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Presentation of the Swordfish and Blue Shark Culinary Corpus Culinario in Vigo

The organizations of surface longline producers, OPP-7 Burela, OPROMAR, ORPAGU and OPNAPA present the Corpus Culinario del Pez Espada and the Corpus Culinario de la Tintorera; two books that cover the gastronomic culture in its complete chain, gathering the...

FIP Blues meets with the Ministry for Ecological Transition and Demographic Challenge

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...

The surface longline fleet presents its FIP BLUES sustainability project at the European Parliament

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...

FIP BLUES WELCOMES THE “BBNJ AGREEMENT”

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 to protect...

Ends the “ordeal” that prevented the longliners from selling the mako shark they were allowed to catch

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...

The fishing organizations report the inaction of the central government with the mako

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...

FisheryProgress has published the FIP BLUES progress ranking update

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...

FIP BLUES presents his Action Plan to the members of ICCAT Sub-Commission 4 as part of his SUSTAIN HOOK programme.

This morning, from the Government subdelegation in Pontevedra, the members of FIP BLUES presented the SUSTAIN HOOK programme to members of ICCAT Sub-Commission 4 on the occasion of their meeting on 6-7-8 July. The event was opened by Antonio Lizcano, Deputy Director...

The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food will collaborate with the surface longline production and processing sector through the Fisheries Improvement Project “FIP BLUES”.

The Secretary General for Fisheries, Ms. Alicia Villauriz Iglesias, and the representatives of the main Fishing Producers Organisations of the surface longline sector (OPP-7, OPP-8, OPP-49 and OPPC-3), as well as the National Association of Marketing and Processing...

THE PORT AUTHORITY OF VIGO STRENGTHENS TIES WITH THE LONGLINE SECTOR AND SUPPORTS THE CREATION OF A BRAND OF SUSTAINABILITY

The president of the Port Authority of Vigo, Jesús Vázquez Almuíña, held a meeting this morning with the heads of the producers' organisations representing the surface longline fishery and the most important companies at Community level in marketing and processing, to...

FIP BLUES presentation in Conxemar exhibition

3 Oct 2018

The Conxemar exhibition, due to its multisectoral and international nature, was the setting chosen for the presentation of the first global project for improvement in shark and swordfish fisheries. It is a pioneering initiative promoted by the 4 fishery producer...

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