Mr Anderton said industry opposition to the "shared fisheries" proposal to reallocate some commercial fishing quotas to recreational fishermen could backfire. The commercial fishing industry already spent $20 million a year researching fisheries stocks, and in 2004 had voluntarily reduced their hoki catch to preserve the species. He wanted to work with commercial fishermen, urging them to spurn lawyers, "who have tangled you up in inconsistencies and confusion" and talk direct to the...

Indiscriminate fishing has remained the main threat to the fishing industry now ranked among the top non-traditional foreign exchange earners. Mukisa, however, noted that despite providing a significant amount of fish for export, the Lake Victoria fish stocks were dwindling. The money will fund the fisheries development project, Fred Mukisa, the fisheries state minister, said. Industry sources have blamed some of the processing factories located near the lakes for the rampant vice, now...

Luanda, 05/27 The Angolan Government recently set measures for the management of fisheries and aquaculture in the year 2007, which mainly aim at adjusting the catches to the available potential of the aquatic and aquafarming resources. The foreign boats under a regime of contract or freighting that stop fishing by any reason could only be exclusively replaced by other boats in terms of the law. Measures of management recommend the improvement of knowledge about the biology of shellfishes,...

All of these fish are large predatory fish that concentrate mercury in their bodies throughout their lives through eating smaller fish that also contain mercury. The FDA and the EPA say that everyone, including pregnant women, should eat a variety of fish and shellfish that are low in mercury at least twice a week, unless the fish is deep-fried (a serving size is 3 ounces of cooked fish or 4 ounces of uncooked fish) The FDA and the EPA say that everyone, including pregnant women, should...

Commercial fishers living in this vast area must sell their catch to the fish board or find themselves standing in front of a judge. It appears that after what some would consider an eternity, the federal government may take away the monopoly the fish board exerts over the inland fishery. Fishers and brokers made good money transporting millions of pounds of fish by truck to markets in Canada and the United States. A majority of the 2,000-plus fishers that feed this monopoly are aboriginal...

Staggs says most fish farms - just like the DNR's fish hatcheries - depend on brood stock from lakes and rivers to populate their operations. From small-scale backyard ponds to larger fish farms across the state, operators are boosting security to keep the virus at bay. He combs through his mucky pond, hand-selecting tiny yellow perch and bluegills, the delectable main dishes of a Friday fish fry. West says the virus has not hit fish-farm operations in the state, and operators are taking...