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03-09-2010
THE Tanzania Navy Command is in the process of installing an Automatic Identification System (AIS) on its radar systems to enhance the fight against illegal fishing and piracy in the country's Exclusive Economic Zones. "We hope ... Read more...
03-09-2010
Coordinated conservation measures to arrest the steep decline of stocks of Nile perch in Lake Victoria are showing encouraging results - for fish, if not for fishing communities around the lake. At the end of ... Read more...
11-08-2010
U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Mohawk (WMEC 913), in partnership with a Sierra Leone Law Enforcement Detachment (LEDET), completed their African Maritime Law Enforcement Partnership (AMLEP) operations August 7, 2010. AMLEP is designed to build partner nation ... Read more...
10-08-2010
Illegal fishing has continued to eat into the country’s export volumes and value. Because of the depletion of fish, especially the Nile Perch - a leading export species; the three governments of Uganda, Kenya and ... Read more...
09-08-2010
Alignement des conditions d'accès aux ressources halieutiques, restitution des pirogues saisies et respect du protocole d'accord, tels sont les points saillants des discussions entre les deux pays, lors d'une visite du Ministre Khoureïchi Thiam, porteur ... Read more...
09-08-2010
Le ministère de la Pêche et des ressources halieutiques rectifie son tir. Après avoir délivré près de 1 500 licences de pêche et d'autorisations de collecte durant les cinq premiers mois de l'année, il a ... Read more...
07-08-2010
La situation évolue au service régional de la Pêche à Toliara. Gilbert François, le nouveau directeur régional de la Pêche et des ressources halieutiques de l'Atsimo Andrefana, a finalement occupé son nouveau bureau, hier. Il ... Read more...
07-08-2010
The leaders and law enforcement officers of Kampala City Council (KCC) has impounded immature fish worth over 700 million shillings from Kampala markets. The Mayor of Kampala, Hajji Nasser Sebaggala says the immature fish have been ... Read more...
06-08-2010
Mesure musclée au ministère de la Pêche et des ressources halieutiques (MPRH). Il vient d'effectuer à travers le Centre de surveillance de pêche (CSP) une opération de destruction de matériels de pêches saisis, dont l'utilisation ... Read more...
03-08-2010
Kampala — Sorting the net for the next round of fishing, 74-year-old Stephen Mayanja is not so sure whether this time he is going to catch any fish. "Yesterday I went fishing but returned without any ... Read more...
01-08-2010
Cabinda - At least 3,000 fishermen in fishing communities of districts of Cabinda (headquarters) and Cacongo, northern Cabinda province have benefited from a fund estimated at USD 3 million for development of their fishing activity. The ... Read more...
28-07-2010
Johannesburg — AFRICAN governments need to take control of their own maritime assets and create a co-ordinated policy framework to drive economic development as well as secure the marine environment, urges a new discussion document ... Read more...
27-07-2010
The National Chairman of the Lake Region Fishermen Association, Mr. Castro Mediale has appealed to the government to make conscious effort at revamping fishing activities, particularly in the inland sector. Mr. Mediale noted that when harnessed, ... Read more...
23-07-2010
Representatives from the Governments of Spain and Cape Verde have gathered in the African country to discuss ways of strengthening bilateral cooperation on fisheries. The meeting was attended by the secretary general for the Sea's ... Read more...
22-07-2010
Abidjan — L'arrondissement maritime de San Pedro vient de bénéficier d'un précieux outil de travail. Il s'agit d'un zodiac qui permet d'aller en mer traquer les bandits qui pillent les eaux ivoiriennes. Cet outil de ... Read more...
22-07-2010
Une vulgarisation des textes réglementaires régissant le secteur de la pêche et leur mise en application ont eu lieu. Suite à une descente effectuée par le ministère de la Pêche avec l'équipe du Centre de Surveillance ... Read more...
21-07-2010
LIBERIAN artisanal fisheries communities are benefiting from a series of training interventions designed to help them organise themselves and produce higher quality fish. The training comes from an EU funded project, Strengthening Fisheries Products (SFP Module ... Read more...
20-07-2010
Pieter Tesch finds the West African country is no longer willing to bow to pressure from European fishing giants. In future it wants to hold on to at least half its catch. A revolution is taking ... Read more...
16-07-2010
Le Projet régional des pêches en Afrique de l'ouest (Prao) a été lancé hier, jeudi 15 juillet à Dakar, par Khoureychi Thiam, le ministre de l'Economie maritime. Ce projet d'un montant de 06 milliards de ... Read more...
15-07-2010
Le Sénégal, à l'instar de 25 pays africains côtiers, participe activement au projet Réseau d'échanges de données et d'information océanographiques en Afrique (OdinAfrica) dont le démarrage officiel a eu lieu mercredi lors d'un atelier à ... Read more...
15-07-2010
Dakar — Un plan national de reconstitution des ressources halieutiques est "en cours d'élaboration" pour "faire face à la crise que connaît le secteur de la pêche", a indiqué jeudi à Dakar le ministre de ... Read more...
14-07-2010
IN a bid to recoup over sh120b losses worth of exports incurred last year, the government is set to roll out a new fishing regime with a new statutory instrument. Among the measures aimed at restoring ... Read more...
10-07-2010
Arusha — Babati district authorities in Manyara region have set on fire nets which are illegally used for fishing in Lake Babati. Also burned were mosquito bednets which are said to be also used for ... Read more...
07-07-2010
Deux pirogues venues de Saint-Louis ont été saisies dimanche dernier, au large de Ndiago, par les gardes-côtes mauritaniens et les membres de leurs équipages remis aux gendarmes. Le poste de Ndiago de la Délégation à la ... Read more...
07-07-2010
Deux pirogues venues de Saint-Louis ont été saisies dimanche dernier, au large de Ndiago, par les gardes-côtes mauritaniens et les membres de leurs équipages remis aux gendarmes. Le poste de Ndiago de la Délégation à la ... Read more...
03-07-2010
Kampala — Pollution of the lake has not only affected water levels and colour but also the amount of fish caught from the lake. "These days fishermen come back home empty handed because the amount ... Read more...
02-07-2010
Dakar — Les pays membres de la Commission sous-régionale des pêches (CSRP) ont mis en place un réseau d'experts ouest africains sur les accords de pêche, destiné à appuyer et à renforcer leurs capacités en ... Read more...
30-06-2010
MWANZA - Tanzania Fish Processors (TFP), has embarked on a one-year pilot project for sustainable fishing on Tanzania's side of Lake Victoria. The project that started in May this year, would educate the fishermen and fish ... Read more...
30-06-2010
Améliorer les connaissances en surveillance satellitaire des eaux et s'imprégner des outils de la lutte contre la pêche illégale. C'est le sens du séminaire international sur la surveillance satellitaire des bâteaux de pêche dans la ... Read more...
30-06-2010
Améliorer les connaissances en surveillance satellitaire des eaux et s'imprégner des outils de la lutte contre la pêche illégale. C'est le sens du séminaire international sur la surveillance satellitaire des bâteaux de pêche dans la ... Read more...
29-06-2010
APA-Nouakchott (Mauritania) The Sub-Regional Fisheries Commission (SRFC) has called for more resources for the preservation of marine biodiversity at the fifth forum of the regional forum for coastal and marine conservation programme for West Africa ... Read more...
29-06-2010
Baisse des prises, taille réduite des individus capturés, raréfaction de certaines espèces dans les prises, etc. Voilà autant de phénomènes qui rendent compte de l'évolution inquiétante des stocks de poisson dans les côtes africaines qui ... Read more...
28-06-2010
The development of economic prosperity and individual security will play an important role in Sierra Leone’s growth as a stable country. Through collaboration between the Sierra Leone government and U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM), Sierra Leone ... Read more...
25-06-2010
-Les mesures sanitaires et phytosanitaires constituent un casse-tête pour les exportateurs africains de poissons, mais l'aide au commerce peut aider les petits pêcheurs à répondre à ces normes. Les produits de pêche provenant des pays africains, ... Read more...
24-06-2010
A BOLD government plan to overhaul the fishing industry policy to bring benefits to marginalised groups has been announced and is set to go to Parliament after the Fifa World Cup tournament for approval. While there ... Read more...
23-06-2010
Nairobi — Fish has long been a delicacy for many Kenyans. And Lake Victoria was the never-depleted granary where fishermen would cast their nets and land a bumper catch. Not any more. The increased human population ... Read more...
23-06-2010
The Deep Sea Conservation Coalition today released a report at the United Nations which describes major shortcomings in the implementation of UN General Assembly resolutions designed to protect the deep-ocean from the destructive impact of ... Read more...
23-06-2010
En cinq mois, 1 500 licences de pêche ont été délivrées par l'Administration. Un chiffre sérieusement inquiétant pour une ressource déjà menacée. L'Administration a fait preuve d'une exemplaire célérité. Elle a délivré 1 500 licences de ... Read more...
22-06-2010
Mauritania has temporarily lifted its ban on pelagic pair trawling ban to make it attractive for Irish and Scottish pelagic refrigerated seawater (RWS) trawlers to target mackerel, horse mackerel, sardines and sardinella off northwest Africa. When ... Read more...
21-06-2010
Johannesburg — THE government has lifted a two-year ban on commercial harvesting of abalone, which will benefit communities on the southwest and west coasts of the country that rely on the product for their survival. Agriculture, ... Read more...
21-06-2010
Sanitary and phyto-sanitary measures are a headache for African fish exporters but aid for trade may help small-scale fisherpersons to meet these standards. Fish products from African, Caribbean and Pacific countries increasingly face quality-related standards and ... Read more...
