Electric Pulse Trawling: a highly charged issue Brussels, 22 June 2017 Brian O’Riordan A highly charged debate on electric pulse fishing, organized by the Intergroup for Biodiversity & Ecosystems Services, took place in the European Parliament yesterday, Wednesday 21 June. Under discussion was the issue electric pulse trawling as a more sustainable alternative to beam […]
Shocking the fish off the seabed: precaution is needed prior to promoting electric pulse fishing as a more sustainable alternative for traditional beam trawling. Brussels, 20 June 2017 Brian O’Riordan Tomorrow, Wednesday 21 June 2017, a hearing will take place in the European Parliament on electric pulse fishing http://ebcd.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Draft-Agenda-Intergroup-event-on-Pulse-Fisheries.pdf. The use of poison, explosives […]
A Question of Balance: Small-scale and large-scale fleets could play complementary roles given a level playing field. Brussels, 20 June 2017 Brian O’Riordan There is self-evidently a place and a need for both small and larger scale fishing fleets, but this requires first of all establishing a level playing field that ensures fair access […]
NOTICIAS DESDE LA CUBIERTA El boletín mensual de la pesca de bajo impacto y pequeña escala de Europa El boletín de mayo 2017 incluye: El último informe del Tribunal de Cuentas Europeo confirma la falta de transparencia en la asignación de las posibilidades de pesca Los miembros de LIFE de Finlandia, Francia, Dinamarca y el personal […]
Slow Fish 2017 Workshop of the Low Impact Fishers of Europe Within the framework of the Slow Fish initiatives, on the 21st of May the Low Impact Fishers of Europe held a workshop addressed to the stakeholders of the sector to discuss together the policy needed in the EU for small scale fishers and to […]
NOTICIAS DESDE LA CUBIERTA El boletín mensual de la pesca de bajo impacto y pequeña escala de Europa El boletín de abril 2017 incluye: El Parlamento Europeo evalúa la situación actual de la obligación de desembarque LIFE representa a los pescadores de pequeña escala en la “Blue Initiative” (Iniciativa Azul) con la presencia del Príncipe Alberto II […]
Acoustic protection for marine mammals: new warning device PAL LIFE’s German members from Fischereischutzverband and acoustic experts are now using a new kind of pingers designed for gillnet operations that have been tested for three years in German and Danish waters. Results are promising: the new devices are much better at alerting harbour porpoises than […]
NOTICIAS DESDE LA CUBIERTA El boletín mensual de la pesca de bajo impacto y pequeña escala de Europa El boletín de marzo 2017 incluye: LIFE y AKTEA en el centro de atención en la Conferencia Ministerial sobre la Pesca Mediterránea en Malta La representación del sector de la pequeña escala aumenta en el Consejo Consultivo del […]
Taking Stock of the Implementation of the Landing Obligation: lessons from the Baltic Sea 21st April 2017 Marcin Ruciński LIFE’s Baltic Coordinator, Marcin Ruciński, takes a look at the lessons learned from the implementation of the Landing Obligation in the Baltic Sea in terms of practical consequences, small-scale fishers’ perspectives and further implementation. Access article […]
Hope from the North in Changing Times: new forms of co-governance will keep us fishing and maintain our cultures Tero Mustonen, Snowchange Cooperative LIFE Member from Finland March 2017 In the global moment of uncertainty we need to both guarantee our fisheries’ sustainability and the continuation of our specific cultural traditions and ways […]
