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Urgent Need for Shark Conservation - ICCAT, Brazil
9 - 15 November 2009
The United Nations has passed eight resolutions calling on Regional Fishery Management Organizations (RFMOs) to improve the management of shark fisheries. The U.N. International Plan of Action for Sharks called on RFMOs more than a decade ago to develop regional plans of action to conserve sharks.
Sharks caught in high-seas fisheries are among the oceans’ most vulnerable animals. Their low reproductive rates make them particularly susceptible to overfishing in the face of increased demand for shark products. More than half of the shark species taken in high-seas fisheries are classified as Endangered, Vulnerable or Near Threatened by the International Union for Conservation of Nature.
This week’s meeting of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) provides an important opportunity to improve the outlook for Atlantic sharks through concrete actions to limit their exploitation.
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Shark Conservation - ICCAT, Brazil
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Fish being handled at Vigo port. Spanish fishers will not be able to target thresher and scalloped hammerhead sharks next year. (Photo: HC-Archive)
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Shark catch. (Photo: T. Ezcurra)
CEPESCA backs global shark management measures
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Shark fishing prohibited
SPAIN
Tuesday, September 29, 2009, 23:50 (GMT + 9)
The Ministry of Environment and Rural and Marine Affairs (MARM) will prohibit the capture of thresher sharks and scalloped hammerhead sharks – by means of a Ministerial Order set to enter into force 1 January 2010 – in an effort to protect both vulnerable species.
According to the norm, Spanish fishing ships will not be able to catch, transfer, land or commercialise these sharks in any of the fishing-grounds they target.
The disposition also includes territorial waters of third-party countries with which the European Union (EU) has signed a fishing agreement, or of nations with which a private agreement or a fishing vessel tenancy agreement can be sealed.
The measure adopted by MARM is framed within the recommendations issued by the United Nations (UN) Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and by the Regional Fisheries Organizations (RFOs).
In those cases in which the accidental capture of sharks of both species takes place, Spanish-flag vessels will have to release them live when they reach the flank of the ship or are found caught in the fishing net, MARM clarified.
All data referring to estimated weight, position and the release date of the shark will have to be recorded in the Onboard Logbook of the European Communities.
In cases where some fish are found dead at the flank of the vessel, the authority will have to note down the estimated weight, date and position in the Logbook.
The Spanish longliner fleet consists of around 300 ships that have worked in the international waters of the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea from the start.
Later, and due to the regulations established for swordfish in the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT), these vessels extended their activity to fishing-grounds of the Indian and Pacific oceans.
Last June, the Spanish Fisheries Confederation (CEPESCA) rejected accusations levied by green groups against Spain’s longliner fleet, of which the environmentalists attribute "excesses in overexploiting protected shark species."
“We are proud of the fishery carried out by the Spanish longliner fleet, in regards to both swordfish and shark. [It is] a legal, regulated, sustainable and responsible fishery," said Javier Garat, Secretary General of the organisation, on the matter.
Related information:
- Spanish longliners do not overfish sharks: CEPESCA
By Analia Murias
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Brazil Tuna meeting needs to extend Spain’s initiative on shark protection
Monday, 02 November 2009 11:48
OCEANA, the international marine conservation organization, is calling on the European Union to present effective proposals to regulate sharks that are caught in the Atlantic Ocean during the upcoming meeting of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) in Recife, Brazil, 6-15 November.
www.fishnewseu.com/latest-news/world/2183-brazil-tuna-mee...
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Anyone interested in applying should visit the SNH website www.snh.org.uk";
www.mcsuk.org/marineworld/baskingsharks
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basking sharks welcome
The basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus) is the largest wild animal resident in the UK, and the second-largest fish in the world (after the whaleshark, Rhincodon typus, which only occurs in warmer waters). They can reach 11m (36 ft) in length and weigh up to 7 tonnes - that's approximately the size and weight of a double-decker bus! Watch great footage shot by Dan Burton
Basking sharks are seen all around the UK and Irish coast, but are most often sighted along the West coast of the UK, and both the East and West coasts of Ireland.
Little is understood about the distribution, population size, and biology of this gentle giant. What we do know (see fact file and threats pages) raises concerns, and the species is listed as 'vulnerable' worldwide, and 'endangered' in the NE Atlantic, on the IUCN Red List of Endangered Species.
MCS promotes and collects public sightings, through the Basking Shark Watch (BSW) project. This has developed into the UK's largest and most comprehensive database on basking shark distribution and behaviour. The data is regularly analysed, and the results published - and used to promote species conservation measures.
