The French deep water stern trawler Mariette le Roch II faces more heavy weather as the EU sets about making further cuts in deep water quotas.
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French fleet hit
by deep water cuts

LARGE cuts in quotas of deep water species by European fisheries ministers – including the phasing out of catches of orange roughy in 2010 – will hit French deep water fishing companies. Owners are already taking action by making fleet changes.

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Patrol ships off to Somalia

A major international sea and air effort is being started to end piracy in the waters off Somalia which are now among the most dangerous in the world. Warships and patrol planes will combine their activities to control the activities of Somalia’s large band of determined pirates.

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Fishermen’s rights
must be secured

Ichiro Nomura of the UN Food & Agriculture Organisation has told the Fifth World Fisheries Congress in Yokohama, Japan, that fishermen’s rights to access stocks must be secured.

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Lobsters and carbon footprint

Many global lobster fishermen may not be well placed to defend their market position in the face of the ‘moral’ consumers’ view of carbon footprint, writes Australian fisheries scientist Dr. Gary Morgan.

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Mackerel catch set for big rise

The EU, Norway and Faroe Islands have agreed a 32.7% increase in the mackerel TAC for 2009. This is expected to be rubberstamped when EU fisheries ministers attend their Council of Ministers’ meeting from December 17 – 19.

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Marketing campaign
for bluefin tuna

Bluefin tuna ranchers based at Port Lincoln, South Australia, are planning a major marketing campaign in Japan to boost their sales of Southern bluefin tuna.

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Cod now at their peak

French trawler owners believe that Europe’s cod stocks are now reaching a peak. But Europe still wants to bring in effort control in a mixed fishery.

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Australia’s pearling industry

Ian Strutt visits Broome, the Australian port at the centre of the country’s highly successful pearl diving and farming industry. FNI reports on the industry and diver safety.

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Green agenda ‘gone too far’

Austral Fisheries’ CEO David Carter wants the Australian fisheries management authorities to pull back from the country’s damaging environmental policies towards fisheries.

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