fisheries

Kenya ratifies fishing vessel safety treaties

Kenya has shown its support for the safety of fishing vessels and their crews by depositing its instrument of ratification to the 2012 Cape Town Agreement and the International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Fishing Vessel Personnel (STCW-F) on 17 March, 2022. 

The 2012 Cape Town Agreement (CTA) will bring in mandatory safety requirements for fishing vessels when it enters into force. The STCW-F, which is already in force, sets out mandatory standards...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2022/03/17/kenya-ratifies-fishing-vessel-safety-treaties/

Dry and Wet Markets lose steam; the despicable developments in Ukraine are far from over and a permanent Peace, a midsummer’s night dream. Covid strikes back…

John Faraclas

Midweek Market blues as BDI fells under 2,600 points threshold and Wets follow suit. Ukraine is the biggest set up and actors involved do not know their role as the script was too complicated… Shame, shame, Shame… Covid’s resurge will cause more mess. John Faraclas’ brief midweek recap:

The BDI (Baltic Dry Index) was down 98 points and now reads 2,591…

The Capes’ BCI was down 191 losing both the 2,700 and 2,800 points threshold and now stands at 2,632…

The Panamaxes’ BPI was down 99...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2022/03/16/dry-and-wet-markets-lose-steam-the-despicable-developments-in-ukraine-are-far-from-over-and-a-permanent-peace-a-midsummers-night-dream-covid-strikes-back/

Support for North East fishers affected by dead crustacean issues

Support for North East fishers affected by dead crustacean issues

Catherine Spencer

The Seafarers’ Charity has awarded £5,000 to provide a hardship fund, administered by the Fishermen’s Mission, for North East fishers, who are experiencing hardship because of the mysterious impact on inshore crab and lobster stocks in North East England coastal waters.  

Since October 2021 dead crabs and lobsters have been washed up on the North East England shoreline, consequently many local fishers in the area...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2022/03/02/support-for-north-east-fishers-affected-by-dead-crustacean-issues/

Working together to reduce bycatch in the Mediterranean

Working together to reduce bycatch in the Mediterranean

MedBycatch Project Virtual Photography Exhibition March 3rd – World Wildlife Day

MEDASSET – Mediterranean Association to Save the Sea Turtles and the partners of the MedBycatch Project invite you to the launch of the virtual photography exhibition ‘WORKING TOGETHER TO REDUCE BYCATCH IN THE MEDITERRANEAN’ onMarch 3rd 2022 at 17.00 CET (FB Event link: https://www.facebook.com/events/641092580450682).

Join us in celebrating the World Wildlife Day

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2022/02/28/working-together-to-reduce-bycatch-in-the-mediterranean/

MAIB report: Flooding and sinking of the fishing vessel Diamond D

MAIB report: Flooding and sinking of the fishing vessel Diamond D

The “Diamond D”
Report on the investigation of the flooding and sinking of the fishing vessel Diamond D, 16 August 2020.
Summary:

On 16 August 2020, the UK registered prawn trawler Diamond D was on passage between Eyemouth, Scotland and North Shields, England. The skipper and the vessel’s owner were relocating the boat in order to carry out planned survey and maintenance work. While on route, the two crew carried out a trawl...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2022/02/09/maib-report-flooding-and-sinking-of-the-fishing-vessel-diamond-d/

Joint NGO letter to Secretary John Kerry reflects shared ambition to end IUU fishing

Joint NGO letter to Secretary John Kerry reflects shared ambition to end IUU fishing

London. UK. / Washington, DC. USA. Twenty-five global NGOs, including Human Rights at Sea, have united to affirm their stance against illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing in an official letter to Secretary John Kerry, US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate.

The post Joint NGO letter to Secretary John Kerry reflects shared ambition to end IUU fishing appeared first on Human Rights At Sea.

Read...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2022/01/30/joint-ngo-letter-to-secretary-john-kerry-reflects-shared-ambition-to-end-iuu-fishing/

EU Fisheries Ministers to Proudly Keep on Overfishing in 2022

EU Fisheries Ministers to Proudly Keep on Overfishing in 2022*

Brussels, 14 December, 2021- European Fisheries Ministers, gathered in Brussels to set fishing limits for fish populations in EU seas for 2022, this morning decided to continue overfishing of over one third of stocks, in disregard for both science and EU law. [1]

Ahead of this week’s EU AGRIFISH Council meeting, several countries – Spain, Portugal and France in particular – proudly stated their intention to go against both scientific...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2021/12/14/eu-fisheries-ministers-to-proudly-keep-on-overfishing-in-2022/

Anglo-French divergence widens…

Anglo-French divergence widens… 

Monaco; the marina and at the centre the Yacht Club de Monaco

Good Morning Monaco – Thursday, November 4, 2021

Anglo-French divergence widens

It’s not just the disagreements over fishing for French trawlers in UK waters, nor the AUKUS submarine affair that saw French hopes of a major defence deal smashed, that have soured relations in recent weeks…

Neighbours’ mask measures stay

The Prefect of the neighbouring Alpes-Maritimes has announced that mask measures will stay...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2021/11/04/anglo-french-divergence-widens/

New recruits to fishing set to benefit from money management training in Seafish Training Programmes.

New recruits to fishing set to benefit from money management training in Seafish Training Programmes.

The Seafarers’ Charity has worked with Seafish, The Money Charity,  and other stakeholders to develop a new training course on money management for new entrants to fishing. The training will set new recruits on the right financial path and enable an understanding of how to manage fluctuations in income, the complexities of budgeting and making credit choices as well as the range of free...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2021/10/05/new-recruits-to-fishing-set-to-benefit-from-money-management-training-in-seafish-training-programmes/

New survey set to explore working conditions in the UK fishing industry

New survey set to explore working conditions in the UK fishing industry

Catherine Spencer

The Seafarers’ Charity, in partnership with researchers at University of Nottingham, launch a unique survey to explore working conditions in the UK fishing industry

The Seafarers’ Charity today released a new survey to better understand the reality of working conditions for fishing crew across the UK. The 20-minute research survey covers subjects including contracts and crew accommodation, facilities, and...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2021/06/23/new-survey-set-to-explore-working-conditions-in-the-uk-fishing-industry/

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