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July 12, 2012
| Source : ICSF
| Copyright : 2012 ICSF
SAMUDRA EXCLUSIVE
(Errata: Yesterday’s SAMUDRA News Alerts, dated 11 July 2012, carried an incorrect version of the CSO Statement made to the COFI meet at Rome. The correct version is appended below. The error is regretted. –Editor.) The voices of small-scale, art...
by Sachin Parashar
July 12, 2012
| Source : TNN
| Copyright : 2012 Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd.
Ahead of the foreign ministry level dialogue, India and Pakistan Thursday resumed the dialogue between Pakistan's Maritime Security Agency and India's Coast Guards. This was the first time that this dialogue took place after the Mumbai attacks. Accordi...
by Alicia Simon
July 12, 2012
| Source : Observer Media
| Copyright : 2012 Observer Publications Limited
Despite claims from the executive director of the Sargasso Sea Alliance that sargassum seaweed increases the amount of fish in and around Antigua & Barbuda’s waters, the island’s fishermen say that the benefits are few and far between. In an interv...
July 12, 2012
| Source : Scoop
| Copyright : Scoop Business
The FAO report on the State of the World’s Fisheries released this week acknowledges New Zealand’s sustainable approach to fisheries management. The report stated that good progress had been made in reducing exploitation rates and restoring overexp...
July 11, 2012
| Source : ICSF
| Copyright : 2012 ICSF
SAMUDRA EXCLUSIVE
The voices of small-scale, artisanal and subsistence fishing communities and indigenous peoples, and their perspectives and proposals, should be reflected in the development of International Voluntary Guidelines for Securing Sustainable Small-scale Fisher...
July 11, 2012
| Source : Daily Trust
| Copyright : 2012 AllAfrica
The United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has urged member countries to manage their fisheries and aqua-culture sectors well to help ensure food security for millions of people. FAO in a published report at the UN in New York on Monda...
July 11, 2012
| Source : AFP
| Copyright : 2012 AFP
A small crustacean parasite which feeds on fish in the Caribbean has been named after Bob Marley, in what the biologist who discovered it calls a tribute to the late reggae icon. The tiny shellfish, a blood feeder that inhabits the coral reefs of the s...
July 11, 2012
| Source : IANS
| Copyright : Daijiworld Media Pvt Ltd
The impact of a warming climate on reefs is already upon us -- complex changes have begun that could fundamentally change what reefs look like in the future. This in turn could impact on fish populations and their availability. That was the overarching...
by Matt Russell
July 11, 2012
| Source : Ultimate Memorial
| Copyright : Houston Chronicle and Chron.com
Thirty fishermen whose livelihood from the Bohai Sea have been destroyed by the 2011 ConocoPhillips oil spill have sought legal representation by Louisiana and Texas attorneys. The move came after the Chinese fishermen learned of the ongoing legal figh...
July 11, 2012
| Source : VIETNAMNET Bridge
| Copyright : VIETNAMNET Bridge
Vo Van Trac, deputy head of the association, released the protest yesterday, following the case in which China captured six fishing boats from central Quang Ngai Province with 30 fishermen on board between July 2 and 6. On July 8, the captors released ...