Austin Haddock will today make his debut as a member of parliament - but he bears an uncanny resemblance to Austin Mitchell, the sitting member for Great Grimsby. Mr Mitchell, 68, has changed his named by deed poll in an effort to promote the...
The Australian, Port Lincoln-based southern bluefin tuna farming industry is expected to be worth around Us$ 168 million this year, up from the previous mark of Us$ 152 million. The 2002 season has wound down with only a few hundred tuna remaining...
Three maritime areas will concentrate all the tuna farming activities of the Cartagena region. Those areas will be concentrated in San Pedro, the Gorguel and Percheles. The Spanish Ministry of Fisheries announces that it will not give licenses for...
The European Commission will formally adopt two new fisheries agreements with Senegal and Angola at its weekly meeting on October 2.These deals give European Union (EU) vessels access to fishing grounds in the South Atlantic ocean where tuna and...
Colombian tuna processors are meeting this week to discuss the possibility of switching from cans to pouches to take advantage of reduced tariffs under the Andean Trade Preference Act (ATPA). This was mentioned in a report by Fish Information and...
The brand new canning plant of Jealsa-America in Guatemala burned down just hours before the grand opening was scheduled. The grand opening of the plant, which Jealsa-America was to operate in conjunction with Albacore, was going to attended by the...
Japanese fish landings in August remained below last year's level although they're up from July, the Japanese Fisheries Agency published in a report. Total fish landings for August reached 164,360 M/T down 18% from August 2001 but up 25%...
Six Thai fishermen will be tried soon by the Singkil District Court in Indonesia's westernmost province of Aceh on charge of illegal fishing in the Indonesian waters, a local official said Wednesday. "The suspects are still under investigation...
Like a locust swarm, a drought-causing El Niño weather event is slowly spreading across the South Pacific, threatening to rob fishermen of their livelihoods and starve impoverished islanders of food. This year's El Niño is relatively mild, and...
A non-toxic red tide, together with other environmental factors at sea, have caused the strange loss of life of bluefin at farms in Ensenada, Mexico. The red tides appears every summer around the coasts of the peninsula. It is a usual phenomenon in...
A U.S. nuclear-powered submarine collided Wednesday with a fishing vessel in the Yellow Sea off South Korea, but there was apparently no major damage or injuries, a public affairs officer of the U.S. military forces stationed in Japan said Thursday....
Proponents of breeding captive tuna believe Australia could miss out on the next step in aquaculture because of the local tuna industry's opposition to propagation. This is being said in a report by Fish Information and Services.Tuna farmer...
Special agents from NOAA's National Marine Fisheries Service have seized 80 short tons of albacore tuna, worth over $141,000, from a Cambodian-flagged longline fishing vessel in American Samoa.
On Aug. 1, the Long Man Yun #66 was observed...
It has been a year since master fisherman Danilo Soberano last saw his wife and three kids. But he is not worried. Though he is literally in the middle of the Pacific Ocean and is likely to stay there for another six months, satellite telephony...
Philippine tuna exporters need better access to North American and Western European markets or thousands of jobs will be lost, creating poverty that could give rise to more terrorism in the predominantly Muslim south, a top official said Monday....
An international environmental organization and an American association of recreational fishers have joined in a petition to the U.S. government for trade sanctions against the European Union for "irresponsible and illegal fishing practices that...
The International Coalition of Fisheries Associations (ICFA) called upon its members to support efforts to match tuna fishing capacity to sustainable harvest levels, and to address such issues as illegal, unreported and unregulated tuna fishing,...
Australia reiterated Monday its wish to have a free trade agreement (FTA) with the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), even as ASEAN forges ahead on integrating its economy with China's. ''We will be happy to talk...
Asian manufacturers have been told by global shipping companies that they will temporarily stop taking outbound bookings next week for cargoes to US west coast ports, where a labour dispute has entered its second week. Maersk Sealand and P&O...
The wolves of the sea have found a new dinner table. Killer whales have learned to pluck prime fish from the lines of some of Australia's richest fisheries. The predators are so successful that they have shut down a fishery for southern bluefin...
Stolt Sea Farm's Australian bluefin ranching operations secured third quarter income from operations of Us$ 2.3 million as was reported by Fish Information and Services. This was quite an improvement on the Us$ 10.7 million loss from Stolt's...
Shares in Dutch retailer Royal Ahold NV fell more than seven percent to a record low on Tuesday after the company said its joint venture partners in ICA in Scandinavia and a partner in Central America can under certain circumstances force Ahold to...
Conservation group WWF International slammed the European Union on Tuesday for buying fishing rights from poor African countries like Angola, saying it was depleting stocks vital to poor coastal communities. "Angola is starving but the EU - while...
A research team from the Marine Resources Assessment Group (MRAG) of London is in The Seychelles to study the technical, financial and economic viability of a proposed tuna tagging program in the Indian Ocean under European Union (EU) funding.
The...
Faced with a judge's order to reopen West Coast ports, longshoremen and shipping companies now confront the mammoth task of heaving billions of dollars worth of idle cargo - from auto parts to bananas - back into the nation's economy. Signs...
