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WWF criticizes MSC Certification of Spiny Dogfish
Published on 25 Sep, 2011 at 19:59 in Conservation & Fishery, Fishery Management, Front Page, Shark Trade | Viewed times | No Comments
WWF criticizes MSC Certification of Spiny Dogfish Marine Stewardship Council Squalus suckleyi Germany
Gummy Shark Fishery closed to protect Dolphins in Australia
Published on 23 Sep, 2011 at 11:42 in Conservation & Fishery, Fishery Management | Viewed times | No Comments
Dolphin deaths close shark fishery By Andrew Darby Hobart, ‘The Age’, 24. September 2011 A key shark fishery has been closed for six months because authorities found that more than 45 dolphins had died there in the past year. The Australian Fisheries Management Authority yesterday took the rare step of shutting gill nets out
BC Spiny Dogfish Fishery certified as sustainable
Published on 13 Sep, 2011 at 11:33 in Conservation & Fishery, Fishery Management, Front Page, Shark Trade | Viewed times | No Comments
World’s first spiny dogfish fishery receives MSC certification for sustainable fishing Marine Stewardship Council British Columbia Squalus suckleyi
NOAA proposes increase in skate quota
Published on 9 Sep, 2011 at 13:23 in Conservation & Fishery, Fishery Management | Viewed times | No Comments
News Release NOAA proposes 17 million pound increase in skate quota for fishermen based on updated science FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE By Maggie Mooney-Seus, NOAA. August 29, 2011 NOAA is proposing a 56-percent, or 17 million pound, increase in the amount of Northeast skate fishermen can land this year, based on updated scientific information. With
Florida proposes protection for hammerheads, tiger sharks
Published on 9 Sep, 2011 at 12:54 in Conservation & Fishery, Fishery Management, Front Page | Viewed times | No Comments
Florida proposes protection for hammerhead sharks tiger sharks The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) protect shark populations in Florida waters.
Is it OK to kill 104 Australian sea lions to catch sharks ?
Published on 8 Sep, 2011 at 19:05 in Conservation & Fishery, Fishery Management | Viewed times | No Comments
Posted by Australian Marine Conservation Society, 06. September 2011 In the waters off our southern coastline, playful and acrobatic Australian sea lions hunt for fish and squid. Spinning and diving and darting after prey, numbers of these beautiful animals are still recovering following historical hunting for their fur. Australian sea lions are rare and threatened,
Tokelau Declares Shark Sanctuary
Published on 8 Sep, 2011 at 18:50 in Conservation & Fishery, Fishery Management | Viewed times | 1 Comment
Pew congratulates South Pacific island for joining global trend Press Release by PEW, 07. September 2011 Matt Rand, director of Global Shark Conservation for the Pew Environment Group, issued the following statement today in response to the shark sanctuary designation made by Tokelau, an island territory in the South Pacific. The new sanctuary encompasses all
USA and EU sign Agreement on Illegal Fisheries
Published on 8 Sep, 2011 at 12:16 in Conservation & Fishery, Fishery Management | Viewed times | No Comments
Fisheries: European Union and United States agree to strengthen cooperation to combat illegal fishing Press Release by the European Commission 07. September 2011 Brussels/Washington, 7 September 2011 – A historic statement pledging bilateral cooperation to combat illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing, known as IUU fishing, will be signed today in Washington by Maria Damanaki, European
US Atlantic Shark Management Measures for Hammerhead and Oceanic whitetip sharks
Published on 28 Aug, 2011 at 5:32 in Conservation & Fishery, Fishery Management | Viewed times | No Comments
Federal Register Volume 76, Number 167 (Monday, August 29, 2011) DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Atlantic Highly Migratory Species; Atlantic Shark Management Measures AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce. ACTION: Final rule. SUMMARY: NMFS hereby implements the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas
US Porbeagle Shark Fishery to be Closed
Published on 25 Aug, 2011 at 11:59 in Conservation & Fishery, Fishery Management | Viewed times | No Comments
NMFS Announces a Closure of the Commercial Porbeagle Shark Fishery The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) projects that the landings for the commercial porbeagle shark fishery have exceeded 80 percent of the available quota. As required by NMFS regulations, 50 CFR 6.35 .28(b )(2), NMFS is closing the commercial porbeagle shark fishery as of
US Spiny Dogfish Fishery to be Closed
Published on 20 Aug, 2011 at 12:56 in Conservation & Fishery, Fishery Management | Viewed times | No Comments
Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Spiny Dogfish Fishery; Commercial Period 1 Quota Harvested. A Rule by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on 08/22/2011 ACTION: Temporary rule; closure of spiny dogfish fishery. SUMMARY NMFS announces that the spiny dogfish commercial quota available to the coastal states from Maine through Florida for the first semi-annual
European Union Proposal for Porbeagle Shark Protection
Published on 18 Aug, 2011 at 19:25 in Conservation & Fishery, Fishery Management | Viewed times | No Comments
EUROPEAN COMMISSION Brussels, 17.8.2011 COM(2011) 496 final 2011/0222 (NLE) Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION amending Council Regulations (EU) No 57/2011 and (EC) 754/2009 as regards the protection of the species “porbeagle”, certain TACs and certain fishing effort limits set for the United Kingdom, Germany and Ireland. 3. LEGAL ELEMENTS OF THE PROPOSAL The proposed amendments
BC Spiny Dogfish Fishery should be certified as sustainable
Published on 15 Aug, 2011 at 12:01 in Conservation & Fishery, Fishery Management | Viewed times | No Comments
Ian Scott, Moody Marine, Ltd. 21 July 2011. British Columbia Hook & Line Spiny Dogfish Fishery Marine Stewardship Council Certification Certification Body: Moody Marine Ltd Announcement of Determination and Release of the Final Report for Stakeholder Consultation Following a 30 day period of comment on the Draft Report, the independent Governing Board of the certification
The HSUS Files Lawsuits to Protect Porbeagle Sharks
Published on 5 Aug, 2011 at 13:53 in Conservation & Fishery, Fishery Management | Viewed times | No Comments
Press Release by the HSUS, 04 August 2011. During “Shark Week,” The Humane Society of the United States Files Lawsuits to Protect Imperiled Porbeagle Sharks The Humane Society of the United States filed litigation in federal court seeking to increase protection for the porbeagle shark, a species that has lost 80 percent of its
Shark Finning Continues in Costa Rica
Published on 5 Aug, 2011 at 13:27 in Conservation & Fishery, Fishery Management, Shark Trade | Viewed times | No Comments
By: Randall Arauz, President PRETOMA Periódico La Nación, Costa Rica. August 1, 2011. Op-Ed Section. “Shark finning is prohibited in Costa Rica and there is no reason to be concerned about it”, said INCOPESCA’s President, Jorge Dobles, during a hearing with the Legislative Assembly’s Environmental Commission on Thursday, July 21st. This comment lead to liberation