Bluefin tuna in the dock: French small scale fishers take collective action to challenge unfair, non-transparent allocation system. In line with ICCAT, Europe is celebrating the successful application of Bluefin tuna recovery measures in its waters and the rebuilding of stocks by increasing quotas allocated to the industrial and sports fishing sectors. Once again Europe’s […]
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 […]
Neuigkeiten von Deck Der monatliche Newsletter von Low Impact Small-Scale Fishers of Europe Der Newsletter Mai 2017 beinhaltet: Neueste Meldungen des Europäischen Rechnungshofes (European Court of Auditors) bestätigen mangelnde Transparenz in der Vergabe von Fangmöglichkeiten LIFE-Mitglieder aus Finnland, Frankreich und Dänemark sowie LIFE-Mitarbeiter als Botschafter europäischer Kleinfischerei beim Event organisiert von Slowfood in Genua (Italien) Neuigkeiten aus der […]
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 […]
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 […]