The Court of Justice of the Andean Community authorized Peru to impose an additional tax of 5% on the imports of five products of its own choice, coming from Ecuador. Peru was already taxing imports of tuna from Ecuador with 5%, so this could...
Ministry of Fisheries and Agriculture of the Maldives has stated that Jausa Fisheries Link would start collecting fish from Zone-1 within 45 days. Of the total fish landings in the Maldives 98% consists out of tuna. A spokesperson from the Ministry...
Philippine Senate President Franklin Drilon appealed on Thursday to President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo to immediately make representations before the United States and the European Union to save the country's tuna industry. The government should,...
The new tuna and swordfish season in Rio Grande do Norte looks promising thanks to a series of government measures to reduce taxes and improve transport facilities for the local sector. This was reported by Fish Information and Services.The season...
The Papua New Guinea Defence Force and the Fisheries Authority have entered into an agreement for the force's Maritime Element to carry out surveillance of PNG waters.The agreement, to start immediately, formalises a long-standing arrangement...
There are some who have not doubted in calling her the Margaret Thatcher of the Ecuadorian fishing. She is Lucia Fernandez de la Genna, ex- beauty queen and president of the main union of tuna fishermen in Ecuador. Gonzalo Mora, her assistant...
It would be easier to move negotiations forward on the tuna issue in the European Union (EU) if the Philippines would also open up its market for spirits, particularly scotch whisky. Eammon Staunton, first secretary for trade and investments of the...
Potential fishing grounds for commercial Philippine fishing fleets have been discovered in the offshore waters of Luzon, Visayas and East Mindanao, within the territorial Philippine waters, or the 200-nautical mile economic zones of the country,...
Tasmania's commercial tuna fishermen are angry about a Federal move to impose new restrictions on the industry. The Australian Fisheries Management Authority plans to remove current zone restrictions and introduce statutory fishing rights, based...
The European Commission in Brussels will take measures against the State members that still continue to allow the use of gill nets. All EU Countries are to prohibit the use of these nylon drift nets, which are completely banned by the European...
French Polynesia President Gaston Flosse flew home to Tahiti Wednesday from his first official trip to Beijing for talks with Chinese President Jiang Zemin on bilateral trade. He informed the Tahitian media that he is considering the purchase of 50...
Russia has completely lost its tuna fleet,' said Deputy Chairman of the Russian State Fishery Committee Leonid Holod earlier this week.'70% of the total Russian fishing fleet is below standard, and in a very bad condition'. There are too...
Since September of 1996, six tuna vessels that seized by the PGR authorities have been kept anchored in Port Ensenada, Mexico, because the owners have been accused drug trafficking.Despite the unofficial versions indicating that these six ships have...
According to European Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines (ECCP) executive vice president Henry Schumacher, the Philippines have more chances of getting into the EU market by continuing to pursue a lowering of EU tariff for Philippine canned...
The Mexican National Chamber of Fishing and Aquaculture (Canainpesca) is filing a claim for Usd 1 Billion ( Usd 1000 million) in damages against the U.S canned tuna companies that supported the tuna - dolphin embargo, which cost many S-American...
According to a news report by Fish Info Services, a conflict over the US tuna embargo is set to flare up again as the National Marine Fisheries (NMFS) report on dolphin stress, health and mortality within the tuna fishery is released.
A draft...
Atlantic tuna fishermen want the Bush administration to threaten the European Union with tariffs on such imports as Volkswagens and Brie cheese for alleged violations of an international conservation treaty.They hope the threat of $100 million in...
Several fish species at Chicago's Shedd Aquarium are enrolled in an underwater academy where trainers are teaching them to live together in a new Us$ 47 million addition, set to open in April. Shedd trainers are training the fish to eat on...
Supachai Panitchpakdi, new head of the World Trade Organization, said the WTO should establish a pool of professional trade jurors to hear trade disputes. Supachai said the WTO needs to head off trade fights early. So far this year, the WTO...
Death jarred Zamboanga City again before noon yesterday as two bombs ripped through two adjacent department stores in the city's busy commercial district, killing at least six people and wounding 144 others. No group immediately claimed...
More than a week after west coast ports began operating again, seafood processors report that their shipping routines are far from normal, with sporadic and unpredictable freight service to their export markets.
All shipping stopped in US west...
A study of Californians who eat a lot of fish shows 89 percent wound up with elevated mercury levels in their bodies. The research, presented Saturday by San Francisco internist Dr. Jane Hightower at a symposium of environmental health experts in...
About 98 per cent of the global catch of southern bluefin tuna will now be managed to some degree, further protecting the stocks, following the annual tuna conservation meeting in Canberra last week, according to a report by Fish Information and...
A Vietnamese man died and three of his co-workers nearly suffered the same fate after trying to rescue a colleague who fell into vat of fish sauce. The state-run Tuoi Tre newspaper said the accident happened Monday in southern beachside Phan Thiet...
Watanabe Shipbuilding from Onomichi, in Japan, has recently handed over a 135 GT purse seiner to Taiyo A&F, which will operate it in the North Pacific and Japan Sea fisheries. The sleek yet functional appearance of 'Taiyou Mam No.21 ' is...