20-06-2010
Minister promises to help poor fishermen, stamp out coastal poaching The government has unveiled a radical plan to transform the fishing industry, including a forensic audit of the Department of Marine and Coastal Management. The plan ... Read more...
18-06-2010
Antillas Reefer forfeited to the Government of Mozambique and Payam released after paying fine In July 2008, the "Antillas Reefer" was arrested by the Mozambican authorities after it was observed fishing without a license off ... Read more...
18-06-2010
Steve Irwin crew throws rotten butter during confrontation with Italian and Libyan fishermen over endangered bluefin catch Green activists using helicopters, divers and rotten butter yesterday confronted Libyan and Italian fishermen to release hundreds of threatened ... Read more...
15-06-2010
In a major crackdown on illegal, unregulated and unreported (IUU) fishing, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has issued a notice of violation and assessment (NOVA) to the owner of a Spanish tuna fishing vessel. Albacora ... Read more...
15-06-2010
According to a recent report released by the Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF), the annual "turnover" of illegal and unreported fishing world wide amounts to 10 billion dollars. Driven by a growing demand from rich ... Read more...
15-06-2010
Fishermen in West Africa say illegal fishing by European and Asian trawlers are depleting their stocks along the entire coast. Jeanson Djobo Anvran, the director of the agency that regulates fishing in the Ivory Coast, says ... Read more...
15-06-2010
Dégoulinant de sueur, ils ont été hier des milliers d'hommes, de femmes et d'enfants originaires du quartier de pêcheurs Guet-Ndar à battre le macadam dans les rues de Saint-Louis, en protestation contre le retard noté ... Read more...
11-06-2010
Port Louis — Navin Ramgoolam recently underlined the interplay between maritime safety and security (MSS) and the development in the sub-region. Mauritius could now use the Indian Ocean Commission to conduct an audit of the ... Read more...
11-06-2010
Le gouvernement tchadien a levé une interdiction sur les exportations de poissons du Lac Tchad, reconnaissant les torts qu'elle avait causés à l'industrie de pêche locale. « Nous recevons de l'aide [pour la sécurité alimentaire], ... Read more...
10-06-2010
The Chad government has lifted a ban on the export of fish from Lake Chad, acknowledging the damage done to the local fishing industry. "We are getting help [with food security], which allows us to ... Read more...
06-06-2010
The International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF) announced its taking direct action in an effort to kick-start the creation a global registry of vessels authorized to fish for tuna, a process that has stalled in recent ... Read more...
06-06-2010
The Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the EU and the Republic of Seychelles has just been renewed for a 3-year period starting in January 2011. Following the Joint Committee meeting held under Article 9 of the ... Read more...
04-06-2010
Last year, the European Parliament stated that EU fisheries in Western Sahara would be illegal if the indigenous Saharawis were not consulted. But now, Morocco refuses EU parliament members to travel to the territory to ... Read more...
04-06-2010
Recent changes to the MSC’s fisheries certification methodology will improve how certifiers respond to stakeholder contributions to fishery assessments. Recent changes to the MSC’s fisheries certification methodology will improve how certifiers respond to stakeholder contributions to ... Read more...
03-06-2010
The head of a six-man delegation from the China National Agriculture Development Group Corporation Wu Xiangfeng has proposed the establishment of a Joint Fisheries co-operation between the Chinese National Fisheries Corporation and Sierra Leone Government. Speaking ... Read more...
02-06-2010
The European Union and other fishing nations from around the world met at the United Nations Headquarters in New York last week to assess the progress made in implementing the United Nations Convention on the ... Read more...
01-06-2010
Following repeated criticism by Greenpeace for overfishing and flouting scientific evidence of stock levels, Spain’s leading fisheries officials signed an agreement late last week to stop illegal fishing, improve labeling, tighten product traceability and promote ... Read more...
01-06-2010
It's time to close the net on fishing "pirates" who threaten to undermine vital marine ecosystems, says Karen Sack. Gaps in current international fisheries management and the failure to tackle IUU fishing are undermining the ... Read more...
01-06-2010
Many people know that the world's fish stocks are running out. But less well known are the reasons behind this. Illegal fishing not only threatens the world's fish, but also affects the lives of coastal communities ... Read more...
01-06-2010
Last weeks announcement of MSC certification of a portion of the Antarctic krill fishery attracted criticism from the Pew Environment Group. In particular, Pew questioned MSC rules that allow for the certification of a portion ... Read more...
01-06-2010
The EU and other fishing nations from around the world met at the United Nations Headquarters in New York last week to assess the progress made in implementing the United Nations Convention on the Conservation ... Read more...
31-05-2010
Nairobi — The Nile Perch stock in Lake Victoria is slowly recovering after Kenya and Tanzania banned fishing in their territorial waters to foreign fishermen. John Mgufuli, Tanzania's Minister for Livestock and Fisheries said the stock ... Read more...
31-05-2010
Fishermen on Lake Victoria will soon start paying fees to be allowed to ply their trade on the water body. This is one of the ways that a joint fisheries ministers meeting between the three countries ... Read more...
28-05-2010
Windhoek — The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has compiled findings of a new landmark report entitled the Green Economy which will address the falling fish stocks. According to the executive director of the United Nations ... Read more...
28-05-2010
Windhoek — The Fisheries Observer Agency (FOA) has contributed tremendously to the elimination of illegal, unregulated and unreported (IUU) activities, chief executive officer, Hafeni Mungungu has said. The agency compliments the monitoring, control and surveillance ... Read more...
28-05-2010
Fishing experts are pushing for quotas to limit the number of fishes an individual may take based on harvests from the previous year. This is to preserve existing stocks. In an interview with The Nation, Prof. ... Read more...
28-05-2010
“This is implemented mainly by limiting the number of vessels licensed to fish in Namibian waters, setting regulations regarding the types of fishing gear vessels may use and by restricting the time of year fishing ... Read more...
28-05-2010
L'Union européenne a pendant des années accordé des subventions à hauteur d'un milliard d'euros par an à des sociétés de pêche industrielle basées dans ses Etats membres, y compris aux sociétés qui ont été prises ... Read more...
27-05-2010
Port Louis — Un accord visant à promouvoir le Seafood Hub, à Maurice. C'est ce que souhaite le ministre de la pêche, Nicolas Von-Mally. Le ministère de la Pêche a signé un accord avec la Southern ... Read more...
27-05-2010
Port Louis — Le dossier de la pêche a été confié à un ministre venant d'une île où cette activité a une immense valeur symbolique. C'est l'occasion d'interroger quelques acteurs quant à leurs attentes. «On nous ... Read more...
25-05-2010
La pêche illégale endémique est en train de toucher plus durement certains des pays les plus pauvres d'Afrique occidentale puisque cette pratique est globalement la plus répandue dans la région du centre-est de l'océan Atlantique. Cette ... Read more...
24-05-2010
The European Union has for years been paying subsidies to the tune of one billion euro annually to industrial fishing companies based in its member states, including companies that have been caught fishing illegally in ... Read more...
24-05-2010
A five-day conference on fish conservation opened at United Nations Headquarters in New York today amid warnings that three quarters of the world’s fish stocks are in distress and nearing depletion while marine ecosystems continue ... Read more...
22-05-2010
Luanda — The Angolan government on Friday banned the fishing of mackerel and sardine unitil the end of the year following the need to protect some species in danger of extinction. On the other hand, the ... Read more...
21-05-2010
IUU fishing is a global problem needing a global solution, the study says Global measures to regulate the fishing industry lack the capability to tackle illegal catches, warn researchers. Writing in the journal Science, they ... Read more...
21-05-2010
Closing fishing areas and regulating the use of fishing gear can result in more profitable catches that boost fishermen's incomes, according to a study. The conclusion has emerged from a long-term investigation in Kenya on the ... Read more...
18-05-2010
Lors du contrôle effectué par l'équipe du Centre de surveillance des pêches à bord du patrouilleur «Atsantsa » aux abords du Cap Saint Sébastien, la semaine dernière, une petite embarcation en bois long de 6m ... Read more...
14-05-2010
You could be eating shark meat and not even know it. South African fish shops are selling unlabelled or mislabelled shark products, which poses a threat to these endangered species and the unaware shoppers, according to ... Read more...
13-05-2010
About 30 fishers have been arrested today morning by police and officials from the ministry of fisheries after they were found carrying out illegal fishing on Lake Victoria in Kalangala district.The LCI chairperson of Buyigi ... Read more...
13-05-2010
Allger — L'Algérie a interdit à tout navire battant pavillon national de s'associer avec des opérateurs étrangers durant la prochaine campagne de pêche de thon rouge dans sa zone exclusive, dans un décret ministériel paru ... Read more...
13-05-2010
About 30 fishers have been arrested today morning by police and officials from the ministry of fisheries after they were found carrying out illegal fishing on Lake Victoria in Kalangala district. The LCI chairperson of Buyigi ... Read more...
13-05-2010
"Les opérations de pêche conjointe au thon rouge avec des navires battant pavillon étranger dans les eaux sous juridiction nationale sont interdites." C'est ce que stipule l'article 22 de l'arrêté ministériel publié au dernier Journal officiel ... Read more...
08-05-2010
Kigali, Rwanda - Rwandan police and army have obtained 25 fast ships to fight illegal fishing in the country's lakes following the introduction of new species of fish, tilapia, in its waters, official sources told ... Read more...
07-05-2010
Today the Marine Stewardship Council's (MSC) Independent Adjudicator, Michael Lodge, remanded the proposed MSC certification of the Ross Sea Antarctic toothfish fishery back to the certifier, Moody Marine, for major reconsideration. The adjudicator's determination results ... Read more...
