Stuff.co.nz, New Zealand 17 December 2007 Two New Zealand fishing companies are vying to be among the first to establish their green credentials in one of the world’s most remote fishing grounds… Now New Zealand Long Line, a division of Sealord, and Sanford New Zealand have joined forces with British-based Argos to get the right to put an eco-label on the …

Toothfish to the test The Antarctic toothfish longline fishery in the Ross Sea is seeking recognition through the world’s leading environmental certification and eco-labelling programme for wild capture fisheries. Certification to the Marine Stewardship Council’s (MSC) environmental standard would mean that approximately 3,207 tonnes of toothfish (Dissostichus mawsoni) could be marked with the MSC’s blue eco-label, signalling to consumers that …

The Age, Australia Melbourne restaurants are starting to serve Patagonian toothfish as efforts to drive out illegal fishing of the threatened species from Australian Antarctic waters appear to have succeeded… efforts by Customs officials to clamp down on illegal operators have been successful, with no illegal catches of the Patagonian toothfish reported in Australian waters since the Cambodian-flagged vessel Taruman was …

Scoop.co.nz, New Zealand The Environment and Conservation Organisations (ECO) welcomed the major step forward in protecting the Antarctic marine environment agreed last week at the Antarctic Marine Living Resources Meeting (CCAMLR) which concluded on Friday… New Zealand and other countries will now have to research and develop measures to avoid the impact of bottom longlining for toothfish on seamounts, cold-water corals …

PR Newswire (press release), New York When the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) opens its 26th annual meeting next week, delegates will address proposed initiatives to bring the observation and management of the krill fishery onto an equal footing with all other Southern Ocean fisheries while also seeking new ways to combat illegal, unregulated and unreported (IUU) fishing for Chilean sea …

EduBourse, France Source : Commission Européenne (europa.eu.int) “What is meant by Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) fishing?…Why is IUU fishing a threat to sustainable fisheries?…Why do operators choose to fish illegally?…What will the new regulation add compared to existing EU legislation? etc. …”

WWF International, Switzerland “WWF’s highest accolade, the Duke of Edinburgh Conservation Medal, has been awarded to Dr Denzil Miller, Executive Secretary for the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR). Dr Miller received the award for implementing significant innovations by CCAMLR that have directly enhanced the preservation of the Southern Ocean “As the head of one of …

AFP, Windhoek 12 October 2007 “New limits on catches of the endangered Patagonian toothfish, regarded as a culinary delicacy in Japan, have been imposed by a Namibia-based regional fishing organisation. Hashali Hamukuaya, executive of the South East Atlantic Fisheries Organisation (SEAFO), said its scientific committee had recommended the limit on the fish whose numbers are declining at an alarming rate. “Only 263 metric …

SARTMA.com, Falkland Islands “The toothfish season finished at the end of August, so the last Long-liners all made their way to Stanley, Falklands, to have their catches verified. All of the licensed vessels in the South Georgia fishery are required to have an end of season catch verification inspection, and those vessels which belong to the Marine Stewardship Council Group …

New Regulations for U.S. Toothfish Imports “The USA has adopted new regulations in respect of the import of Antarctic and Patagonian toothfish to the USA, which came into effect on 24 September 2007.  The new regulations make the use of electronically issued and authorised (E-CDS) catch and export documents mandatory for all imports of toothfish to the USA.  The new regulations …