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A new working definition of ‘destructive fishing’ has successfully been drafted following a rigorous consultation process involving 80 fisheries experts from over 30 countries. Many policies and international frameworks – …
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Photo Banner Credit: Nicolas Job According to a new analysis of the farmed shellfish market released this week by the Gulf of Maine Research Institute, Maine’s farmed shellfish industry is projected …
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Tasmania’s salmon industry, a booming enterprise expanding along the island state’s pristine coastline, has become the subject of heated debate and controversy. The industry, now a $1 billion operation, has …
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by Spoorthy Raman Between spring and fall each year in coastal British Columbia, when salmon migrate upstream, the region’s First Nations manually count the number of fish passing through to get …
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Kona, Hawaii – Sea Pact announced today that Blue Ocean Mariculture has joined the organization as its newest member. Sea Pact is a pre-competitive collaboration of leading North American seafood …
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SEAwise, a collaborative project working to break down barriers to Ecosystem Based Fisheries Management (EBFM) in Europe, has published a new set of key findings. The latest insights add important …
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Illegal fishing, overfishing, and climate change contribute to high death rates in one of the world’s most dangerous professions WASHINGTON – More than 100,000 fishing-related deaths occur each year, a new …
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By Marine Conservation Institute Decision saves remnants of fragile Oculina coral habitat found nowhere else on Earth from destruction Washington, DC – National Oceanographic and Atmospheric (NOAA) officials rejected amendment 10 from the …
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Concerns have been building since bigeye tuna was formally declared overfished by scientists of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) in 2015. This year, seven years …
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CABFishMan has released a comprehensive review of existing methods for data collection in Northeast Atlantic small-scale fisheries (SSF). Their review sheds light on how new tech can make data gathering …
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