TO REPORT A SIGHTING, CLICK HERE
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URGENT NEED FOR SHARK CONSERVATION - ICCAT, Brazil URGENT NEED FOR SHARK CONSERVATION
Sharks caught in high-seas fisheries are among the oceans’ most vulnerable animals. Their low reproductive rates make them particularly susceptible to overfishing in the face of increased demand for shark products. More than half of the shark species taken in high-seas fisheries are classified as Endangered, Vulnerable or Near Threatened by the International Union for Conservation of Nature.
e United Nations has passed eight resolutions calling on Regional Fishery Management Organizations (RFMOs) to improve the management of shark fisheries. The U.N. International Plan of Action for Sharks called on RFMOs more than a decade ago to develop regional plans of action to conserve sharks.
Despite these facts, there are still no international limits on high-seas shark catch rates, and loopholes hamper the enforcement of international bans on “finning”—the wasteful practice of slicing off a shark’s fins and discarding the body at sea. Depletion of these key predators risks the health of entire ocean ecosystems.
This week’s meeting of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) provides an important opportunity to improve the outlook for Atlantic sharks through concrete actions to limit their exploitation.
FISHERIES MANAGERS AGREE
In June 2009, delegates to the second joint meeting of the tuna RFMOs agreed to the following directive for sharks:
“Consistent with the FAO [U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization] International Plan of Action for Sharks (IPOA-Sharks), establish precautionary, science based conservation and management measures for sharks taken in fisheries within the convention areas of each tuna RFMO, including as appropriate:
Measures to improve the enforcement of existing finning bans;
Prohibitions on retention of particularly vulnerable or depleted shark species, based on advice from scientists and experts;
Concrete management measures in line with best available scientific advice with priority given to overfished populations;
Precautionary fishing controls on a provisional basis for shark species for which there is no scientific advice; and
Measures to improve the provision of data on sharks in all fisheries and by all gears.”
PRIORITY ACTION—Follow-Up Action by ICCAT
ICCAT was the first RFMO to ban shark finning, mandate shark catch data reporting and convene international shark stock assessments. With this record and associated advice, ICCAT is well-positioned to take the lead in implementing the directive from the second joint tuna RFMO meeting.
Specifically, at this year’s annual ICCAT meeting, the Shark Alliance and the Pew Environment Group call on ICCAT Parties to agree to:
A prohibition on the removal of shark fins at sea in order to improve enforcement of the shark finning ban and facilitate collection of species-specific catch data;
Prohibitions on retention of exceptionally vulnerable shark species, particularly the bigeye thresher, as recommended by ICCAT scientists;
Concrete limits that would significantly reduce fishing pressure on overfished North Atlantic shortfin mako sharks, in line with previous ICCAT Recommendations;
Precautionary measures to cap fishing for blue sharks to prevent overfishing;
Mechanisms to improve compliance with shark data collection mandates; and
An ambitious schedule for hosting a special porbeagle shark management meeting of representatives from interested RFMOs, as resolved in 2008.
HALF OF OPEN OCEAN SHARKS
ARE THREATENED WITH EXTINCTION
Protect them now before it’s too late
Matt Rand, Coordinator, Shark Alliance; Director of Global Shark Conservation, Pew Environment Group
p: +1-202-285-4859 e: mrand@pewtrusts.org Skype: matt.rand
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Brazil Tuna meeting needs to extend Spain’s initiative on shark protection
Monday, 02 November 2009 11:48
OCEANA, the international marine conservation organization, is calling on the European Union to present effective proposals to regulate sharks that are caught in the Atlantic Ocean during the upcoming meeting of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) in Recife, Brazil, 6-15 November.
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Shark Conservation - ICCAT, Brazil Urgent Need for Shark Conservation - ICCAT, Brazil 9 - 15 November 2009 - SHARK ALLIANCE Shark Conservation - ICCAT, Brazil
Urgent Need for Shark Conservation - ICCAT, Brazil
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Shark catch. (Photo: T. Ezcurra)
Brazil, from 6 to 15 November.
Shark catch. (Photo: T. Ezcurra)
CEPESCA backs global shark management measures fis.com/fis/worldnews/worldnews.asp?l=e&country=0&...
Fish being handled at Vigo port. Spanish fishers will not be able to target thresher and scalloped hammerhead sharks next year. (Photo: HC-Archive)
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CEPESCA backs global shark management measures
SPAIN
Thursday, November 05, 2009, 17:10 (GMT + 9)
The Spanish Fisheries Confederation (CEPESCA) will ask the European Commission (EC) to put forth international conservation and management measures for a variety of species of shark, among them, the thresher and the hammerhead.
The Confederation has called for action in line with the system established for the Community fleet, in which the system of data contribution, control, compliance and sanction is referred to, and which prohibits the capture of both species.
It is hoped that the measures are proposed in the next annual meeting of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT), which will be held in Recife, Brazil, from 6 to 15 November.
Last September, Spain prohibited the capture of thresher sharks and scalloped hammerhead sharks – in an effort to protect both vulnerable species.
According to the norm, Spanish fishing ships are not be able to catch, transfer, land or commercialise these sharks in any of the fishing-grounds they target.
“In written documents sent as much to the Spanish Administration as to EC Fisheries Commissioner Joe Borg, CEPESCA insists on the need for the European Commission to chair the ICCAT session on the necessary initiatives for the protection of the most vulnerable species of sharks and in the setting of the most adequate management measures for the establishment of responsible and sustainable fishing,” the Confederation indicated in a statement.
CEPESCA authorities also hope the EC reiterates the recommendation proposal to protect these sharks, presented in November 2008 in Morocco.
“It is essential that ICCAT adopts a Recommendation that prohibits the fishing of thresher and hammerhead sharks,” Javier Garat, Secretary General of CEPESCA, said. “If it is not done, the effort made by Spain will be worth absolutely nothing and these vulnerable species will continue undergoing fishing pressure that will put them in danger.”
“Spanish shipowners have already given the first step in agreeing with the Spanish Ministry and the NGO on the prohibition in Spain. Now the ball is in the European Commission’s corner, which cannot fail a responsible sector like the Spanish,” he added.
According to Garat, if the measures for shark protection do not become extensive to the rest of the Community fleets and ICCAT, “the paradox is that as from the 1 January 2010, the Spanish fleet cannot capture them and that, nonetheless, threshers and hammerheads will be landed in Vigo on the part of the fleets of other countries, generating conflicts of unimaginable consequences.”
CEPESCA once again asked the EC to propose a recommendation so that the fishing effort be halted on blue and shortfin mako sharks, both extrememly important for the Spanish fleet.
At present, these resources display a good biological state, but they could have problems in the future if suitable management measures are not taken in time.
“It would be convenient to control the pressure on these populations to avoid the adoption of more drastic measures in the future,” CEPESCA asserts.
Related article:
- Shark fishing prohibited
By Analia Murias
editorial@fis.com
www.fis.com
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Coloso reports profits hike
CHILE | Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Sociedad Pesquera Coloso SA generated revenues of USD 15 million in the third quarter of this year -- a marked improvement over the USD 1.5 million reported for the third quarter of 2008.
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Lower demand deflates H1 exports
Peru | 12:40|Traditional and non-traditional seafood exports registered USD 1.796 billion between January and September 2008, 8% less than in the same period of 2008. Fishmeal was the main export in first nine months of 2009.
Norway | 10:10|The value of Norwegian salmon exports last month reached EUR 260.4 million, the highest export value ever recorded for a single month and a rise of 28%, or EUR 56.7 million, compared to October 2008.
Spain | 09:10|The Alakana tuna vessel continues in the hands of Somali pirates as organisations call on the Spanish government to urgently enact measures to free the 36-member crew.
United States | 08:40|Legislation to block the FDA from using federal money to ban the sale of raw, untreated oysters in the summer was introduced by three Gulf Coast senators on Thursday.
United Kingdom | 08:30|A new nationwide supermarket chain will open its first stores. Haldanes, as the chain will be known, will be the first mid-sized supermarket chain to open in the UK for 27 years.
Worldwide | 02:20|A new documentary could cause severe problems for the salmon farming sector, an industry already rife with controversy. The film is particularly critical of Marine Harvest and Cermaq.
United States | 23:50|The US government seeks to initiate formal negotiations with Mexico in the dispute around the “Dolphin Safe” labelling in effect for canned tuna entering the American market.
Canada | 23:40|Scientists have conducted the first worldwide life cycle assessment of farmed salmon to gauge farms’ environmental impact and have concluded that the sector generates a hefty amount of pollution.
Austria | 23:20|Austrian chemists will commence selling fish in order to raise awareness of the health benefits of a diet rich in Omega 3 fatty acids.Under the programme, a type of smoked Arctic char will be sold.
Peru | 22:40|The Ministry of Production warned that fleet control and monitoring measures will be stepped up as of today, the start of the second anchovy and longnose anchovy fishing season.
SOURCE: www.fis.com/
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In search of a future for bluefin tuna
BRAZIL
Tuesday, November 10, 2009, 01:00 (GMT + 9)
The members of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) will debate through 15 November, in Recife, how to save the bluefin tuna and avoid the ‘disaster’ that fishers say the suspension of catch will provoke. Representatives of the ICCAT’s 50 Member States have gathered in Brazil to analyse possible restrictions and even a prohibition on bluefin tuna fishing, a proposal unwelcomed by the European Union’s (EU) fishing firms and the majority of entity members. According to the conservation group Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF), the bluefin tuna can end up “disappearing completely” by 2012 if the present fishing rate continues. It is calculated that around 1.3 million tonnes of bluefin tuna is fished every year around the world, of which almost 50 per cent is harvested by the Japanese fleet – not members of ICCAT. The attendees of the 21st ordinary meeting will focus their debate on the fishing of th... FULL STORY
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A bluefin tuna marked for auction. (Photo: WWF)
NGO lambasts Japan’s role in bluefin tuna delay
WORLDWIDE
Monday, November 02, 2009, 23:10 (GMT + 9)
The conservation organisation Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF) has claimed that a report authored by the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) was kept quiet for more than one week due to pressure from Japan.
In said document, scientists concluded that the population of bluefin tuna could fall to less than 15 per cent of its original size, with which the species would fulfil the criterion to enter Appendix I of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES).
Sergi Tudela. (Photo: WWF)
In so doing, experts acknowledge the necessity to fix a prohibition on the international trade of bluefin tuna to preserve stocks, which are in decline.
The WWF, however, has affirmed that the report became public only in late October, although it had been ready 10 days before, Publico reports.
This delay was spurred by “the pressure exerted by Japan’s delegate,” which asked for the information to be kept quiet until the Commission’s next meeting on 9 November, revealed the director of the WWF Fishing Programme for the Mediterranean, Sergi Tudela.
“Japan silenced the data to prevent the Commission from being pressured to protect the tuna,” Tudela added.
Between 6 and 16 November in Brazil, ICCAT delegates will decide whether or not they set forth new restrictions for the fishing of the species.
The next CITES conference is scheduled for March 2010.
Related article:
- Scientists support Atlantic bluefin tuna trade ban
By Analia Murias
editorial@fis.com
www.fis.com
at 10:55 on November 9th, 2009
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Alabama issues Stop Sale Order on Asian catfish
UNITED STATES
Tuesday, November 10, 2009, 03:10 (GMT + 9)
Commissioner Ron Sparks of the Alabama Department of Agriculture and Industries announced on Wednesday a Stop Sale on catfish and basa products imported from Indonesia, Thailand, Cambodia, China and Vietnam due to positive results for the antibiotic fluoroquinolones. A total of 40 samples of basa type products and catfish were tested from the five Asian countries, out of which 18 product samples yielded positive results for fluoroquinolones. Fluoroquinolones and quinolones are chemotherapeutic bactericidal drugs used to kill bacteria by interfering with their DNA replication. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) does not allow the use of fluoroquinolones in seafood. Sparks has issued nine orders of suspension from sale or movement for 486 cases of product weighing 8,840 lbs. These products were either voluntarily destroyed or returned to the importer after the Alabama Department notified the FDA of the drug traces. The Alabama Department’s detection reporting li... FULL STORY
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Wild Scottish oysters return
UNITED KINGDOM
Tuesday, November 10, 2009, 02:20 (GMT + 9)
Live wild oysters have been discovered in the Firth of Forth. They had been declared extinct in the area in 1957 due to overfishing.
The discovery was remarkable and might lead to future commercial production of the wild oyster, scientists said.
‘’With improving water quality in the Forth there's no reason why we shouldn't be able to re-establish them,’’ said Elizabeth Ashton of the University of Stirling's Institute of Aquaculture.
She was the one to discover the oysters at a location that scientists are keeping undisclosed, BBC reports.
"I put my wellies on and my raincoat and was walking along the slippery stones by the water's edge many times, and then out of the corner of my eye I saw what I thought could be an oyster, and the tide was still going out so I had to wait a while and - yes - it was a specimen of a native oyster,’‘ she explained.
The Forth used to yield hefty amounts of oysters, but production is now based out of Loch Ryan in the southwest.
"The Firth of Forth was once the major oyster fishery in Scotland, and at its peak produced over 30 million oysters a year, and they were exported all across Europe," Ashton told.
Roy Brett, chef and owner of the Ondine restaurant in Edinburgh, specialises in shellfish. He is optimistic at the prospect that Scottish east coast oysters might eventually appear on his menu.
"This is the best oyster because it actually tastes of the sea," he recalled.
"When I told the guys in the kitchen that one day we might have Edinburgh oysters on, it was a good feeling. We know it's early days but just to hear that news, it's so encouraging," he added.
Ashton and her colleagues at the University believe that the oyster discovery means nature is fighting back to replenish itself.
"We thought that they had been overfished and it was pollution that had caused them to die out,’‘ said Janet Brown, also of the Institute of Aquaculture. "Obviously some of them had survived and with improving water quality in the Forth there's no reason why we shouldn't be able to re-establish them."
By Natalia Real
editorial@fis.com
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Wild Scottish oysters return
UNITED KINGDOM | Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Live wild oysters have been discovered in the Firth of Forth. They had been declared extinct in the area in 1957 due to overfishing. The discovery might lead to future commercial production of the wild oyster.
FULL STORY
Wild Scottish oysters return
UNITED KINGDOM | Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Live wild oysters have been discovered in the Firth of Forth. They had been declared extinct in the area in 1957 due to overfishing. The discovery might lead to future commercial production of the wild oyster.
FULL STORY
Wild Scottish oysters return
UNITED KINGDOM | Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Live wild oysters have been discovered in the Firth of Forth. They had been declared extinct in the area in 1957 due to overfishing. The discovery might lead to future commercial production of the wild oyster.
FULL STORY
Wild Scottish oysters return
UNITED KINGDOM | Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Live wild oysters have been discovered in the Firth of Forth. They had been declared extinct in the area in 1957 due to overfishing. The discovery might lead to future commercial production of the wild oyster.
FULL STORY
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Urgent meeting held to resolve Spanish vessel hijacking
SPAIN | Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Government officials from Spain and Somalia will hold an emergency session to find an end to the hijacking of the Alakrana vessel, detained by Somali pirates 38 days ago.
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Urgent meeting held to resolve Spanish vessel hijacking
SPAIN | Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Government officials from Spain and Somalia will hold an emergency session to find an end to the hijacking of the Alakrana vessel, detained by Somali pirates 38 days ago.
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Fisheries: opening of crucial meeting of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT)
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Fisheries: opening of crucial meeting of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT)
Tomorrow will see the opening of the Annual Meeting of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) in Recife, Brazil. Key issues on the table for the EU are how to ensure the recovery of Atlantic bluefin tuna, in particular by reducing the total allowable catches (TAC) and fishing capacity, the strengthening of compliance with ICCAT rules and the adoption of the right science-based measures for all fish stocks. The EU wants to ensure that, beyond bluefin tuna, the other stocks that need attention receive it and that the right conservation measures are adopted so as to ensure the sustainability of the related fisheries.
The Council endorsed a solid mandate for the Commission to negotiate on behalf of the EU at this year's ICCAT meeting. European Commissioner for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Joe Borg declared:
“Despite the efforts made by European fishermen and the progress achieved, the state of bluefin tuna requires more efforts. ICCAT needs to grasp the nettle this year. Scientific advice needs to be strictly followed as regards bluefin tuna and all other concerned fish stocks. Total allowable catches should be reduced accordingly, and fishing overcapacity must be effectively addressed. Tough decisions are ahead of us but that is the price to pay to ensure the future of the fisheries concerned. The EU will fully play its role as a major player in this fishery”.
For Eastern bluefin tuna, ICCAT adopted last year in Marrakesh a revised 15-year recovery plan, including reduced fishing seasons, a programme to cut fishing capacity and an unprecedented set of control measures. However, the latest advice from the ICCAT Scientific Committee reiterates the need for lower total allowable catches. Moreover, capacity management plans by ICCAT countries have to be discussed for approval at the next ICCAT meeting, as foreseen in the Marrakesh recovery plan. The follow-up of the special meeting of the ICCAT Compliance Committee last March in Barcelona will also be ensured in Recife. For other fish stocks of major importance, including bigeye tuna, Atlantic and Mediterranean swordfish and North Atlantic albacore, multi-annual management plans are scheduled to be reviewed or established. Certain plans, like the one for North Atlantic swordfish, have proven to be successful, but further adaptations are required in light of the latest scientific information. Furthermore, the examination of compliance with ICCAT rules for these species should be as thorough as the one for bluefin tuna obligations.
On sharks, in line with its commitment in the EU's Action Plan for Sharks, the EU will push for ambitious protection measures. In particular this year, the EU will table proposals for measures to ensure the protection of porbeagle and thresher sharks.
This year's ICCAT Annual Meeting will run from 7 to 15 November. ICCAT is an inter-governmental fishery organisation responsible for the conservation of tunas and tuna-like species in the Atlantic Ocean and its adjacent seas. It was created in 1966, and currently has 51 members. For more details, see www.iccat.int
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The principal shark fisheries -->
Angelshark (squatinidae), Canarian islands, Spain - © Carlos Suarez
--> Small-scale coastal fishing – bottom trawling and gillnets catch skates, rays and small coastal sharks such as dogfish, smooth hound, spurdog and tope shark. Deep-water fishing catches deep-water sharks like arrowhead dogfish, kitefin shark and Portuguese dogfish (Centroscymnus coelolepis) with bottomset longlines, demersal trawls and bottomset gillnets. High-seas fishing catches large pelgaic sharks, especially blue shark, mackerel shark and mako shark, mostly with surface longlines.
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About the Common Fisheries Policy Sharks: the situation today
Basking shark feeding (Cetorhinus maximus) off Cornwall UK © Dan Burton/naturepl.com
The sharks, rays and chimaeras classed as chondrichthyans, and commonly referred to as 'sharks', have been exploited increasingly since the mid-1980s due to higher demand for shark products (especially fins, but also meat, skin, cartilage, etc.), principally in Asian markets. Between 1984 and 2004, global shark catches grew from 600 000 to over 810 000 tonnes.
The European Union's fishing fleet has taken part in this fishing pressure for a number of reasons:
Shark populations are generally fragile because of certain characteristics of their life cycle: low fertility rate, large juveniles, slow growth and late maturity. Their capacity to restore their population in case of overfishing is consequently limited. As a result, these ancient species, which play a key role in maintaining balance in marine ecosystems, are sometimes endangered by overfishing and illegal fishing. For example, several species caught by the EU fleet in the Atlantic and the Mediterranean are on the Red List drawn up by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). Some are 'critically endangered' (spurdog, porbeagle shark, several species of angel shark and ray), and others are 'endangered' (basking shark) or 'vulnerable' (short-finned mako, blue shark and hammerhead shark).
Sharks Links:
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The different shark species
The different species concerned can be divided into three groups:
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The different shark species
The different species concerned can be divided into three groups:
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Action plan : previous actions
Dogfish with eggs © Yvette Tavernier/Nausicaa/Biophoto
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Action plan : improving management
Angelshark (squatinidae), Canarian islands, Spain © Oceana, Carlos Suarez
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Action plan : deepening knowledge
Two young dogfishes (Scyliorhinus canicula), North Atlantic off Wales © Paul Kay/OSF/Biosphoto
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Pintado da Amazônia Nativ – Peixe de Cultivo
Peixe híbrido, de couro. Cruzamento do Surubim (Pintado) com Jundiá da Amazônia, cultivado com total controle dos processos até o produto final. Tem como característica carne de coloração clara, sabor inigualável, suave e consistência tenra.
Surubim Nativ – Peixe de Cultivo
Peixe de couro, originário da Bacia Amazônica, cultivado com total controle dos processos até o produto final.
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Peixe de escamas, originário da Bacia Amazônica, cultivado com total controle dos processos até o produto final.
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Peixe de escamas, originário do Continente Africano.
Camarão Nativ – Camarão de Cultivo
Camarão Cinza do Ocidente (Litopenaeus vannamei) atualmente atualmente cultivado em todos os países produtores do mundo ocidental. Em geral, apresenta uniforme taxa de crescimento, fácil adaptabilidade a diferentes condições de meio ambiente e é considerado de tamanho médio.
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at 06:17 on November 15th, 2009
Shrimp discards purify blackwater
BRASIL
Saturday, November 14, 2009
A team of scientists at the University of South Santa Catarina (Unisul) have discovered that shrimp heads, which are normally discarded by consumers, have large numbers of efficient enzimes to treat b...
In search of a future for bluefin tuna
BRASIL
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
The members of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas will debate how to save the bluefin tuna and avoid the ‘disaster’ that fishers say the suspension of catch will provoke.
Tax exemption proposed for fish processing industries
BRASIL
Friday, November 06, 2009
The National Fisheries and Aquaculture Council is launching a new legislative offensive to guarantee the exemption of tax contributions for the seafood processing industries.
Nutreco buys majority stake in Brazilian fish feed firm
BRASIL
Monday, November 02, 2009
Nutreco has confirmed that it has acquired a 51% shareholding in a Brazilian animal nutrition and fish feed firm. The activities will be continued in a new joint venture named 'Fri-Ribe
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PHOTOS
LUSH and Sea Shepherd
Learn more about Sea Shepherd's partnership with LUSH through these news postings:
Wednesday, September 03, 2008 LUSH and Sea Shepherd Launch Global Anti-Shark-Finning Campaign: Alice Newstead Hung by Actual Shark Hooks in Protest of the Slaughter Shoppers on Regents Street in central London likely got more than they bargained for this afternoon. In a dramatic illustration of how sharks are caught and killed for their fins, Alice Newstead, performance artist and former employee of LUSH Fresh Handmade Cosmetics, voluntarily had her skin pierced with actual de-barbed shark hooks and hung suspended from the ceiling in the window of one of LUSH's busiest shops for all to see.
As a crowd gathered to watch in horror, Newstead said, "I am doing this because the demand for shark fin soup and other shark products is wiping out the shark population." Unlike the 100 million sharks who are brutally slaughtered each year for their fins, Newstead commented, "I will be left with scars, but the wounds will heal."
"Sea Shepherd is deeply impressed by LUSH's commitment to shark conservation and its willingness to use its 500+ storefronts as a global platform for educating the public on such a critically important issue," said Kim McCoy, International Executive Director of Sea Shepherd Conservation Society. "We applaud Alice for her courageousness in using her body as a tool to help educate consumers about the urgent need to protect sharks. She is an inspiration to us all."
"Sea Shepherd will be presenting Alice Newstead with an award for courage for her incredible achievement in focusing public attention on the worldwide slaughter of sharks," said Captain Paul Watson, Founder and President of Sea Shepherd. "What she and LUSH have contributed to this conservation effort is enormous. The cruelty of the shark finning industry was brought intimately into focus with the piercing of Alice's flesh and the dripping of her blood down her back. LUSH, Sea Shepherd, and Alice are very much aware that if we drive sharks to extinction, we will destroy our oceans, and if we do that, civilization will collapse and humanity will disappear. What Alice did was not just for the saving of sharks, but for the salvation of humankind. Our admiration for her sacrifice is profound, and the scars that she will bear represent a rare courage demonstrating that we all must do what we can with the talents we possess to save our oceans."
Today's dramatic enactment of the gruesome manner in which sharks are caught kicks off the beginning of a global campaign between LUSH and Sea Shepherd. Each of LUSH's storefronts across the UK now hosts window displays featuring Sea Shepherd's jolly roger flag, LCD screens playing a continuous loop of Shark Angels footage, and other educational materials.
LUSH's staff are dressing as pirates and handing out Sea Shepherd shark brochures (PDF) in an attempt to educate consumers about the desperate plight of sharks. Among other things, LUSH is urging consumers to boycott restaurants that serve shark fin soup and health food stores that sell shark cartilage supplements. LUSH has also delivered letters to local restaurants and health food stores asking them to "wash their hands" of this barbaric industry and stop selling shark products.
To assist these businesses in "cleaning up their act," LUSH has created a new and cruelty-free product especially for this campaign, called Shark Fin Soap. The UK stores plan to sell a limited batch of 11,416 bars, with 100% of the proceeds going to Sea Shepherd. Why 11,416 bars? In recognition of the fact that a staggering 11,416 sharks are killed every hour, and that populations are being wiped out faster than they can reproduce.
To learn more, watch the video, or purchase Shark Fin Soap, visit: www.lush.co.uk.
To read LUSH's press release, click here (PDF).
Thursday, August 21, 2008 LUSH and Sea Shepherd Launch Partnership Campaign to Protect Sharks
On August 12th, Captain Paul Watson of Sea Shepherd and Andrew Butler, the Global Campaigns Director for LUSH Fresh Handmade Cosmetics launched a campaign to protect the sharks of the ocean.
From the Botanic Gardens in Sydney, Australia, Captain Watson and Andrew Butler explained to the Australian media in attendance that the campaign was being launched in Australia for the purpose of urging the government of the state of Queensland to not proceed with a proposal to open a dedicated shark fin fishery in the waters around and in the Great Barrier Reef, a world heritage site.
The decision by Queensland is expected in mid-September 2008.
"If we can't convince a nation like Australia of the importance of protecting sharks from this destructive fishery, we will have little hope of convincing poorer nations to refrain from slaughtering the world's sharks for the Chinese shark fin market," said Captain Paul Watson.
"Sharks have shaped evolution in our oceans for 450 million years," continued Captain Watson, "and their diminishment has already been the cause of severe damage to global oceanic eco-systems. Shark species extinctions will cause irreparable damage. If we can't save the sharks, we will fail to save our oceans, and if our oceans die, civilization and humanity will die. LUSH and Sea Shepherd recognize that we need to save the sharks if we are to save ourselves, and we are working together to make this happen."
The Queensland government has been attempting to keep the shark proposal as quiet as possible, so quiet in fact that they informed the media that there was no plans and no proposal to open a dedicated shark fishery despite the fact that the proposal has been on the government web site for months.
The Queensland Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries told the media bluntly that there are no plans to catch and process sharks on the Great Barrier Reef.
What this means is that the government of Queensland and Premier Annie Bligh will be in a very embarrassing position if they proceed to pass this proposal next month after publicly stating that there is no proposal or plan to open a shark fishery.
We intend to hold them to this although we suspect when the time comes, they will say that the statement made was from a bureaucrat who was misinformed.
The Lush and Sea Shepherd initiative is a global campaign.
"Lush is a campaigning company, and we have already tackled issues such as animal testing and over-packaging. But with 100 million sharks being killed every year and time fast running out for the remaining 10% of the global shark population, the campaign against shark finning and longlining is perhaps our biggest challenge yet," said Andrew Butler.
"Lush have over 550 stores in more than 50 countries, and we will be campaigning on this issue in all of them, but the nature of the global campaign very much depends on the decision made by the Queensland Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries in Australia next month. If it goes against the sharks we will know who the target of our campaign will be," said Butler.
LUSH will have window displays including Sea Shepherd and Shark Angel videos running in their stores beginning in September. LUSH has also created a new product called Sharkfin Soap with the profits from the sale going to finance Sea Shepherd anti-shark-finning campaigns.
The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society is the world's most active shark conservation organization. With full time anti-poaching patrols in the Galapagos National Park Marine Reserve and global efforts to confiscate and destroy illegal longlines, Sea Shepherd has saved hundreds of thousands of sharks and inflicted enormous economic damage on illegal shark finning operations including the confiscation of over 45,000 shark fins in Ecuador in 2007. Sea Shepherd also is featured in the commercially successful release of the film Sharkwater.
Sharkwater premiered in Perth, Australia on the evening of August 12th with over 550 people attending the benefit opening for Sea Shepherd sponsored by Sea Shepherd in Western Australia.
Tuesday, August 12, 2008 Lush and Sea Shepherd team-up for global campaign against shark fishing industry
Sydney - It's flank speed against shark fishing for Captain Paul Watson, Founder and President, Sea Shepherd Conservation Society - announcing a new partnership with Lush to raise global awareness of the plight of sharks and publicly shame the Queensland Fisheries Department (DPI&F) proposal to open a dedicated finfish fishery on the Great Barrier Reef.
Lush will be running an international campaign in over 550 stores worldwide in the coming months to draw attention to the fact that over 90% of the world's sharks have already been wiped out and, with 100,000,000 sharks a year being killed for their fins, flesh, cartilage and oils, that the situation for these vitally important marine animals has become critical. Lush will have a window campaign, in-store educational materials and a new product, Shark Fin Soap the sale of which will benefit Sea Shepherd, as part of the campaign.
Australia was chosen for the launch of the campaign because the decision to approve a proposed shark fishery in Queensland is expected in September 2008. The time for public action, against the proposal is now. Sea Shepherd and Lush believe that if the Queensland Fisheries Department can't see the issue for its obvious dangers, then subjecting the proposal to global public scrutiny is the only solution.
Sea Shepherd's Captain Paul Watson said, "Sharks have shaped evolution in our oceans for 450 million years, and their diminishment has already been the cause of severe damage to global oceanic eco-systems. Shark species extinctions will cause irreparable damage."
"If we can't save the sharks, we will fail to save our oceans, and if our oceans die, civilization and humanity will die. Lush and Sea Shepherd recognize that we need to save the sharks if we are to save ourselves, and we are working together to make this happen!" he said.
Andrew Butler, Global Campaigns Director, Lush Fresh Handmade Cosmetics added "Lush are a campaigning company, and we have already tackled issues such as animal testing and over packaging. But with 100 million sharks being killed every year and time fast running out for the remaining 10% of the global shark population, the campaign against shark finning and longlining is perhaps our biggest challenge yet."
"Lush have over 550 stores in more than 50 countries, and we will be campaigning on this issue in all of them, but the nature of the global campaign very much depends on the decision made by the DPI&F in Australia next month; if it goes against the sharks we know who the target of our campaign will be," he said.
Renowned Shark Biologist Richard Fitzpatrick adds, "The proposed inshore fin fishery for sharks is completely illogical - we know nothing about the basic biology of these animals - their growth rates, reproductive cycles and movement patterns. It is the equivalent of pulling a person off the street and making them fly a plane without a manual - it's a guaranteed disaster."
Notes
Today Lush sent a letter to Environment Minster Peter Garrett and Fisheries Minister Tim Mulherin asking them to take action to stop the proposed shark fishery in Queensland. The letter follows.
Andrew Butler
Lush Cosmetics
Campaigns Manager Captain Paul Watson
Sea Shepherd Conservation Society
Founder and President
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