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WASHINGTON — Today a measure was introduced to help ensure fisheries in the United States are resilient to changing ocean conditions, including the impacts of climate change. The Fisheries Improvement and Seafood Health (FISH) Act omnibus, which includes the Resilient Fisheries Act, will create a new program within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) dedicated to ...
Developing a Safety Plan In order to prevent potential aqua farm accidents and injuries, as well as any potential ensuing litigation, it is important to develop a safety plan. Your plan should consist of a few critical components. Safe work procedures and a method for identifying hazards should be at the top of the list Plan for training and monitoring workers in the use of safety procedures ...
ByAquasend
Dear conservation stakeholder, Please see this news release from the U.S Fish and Wildlife Service announcing that it, along with the National Marine Fisheries Service, are releasing a plan to improve and strengthen implementation of the Endangered Species Act (ESA). ...
Lallemand Animal Nutrition is pleased to announce that the Panel on Additives and Products or Substances used in Animal Feed (FEEDAP) of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has given a positive scientific opinion for use of BACTOCELL®* (Pediococcus acidilactici MA 18/5M, deposited at Institut Pasteur) as a zootechnical feed additive in minor avian species, such as duck and game (quail, ...
Fish farming in the Mediterranean has increasingly shifted from producing fish such as grey mullet, which are herbivores near the bottom of the food chain, to species such as sea bass, which are predators. This ‘farming up’ the food chain requires wild fish to be caught to provide feed. A return to farming fish lower in the food chain would use marine resources more efficiently, a new ...
Where there is no, or insufficient, action taken by the Member State within the deadlines fixed in the action plan, the Commission could start infringement proceedings. Who does what in the EU fisheries control system? Fisheries rules and control systems are agreed on at EU level, but implemented by the national authorities and inspectors of EU Member States. ...
The study, which tracked fishing from space, found that actual catches taken from Persian Gulf fisheries could be six times greater than the official numbers the Gulf states reported to the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). ...
The U.S. Atlantic sea scallop (Placopecten magellanicus) fishery has been certified to the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) standard for sustainable, well-managed fisheries following an independent assessment conducted by Intertek Moody Marine. The 14 member companies of the American Scallop Association (ASA) participating in the client group are now eligible to display the blue MSC ecolabel on ...
Results from a new study in the North Sea have shown that changes in the distribution of trawling activity – the result of fishers’ choices among fishing grounds and the effects of fisheries’ regulations - have greater implications for the overall state of seabed habitat than the protection that might be provided by proposed Marine Protected ...
The Environment Agency is reminding anglers that today (Thursday 31 October) sees the start of the close season for salmon and sea trout fishing in Hampshire. This means that rivers such as the Lymington, Meon, Test and Itchen will close to anglers who traditionally fish for either of these species. The fishing season for salmon runs from 17 January until 2 October and the season for Sea Trout ...
He was found asleep and also failed to state his address when asked to by the Fisheries Enforcement Officer. He failed to enter pleas to Chelmsford Magistrates Court on Tuesday (17 Sep) and was found guilty of three offences in his absence. ...
Paul Lidgett, Environment Agency Fisheries Adviser and Mark Lloyd, Angling Trust Chief Executive will be on hand to answer questions on youth angling participation and to discuss ways to get more people out fishing. ...
The Environment Agency is launching a new initiative to protect Solent salmon stocks and is calling on the public and businesses to help play a major role in safeguarding their future. The new Salmon Watch campaign is part of the Environment Agency’s ongoing crackdown against fish theft and illegal angling. Since a previous anti-poaching campaign was launched across Hampshire in October ...
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 ...
In addition, the new indicators suggest that fish stocks on the seabed around Italy are continuing to decline. In the EU, fisheries are regulated through the Common Fisheries Policy1. In 2008, as part of the move to an ecosystem-based approach to fisheries management, the European Commission established the Data Collection ...
Sixty-four percent of once-overfished, monitored fish stocks nationwide have been rebuilt or made significant progress thanks to additional protections added to the federal fisheries law in 1996, according to a report released today by the Natural Resources Defense Council. This has translated into an economic boost to segments of the fishing industry, with gross commercial revenues for the ...
In addition, the European Union is the number one importer of fish products in the world. The Common Fisheries Policy is a set of regulations covering all aspects of fisheries management from technical measures to total allowable catches and fishing subsidies. ...
ByOceana
However, there are questions about the ability of marine fisheries and aquaculture to match increasing consumption rates. Aquaculture is currently growing at a faster rate than population growth, with total fish production (from aquaculture and wild marine fisheries) calculated at 142 megatonnes (Mt) in 2008, two thirds of which was used for direct human ...
The changes to the Chilean Fisheries Law are the strongest regulation for destructive bottom trawling that has ever been passed in Chile. Along with the protection of vulnerable habitat, the Chilean Congress also voted to overhaul how it sets quotas for its fisheries. Rather than rely on the commercial fishing industry to set its own catch ...
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The data revealed that the EU fleet is catching more long-lived, deep-sea fish and therefore more vulnerable species of fish; the average age of fish caught was 13 years for shallow-water species, 25 years for medium-depth species and 60 years for deep-sea species. In the EU, fisheries are regulated under the Common Fisheries Policy1 (CFP), ...