fishery development News
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MSC launches new film to engage developing world fisheries
The MSC has launched its new film Our Fisheries, Our Future: Sustainable Fishing in the Developing World. This is the latest initiative support the positive transformation of seafood resources management in Africa, Latin America, the Caribbean and Asia. With around half the world’s internationally traded seafood currently being produced in developing world countries, the MSC has an ...
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South American and Caribbean countries agree on hunger and poverty eradication plan
A group of South American and Caribbean countries have adopted a common plan of action to eradicate hunger and poverty, designed with FAO support. The agreement was announced during the Second Extraordinary Summit of the Petrocaribe oil bloc and the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America - Peoples’ Trade Treaty (ALBA-TCP), which concluded here yesterday. The plan aims to ...
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NEPAD funding for improvement projects based on the MSC framework will boost sustainability of fisheries in East Africa
The NEPAD (New Partnership for Africa's Development) Planning and Coordinating Agency (NPCA), with funding from the UK’s Department for International Development (DFID), has committed US$100,000 each to a rock lobster fishery in Kenya and to Tanzania’s octopus fishery, for the implementation of Fisheries Improvement Projects (FIPs) that will align the fisheries reforms in the two ...
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Mangroves key to saving lives
The replanting of mangroves on the coasts of the Philippines could help save many of the lives lost in the 20-30 typhoons that hit the islands annually. This is one of the numerous reasons for the ‘urgent need for immediate and massive mangrove replanting’ that J.H. Primavera from the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center and J.M.A. Esteban from De La Salle University, both in the ...
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New Chairman for MSC Developing World Working Group
The Marine Stewardship Council’s Developing World Working Group has appointed Professor Eyiwunmi Augustinee Falaye as its new chairperson. Professor Falaye will oversee a group of stakeholders representing 11 countries from across the developing world. The Developing World Working Group provides advice and guidance to the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) on the challenges and solutions to ...
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Cabo Verde Prime Minister calls for sustainable marine resources management, especially in Small Island Developing States
The Prime Minister of the Republic of Cabo Verde, José Maria Pereira Neves, underlined the critical importance of sustainable marine resource management as he visited FAO headquarters in Rome today. “Cabo Verde is a country with more sea than land and good sustainable management of our marine sector is crucial for our future, for the planet, and as a strategic pillar for sustainable ...
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South Korea and FAO team up to promote sustainable fisheries
The government of South Korea and FAO have agreed to work closely together to promote responsible fishing and aquaculture in the developing world. South Korea's Vice-Minister of Oceans and Fisheries, Jae Hak Son, and FAO Assistant Director-General Maria Helena Semedo signed a Memorandum of Understanding today agreeing to work together to build the capacity of developing countries to address key ...
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Agribusiness Congress East Africa is back
Agribusiness Congress East Africa, the two-day interactive forum and exhibition that brings together key public & private stakeholders from across the East African agricultural sector, is back for its third year. Due to its growth and expansion to include even more industry sectors, the event is set to take place at Mlimani City Conference Centre in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania from 27-28 January ...
By VUKA Group
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Regional focussed conference programme and Hosted Farmers Programme at Agribusiness Congress East Africa in January
The upcoming Agribusiness Congress East Africa taking place from 27-28 January 2016 at Mlimani City Conference Centre in Dar es Salaam Tanzania, aims to create an enabling environment for all farmers to participate. Now in its third year, more than 700 visitors and over 50 exhibitors are expected to attend the two-day conference and exhibition that is hosted by ACT – The Agricultural ...
By VUKA Group
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Big rise in aquaculture production
A report to be released today highlights a $63 million increase in the value of Australian aquaculture. The Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Tony Burke said the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics (ABARE) report on Australian fisheries shows the value of aquaculture production increased by 8 per cent in 2007-08. “Aquaculture presents great opportunities for ...
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Fisheries leaders set their sights on a more sustainable future for African oceans
Fisheries leaders from across government, NGOs and industry have gathered in Cape Town, South Africa to discuss solutions to over fishing. The meeting marks the first time that the Marine Stewardship Council’s (MSC) international Stakeholder Council has met in Africa and coincides with World Food Day 2014. In recognition of the importance of seafood to developing world economies, ...
