SoCal Aquaponics Team Blog

NORTHERN IRELAND, UK - A £2.5m Vessel Modernisation and Selectivity Measure of the European Fisheries Fund has opened for applications from the local fishing fleet.

NORTHERN IRELAND, UK - Adult Zebra mussels, an Invasive Alien Species, were found attached to the shell of a native mussel during monitoring by the Northern Ireland Environment Agency (NIEA) on Lower Lough MacNean.

GENERAL - The world's most established fisheries certifier is failing on its promises as rapidly as it gains prominence, according to the world's leading fisheries experts from the University of British Columbia (UBC), Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California at San Diego and elsewhere.

NEW ZEALAND - The Ministry of Fisheries has today opened public consultation on options for managing the impacts on fishing from set nets on Maui’s and Hector’s dolphins in two areas where the Minister has been asked to reconsider previous decisions as a result of a High Court ruling.

NEW ZEALAND - Fisheries and Aquaculture Minister Phil Heatley is calling on scallop fishers to follow the rules as the season opens in Auckland today (1 September).