Tag: South Fisheries Alliance Program from World Wildlife Fund (WWF)

• Saturday, December 19th 2015 - 05:37 UTC

  WTO statement in support of reducing fishing subsidies

  

  World Trade Organization members, including Argentina and Uruguay, have agreed on the need to reduce fishing subsidies so as to contribute to the conservation of fishing resources worldwide. This decision was taken because WTO is convinced that fisheries subsidies contribute to economic losses in the fisheries sector, leaving serious impact on food security and livelihoods, particularly in developing countries, Star Business Report reported.

• Thursday, September 17th 2015 - 09:19 UTC

  Fisheries worldwide on the brink of collapse, because of over fishing says WWF

  

  The amount of fish in the oceans has halved since 1970, in a plunge to the “brink of collapse” caused by over-fishing and other threats, the WWF conservation group said on Wednesday.Populations of some commercial fish stocks, such as a group including tuna, mackerel and bonito, had fallen by almost 75%, according to a study by WWF and the Zoological Society of London, ZSL.

• Thursday, August 6th 2015 - 12:19 UTC

  Southern hake August ban awareness campaign launched in Chile

  

  The southern hake (Merluccius australis) ban awareness campaign has been officially launched in the southern Chilean city of Puerto Montt, with the aim of halting the resource catches, sale and consumption in the south of the country, extending from regions Los Lagos to Magallanes.