The Philippines has found an ally in the European Parliament in Glyn Ford, Labor member of the South West England, after he raised the issue of high tariffs on Philippine canned tuna exports. "Any assistance that we could get from European countries...
Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA) has recently announced two new plans to manage and promote sustainable fishing of tuna and other deep-sea migratory species off the Australian coast.
For the first time commercial line fishing for...
'Tokiwa Maru No.28', is the latest purse seiner from the progressive Japanese yard, Niigata Engineering from Tokyo,Japan. The 63.24 metre vessel was built for owners Ookura Gyogyo, to the yard's own design. A busy yard, specialising in...
Philippine Trade Undersecretary Thomas Aquino said yesterday that the Philippines will be satisfied with a tariff level of "close to zero" for its tuna exports to the European Union. "A tariff of 12 percent will be too far, while two percent will...
American Samoan congressman Eni Faleomavaega announced today that five Central American countries, including Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua are seeking duty-free treatment for canned tuna under the provisions of the U.S....
As many as 10 percent of high school students in Hong Kong may be at risk of mercury poisoning because of their high consumption of fish such as tuna and swordfish, a government survey has found.
"Predatory fish such as shark, tuna, and swordfish...
France (October 25, 2002) - Eating fish or seafood at least once a week lowers the risk of developing dementia, researchers have found. A team of French researchers asked elderly people about their eating habits, and found a link between eating...
The European Union announced a fisheries deal with Mozambique on Thursday allowing European vessels to catch tuna and shrimp off the African country's coast for the next three years.
The EU is grappling with dwindling fish stocks in its own...
According to Philippine seafood professionals the European Union’s proposal to impose more stringent rules for the entry of the country’s major seafood and marine products by 2003 are posing a problem to the nations fishery sector. Objections were...
In Bilbao, in the Basque part of Spain, the 13th meeting of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) has started today. Over 300 delegates of 35 countries will be participating in the ICCAT summit, which will take...
Philippine Court ordered a Korean businessman to be arrested for allegedly cheating a cargo and forwarding company in Bajada with a total of P2.7 million in supposed payments in two separate occasions last year. The Regional Trial Court issued the...
The Philippines reproach the developed economies of the 21-member Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) to be more fair in their treatment of its products under the concept of trade liberalization, during the 10th APEC Summit this weekend. The...
The Tasmanian skipper of a tuna boat rescued two charity rowers from the Tasman Sea. Nick Barbara and Cathal Dickson had spent two nights adrift on top of their upturned boat, which had rolled over in stormy seas, while on an attempt to row across...
Spanish and Latin American fishing technologists discuss the effects of globalization. Starting today, the technologists will meet in Santiago, Spain and analyze the future of the fishing industry in a globalized world. The seminar is organized by...
The European Union Agreement with Mozambique will be especially benefit the Spanish tuna fleet. Although members states would prefer the agreement to be applicable as of next year, it is still to be approved by the Mozambique and European...
The outlook for the fishing industry of Costa Rica looks very bright and there's plenty of scope for further development, according to officials. At present, the most profitable species are tuna and tilapia. The Costa Rican tuna exports are...
Ivory Coast, the most important tuna harbor of Africa, signed a fishing agreement with Japan last month.This accord allows Ivory Coast's further development of its tuna fishery capacity. Consequently, thirty fishing licenses have been delivered...
Yesterday, the Korean representative, Byung-yun Park, handed over the amount of USD 100,000 for the pilot tagging study of South Pacific Bigeye tuna. The money was given to Dr. Jimmie Rodgers, Senior Deputy Director General for the Secretariat of...
The CEO, Chairman and President of Del Monte Foods Co., which owns U.S. based StarKist tuna, Mr. Richard G. Wolford's compensation jumped 41 percent to USUS$1.75 million for the fiscal year that ended June 30, bolstered by a bonus that more than...
The Spanish Government authorized a five-year contract between the Ministry of Agriculture, Fishery and Food (MAPA) and the National Institute of Aerospace Technology (INTA), for the satellite tracking systems of fishing vessels.The EU regulations...
Port Lincoln's Pilchard fishing and Bluefin tuna farming industry received a boost last week when the announcement was made that the annual Pilchard quota could more than double.
Fisheries scientists have tabled a report to the Australian...
The 26 crew members of the fishing boat Ely and vessel observer from the Inter-American Commission of Tropical Tuna (ICAT) will be returning to Manta, Ecuador tomorrow on board the vessel Aurora B, informed Carlos Calero, director of tuna canning...
According to All Africa News, the three companies operating in the Ivory Coast tuna sector, namely Castelli, Pêche et Froid and Scodi, together agreed to offer the Ivory Coast Government and Army thousands of 200 gr cans of tuna, valued at 15...
The Peruvian Government launches a voluntary eradication program, but US officials doubt that it will be effective.Peru could lose its certification in the fight against drugs next year — and its eligibility for tariff exemptions under the Andean...
President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo urged Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) members to influence the World Trade Organization (WTO) to come up with early results that would benefit the most number of people, especially in the developing...
