Awards celebrate seabird protection (Department of Conservation of New Zealand)
(Source: Department of Conservation of New Zealand) Outstanding advocacy for protection of New Zealand's seabirds by the fishing industry has been recognised tonight at the Seabird Smart Awards,...
View ArticleAwards celebrate seabird protection (New Zealand Government)
(Source: New Zealand Government) Outstanding advocacy for protection of New Zealand's seabirds by the fishing industry has been recognised tonight at the Seabird Smart Awards, Primary Industries...
View ArticleSeafish beefs up its Under 16.5m Skipper’s Certificate (The Sea Fish Industry...
(Source: The Sea Fish Industry Authority) 20 November 2015 From 01 January 2016 the engineering requirement for the Under 16.5m Skipper's Certificates are being beefed up by Seafish. Given the...
View ArticleAwards celebrate seabird protection (Ministry for Primary Industries of New...
(Source: Ministry for Primary Industries of New Zealand) Outstanding advocacy for protection of New Zealand's seabirds by the fishing industry has been recognised tonight at the Seabird Smart Awards,...
View ArticleHigh toxin level delays California recreational crab season
Wildlife authorities delayed the recreational Dungeness crab season and closed the rock crab fishery for most of California on Thursday, just days after warning of dangerous levels of a neurotoxin...
View ArticleHigh toxin level delays California recreational crab season
Wildlife authorities delayed the recreational Dungeness crab season and closed the rock crab fishery for most of California on Thursday, just days after warning of dangerous levels of a neurotoxin...
View Article$75,000 fine for biosecurity offence (Ministry for Primary Industries of New...
(Source: Ministry for Primary Industries of New Zealand) The catastrophic effects of a foot-and-mouth disease outbreak were spelt out when an Auckland man was sentenced for illegally importing pork...
View ArticleBoats sit idle as algae threatens Dungeness crab season
San Francisco's Fisherman's Wharf typically bustles this time of year as workers prepare to haul millions of pounds of Dungeness crab that are a tradition at Thanksgiving and other holiday meals. But...
View ArticleHigh toxin level delays California recreational crab season
Wildlife authorities delayed the recreational Dungeness crab season and closed the rock crab fishery for most of California on Thursday, just days after warning of dangerous levels of a neurotoxin...
View ArticleBoats sit idle as algae threatens Dungeness crab season
San Francisco's Fisherman's Wharf typically bustles this time of year as workers prepare to haul millions of pounds of Dungeness crab that are a tradition at Thanksgiving and other holiday meals. But...
View ArticleHigh toxin level delays California recreational crab season
Wildlife authorities delayed the recreational Dungeness crab season and closed the rock crab fishery for most of California on Thursday, just days after warning of dangerous levels of a neurotoxin...
View ArticleAll Black skipper McCaw goes out on top
Wellington: Inspirational double World Cup-winning All Blacks captain Richie McCaw announced his immediate retirement on Thursday after a record 148 Tests, with a new career beckoning as a commercial...
View ArticleDefecting or fishing? 11 wooden fishing boats from North Korea with 25 dead...
Japanese authorities are looking into a spate of incidents in which small boats, apparently from North Korea, have washed up on beaches the length of northern Japan. In the last two...
View Article2 Bangladeshi fishing boats with 57 crew captured
KOLKATA: Indian Coast Guard on Monday captured two Bangladeshi fishing boats with 57 crew on board for trespassing into Indian water territory. During routine patrol, Coast Guard ship Sucheta Kripalani...
View ArticleSomali pirates hijack Iranian fishing vessel with 15 crew, says official
By Abdiqani Hassan BOSASSO, Somalia (Reuters) - Somali pirates have hijacked an Iranian fishing vessel with 15 crew members, a Somali official and a maritime expert said on Monday amid warnings that...
View ArticleTo catch a fishing thief, SkyTruth uses data from the air, land and sea
The plucky nonprofit, whose founder’s once-dismissed warnings about offshore drilling foretold the BP oil spill, enlists help from Google and Oceana to create a website for tracking illegal fishing...
View ArticleFamily-friendly gathering place
It was mid-morning and we were heading south for a family getaway at Pauanui, along the east coast of the Coromandel Peninsula. There were 10 of us in total: cousins, aunties, uncles and Nani, eagerly...
View ArticlePaua seized from black market ring
Fishery officers have seized about $15,000 of frozen paua after a year-long operation monitoring a black market shellfish ring. Twelve months of monitoring black market activity finished when officers...
View ArticleTaiwan, Philippines sign fishing treaty
Taiwan and the Philippines have inked an agreement covering the cooperation of law enforcement agencies in fishing matters in overlapping waters earlier this month, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs...
View ArticleCoast Guard rescues 2 from fishing boat
MIAMI - The U.S. Coast Guard in Miami rescued two people after their fishing boat capsized and sank hundreds of miles from Key West, Fla. The names of the two people rescued late Wednesday were not...
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