Fisheries

• Friday, April 24th 2009 - 04:51 UTC

  EC determined to radical fisheries reform and lower catch capacity

  

  The European Commission (EC) has raised the issue of radically reforming the European Union (EU) Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) to Member States, in favour of an important reduction of the fishing capacity, among other points.

• Wednesday, April 22nd 2009 - 02:10 UTC

  Argentine fish and shellfish exports pick up in first quarter

  

  Argentina exported 88.987 tons of fish and shellfish valued at 209.3 million US dollars in the first three months of 2009, according to the latest statistics from the National Food Safety and Quality Service (SENASA).

• Friday, April 17th 2009 - 07:25 UTC

  French fishermen suspend blockade of English Channel ports

  

  French fishermen suspended their blockade at three English Channel ports Thursday, allowing ferry traffic and freight to move through after two days of disruption, union leaders said.

• Thursday, April 16th 2009 - 12:00 UTC

  Fishing quotas dispute forces cancelling of Dover/Calais ferries

  

  Ferry operator P&O has cancelled all Dover to Calais crossings due to a blockade by French fishing boats. The blockade at the port of Calais is also causing motorway disruption in Kent, police have said.

• Wednesday, April 15th 2009 - 05:14 UTC

  French fishermen block Channel ports to protests EU quotas

  

  French fishing boats have mounted a blockade of three Channel ports, interrupting ferry and freight traffic in a dispute over fishing quotas. At Calais, Boulogne and Dunkirk fishing fleets are preventing ships entering or leaving the harbour.

• Tuesday, April 14th 2009 - 13:33 UTC

  Japanese whaling fleet limps back home with lower catch

  

  Japan’s Fisheries Agency said on Monday ships from the country’s whaling fleet returned to port from the Antarctic Ocean with a lower catch than planned after being harassed by anti-whaling campaigners. The agency also indicated that several ships report some damage from clashes with the conservationists.

• Thursday, April 9th 2009 - 21:20 UTC

  EC to announce new strategy to revive fish farming industry

  

  The European Commission is expected to unveil this week a new strategy to revive the fish farming industry. At a time when stocks of some species of fish in the world's oceans are dangerously low, the authorities in Brussels are concerned that Europe's aquaculture sector has stagnated.

• Wednesday, April 8th 2009 - 01:14 UTC

  Illex squid ‘no show’ for Falklands zones

  

  The Illex fishery has been a “no show” for Falkland Islands zones so far this year, confirmed Director of Fisheries John Barton.

• Wednesday, April 8th 2009 - 00:43 UTC

  “Piggy-backed” HMS Endurance expected Wednesday in Portsmouth

  

  HMS Endurance, the Royal Navy's badly damaged Ice patrol ship, is due to arrive in the Solent, Portsmouth, aboard a heavy lift ship tomorrow Wednesday after an 8,000-mile piggy-back voyage from the Falkland Islands.

• Tuesday, April 7th 2009 - 05:17 UTC

  Argentina closes Southern squid fishery: 16 year record low catches

  

  Argentina’s Federal Fisheries Council (CFP) unanimously voted to close the squid (Illex argentinus) fishery south of parallel 46°, as a precautionary protection measure for the southern Patagonian stock. Adopted last week, the move was spurred by the latest scientific data presented on how the major fishery was evolving and its dangerously low catches.