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New International Accord to Tackle Illegal Fishing

2016-05-27 18:27:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Inter Press Service: A new international accord to tackle illegal and under-reported fishing will come into force on June 5. Under the Port States Measures Agreement (PSMA) governments will be required to inspect foreign fishing vessels that dock in their ports. "The vessels themselves have the obligation to prove that their condition and the catches that they have on board are in fact taken legitimately," Matthew Camilleri, the Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO)'s chief shepherd of the Port State Measures...

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Arctic Saved From Possible Fishing Destruction

2016-05-26 13:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Blue and Green: Arctic Saved From Possible Fishing Destruction A region in the Arctic will be protected from industrial fishing thanks to an investigation by Greenpeace. Research showed that previously untouched areas of the Arctic were being destroyed by trawling boats fishing for cod. A number of high profile businesses backing the investigation have agreed to reign in their fishing boats. In a joint statement, companies including McDonalds, Tesco, Birds Eye, Youngs Seafood and Europes largest frozen...

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Major fishing deal offers protection to Arctic waters

2016-05-25 12:28:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: Fishermen and seafood suppliers struck a major deal on Wednesday that will protect a key Arctic region from industrial fishing for cod. Companies including McDonalds, Tesco, Birds Eye, Europes largest frozen fish processor, Espersen, Russian group Karat, and Fiskebt, which represents the entire Norwegian oceangoing fishing fleet, have said their suppliers will refrain from expanding their cod fisheries further into pristine Arctic waters. From the 2016 season the catching sector will not...

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Collision of Maltese cargo bulker with Chinese fishing vessel leaves two dead and 17 missing

2016-05-09 01:00:00| Ship Technology

A total of 17 people are declared missing and two people dead after a Chinese fishing boat collided with a Maltese cargo ship and sank in the East China Sea.

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