Kuala Lumpur - Malaysia has temporarily stopped all seafood exports to the European Union following threats of a total ban after checks on local fisheries revealed lacking health standards. Malaysian health minister Liow Tiong Lai said local health authorities would spend the next six weeks inspecting and improving the health standards of fishery companies exporting seafood to the EU in order to avoid a total ban.
Read moreOn July 8th, 2008, the European Commission has adopted a package of emergency measures to promote the restructuring of those segments of the European fishing fleet which have been hardest hit by the current fuel crisis, while cushioning its short-term social and economic impacts for those who commit to taking long-term action.
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On Wednesday, June 11th, 2008, at the headquarter of his ministry, Mr. Aziz Akhennouch, Minister of Agriculture and Marine Fisheries, together with Amb. Ali Mchumo, Director General of Common Fund for Commodities, and Mr. Grimur Valdimarsson, Director of Fish Products and Industry Division, FAO have officially launched the Regional Project on Fisheries Technical Assistance:
“For a sustainable development of small-scale fisheries in the Arab region”, funded by CFC, and budgeted around $1.5 million dollars.
Greenpeace activists have called for a total fishing ban on bluefin tuna at the European Seafood Exposition.
Read moreIn 2008, fisheries projects will be carried out in al-Maharah governorate in Yemen at US$ 10mn (EUR 6.47mn).
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