The Crown Estate is launching plans to conduct a new research study that will explore how the Pentland Firth and Orkney waters wave and tidal projects can proceed in harmony with local fishing activities, ensuring that local communities benefit from both industries. This study will be conducted in partnership with Scottish Government’s Marine Scotland and [...]
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One of the leading Vietnamese companies, PetroVietnam, accused Chinese fishing boats of cutting the subsea cable that the seismic survey ship positioned in the South China Sea, Maritime-Executive reports. The vessel Binh Minh 2 positioned the cable off the coast of central Vietnam last Friday, after which the accident happened. This adds to already high [...]
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Senior fishing industry representatives and scientists will focus on the role of the fishing industry in collecting ocean, weather and climate data, and how to scale up these efforts, at a World Ocean Council (WOC) panel during the Seafood Summit (Hong Kong, 5-9 September). The fishing industry can play a significant role in collecting data [...]
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NOAA recently announced that it will adjust the 2012 Georges Bank yellowtail flounder quotas for both commercial scallop and… Source: NOAA, July 16, 2012
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Two floating cranes raised the 140-foot sunken fishing vessel Deep Sea to the surface of Penn Cove on Sunday June 3. The lift capped an intensive multi-agency response to protect the area’s shellfish and other resources against damage from thousands of gallons of oil on the Deep Sea when it sank at its mooring [...]
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Fishing community in the state, under the banner of the National Fishworkers Forum, has opposed finance minister K M Mani’s suggestion… (indiatimes) Source: indiatimes , December 05, 2011; Image: coastalcare
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NOAA reopened to commercial and recreational fishing 1,041 square miles of Gulf waters immediately surrounding the Deepwater Horizon wellhead, just east of Louisiana. This is the twelfth and final reopening in federal waters since July 22, and opens all of the areas in Federal waters formerly closed to fishing due to the Deepwater Horizon oil [...]