06-05-2010
Bugesera — The Minister of Agriculture, Dr. Agnes Kalibata, handed over 25 boats worth Rwf 346m to Rwanda National Police (RNP) and Rwanda Defence Forces (RDF) to be used by marines of the two institutions ... Read more...
05-05-2010
The Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Department says illegal abalone poachers are still stripping the seas. Last year a blanket ban was imposed to stop fishing the dwindling perlemoen resources. President Jacob Zuma visited the Hawston fishing community ... Read more...
04-05-2010
The National Boundary Commission has disclosed its plans to extend Nigeria's Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) by 150 nautical miles. Alhaji Sadiq Diggi, Director General of the Commission who disclosed this on Sunday in Abuja, said the ... Read more...
04-05-2010
Industrial fishing vessels that work in Mauritania waters will have to suspend their activities until late June, in accordance with the two-month biological shutdown arranged by the Ministry of Fisheries. The Mauritanian fisheries authorities plan a ... Read more...
03-05-2010
Maputo– Mozambique annually loses US$35 million due to illegal fishing in its territorial waters, said the country’s Fisheries Minister, Victor Borges, cited by Mozambican newspaper Notícias. “There are no exact figures, but we estimate annual losses ... Read more...
03-05-2010
MPULUNGU District Council secretary Ernest Sumani has accused the fisheries department in the district of contributing to the depletion of fish stocks in Lake Tanganyika. Mr Sumani said the fish in the lake was being depleted ... Read more...
30-04-2010
Une rencontre en vu de modifier l'accord de pêche Sénégal/Guinée-Bissau s'est ouverte avant-hier, 28 avril, à Dakar. Les experts des deux pays ont discuté pendant deux jours sur les points chauds de l'exploitation des ressources ... Read more...
29-04-2010
Rome - Five more nations have signed the FAO-brokered treaty that once it enters into force will deny access to fishing ports to ships involved in illegal fishing. The new signatories include: Australia (27/04/2010), Gabon (26/04/2010), ... Read more...
29-04-2010
Exporters are finding it more difficult to push fish consignments into leading international markets owing to more stringent requirements, a new survey shows. In what may raise an immediate concern for Kenyan fish dealers eyeing such ... Read more...
29-04-2010
Le secrétaire d'Etat bissau-guinéen en charge de la pêche a réitéré hier la ferme volonté de son pays à travailler pour le renforcement de la coopération avec le Sénégal dans le domaine de la pêche. ... Read more...
28-04-2010
La Guinée-Bissau est disposée à "assurer la présence des bateaux de pêches sénégalais" dans son espace maritime, dans le cadre général du renforcement de sa coopération halieutique avec le Sénégal, a déclaré mercredi à Dakar ... Read more...
23-04-2010
Tunis — Dans le but de mettre un terme aux infractions commises dans les eaux territoriales tunisiennes par des unités de pêche étrangères et tunisiennes et d'assurer la pérennité des richesses halieutiques surtout à la ... Read more...
23-04-2010
Tunis — The House of Advisors adopted on Thursday at le Bardo, the draft bill amending fishery activities. The amendment aims at preventing illegal fishing activities carried out in Tunisian territorial waters and ensuring the ... Read more...
22-04-2010
The conservation organisation Oceana has condemned the Xunta de Galicia for granting EUR 4.02 million in subsidies to fishing pirates. According to the NGO, the European Commission (EC) denies any direct responsibility for the issuing of ... Read more...
21-04-2010
It appears that the EU NAVFOR command deliberately withheld the confirmation of a sea-jacking of three Thai fishing vessels. The EU Naval Force confirmed only today, Tuesday, that suspected Somali pirates hijacked three Thailand-flagged fishing vessels, ... Read more...
21-04-2010
Le bateau de surveillance de pêche des côtes « Atsantsa » a un nouveau commandant depuis vendredi 16 avril. Il s'agit du capitaine de frégate Honoré Ga Jacky. La passation de service s'était effectuée à ... Read more...
20-04-2010
FREETOWN — Twelve people have died after eating fish from a river in southern Sierra Leone which is believed to have been poisoned by fishermen using toxic herbs to stun their catch, officials said Wednesday. "Most ... Read more...
20-04-2010
Le ministère de la Pêche et des ressources halieutiques joue la transparence. À la suite d'une idée lancée par l'association des pêcheurs artisanaux de Toamasina Tazara, ce département envisage de procéder à une large diffusion ... Read more...
19-04-2010
Nairobi — Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania have failed to manage Lake Victoria, leading to a sharp decline of its most valued species, the Nile Perch. Fish processors contend that while they have instituted self-regulation measures to ... Read more...
16-04-2010
The Environmental Protection Agency in Harper had discovered the usage of harmful traditional African herb by fishermen and farmers in rural Maryland and Grand Kru Counties. EPA inspector Samuel Nagbe told The Informer Newspaper in Harper ... Read more...
15-04-2010
Les pêcheurs artisanaux de Toamasina craignent sur l'avenir de leur métier. La baisse des captures et l'absence de l'appui de l'État menacent leur activité. L'inquiétude monte chez les pêcheurs artisanaux de Toamasina. La capture de poissons ... Read more...
13-04-2010
Freetown — The frequenting of what now appears to be fake inspectors at the country's main seaport has become a cause for concern for the Ministry of Trade and Industry and the government as a ... Read more...
12-04-2010
Nairobi — As a light aircraft overflies the picturesque Watamu peninsula in Malindi, a gang of about 40 fishermen pulls a large net from the sea. Nothing out of the ordinary to the observers on the ... Read more...
12-04-2010
DAKAR, Senegal – Members of an Italian Navy Mobile Training Team conducted a fisheries management workshop for 15 sailors from Cape Verde, The Gambia, Liberia, Senegal, and Sierra Leone here, April 10, aboard USS Gunston ... Read more...
08-04-2010
Addis Ababa — Africa has failed to protect its water territory not only along the Somalia Coast but also in west and south. This failure has caused massive exploitation and fish grabbing from Africa by the ... Read more...
08-04-2010
Lobito (angola) — Le ministre de l'Agriculture, Développement Rural et Pêche, Afonso Pedro Canga, a déclaré mercredi, à Benguela, que son secteur renforcerait les mesures de contrôle des eaux maritimes angolaises, avec l'entrée en activité ... Read more...
08-04-2010
Lobito — The minister of Agriculture, Rural Development and Fisheries, Afonso Pedro Canga, said on Wednesday in the central Benguela Province that his sector will strengthen the inspection measures of the Angolan maritime waters, with ... Read more...
06-04-2010
Illegal fishing of bluefin tuna has put 4 Algerians and 5 Turks behind bars, confirms a report. Court of Annaba has delivered its verdict sending four Algerians, including two officials of the Department of Fisheries ... Read more...
06-04-2010
Nairobi, Kenya: Ministers and officials from ten countries and territories in East Africa yesterday endorsed or signed off on a potentially far-reaching protocol to protect East Africa’s coastal and marine environment from land-based activities and ... Read more...
05-04-2010
The Antarctic and Southern Ocean Coalition (ASOC) has opposed the proposed Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification of the Ross Sea Antarctic toothfish fishery. In December 2009 ASOC submitted a formal objection to the proposed certification of ... Read more...
04-04-2010
Fishermen on Migingo in Lake Victoria on Sunday supported fresh efforts by Kenya and Uganda to determine the ownership of the island. They said the dispute was hindering growth in the fishing industry in the ... Read more...
04-04-2010
Fishermen on Migingo in Lake Victoria on Sunday supported fresh efforts by Kenya and Uganda to determine the ownership of the island. They said the dispute was hindering growth in the fishing industry in the ... Read more...
31-03-2010
La célébration lundi de l'anniversaire de la Commission sous-régionale des pêches a été l'occasion pour cette organisation de susciter la réflexion autour de la problématique de la lutte contre la pêche illicite (INN), un fléau ... Read more...
31-03-2010
Maputo — Eight fishermen have been arrested in the northern Mozambican province of Nampula for the illegal hunting of turtles, reports Wednesday's issue of the Maputo daily "Noticias". All species of marine turtles are endangered, and ... Read more...
31-03-2010
Benin — THE second ART-42 Maritime Patrol Aircraft (NAF 931) purchased by the Federal Government for the surveillance of the nation's maritime and coastal region was yesterday delivered to the 81, Air Maritime Group in ... Read more...
31-03-2010
Présent en Afrique depuis 1980, le bateau Arctic Sunrise avec à son bord, les membres de Greenpeace mènent une campagne de sensibilisation sur les dangers qui peuvent entraîner la raréfaction ou plus tard la disparition ... Read more...
31-03-2010
Le gouvernement envisage de lever la limitation de l'effort de pêche pour la filière crevette. Une mesure qui intervient dans un contexte de crise. L'horizon est encore sombre pour la filière crevette. La campagne 2010 vient ... Read more...
31-03-2010
The Gambia's Minister of Fisheries and Water Resources, Lamin Kaba Bajo has said fighting illegal fishing was the only viable alternative to ensuring the sustainability of fishing stock in the sub-region. He said this during ... Read more...
30-03-2010
Hon. Lamin Kaba Bajo, The Gambia’s minister of Fisheries and Water Resources has called for sub regional cooperation in the fight against illegal fishing, saying that this is the only viable alternative to ensuring the ... Read more...
30-03-2010
Tunis — With an overall production of 100, 000 tons totaling 350 million dinars, Tunisia's fisheries sector contributes up to 10% in the value of the Tunisian agricultural production and 1, 1% in the country's ... Read more...
