Madrid had proposed a "simple" procedure for granting aid in its management and payment with the aim of avoiding additional administrative burdens and facilitating rapid management of the aid, using the available information, but aid is still not provided. Likewise, the boats that fish in distant fishing grounds will not receive this aid. Other countries like France if they have run and if they grant this help with what the Spanish fleet is in a regime of lack of competitiveness and disadvantage. To this end, a distribution criterion has been established that seeks to correlate the aid with the consumption of the ships' engines, so the aid would be apportioned based on the kilowatts of power of the engines that each registered ship has.
Barcelona is from today, and until next Thursday, in the "largest international platform of the fishing sector" with the opening of the Seafood Expo Global and its sister show, Seafood Processing Global, the "largest seafood show in the world". The landing of the great Seafood event in Barcelona, after 27 editions in Brussels, has managed to attract 1,550 exhibiting companies from 76 countries. In the April edition of the magazine Industrias Pesqueras we analyze all the keys to the start of the new era of Seafood Expo Global in the Catalan capital.
Source: Industrias Pesqueras | read the full article here
It will facilitate a much-needed discussion on how the international community can make simple, low-cost reforms to global fisheries governance that will bring about much greater transparency.
IUU fishing and human rights abuses are not a uniquely Chinese problem, however the opacity and size of this fleet, coupled with its presence in countries where IUU fishing is highly prevalent and poverty in coastal communities is commonplace, requires special attention be paid to ensure the legality and sustainability of China's fleet.
The event will be chaired by EJF's CEO and Founder Steve Trent, with speakers from the U.S. government, Oceana, a leader of a small-scale fishing association in West Africa, and the Financial Times (subject to change).
The session will include a screening of a new film by EJF which shows the first-hand, shocking evidence of an out-of-control fishing fleet that is exploiting the lack of transparency in global fisheries, and will close with a live Q&A.
Not a ton more. Norway will set a cod quota of 19,636 tonnes for the European Union (EU) fleet for the whole of 2022. The matter was debated behind closed doors in the Fisheries Committee of the European Parliament and now the Council must ratify it next week for final approval. The Commission seems fine, but the European Parliament was quite critical, supporting its complaints in the unstable and unbalanced position that the sector is going through, according to sources consulted by La Voz.
Author: Jesus Carballo / LaVozdeGalicia | read the full articlehere
NGO pressure against trawling and for a "ban" on the "most destructive" fishing practices, especially in the case of MPAs, continues unabated.
A broad alliance of organizations is now directing its action towards the members of the European Parliament, since on May 3 the initiative report 'Towards a sustainable blue economy in the EU', presented by the socialist MEP, will vote in the European Parliament Portuguese Isabel Carvalhais.
Source: Industrias Pesqueras | read the full articlehere
New seafood trends are emergin from the COVID-19 pandemic and rapidly rising inflation in Europe, according to a panel of industry leaders and policymakers at the 2022 Seafood Expo Global in Barcelona, Spain on Tuesday, 26 April.
The pandemic has upended Europe’s seafood marketplace, and rising inflation has been exacerbated by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, according to Auden Lem, the deputy director of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization’s Fisheries Division.
Author: Mark Godfrey / SeafoodSource | read the full article here
Grieg Seafood NL bested a number of salmon farmers that have responded to Newfoundland’s Department of Fisheries’ October 2020 call for Expression of Interest in establishing marine salmon farming operations in the south coast of the province.
The Fisheries Department on Tuesday (26 April) said that Grieg Seafood Newfoundland “was the highest ranked proponent in a thorough, multi-phase procurement process.”
Author: Liza Mayer / SalmonBusiness | read the full article here
THE British Columbia Salmon Farmers Association says it will be reaching out to Canada’s indigenous First Nation groups to find out how they want to proceed following the Canadian Federal Court’s ruling earlier this week.
The First Nation tribes have been divided over open net fish farming, with many in favour but others against, claiming it is damaging the wild salmon stocks along the Fraser River.
Author: Vince McDonagh / FishFarmer | read the full article here
The Irish Government's Department of Agriculture, Food and Marine has announced the 110 marine and port infrastructure projects that it will finance from the Brexit Adjustment Reserve, the community financial framework approved by the EU to compensate member states for the impact caused by the departure of the United Kingdom from the EU. In total, Ireland will allocate €32.7 million to these initiatives.
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A pole-and-line fishery in Portugal's Azores Archipelago has become the world’s first “plastic neutral” fishery.
The "plastic-neutral" designation was developed by the International Pole and Line Foundation (IPNLF), in association with the Azores Ocean Observatory, POPA, Associação de Produtores de Atum e Similares dos Açores, Federação das Pescas dos Açores, and the Institute of Marine Research, based on ghost-gear retrieval.
Author: Emma Desrochers / SeafoodSource | read the full articlehere
Latest In Norebo Series Hits The Water At St Petersburg Yard Russia Fed.
The fourth in the series of ten trawlers on the way for Russian fishing company Norebo has been launched at the Severnaya (Northern) shipyard in St Petersburg, with the event attended by numerous dign...