mackerel back on the Fish to Eat list
World Fishing | 16 May 2013
The Marine Conservation Society (MCS) has upgraded European and Norwegian mackerel to a yellow 'three' rating on its Fish to Eat List, meaning people can eat it occasionally without endangering the species.

Gillnets fatal for seabirds
World Fishing | 16 May 2013
A study published today reveals that 400,000 birds are killed each year in gillnet fisheries, exceeding the estimated toll of bird deaths documented in longline fisheries.

Fisheries | Seabirds

UK claims fish dumping ban success
BBC | 15 May 2013
The UK says it has agreed new laws with the European Union which include banning the dumping of unwanted fish, such as mackerel and herring.

Fisheries | Marine Management | Policy

EU fisheries reform plan falls short of outright discards ban
Guardian Unlimited | 15 May 2013
Fisheries ministers from across Europe came to an agreement on a sweeping reform of fisheries policies early on Wednesday morning, but fell short of the most ambitious changes that green campaigners had demanded.

Fisheries | Marine Management | Policy

Future fisheries cooperation
World Fishing | 15 May 2013
The Demersal Working Group of the North Sea Regional Advisory Council (NSRAC) has travelled to Norway to meet with a delegation from the Norwegian Fishermen's Association (Norges Fiskarlag).

Atlantic Ocean | Fisheries | Marine Management

Iceland responds to call for sanctions
World Fishing | 15 May 2013
This week Scottish fishermen and politicians have called for sanctions to resolve the ongoing mackerel dispute.

Atlantic Ocean | Fisheries | Governance | Marine Management

Seafish runs Trawl Gear Technology Training course
World Fishing | 15 May 2013
During February the Gear Technology section of Seafish held three trawl gear technology courses for fishermen from England, the last to be funded within the current project, reports Mike Montgomerie, Seafish Gear Technologist.

Atlantic Ocean | Fisheries

CFP compromise offered to European Parliament
World Fishing | 15 May 2013
Fisheries ministers have agreed on a new mandate for the reform of the Common Fisheries Policy, following 36 hours of negotiations.

Fisheries | Marine Management | Policy

Deal agreed at EU Fish Council meeting
fishupdate.com | 15 May 2013
A deal agreed on Monday (15 May) at the European Union Council of Ministers meeting in Brussels has cleared the way for the final stage of the long overdue reform of the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP), says the Scottish Fishermen's Federation (SFF).

Fisheries | Marine Management | Policy

Climate change has impacted global fisheries for decades
Sea Around Us | 15 May 2013
A new paper from the Sea Around Us Project published in the journal Nature reveals that warmer ocean temperatures are driving marine species towards cooler, deeper waters, and this in turn, has affected global fisheries catches.

Climate Change | Fish | Fisheries

Seabird bones reveal changes in open-ocean food chain
EurekAlert | 14 May 2013
(Michigan State University) Remains of endangered Hawaiian petrels -- both ancient and modern -- show how drastically today's open seas fish menu has changed.

Pacific Ocean | Fisheries | Research | Seabirds

Scientists find impact of open-ocean industrial fishing within centuries of bird bones
EurekAlert | 14 May 2013
(Smithsonian) The impact of industrial fishing on coastal ecosystems has been studied for many years. But how it affects food webs in the open ocean has not been very clear. So a team of Smithsonian and Michigan State University scientists and their colleagues looked to the ancient bones of seabirds for answers, revealing some of the dramatic changes that have happened within open-ocean food webs since the onset of industrial fishing.

Pacific Ocean | Fisheries | Research | Seabirds

Richard Benyon vows to drive through 'ambitious' EU fishing reforms
Guardian Unlimited | 14 May 2013
Richard Benyon, the UK's fisheries minister, has vowed to drive "ambitious and radical reform" of the EU's common fisheries policy at a key meeting in Brussels this week.

Fisheries | Marine Management | Policy

Sanctions imposed against the Faroes
World Fishing | 14 May 2013
The European Commission (EC) has outlined a scheme to impose sanctions against the Faroe Islands for its over fishing of herring, but the Scottish Pelagic Fishermen's Association (SPFA) says this needs to be applied to mackerel as well to ensure the future of vital fishing stocks.

Atlantic Ocean | Fisheries | Marine Management

Sustainability key to Chilean fisheries
World Fishing | 14 May 2013
Chile's Vice Minister of Fishing, Pablo Galilea, has announced that Chile has plans to maintain its position as a world power in fisheries and aquaculture, and believes that his countrys new fisheries law is just the tool to help Chile achieve this goal, reports Carly Wills.

Pacific Ocean | Aquaculture | Fisheries

Groundbreaking video technology to improve stock surveys
World Fishing | 14 May 2013
A new method of using video data collection to improve groundfish and flat fish stock surveys has been developed, which is showing promise to improve accuracy by increasing spatial coverage and to allow the conducting of surveys without fish mortality.

Fish | Fisheries | Research

Europe agrees sanctions on herring
fishupdate.com | 14 May 2013
Sanctions to conserve herring stocks and help protect the livelihoods of Scottish fishermen have been outlined by EU Commission.

Atlantic Ocean | Fish | Fisheries | Marine Management

Herring sanctions plan welcomed
fishupdate.com | 14 May 2013
On Monday's (13 May) European Union Fish Council meeting in Brussels, the EC outlined a scheme to impose sanctions against the Faroes for its over-fishing of herring.

Atlantic Ocean | Fish | Fisheries | Marine Management

EU's 'wasteful' fish discards policy nears the end of the line
Guardian Unlimited | 13 May 2013
Crucial negotiations in Brussels in the next few days will decide one of the thorniest European environmental issues of the past four decades - the wasteful practice of throwing millions of healthy fish back into the sea each year after they have been caught, because of the way the EU's quotas are managed.

Fisheries | Governance | Marine Management

Greenpeace attacks IOTC efforts
World Fishing | 13 May 2013
Greenpeace International has accused the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC) of lacking in action to halt the decline of the region's vulnerable tuna and taking measures to protect sharks.

Indian Ocean | Fish | Fisheries | Marine Management

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