Appropriate steps can be taken to halt and reverse the decline

Home About Us History Constitution News and Media Executive Committee Industry Industry History Facts and Figures Small Pelagic Species Small Pelagic Rights Register Products African Penguin Decline Resources TAC Sustainability MPAs & MSP African Penguins DFFE FRAP Members How to Register Current Members Contact X Appropriate steps can be taken to halt and reverse the […]

Pelagic fish resources are important for both the fishery and for the predators

Home About Us History Constitution News and Media Executive Committee Industry Industry History Facts and Figures Small Pelagic Species Small Pelagic Rights Register Products African Penguin Decline Resources TAC Sustainability MPAs & MSP African Penguins DFFE FRAP Members How to Register Current Members Contact X Pelagic fish resources are important for both the fishery and […]

CORONAVIRUS FORCES CONFERENCE CANCELLATION

Organisers of Aquafeed Horizons 2020 conference, the specialised conference for aquaculture feed professionals due to take place on 24th March 2020 in Bangkok, have cancelled the meeting. “This was a very difficult decision, and we waited as long as we could in the hope that the coronavirus epidemic would slow, but unfortunately we are not […]

WSI CALLS FOR GENDER EQUALITY IN SEAFOOD

WSI CALLS FOR GENDER EQUALITY IN SEAFOOD To meet the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the International Association for Women in the Seafood Industry (WSI) is calling for greater gender equality in the seafood industry. In September 2015, the UN led a process seeking to end poverty, fight inequality and tackle climate crisis, resulting in the worldwide adoption of 17 SDGs […]

US LISTS KOREA FOR ILLEGAL FISHING

The US has put South Korea on a preliminary list of countries engaged in illegal fishing in a move which could result in trade sanctions on Korean seafood exports if immediate reforms are not undertaken. Seven Korean and international NGOs are calling on South Korea to urgently undertake reforms to restore its international credibility. NGOs […]

SNG INTRODUCES NEW EXCLUDER

A marine mammal caught in a trawl never fails to be a nightmare. Gear designers at Killybegs fishing gear company Swan Net Gundry have a simple innovation to avoid this situation – saving both the fisherman and the mammals much grief. Observations of trawls have shown that seals can often sit on the head or […]

COMPLEX NEGOTIATIONS AHEAD AS UK LEAVES EU

The complexity of the negotiations facing Britain following its expected departure from the European Union has been highlighted by solicitor Charley Hattersley, an expert in commercial marine law. “Given the background complexity and range of obligations as a result of international conventions and regulations, negotiations must – self-evidently – be detailed and comprehensive in order […]

Interviews with authors of IPCC Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere

GENEVA, Sept 4 – Authors and Bureau Members of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) will be available for interviews following the press conference to present the Summary for Policymakers of the Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate (SROCC). The press conference will be held at 11.00 a.m. local time on Wednesday […]

The Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate

Report For the IPCC Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate (SROCC), more than 100 scientists from more than 30 countries are assessing the latest scientific knowledge about the physical science basis and impacts of climate change on ocean, coastal, polar and mountain ecosystems, and the human communities that depend on them. Their […]