by INXENIA | 9 Jul, 2023 | Uncategorized
In November 2022 and within the framework of the Plenary of the 19th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to CITES, the inclusion of Tintorera (Prionace glauca) in Appendix II of the aforementioned Convention was approved, which implies, as of 25 November of this...
by INXENIA | 5 Jul, 2023 | Uncategorized
The FIP BLUES fishing improvement project starts in 2019 with the aim of improving the environmental sustainability of the surface longline fishery. Made up of the Burela Fishing Producers Organisation (OPP BURELA), the Organisation of Longliners (ORPAGU), the...
by tfernandez | 23 May, 2023 | Uncategorized
On 5 March 2023, the United Nations (UN) approved an agreement of international importance to protect biodiversity in waters beyond national jurisdiction, the so-called “BBNJ” (Biodiversity of areas Beyond National Jurisdiction). The overall objective is...
by tfernandez | 29 Mar, 2022 | Uncategorized
For the 115 affected surface longliners, the nonsense that prevented them from selling the shortfin mako that they could catch has been an “ordeal”. Quite a mess, because the European Union (EU) and the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food allowed them to fish...
by tfernandez | 15 Feb, 2022 | Uncategorized
Shipowners and industry suffer millionaire losses due to the inaction of the Spanish Government with the mako. • Representatives of the organizations OPP-7 Burela, Opnapa, Opromar and Orpagu offered a press conference this morning in Santiago to describe the calvary...
by tfernandez | 10 Feb, 2022 | Uncategorized
FIP Description The EU surface longline fleet has been concentrating efforts on the implementation of national and regional strategies for the conservation of their target species including measures such as minimizing incidental catches, collaborating with the...