29-03-2010
DAR ES SALAAM, TANZANIA – Tanzania expects to earn $200 million annually from tuna fish following a fishing agreement last week in Dar es Salaam with a Japanese fishing association. Tanzania signed a one year deep ... Read more...
29-03-2010
Dakar — Les pêches illicites non déclarées et non réglementées (IIN) représenteraient plus de 50 % de la valeur des prises opérées par les Etats côtiers de l'Afrique occidentale subsaharienne qui perdent ainsi en termes ... Read more...
29-03-2010
Freetown — Deputy Majority Leader of Parliament has urged the government to take punitive action against companies that violate the fishing regulations by using the country's resources for their selfish interest. Contribution to the debate ... Read more...
28-03-2010
Dar Es Salaam — Two villages in Dar es Salaam's Kigamboni suburb have formed beach management units that involve all residents as watchdogs, a move aimed at intensifying efforts to curb dynamite fishing in the ... Read more...
26-03-2010
Des acteurs de la filière poisson se sont retrouvés, hier jeudi 25 mars 2010 à Ouagadougou pour discuter de l'avenir de la filière poisson. Ces dernières années, l'on a constaté un relâchement des efforts de protection ... Read more...
26-03-2010
With a coastline stretching 1,650 km, Angola is rich in marine fisheries resources. The country's fisheries sector is potentially one of its most economically viable industries and currently ranks third after oil and diamond mining. ... Read more...
25-03-2010
Nairobi — A fish shortage is looming in Lake Victoria. Scientists and Fisheries Development Ministry officials say the Nile perch population is dwindling at an alarming rate. Fisheries minister Paul Otuoma told a workshop in Kisumu ... Read more...
25-03-2010
Les travaux de la commission mixte sur les accords de partenariat de pêche entre la Mauritanien et l'Union Européenne ont été clôturés jeudi soir dans les locaux du ministère de la pêche et de l'Economie ... Read more...
25-03-2010
The three East African countries that share Lake Victoria have embarked on joint efforts to raise sh3.8b to clean the lake. The director of animal husbandry in the agriculture ministry, Dr William Olaho-Mukani, said the move ... Read more...
24-03-2010
Rampant illegal fishing is hitting some of the poorest West African countries the hardest as this practice is globally most rife in the east central Atlantic Ocean area, which covers the territorial waters of some ... Read more...
24-03-2010
Small-Scale Fishery Agency - Participants from Liberia, Sierra Leone, Cape Verde, Guinea Conakry, Mauritania and The Gambia, have agreed to set-up the West African Confederation of Small-Scale Fishery and Aqua-culture Professional Organization. The decision was taken ... Read more...
24-03-2010
FISHERMEN at Kitebere landing site in Kibaale district on Lake Albert have clashed with officials from the fisheries ministry over the destruction of illegal nets. The incident, which took place last week, started when the officials ... Read more...
23-03-2010
Representatives of the government of Mauritania and the European Union (EU) have started to review the application of the fisheries agreement between the two parties, which came into force two years ago. The work of the ... Read more...
22-03-2010
The UN CITES commission came to some surprising decisions this week after they overturned proposals to both control shark fisheries and to ban fishing of the endangered Atlantic bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus). The UN CITES conference ... Read more...
19-03-2010
Wherever you go in Senegal, fish is always on the menu.But not only is it an important part of the diet here - it's a crucial way of people making a living. In the small ... Read more...
15-03-2010
The United States of America Government yesterday donated four CNS Defender Class Patrol Boats to the Ghana Navy. This brings to seven the total number of such boats the US Government has donated to the ... Read more...
12-03-2010
Maputo — Mozambican customs officers on Monday seized over two tonnes of Abalone, smuggled into the country from South Africa. Abalone are highly prized mollusks. In 2008, the price for South African abalone meat was 40 ... Read more...
12-03-2010
Lagos — The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) is partnering with the United States Navy in monitoring vessels within and outside the Nigerian waters. The Director General of NIMASA, Mr Temisan Omatseye, said this ... Read more...
11-03-2010
Kampala — The fisheries ministry is drafting a policy to allow districts to lease lakes, state minister Fred Mukisa has disclosed. Mukisa said the districts will lease the lakes for a specified period of time to ... Read more...
11-03-2010
Fishsubsidy.org today publishes a list of 42 convictions of fishing vessel owners that have also received EU subsidies under the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP). The study, which focuses on two major EU fishing nations, Spain ... Read more...
11-03-2010
NAVAL STATION ROTA, Spain — When the USS Gunston Hall arrives in Ghana this week to lead the Africa Partnership Station, it joins a program that has changed dramatically since the U.S. Navy formed the ... Read more...
10-03-2010
Steps were taken by the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC) at its 14th annual meeting last week for the protection of the fish stocks in the Indian Ocean, such as tropical tunas and sharks. Conservation ... Read more...
10-03-2010
Kampala — A total of sh500b has been allocated to the conservation of Lake Victoria. The project was launched by the East African Community Lake Victoria Basin Commission. It will strengthen the institutional capacity for ... Read more...
09-03-2010
Strides forward were made last week by the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission for the protection of the fish stocks in the Indian Ocean, such as tropical tunas and shark stocks. The parties agreed among others on ... Read more...
09-03-2010
OVER 1,200 illegal fishing nets and 34 boats worth sh100m have been destroyed by the fisheries ministry and the beach management unit officials on the shores of Lake George. The operation was conducted on Hamukungu landing ... Read more...
08-03-2010
Marine and Coastal Management (MCM) says it will keep discussing proposed fishing tariff hikes with affected parties before making recommendations to Water and Environmental Affairs Minister Buyelwa Sonjica. MCM spokesman Xolile Nqayi said although the deadline ... Read more...
07-03-2010
Kampala — People living around Lake Victoria should practice fish farming to increase fish stocks, Diodorus Kamala, the Tanzanian minister for East African Community (EAC) affairs, has said. "Fish farming can be one of the interventions ... Read more...
01-03-2010
A Senior Natural Resources Management Specialists from the World Bank, John Virdin, has assured the Minister of Fisheries and Marine Resources Haja Afsatu Kabba of the bank’s commitment to ensuring that the US$20M (Twenty Million ... Read more...
27-02-2010
Dar Es Salaam — Lake Victoria waters could become a safer body to work on following the financial assistance of $4m to build a marine police training facility and provision of patrol boats. The Government announced ... Read more...
27-02-2010
Brussels — Legal advice stating that European vessels have no justification to fish off Western Sahara - a territory occupied by Morocco - has provoked a row between the main political institutions in Brussels. Under the ... Read more...
22-02-2010
President Koroma, last Friday February 19th 2010, in the Credentials Room of the Presidential Lodge, has played host to Duncan Copeland of Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF) alongside European Union’s Consultant attached to the Ministry of ... Read more...
18-02-2010
THE Federal Government through the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has opposed the verdict of the International Maritime Bureau (IMB) which rated Nigeria as the second most pirate-prone country in the world. Opposing IMB's ... Read more...
16-02-2010
The Western Naval Command (WNC) has arrested four Chinese and 25 Ghanaians for fishing within illegal waters. Their names were not given and would appear before court soon. The vessels involved are "Awo Yaa Two ... Read more...
16-02-2010
Four Iranian fishing boats are anchored at the Seychelles port of Victoria in detention for illegal fishing in the Indian Ocean, where the offence is depriving regional states of a key revenue source. The boats, seized ... Read more...
11-02-2010
A new article just out in New Scientist suggests that the lawless seas off the coast of Somalia may be in serious environmental danger, as pirates allow fishermen to resort to destructive, unregulated fishing practices. Typically, ... Read more...
08-02-2010
Illegal fishing is costing African countries some $1billion annually out of the $100 billion lost by the whole world. Added to this, no fewer than 20,000 Nigerians are jobless due to illegal fishing and sea ... Read more...
08-02-2010
Victoria — In the Seychelles' only cannery, the din of thousands of empty tuna cans rattling on narrow metal troughs is incredible as they bustle along, soon to be filled with Skipjack tuna that only ... Read more...
07-02-2010
Ecoterra reports sources in Kenya Wednesday indicate that one of the 3 Kenyan crew of FV TAWARIQ-4 died under mysterious circumstances in a Tanzanian prison. The Taiwanese fishing vessel FV TAWARIQ-4 was captured last year for ... Read more...
28-01-2010
The European Union (EU) recently passed a new EU Regulation on Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) fishing, which entered into force on 1st January 2010. All countries, which export fishery products to EU Member States ... Read more...
28-01-2010
A group of citizens recently visited a town near Monrovia with the sole purpose of buying fish. Without any doubt, they were certain of finding fish to buy. Unfortunately, there was not a scale along the ... Read more...
27-01-2010
Fishermen in Eyl, an ancient town in the northern Somalia’s Puntland state are voicing concerns over illegally fishing vessels that are looting natural resources and destroying thier equipments. In an interview with Radio Garowe, Saed ... Read more...
27-01-2010
Kampala — Uganda has over 160 productive lakes but only five are utilised Lake Victoria is choking. Increased human activity, illegal fishing and industrial pollution are threatening the world's second largest fresh water body. "The ruinous activities ... Read more...
27-01-2010
Tema — Fishermen and fishmongers at the Tema Fishing Harbour landing beach have expressed their anxiety over fishermen who continue to use light to fish, even though they know that the practice is prohibited.They have ... Read more...
27-01-2010
Freetown, 27 January 2010 – Overcoming poverty in Sierra Leone will be important for consolidating its peace because conflict had inflicted a heavy toll on infrastructure, basic services and traditional job-generating sectors like agriculture and ... Read more...
