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Winners Of Overfishing Solutions Competition Announced
The World Bank Coastal Fisheries Initiative Challenge Fund (CFI-CF) has announced the winners of its competition to find a solution to the global overfishing problem. The event sought collaborative ways in which the various stakeholders could work together to combat overfishing. The competition sought applicants from Cabo Verde, Ecuador, Indonesia and Peru and received over…
Catfishing 'needs to be a criminal offence'
One Senator has said practices such as catfishing need to be a criminal offence, if social media companies want to keep their users. Fianna Fáil's Lisa Chambers was speaking after having her image used on a dating site in the UK. She told The Pat Kenny Show the recourse for people is too limited. "It…
USA Women’s Spearfishing Team Starts Crowdfunding Campaign to Pay For Trip To 2023 World Championships
The USA Women’s Spearfishing Team have begun a crowdfunding campaign to compete in the 2023 CMAS World Spearfishing Championships. The championship will take place September 7-10, 2023 in Laredo, Spain. In the inaugural Women’s World Spearfishing Championships held in Portugal in 2018, the USA Women’s Team were Champions. At the second event held in Italy…
China Coast Guards in Zhejiang and Fujian brace for Typhoon Muifa
China Coast Guard members help strengthening mooring cables of fishing ships at a coastal harbor in Zhejiang Province. BEIJING, Sept. 14 -- China has upgraded the typhoon alert to orange, the second-highest level, as Muifa, the 12th typhoon in this year, is expected to make landfall in the coastal areas between Wenling city and Zhoushan…
Tofino resort co-owned by former NHL star cancels fishing derby after ‘highly inappropriate behaviour’ at event
A popular tourist resort in Tofino, B.C., co-owned by former NHL player Willie Mitchell, says it is operating under an interim manager after "highly inappropriate behaviour" came to light during its annual fishing tournament. The details of the alleged behaviour are still unclear, but the Tofino Resort and Marina says it has cancelled the remainder…
Can Portuguese sardines make a comeback?
ByJoão RodriguesPublished September 12, 2022• 10 min readOnce upon a time, on the outskirts of Lisbon, villagers threw their doors open to the street whenever they heard the clopping of donkeys laden with baskets of sardines. Every household claimed its share of Portugal’s ocean bounty. But one day in early 1773, the Marquis of Pombal,…
Japan and China big sources of plastic in North Pacific Garbage Patch: study
More than three-quarters of the giant plastic mass found between Hawaii and California comes from the fishing industry, say researchers The Ocean Cleanup says it aims to clean up 90 per cent of floating ocean plastic by 2040, an operation that would cost around €1 billion Published: 4:00pm, 12 Sep, 2022 Updated: 4:42pm, 12 Sep,…
Extended ban on prized fish species not necessary and risks economic benefits, lobby group says
Western Australia's peak fishing advocacy groups are doubling down on efforts to force a rethink on a proposed fishing ban as the closure of a consultation period looms.Key points:Under the proposal, some of WA's most popular table fish could be off limits for nine months of the yearThe government is concerned mature populations of demersal or bottom-feeding…
NOAA: More Measures Are Needed To Reduce Right Whale Entanglements in Fishing Lines
The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has formally announced that more risk-reduction measures are needed to reduce endangered Atlantic Right Whale entanglements in gillnets and lobster or crab pot lines. To that end, NOAA said in a notice published this past week: “The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) intends to begin a rulemaking process…