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Environmental impact research urged for fish farming
More research and sharing of best practice could minimise the environmental impacts of aquaculture, and maximise its potential to alleviate food insecurity, according to a report by the WorldFish Center and the non-profit organisation Conservation International. Almost half of all seafood consumed originates from aquaculture — the farming of aquatic animals and plants in coastal and inland ...
By SciDev.Net
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Tanzanian Agriculture and Livestock ministers at opening of Agribusiness Congress East Africa in Dar es Salaam
Tanzania’s ministers of Agriculture Food Security and Cooperatives, Honourable Eng. Christopher Chiza,and of Livestock and Fisheries, Honourable Dr. Titus Kamani Mlengeya, will address the opening session of the upcoming Agribusiness Congress East Africa in Dar es Salaam on 28 January. Some 800 agriculture experts are expected at the conference and exhibition to focus on finance, best ...
By VUKA Group
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Fisheries MEPs approve rules for €6.5 billion EU aid fund
Operating rules for the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF) were approved by the Fisheries Committee on Wednesday. From 2014, the EMFF will fund EU Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) measures to make EU fisheries sustainable and develop aquaculture. The EMFF will also fund Integrated Maritime Policy (IMP) cooperation among maritime stakeholders in different policy areas. "The adoption of my ...
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Global curbs on overfishing are beginning to work
Australian Beth Fulton, a fishery ecosystem scientist from the CSIRO Wealth from Oceans Flagship, was among an international team of 19 co-authors of a report on a two-year study, led by US scientists Dr Boris Worm of Dalhousie University and Dr Ray Hilborn of the University of Washington. The study shows that steps taken to curb overfishing are beginning to succeed in five of the 10 large ...
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Knowledge of spatial dynamics is critical when determining harvest strategies for fish in meta-populations
New research published in the Marine Stewardship Council’s Science Series highlights the importance of understanding spatial structure and connectivity of meta-population fish stocks when assessing the sustainability of fisheries. Unlike many self-sustaining ‘closed’ populations, meta-populations are interconnected networks encompassing a number of distinct sub-populations that ...
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Gulf of Mexico Large Marine Ecosystem Program Receives First Place Gulf Guardian Award in the Binational Category
The Gulf of Mexico Program recently announced the Gulf of Mexico Large Marine Ecosystem Program will receive a First Place 2013 Gulf Guardian Award in the Binational Category. The awards ceremony will be held on June 26, 2013, at the Tampa Bay Grand Hyatt beginning at 6PM. The efforts of Mexico through SEAMARNAT (Secretariat of Environment and Natural Resources, Mexico) and the National Oceanic ...
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USSEC’s Indian Aquaculture Team Learns Production Technologies for New Fish Species in Vietnam
USSEC’s Southeast Asia (SEA) and Asia Subcontinent (ASC) regions teamed up to educate a team of 14 aquaculture entrepreneurs on hatchery and farm production technologies for new fish species. The focus was on a high value fish variety called the murrel, which fetches $4.50 – $ 7.00 per kilogram (whole fish), depending on the market region. This fish is easily farmed in China and SEA, ...
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Report Completes Sustainability Map Of England’s 450+ Inshore Fisheries
UK Fisheries Minister, Richard Benyon has welcomed a report on the sustainability of England’s inshore fisheries. Over the past 12 months Project Inshore, led by Seafish, has examined over 450 English Inshore fisheries using the Marine Stewardship Council’s (MSC) sustainability standard as a common benchmark to map the stock, environmental and management status. A summary of the ...
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European Union, Guardian newspaper, Indian NGO win FAO awards
The European Union (EU) and British newspaper The Guardian have won FAO awards, the EU for a €1 billion initiative in response to the food price crisis in 2008-2011, and The Guardian, for improving worldwide understanding of development issues. The EU shares its award with Indian NGO Self Employed Women's Association (SEWA), honoured for its innovative and dedicated efforts to lift ...
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