26-01-2010
Tema, Jan 26, GNA - Mr Kwesi Ahwoi, Minister of Food and Agriculture (MOFA), on Monday said that MOFA would enforce the Fisheries Act to bring sanity to the fishing industry in the country. He said ... Read more...
26-01-2010
INCREASING pollution of Lake Victoria and fish caught with poison in it, have put at risk the lives of thousands of people living in the lake's basin. Thousands of lives of the residents in the ... Read more...
25-01-2010
Duncan Coplan, Chief Campaigner of the Environmental Justice Foundation, has revealed that Sierra Leone is loses over twenty-nine million US dollars annually as a result of illicit fishing activities going on in the territorial waters. ... Read more...
24-01-2010
The Fisheries Act 625 of 2002 requires all fishing vessels including artisanal canoes, to be registered and to bear the markings of identity, Nii Amasa Naamoale, Deputy Minister of Agriculture in charge of Fisheries, has ... Read more...
23-01-2010
The EU struggles to find a fairer system for fishing in Europe In an effort to preserve declining fishing stocks, in 2001 the European Commission ruled almost 400 square kilometers of waters off-limits to fishermen. Closing ... Read more...
22-01-2010
ZANZIBAR failed to fetch its share of tuna fish from Dar es Salaam, the isle's State Minister, Chief Miniser's Office, Mr Hamza Hassan Juma confirmed today. Mr Juma said the failure came from the isle's ... Read more...
21-01-2010
Africa Partnership Station (APS): Vice Admiral Harry B. Harris, Jr. Deputy Commander U.S. Naval Forces Africa held a media round table at the Washington Foreign Press Center to highlight the activities of the US led ... Read more...
20-01-2010
Marks & Spencer Supermarkets has signed the World Wildlife Fund’s (WWF) Seafood Charter meant to promote responsible fishing. This is the first UK company to sign, and it has printed full page newspaper ads to ... Read more...
20-01-2010
Kampala — IN the next two to three years, Uganda aims at producing 320,000 tonnes of farmed fish per annum, the state minister for fisheries, Fred Mukisa, has said. He was speaking to stakeholders in the ... Read more...
19-01-2010
Maputo — Mozambican President Armando Guebuza on Saturday appointed former Education Minister Aires Ali as Prime Minister in his new government. The appointment comes two days after Guebuza was sworn into his second term of office, ... Read more...
17-01-2010
Minister for Livestock Development and Fisheries John Magufuli shows yesterday, Prime Minister Pinda part of the consignment of fish seized from an international trawler and preserved at Bahari Seas Foods storage facility in Mwenge, Dar ... Read more...
16-01-2010
Fishnet Company director Sheinaz Halari, has filed an application at the High Court seeking an order to quash a directive issued by the minister for Livestock Development and Fisheries, Dr John Magufuli, to destroy fishing ... Read more...
16-01-2010
A fisheries official has expressed dismay over a court ruling that set free two suspects accused of fishing using dynamite on account of the suspects ignorance of the law. The head of the fisheries enforcement ... Read more...
16-01-2010
DAR ES SALAAM, TANZANIA - Tanzania expects to earn $200 million annually from tuna fish following a fishing agreement last week in Dar es Salaam with a Japanese fishing association. Tanzania signed a one year deep ... Read more...
15-01-2010
The Minister of Fisheries and Marine Resources (MFMR) Haja Afsatu Kabba has told a gathering of international and local stakeholders that illegal fishing methods in Sierra Leone has led to the degradation of our water ... Read more...
14-01-2010
Unsustainable fishing practices and declining catches are forcing Ghana to start importing fish Declining catches are devastating Ghana’s fishing industry. They have been falling since the mid-1980s destroying the livelihoods of the 2 million-strong workforce. The ... Read more...
14-01-2010
Fish catches at Lake Victoria have declined, due to increased population pressure on the resource, too many people exploiting the resource, use of illegal gears and climate chage affecting the ecology of the lake. Today ... Read more...
14-01-2010
RABAT, Jan 14 (KUNA) -- Moroccan authorities called on Spain and the EU to come up with a solution for hurdles of which Moroccan fishermen are facing due to the implementation of EU's fishing regulations, ... Read more...
14-01-2010
Washington - A U.S. Navy collaboration with African nations to counter seaborne threats such as piracy and illegal fishing, called the Africa Partnership Station (APS), has proved so successful it is being expanded, says Vice ... Read more...
13-01-2010
The federal government signed a major fishing contract with Japan on Monday to end illegal fishing which may earn Tanzania over TZS 200 billion (USD 147.4 million) annually in licence fees and tax revenues. This is ... Read more...
12-01-2010
Foreign trawlers scoop up even the smallest fish, decimating stocks, says the Ghana fisheries commission ACCRA, 12 January 2010 (IRIN) - On Jamestown beach in Ghana’s capital, Accra, 38-year-old Ayele Okine, mother of six, grills ... Read more...
11-01-2010
TWENTY fishermen have been arrested for using illegal gear in Lake Victoria. The suspects were arrested from Koome Island and Ntenjeru sub-counties in an operation mounted by Mukono beach management unit officials at Kalyambuzi and Kiziru landing ... Read more...
08-01-2010
MALINDI, Kenya (AP) — People here have one thing to thank Somali pirates for: Better fishing. In past years, illegal commercial trawlers parked off Somalia's coast and scooped up the ocean's contents. Now, fishermen on the ... Read more...
06-01-2010
Fishermen from the 27 member states have to abide by new rules aimed at ensuring that no illegally-caught fish end up on the market across the EU. The tough rules came into force at the beginning ... Read more...
06-01-2010
Illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing has become a priority issue at international level. Strong measures have already been taken by the European Commission to prevent illegal fishing. Concerned with non-declared and non-regulated fishing phenomenon, Tunisia has ... Read more...
05-01-2010
Kampala — IT was the perfect union, but 10 years on, the relationship between fishermen and local water bodies is murky. The fisheries industry has witnessed illegal fishing, nearly causing extinction of the fish resources. Hotly ... Read more...
05-01-2010
Subsistence fishermen got an early Christmas gift in the form of a decision by Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources not to implement a fishing season moratorium for 2009/2010, resulting in this communal sector plying ... Read more...
05-01-2010
NEW rules to crackdown on pirate fishing activities around the world which entered into force on 1st January, have been welcomed by environmental group WWF. If implemented properly, WWF believes that the new regulations will help ... Read more...
05-01-2010
A new research project has called for the standardisation of labels on fish, as it claims that current sustainability certifications are inconsistent and confuse consumers. The Review of Fish Sustainability Information Schemes, conducted by independent research ... Read more...
05-01-2010
Fisheries development policies evolved during the two national five-year Development Plans (1985 to 1995), when government defined fisheries development policies to direct public interventions. The broad objectives were reviewed for the Economic Recovery Programmes (ERP) (1985-1989) ... Read more...
04-01-2010
Absence of fish markets at Kenya-Tanzania border areas has been cited as a reason for rampant fish smuggling into the neighbouring country. Mr Hassan Kalombo, who is a fisheries adviser based in Tanga, revealed this ... Read more...
04-01-2010
In a bid to restore fisheries resources in Lake Victoria, the Government of Uganda has decided to ban foreign fishing vessels, Fisheries Minister of State Fred Mukisa has announced. Mr Mukisa said Kenya and Tanzania, the ... Read more...
04-01-2010
Tristan da Cunha’s rock lobster fishery has entered full assessment for the Marine Stewardship Council’s (MSC) certificate for sustainable and well-managed fisheries. If successful, rock lobsters from this fishery will be eligible to bear the ... Read more...
03-01-2010
EU NAVFOR and the Kenyan Ministry of Defense on the provision of support to the Kenyan Air force (KAF) MPA came to fruition earlier this month with the fitting of camera equipment that will support ... Read more...
02-01-2010
Biomega Nutrición, partly owned by Manuel Antonio Vidal Pego, shall receive 3.9 million Euros to build a factory to produce Omega 3 out of fishliver oil, which often comes from vulnerable deepsea sharks Madrid -- Vidal ... Read more...
01-01-2010
On 1 January 2010, a set of new, strong rules will enter into force to bolster the control system of the European Union's Common Fisheries Policy. These rules will give the EU and its Member ... Read more...
29-12-2009
Two trawlers have been arrested and detained by the Ghana Navy in cape Coast and Tema for engaging in illegal fishing activities in the country's territorial waters. In a move which underscored the Navy's resolve to ... Read more...
29-12-2009
Recurrent disappearance of case files on dynamite fishing cases, has been cited as a major stumbling block to effective control of dynamite fishing along the Tanga coast line. The officer-in-charge of the Tanga-based Fisheries Law ... Read more...
21-12-2009
Johannesburg — THE conclusion of a fisheries agreement between SA and the European Union (EU) has had to take second place to other considerations, even though SA's fish exports to the EU are attracting duties ... Read more...
21-12-2009
Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Africa USS SAMUEL B. ROBERTS, At Sea, Dec 21, 2009 — A joint U.S.-Sierra Leone patrol team queried, boarded, and found four fishing vessels in violation of fishing ... Read more...
15-12-2009
Accra, Dec.15, GNA - Weak national control, surveillance and enforcement of existing fishery laws is leading to the use of unauthorised fishing methods on the sea, Programme Co-ordinator of Friends of the Nation (FON) said ... Read more...
15-12-2009
Accra, Dec. 15, GNA - The Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MOFA) on Tuesday said some industrial trawlers had been fishing within the Inshore Exclusive Zone (IEZ) in the past week off Winneba/Cape Coast resulting ... Read more...
15-12-2009
In collaboration with the joint United States/Sierra Leone Coast Guard, the Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources, headed by Haja Afsatu Kabbah, has recorded yet another landmark in the area of coastal security. Over the weekend, ... Read more...
15-12-2009
Kampala — WITH increased pressure on fish in Lake Victoria, especially the Nile Perch, Uganda is left with no option but to seal off its waters to foreign fishermen. "Tanzania has already closed its borders. Even ... Read more...
11-12-2009
YAOUNDE: Police in Cameroon have seized almost 100 tonnes of illegally-caught fish from two boats off the African country's southern coast, a government official said on Friday. Officers boarded the two trawlers on December 8 ... Read more...
07-12-2009
The blanket ban on abalone fishing was lifted on Sunday but the Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Ministry said specifics would only be released in February 2010. Minister Tina Joemat Petersen announced on Sunday that government ... Read more...
04-12-2009
The European Union has given out tens of millions of euros to subsidise the Mediterranean tuna fishing fleets despite warnings from scientists that overfishing is pushing the species close to extinction. Between 2000 and 2008 a ... Read more...
01-12-2009
In a study in the journal Endangered Species Research, shark fins on sale were shown to be from a specific region in which shark populations have collapsed, evidence that may help change fishing regulations. Cynthia ... Read more...
01-12-2009
GENEVA, Dec 1 (Reuters) - Marine scientists warned the World Trade Organisation on Tuesday that the world's seas were in peril and called for a new WTO deal to discourage over-fishing. "The health of the world's ... Read more...
30-11-2009
Nairobi — Despite talks to jointly harness shared resources for regional economic development, Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania are yet to resolve key issues surrounding the management of Lake Victoria. Water excavation, overfishing and the Migingo question ... Read more...
28-11-2009
The United States has joined 10 other nations in signing a United Nations treaty to combat illegal fishing that costs the world economy up to $23 billion a year. The signings last week immediately followed adoption ... Read more...
25-11-2009
Port state measures broaden the fight against IUU fishing Eleven FAO Members have already signed on to the Agreement. Scene from the signing ceremony. 25 November 2009, Rome - A new treaty that aims to close ... Read more...
24-11-2009
The Government has lifted a ban on the use of ring nets for fishing in the Indian Ocean. Coast assistant director of Fisheries Martha Mukira lifted the ban during celebrations to mark the world Fisheries Day ... Read more...
24-11-2009
Luanda – Better living, stability and wellbeing of the populations based on a sustainable development strategy of the fishery sector, are among the main goals of the National Plan for the 2010/2011 period drafted by ... Read more...
22-11-2009
The Prime Minister was reacting to remarks by the Fisheries Development Minister Paul Otuoma who decried the rate of fish depletion in Lake Victoria . Prime Minister Raila Odinga has called for a ban on ... Read more...
22-11-2009
Mauritius has initiated a plan of action to prevent, deter and eliminate illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing in its seas, PANA reported, quoting an official source. The source from the Ministry of Agro Industry, Food Production ... Read more...
22-11-2009
Rome - FAO and the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad) have signed an agreement to undertake a comprehensive value-chain analysis of international fish trade with an impact assessment of the small-scale sector. This is ... Read more...
18-11-2009
Ghana has begun initiating moves to tighten her regulations to prevent unorthodox fishing methods in its territorial waters. Led by the Ministry of Food and Agriculture, the body mandated to spearhead the activities of agriculture ... Read more...
18-11-2009
Ms Betty Bosomtwi-Sam, Deputy Western Regional Minister on Tuesday noted that fish stock in water bodies were gradually being depleted as a result of bad fishing methods. "It is regrettable that though the fishing industry is ... Read more...
16-11-2009
The livelihoods of 3.5 million East Africans who depend directly on Lake Victoria are threatened by illegal fishing, overfishing, climate change and pollution. Lake Victoria is the largest inland fishery on the continent, valued at $400 ... Read more...
15-11-2009
It must be nice to be one of those whose task is conserving the wild resources of the Atlantic Ocean. The Atlantic fishery managers meet once a year in attractive places remote enough to deter ... Read more...
15-11-2009
PORTO DE GALINHAS, Brazil, Nov. 15. After meeting for ten days, the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) refused to end fishing for Atlantic bluefin tuna. Instead, ICCAT set the catch limit ... Read more...
12-11-2009
The Government has banned fishing using ring nets in the Indian Ocean.The ban comes after local fishermen clashed with their Tanzanian counterparts over the use of ring nets. The locals claimed the ring nets are illegal ... Read more...
11-11-2009
Paris — West Africa is one of the world's regions most affected by pirate fishers. Illegal, unreported or unregulated fishing has been devastating local livelihoods and ecosystems for decades. National fisheries management authorities are often ... Read more...
11-11-2009
THE European Commission have signed two administrative co-operation agreements with New Zealand and the United States which the Commission claim marks a new step in efforts to prevent, deter and eliminate Illegal, unreported and unregulated ... Read more...
07-11-2009
The Council of Ministers of the Lake Victoria Fisheries Organization (LVFO) has signed a joint communiqué aimed at eradicating illegal fishing and trade in immature Nile Perch in local and regional markets. The Ministers of Fisheries ... Read more...
05-11-2009
International Development Minister Gareth Thomas today issued a stark warning that, if action isn’t taken immediately, illegal fishing could have a devastating impact on fish stocks off the coast of Africa. Experts say unless much tighter ... Read more...
27-10-2009
Brussels, 27 October 2009 On 22 October 2009, following the favourable opinion expressed in September by the Committee for Fisheries and Aquaculture, the Commission adopted a Regulation establishing the implementing rules for the 2008 Regulation to ... Read more...
24-10-2009
Europeans are eating “laundered” fish, harvested illegally from African coastal waters by pirate Asian trawlers while governments deny African fishermen the right to sell their catch within the European Union. The double standard, which allows ... Read more...
23-10-2009
The small west African country of Guinea-Bissau plans to crack down on foreign fishing boats that use its waters illegally because they are so rich in fish, the fisheries minister said Friday. "We're going to ... Read more...
20-10-2009
Seychelles / Mahe / Victoria – Seychelles and France cooperation in the fight against illegal fishing activity has resulted in the call to port of a Taiwanese’s owned Seychelles flagged long liner in the Indian ... Read more...
13-10-2009
Joint action between Seychelles and France has resulted in the owner and captain of a Taiwanese boat being fined R1,050,000 for illegal fishing. The boat had falsely reported its position and had not recorded all its ... Read more...
07-10-2009
A seven member temporary committee has been established by the People’s Majlis yesterday to investigate and address the issues and problems faced by fishermen in the country. The committee which is composed of Majlis members ... Read more...
07-10-2009
AKARAKUMO, Nigeria, Oct 7 (IPS) - The smell of roasting fish fills the air as one approaches the bungalow a few metres from the shore of the lagoon. Like most families in the village schoolteacher ... Read more...
30-09-2009
A conservation scheme intended to protect stocks has also led to a massive boost in income for fishermen around the world. The Marine Stewardship Council was established ten years ago to give a stamp of ... Read more...
29-09-2009
THE international net is starting to tighten around countries and organisations that continue with illegal fishing activities. Recently a group of more than 90 countries have agreed on a treaty that will refuse to accept ships ... Read more...
28-09-2009
The European Commission has passed far-reaching regulations designed to restrict the flow of illegal fish into European markets. The regulation places obligations on countries wishing to export to the EU and they will come into ... Read more...
22-09-2009
Kampala : Illicit fishing which has dogged the sector, reached its pitch by the end of 2008, registering a sh117b fall in returns. This remains the second biggest margin of loss in value from sh168b ... Read more...
17-09-2009
Fishing industry leaders and WWF have committed to improving the sustainability of South African fisheries in a first-time partnership that will ensure long-term marine conservation in the region. WWF South Africa, together with four major fishing ... Read more...
14-09-2009
KAMPALA, UGANDA - Uganda earned $20 million less from fish exports in 2008 compared to 2007, an official has said. State minister for fisheries, Mr. Fred Mukisa told the media in Kampala last week that ... Read more...
14-09-2009
Mogadishu - Egypt on Monday handed over to Somalia's Puntland authorities eight suspected pirates who had seized two Egyptian fishing vessels before being overpowered by the crew, officials said. "We have received the eight pirates from ... Read more...
14-09-2009
Kenya is calling for closer collaboration among countries sharing the Lake Victoria waters to safeguard livelihoods of millions. With the declining fish population, about 30 million people living along the lake shores are at risk ... Read more...
10-09-2009
The Government is to screen fishermen before licensing them in an attempt to better manage fishing in Ugandan waters. The exercise begins this month, according to the fisheries state minister, Fred Mukisa. It is intended to help ... Read more...
08-09-2009
Major fishing industry stakeholders in South Africa on Wednesday met to collaborate on securing the future of marine stocks and ecosystems. World Wildlife Fund (WWF) South Africa worked with I&J, Oceana, Sea Harvest and Viking ... Read more...
06-09-2009
FREETOWN : A court in Sierra Leone has ordered the deportation of 11 fishermen from Taiwan after their boats were intercepted in the west African nation's exclusive zone, immigration officials said Sunday. Each of the men ... Read more...
06-09-2009
Over fishing and reckless use of illegal fishing gear are threatening livelihoods of nearly five million people in the Lake Zone, according the Tanzania Industrial Fishing and Processing Association (TIFPA). The association noted that the biomass ... Read more...
02-09-2009
Despite being banned in the Mediterranean since 2003, a large fleet of driftnets continues to operate in Morocco, targeting swordfish for the European market. This illegal fishing is likely to have caused the accidental deaths ... Read more...
