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A project on socio-economic development of the fishing community in Batroun address the improvement of safety and production at sea will be carried out during the next couple of years on the basis of a preliminary study in this regard, a statement from the embassy Italian said.
According to the bill, he said, specialized training will be provided to fishermen as most fishing vessels in the area have a minimum safety equipment, lack of radio communications, security lighting, or GPS navigation systems .

In addition, the statement said, new fishing techniques and demonstrations at sea is presented after the launch of a microcredit program to finance the equipment of fishing vessels (fishing gear and other new equipment).

The project will also work on improving the long-term production and protection of marine resources through the introduction of mechanisms for the management of fisheries with a low environmental impact.

Rule of Fishing

As the ministers met to assess their differences on trade issues at the World Trade Organization ministerial conference this Wednesday, a wide range of rich and poor countries and environmental organizations met on the issue of fisheries subsidies.

Trade and agriculture ministers from the United States, the European Union, Brazil, Senegal, New Zealand and the Philippines joined 11 environmental organizations to call for WTO rules that will be used to prohibit government subsidies to fishing that contribute to overfishing.

The change reflects the spread of the influence of trade policies and underlines the dilemma they pose to non-profit groups.

The collective stance is important because it represents the first time that an initiative launched by non-governmental organizations - in this case, WWF International and other environmental groups - has been adopted by the WTO as part of trade negotiations rule. Pascal Lamy, WTO director general, has circulated a draft text here a ban on subsidies to overfishing, although many technical details have yet to be developed.

Broad support by environmental activists for fishing subsidy limits contrasted with protests outside the convention center of anti-globalization protesters from around the world. South Korean farmers opposed to free trade in rice scuffled with police for a second day, but there were no arrests and no reported injuries.

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"Fishing for Energy", an innovative partnership to recycle fishing equipment in energy, has been extended to Newport, Rhode Island. The program was launched in the city's pier at an event today attended by U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), as well as members of the community of commercial fishing and other notable personalities.

The "Fishing for Energy" initiative is a partnership between Covantes Energy, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Marine Debris Program, the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) and Schnitzer Steel Industries, Inc. to help communities Coastal reduce the amount of derelict fishing gear that ends in the nation of the oceans.

Abandoned fishing equipment can endanger marine life, affect the safety of navigation, and have serious economic impact on shipping and coastal communities. Since the program was launched in February, more than 80,000 pounds of fishing nets, trawling gear, crab pots, and fishing line were collected and converted into energy.

"This collaboration and innovative project which will in turn endanger the environment and the burden on local fishermen an opportunity to reduce our dependence on foreign oil and grow our economy green", U.S. Senator Whitehouse said.

Rhode Island is home to a large commercial fishing fleet, which landed more than 108 million pounds of lobster and fish and shellfish valued at $ 92 million in 2006. The city of Newport is home to one of the largest fleets in the state.

"The Atlantic Offshore Lobstermen Association of the (AOLA) has worked diligently to bring" Fishing for Energy "to Rhode Island," said Bonnie Spinazzola, Director of AOLA. "This program is the solution to the industry's serious concerns about that to dismiss abandoned gear retrieved from the ocean floor, and when to dispose of floating groundlines. We are excited to help the industry and the ocean environment and us pleased that the gear will be used to create energy for the general public. "

Covantes work closely with the city of Newport and Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management and AOLA to coordinate the removal of abandoned local coastal waters, as well as assisting the teams who are retiring is no longer fit for use within of a fishery.

Paul Gilman, Chief Sustainability Officer for Covantes Energy, said he was encouraged by the response that the program had received by Newport and other communities.

"We are delighted that Newport has taken this important program as a way to help our oceans. They are proving valuable leadership as stewards of one of our most important resource," said Gilman. "As a company committed to improving the environment, Covantes is proud to join Newport and our partner program to convert the problem of unwanted waste into the oceans clean and renewable energy."

Once removed from the environment, the art will be shredded into a facility and transported to Schnitzer Covantes of southeastern Connecticut-Energy-waste facilities that will be converted into electricity at no cost to the city.

"The 'Fishing for Energy" program is already proving to be very useful for a number of New England in the productive activity and most of the ports, "said Jeff Trandahl, Executive Director of the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation. "As we move forward, bringing the program to new ports, the addition of new partners and attention to this cooperative effort will increasingly benefit both fishermen and the marine environment. The fact that more than 83,000 pounds Gear has met so far is a great indicator of interest in the issue of marine debris and the need for this important partnership. "

"The 'Fishing for Energy" is an innovative and collaborative program that addresses both used and derelict fishing gear in our waters. It is an important step in working directly with the fishing community to dispose of marine debris in a way that benefits the community, "said Dave Westerholm, Director of the Office of NOAA response and restoration." NOAA and the Program Marine debris is proud to be a partner in this project to reuse abandoned as an energy source to power in the region of homes and businesses. "***

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Bass

Largemouth fishing has improved at many of the lakes and ponds across the state. Good reports for bass from Pattagansett Lake (several more than 4 pounds), Hatch Pond (more than 30 largemouths and smallmouths for one angler) and Long Meadow Pond (many fish, one 4 pounds, 13 ounces). Highland Lake and Park Pond report many fish caught but not very large. Other areas reporting fair to good fishing for largemouths are Candlewood Lake, Lake McDonough, