Tag: Fisheries
No agreement on new fisheries agreement at WTO conference
As of: March 2, 2024 11:07 a.m A planned global agreement to better protect fish stocks has failed for the time being. The 164 participating countries at the WTO conference…
Marine protection and fisheries: farmers’ victims of austerity measures?
As of: January 11, 2024 10:08 a.m The federal government wants to cut several million dollars for marine protection and fisheries and to change the legal requirements retroactively. The farmers’…
Ministerial meeting in Spain: EU fisheries should become more sustainable
Status: 07/18/2023 10:49 a.m Many vessels in the EU fishing fleet are old and inefficient. Cooling and transport consume a lot of energy. The search is now on for ways…
Fisheries: In the net of world politics
The Faroe Islands, one of the major fish producers in the North Atlantic, thrive on close business ties with Russia. But the aggressive war in Ukraine changed everything. Visiting a…
Faroe Islands: Fisheries agreement with Russia is under criticism
Fishing is the main industry of the Faroe Islands in the North Atlantic. A fisheries treaty with Russia that has existed since Soviet times was recently extended. However, given the…
Before the EU fisheries meeting: environmentalists are pushing for longer closed seasons
Status: 11.12.2022 09:29 am Eel still ends up on German plates, even though the fish is threatened with extinction. That is why environmentalists are calling for longer closed seasons and…
World trade: WTO breaks through on patents and fisheries
world trade WTO breaks through on patents and fisheries WTO chief Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has reached an agreement and is receiving a belated birthday song. Photo: Martial Trezzini/KEYSTONE/dpa © dpa-infocom GmbH…
WTO struggles over fisheries agreements: why fighting is going on to the last bone
As of: 06/14/2022 6:41 p.m Huge trawlers that fish everything empty, but also countless small fishermen are threatening the stocks: A bitter distribution battle for the valuable protein is raging…
WTO conference: Dispute over patents and fisheries at WTO ministerial conference in Geneva
WTO conference Dispute over patents and fisheries at WTO ministerial conference in Geneva A problem that is on the agenda at the WTO conference: overfishing. Photo: Song Weiwei/XinHua/dpa © dpa-infocom…
Fisheries: Research project: Ultrasonic shrimp shells
fishing Research project: Crab shells with ultrasound In order to secure the shrimp fishery in the long term, Lower Saxony’s state government is funding a research project on regional value…