01-09-2009
Nairobi, Kenya - The final text of a new treaty that aims to close fishing ports to vessels involved in illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing, has been agreed upon by a group of 91 ... Read more...
01-09-2009
Accra, Sept. 1, GNA - Mr Kwesi Ahwoi, Minister of Food and Agriculture (MOFA) on Tuesday inaugurated an 11-member reconstituted Fisheries Commission with a call on the body to enforce fisheries laws and institute measures ... Read more...
01-09-2009
The final text of a new treaty that aims to close fishing ports to vessels involved in illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing has been agreed upon by a group of 91 countries during talks ... Read more...
01-09-2009
The Chief Fisherman in- charge of the Tema Ashaiman division of the Tema Landing Beach at the Tema Fishing Harbour , Nii Adjieteh Mator III, has called on the government to, as a matter of ... Read more...
31-08-2009
THE Lake Victoria Fisheries Organisation (LVFO) has run out of funds to conduct surveys to assess the fish stocks in the lake. This followed the wounding up of the European Union (EU) financial support to ... Read more...
30-08-2009
Two weeks ago, a joint patrol of Police and naval personnel , acting on a tip-off , dashed off into the sea to arrest two Korean vessels that had been poaching on Sierra Leone's territorial ... Read more...
28-08-2009
The European Commission has welcomed the successful conclusion today at the Rome headquarters of the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of negotiations to establish an international agreement on port state measures as part of the ... Read more...
27-08-2009
Shortage of funds is likely to stall many projects of the Lake Victoria Fisheries Organisation (LVFO) and affect pay of its workers, a senior official has said. The Executive Secretary, Mr Dick Nyeko, said since ... Read more...
17-08-2009
To meet the new requirements for exporting to the EU, China will have to issue certificates for all catches by China-flagged vessels, and obtain certificates from other countries when fish is imported into China for ... Read more...
15-08-2009
Sam Otim is a tired man. After spending the whole night traversing Uganda's Lake Albert in search of fish, he has returned to Kaiso Landing Site empty-handed. "I laid my four nets in the water ... Read more...
31-07-2009
In 1994 an area of coral reef on the southern part of Kenya’s coast was designated as a marine reserve by the government wildlife agency. Fishing activity would be restricted within its boundaries, it was ... Read more...
30-07-2009
The world's largest contract caterer has added Atlantic cod to its banned list alongside bluefin tuna and swordfish Sixty-nine species of fish have been banned from menus at thousands of restaurants across the UK and Ireland ... Read more...
28-07-2009
The list of tuna fisheries engaged in the Marine Stewardship Council program is growing. The London-based nonprofit announced on Tuesday that the Maldivian bigeye, yellowfin and skipjack tuna fisheries are now being assessed as well ... Read more...
27-07-2009
Nairobi. Beach management units on the Kenyan shoes of Lake Victoria are doing little to help the ailing fisheries sector get back on its feet. According to the deputy director of Kenya Marine Fisheries Research Institute ... Read more...
24-07-2009
Regional action needed to stop illegal trawlers off the coast. Foreign ships, such as this tuna trawler, haul huge quantities of fish out of African waters, but African countries need more capacity to ensure their catches ... Read more...
22-07-2009
A proposed European Union (EU) guideline requiring imported seafood to be accompanied by a "catch certificate" from a competent authority could help curb illegal fishing on the Indian Ocean. Exporters will be required to produce the ... Read more...
01-07-2009
The European Commission has published a study on the impacts of Council Regulation (EC) No 1005/2008 of 29 September 2008 establishing a Community system to "prevent, deter and eliminate illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing" which ... Read more...
29-06-2009
Corporate Social Responsibility Movement (CSRM), a civil society organisation, yesterday called on government to pass laws to ban paired-trawling in the country's marine waters. The CSRM, committed to the interest of fishermen, said mere verbal ... Read more...
29-06-2009
LUDERITZ, June 29 (Bernama) -- The Minister of Fisheries and Marine Resources, Dr Abraham Iyambo will officially launch Namibia's first Islands' Marine Protected Area (MPA) on Thursday at Luderitz. The area covers approximately one million hectares ... Read more...
29-06-2009
Kenya has moved swiftly to make public a policy on ocean management, a condition given by the United Nations before it is granted a massive territorial extension it applied for in the Indian Ocean. The ... Read more...
25-06-2009
Hammerhead sharks and giant devil rays are threatened with extinction, according to the first worldwide conservation survey of the species. Frank Pope, Oceans Correspondent A third of open-ocean sharks and rays face the same predicament. ... Read more...
22-06-2009
Algerian authorities said Sunday they have detained three Turkish trawlers and one Algerian vessel for illegally fishing more than 200 tonnes of tuna The four vessels were intercepted after the Turkish trawlers transfered the living tuna ... Read more...
19-06-2009
The president of the Republic, Sheikh Professor Alhaji Dr Yahya Jammeh, has again renewed his call for Gambians to take charge of the country's resources with particular reference to the territorial waters which are been ... Read more...
08-06-2009
The new report confirms uncontrolled waves of violent, eco-damaging and illegal fishing activity worldwide, but with some of the biggest offences connected to the European market John Vidal, environment editor guardian.co.uk, Monday 8 June 2009 Pirate fishing ... Read more...
30-05-2009
Goverment efforts to seize and burn illegal fishing gear in the country this week faced stiff opposition from members of the Parliamentary Committee on Agriculture, Livestock and Water. The members, while touring Marine and Coastal Environmental ... Read more...
25-05-2009
It is mid-morning in Cape Coast, a fishing town 120km from Ghana's capital, Accra. Battered wooden vessels sails billow in the salty breeze. Rays of sunlight illuminate the whitewashed walls of a colonial-era castle and ... Read more...
22-05-2009
Coastal and marine environment in western Indian Ocean have started showing signs of degradation due to human activities thus threatening the resources. Deputy permanent secretary Vice Presidents Office (Environment), Mr Mbarak Abdulwakil, said in Dar ... Read more...
21-05-2009
Tuna FishThe fate of 2bn/- worth tuna consignment recovered from the recently impounded illegal fishing vessel in the Indian Ocean has been swinging in balance as every responsible authority now distances itself from the issue. Livestock ... Read more...
09-05-2009
Johannesburg - A proposal was gazetted to create one of the largest Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) in the world around the Prince Edward islands, located in the Southern Ocean, the Department of Environmental Affairs and ... Read more...
08-05-2009
Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) fishing has a negative effect on the country's economy and violates everything that the SADC Protocol on Fisheries stands for, according to the Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources. The ministry ... Read more...
07-05-2009
BUGIRI district and fisheries officials destroyed illegal fishing gear worth millions of shillings and arrested 65 suspects over engaging in illegal fishing. Fred Igoma, a fisheries officer, said the gear destroyed included over 1,500 nets ... Read more...
07-05-2009
BANJUL, 7 May 2009 (IRIN) - Dwindling stocks and profits are driving thousands of young Gambian fishermen out of the industry but the government hopes to lure them back through tighter regulation and greater investment. ... Read more...
28-04-2009
Naturland, a German cooperative of organic farmers, on Tuesday announced that Lake Victoria Nile perch is now certified sustainable, and products from the area will now carry the organization's eco-label. Naturland representatives, along with speakers from ... Read more...
26-04-2009
Imagine a world without seafood for supper. It's nearer than you think. Andrew Purvis The Observer, Sunday 26 April 2009Are fish to disappear from our plates entirely? As I step off the train at Heysel, in the ... Read more...
20-04-2009
"These problems may seem far away, but they are crucial to the global market and economy." So said Piero Sardo, President of the Slow Food Foundation for Biodiversity, opening the Water Workshop The Future of ... Read more...
16-04-2009
Overfishing on Lake Victoria has seen Nile Perch stocks drop 81 percent to 370,000 tonnes in 2008 from 2 million tonnes three years ago, "annihilating" the species, Uganda said on Thursday. Fishing is one of ... Read more...
06-04-2009
The Swedish government is funding activities to increase fish stocks in Lake Victoria. The Sustainable Utilisation of Lake Victoria Resources Project also intends to fight the high rate of pollution and the water hyacinth that ... Read more...
03-04-2009
Bali, Indonesia: The Indian Ocean Tuna Commission in the spotlight as some coastal fishers whose stocks it has failed to protect turn to piracy instead - is continuing in its unbroken record of failure to ... Read more...
02-04-2009
Somalia has revoked fishing licences for foreign vessels and is planning a new law to regulate fishing in its waters, a minister told IRIN on 2 April. The move follows complaints by local fishermen of ... Read more...
22-03-2009
Fishing communities from Uganda and DR Congo who live on the shores of Lake Edward have been warned against depleting the lake of fish. "If this lake (Edward) is depleted of fish, the economic consequences ... Read more...
18-03-2009
Dar es Salaam. SOUTHERN African Development Community (SADC) ministers responsible for marine fisheries met in the Namibian capital Windhoek on July 4, 2008, where they declared among other things to strengthen fisheries governance and legal ... Read more...
16-03-2009
Hundreds of thousands of marine artisanal fishermen use pirogues like these to catch fish in West Africa's coastal waters. Fish from West Africa are winning over buyers in America. At the International Boston Seafood Show, the ... Read more...
28-02-2009
Dakar, Senegal - Mauritanian minister of Fishing and Maritime Economy, Hassana Ould Ely, Friday dismissed suggestions that his country and Senegal were a teach other's throat over the boarding and inspection of pirogues belonging to ... Read more...
26-02-2009
Experts in Ghana's fishery sector on Thursday called for the review of fishing laws to curb illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing. They also called for review of operations of the existing Monitoring Control Systems ... Read more...
26-02-2009
A Senior Fisheries Officer of the Food and Agriculture Organization, Alhaji M. Jallow has stressed the need for Ghana to review its law on fishing as well as have a national plan of action for ... Read more...
25-02-2009
Kampala — Uganda's fish export earnings for 2008 dropped by $5.2m (sh10,244b) to $112.2m (sh221,034b) from $117.4m (sh231,278b) the previous year. Jackson Wadanya, the assistant fisheries commissioner, said the decline in fish exports and earnings was ... Read more...
23-02-2009
The juvenile fish otherwise the small pelagic plays a very important role in the regeneration of the fisheries sector. Therefore, it is incumbent upon everyone to protect them from any kind of exploitation by both ... Read more...
21-02-2009
CAPE TOWN, "When my belly is crying I must fill it. I can sit on the side of the road and beg for bread, but there is the bread right there," says Hahn Goliath, a ... Read more...
10-02-2009
A cross-section of fishermen in the Central Region on Tuesday, expressed their approval of the decision by government to scrap the Fisheries Ministry. According to them, its establishment did more harm than good, particularly to artisan ... Read more...
10-02-2009
Developing societies tend to over fish, leading to a cycle of poverty and reef destruction. An international team of researchers has proposed a revolutionary strategy for ending the plunder of the world's coral reefs and destruction ... Read more...
06-02-2009
HARGEISA, Somalia, Feb. 6 (Xinhua) -- Authorities in the self-declared republic of Somaliland in northwest Somalia said 81 Yemenis were fined and deported to their home country for fishing illegally in the southern port town ... Read more...
04-02-2009
Scientists grade 53 major fishing nations on how they comply with UN's voluntary code of conduct Alok Jha, green technology correspondent guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 4 February 2009 More than 40% of the world's fishing is carried out ... Read more...
03-02-2009
FAO-brokered talks lay groundwork for binding agreement to combat illegal fishing Patrolling at sea is only one way of combating illegal fishing.3 February 2009, Rome - Representatives of over 60 countries have made significant progress ... Read more...
21-01-2009
Maputo - Sub-Saharian African countries are currently losing more than 1 billion dollars yearly due to illegal fishing in their waters, a senior government official in Mozambique revealed this week. Mozambique Deputy Fisheries Minister Victor ... Read more...
17-01-2009
Last year's EU licence fee was worth about 7-8 million euros, according to the Seychelles Fishing Authority. "We are earning 3-5 percent (of the resource's value) on the licence fee and we want to earn in ... Read more...
10-01-2009
Port Louis (Mauritius) Three countries in the Indian Ocean; Mauritius, Seychelles and Maldives, have been accused of dealing in fish illegally captured by Somali pirates in the territorial waters of that country. In a report made ... Read more...
22-12-2008
Technicians from the Indian Ocean Commission (IOC) countries have given positive feedback about the joint regional fisheries surveillance project now in progress. They made the remarks recently during the monthly meeting of the Regional Fisheries Surveillance ... Read more...
19-11-2008
It is time for international action to control the precious ocean life beneath the waves as well as the dramas on the surface Imagine the international outrage if the now-famous Somali pirates - in a fit ... Read more...
26-08-2008
French market leader Gel-Pêche obtains product certification for sustainable fishery origin Friend of the Sea announces an important break-through in the French seafood market, as Gel-Pêche products obtain the international sustainability certification following audit by independent ... Read more...
11-08-2008
THE Mozambican Government has announced that it has "taken" the Antillas Reefer, the Namibian-flagged fishing vessel arrested in July in Mozambican waters for alleged illegal fishing. According to the country's Minister of Fisheries, Cadmiel Muthemba, the ... Read more...
23-07-2008
ONE of the two Namibian fishing vessels recently accused of illegal fishing in international waters was yesterday served with a deregistration certificate by the Ministry of Works and Transport. This spells the end of the ... Read more...
21-07-2008
A SECOND Namibian fishing vessel has been seized for alleged illegal fishing - this time in Mozambican waters. The Antillas Reefer is owned by Omunkete Fishing, which also owns the Paloma V, the vessel seized by ... Read more...
09-07-2008
A NAMIBIAN-FLAGGED fishing vessel, the Paloma V, faces an international ban after a New Zealand court ruled that it was linked to illegal toothfish fishing in the Antarctic Ocean. The Paloma V is owned by ... Read more...
07-07-2008
The Government yesterday cancelled fishing licences for all vessels operating in Tanzania's deep seawaters and directed that they apply afresh for new licences. Announcing the measures aimed at protecting the country's fisheries resources from plunder, ... Read more...
07-07-2008
TANZANIA and several other countries in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) are stepping up the fight against illegal fishing operations, the Minister for Livestock Development and Fisheries, Mr John Magufuli, said in Dar es ... Read more...
07-07-2008
The eight coastal countries belonging to the Southern African Development Community (SADC) on Friday agreed on tough measures to curb illegal fishing and the landing and marketing of such catches at their ports. Overall, it ... Read more...
03-07-2008
Sierra Leone, one of the world's poorest countries, loses an estimated $29 million a year to illegal fishing. The BBC's Hassan Arouni is in Sierra Leone, looking at how illegal fishing is damaging local communities. © ... Read more...
03-07-2008
Ivory Coast is calling on the United Nations to lift an arms embargo that it says has prevented the defence of its waters from illegal fishing boats. The country has been under a UN arms embargo ... Read more...
03-07-2008
Mohammed Abdalla comes from a long line of fishermen, in a fishing village near Malindi, on Kenya's Indian Ocean coast. But declining catches mean he is seriously thinking of looking for something else to do. "I ... Read more...
02-07-2008
There is a kind of theft that happens every day in a majority of the world's poor countries - and in many of the richer ones too. It usually happens out of sight, and most ... Read more...
28-05-2008
The fight against illegal fishing in Seychelles’ waters is about to be stepped up as the second phase of the surveillance mission begins. In particular, air patrol hours will be increased as the newly acquired Twin ... Read more...
11-05-2008
The future of our seas has never been more precarious. Ninety years of industrial-scale overfishing has brought us to the brink of an ecological catastrophe and deprived millions of their livelihoods. As scientific guidelines are ... Read more...
02-05-2008
From illegal fishing in developing countries to the Ugandan president's embrace of rising food prices, Elizabeth Ford reviews the latest news from Africa and the world of development Elizabeth Ford guardian.co.uk, Friday 2 May 2008 The number ... Read more...
02-04-2008
People’s Majlis yesterday discussed held discussions on banning foreign vessels from engaging in fishing inside Maldives economic zone. Members expressed concern that the government still continues to issue licenses for operation of foreign fishing vessels ... Read more...
24-02-2008
With natural food supplies under threat from climate change, we could soon be relying on farmed fish to feed the world. But that's only part of the problem. Alex Renton reports on the fishing industry's ... Read more...
28-01-2008
Researchers said fishermen should be included in decision-making . About a fifth of the world's fish landings are illegal and the proportion is increasing, adding to the global problem of declining fish stocks, scientists have said. ... Read more...
04-08-2007
Fishermen across the country are reporting they are experiencing the worst fishing seasons in recent times. Many fishermen are extremely worried about this and say that large scale poaching and illegal fishing by foreign vessels ... Read more...
01-08-2007
Illegal "pirate" fish is ending up on Britain's dinner plates as part of a sophisticated laundering operation which threatens the future of global stocks, a report claims. The fish is caught off West Africa then mixed ... Read more...
08-05-2007
The National Best Fisherman for the year 2004 has waged war on Chinese fishermen who have invaded the territorial waters of the country with fishing with boats capable of injuring the industry to the detriment ... Read more...
27-02-2007
Maldives National Defence Force has revealed that five Sri Lankan fishing boats have been seized while they were present illegally in the Maldives’s Exclusive Economic Zone. These boats were caught on the 24th and 25th ... Read more...
06-11-2006
The Marine Stewardship Council's eco-label is now on a significant proportion of the fish we eat, signalling that it is being caught responsibly. But is sustainable fishing having a large enough long-term impact, asks John ... Read more...
28-03-2006
Guinea. We have arrested a pirate fishing vessel stealing fish off the coast of Guinea, taking a Guinean Navy officer and a fisheries inspector and working with crew from the Esperanza and the Environmental Justice ... Read more...
04-03-2006
James Meikle The Guardian, Saturday 4 March 2006 Illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing is raking in catches worth up to $9bn (£5.15bn) a year, according to a report by a British-chaired group of fisheries ministers and ... Read more...
16-06-2005
Pirate fishing fleets from richer nations are stealing £500 million worth of fish a year from the waters of the poorest countries in Africa, a Government report says today. The fleets, from Japan, Korea, Taiwan and ... Read more...
07-02-2005
NAMIBIA and Angola took a bold step last week in their effort to curb illegal activities along the border by unveiling the maritime boundary markers. The two countries started talking about the maritime boundary in 1993 ... Read more...
28-08-2003
AT FIRST light today, in the freezing waters of the South Atlantic, sailors from three nations were navigating their way through 60ft waves and icebergs having captured a suspected boatload of pirates and a cargo ... Read more...
28-08-2002
A global agreement to curb illegal fishing and rebuild devastated stocks within 13 years was reached by 189 countries at the Earth Summit yesterday. A global agreement to curb illegal fishing and rebuild devastated stocks within ... Read more...
15-11-2000
Three foreign fishing vessels were last Thursday arrested by patrolmen of the Ghana Navy, about 26 nautical miles south of Half Assini, for fishing in the country's territorial waters. The vessels without license to fish in ... Read more...
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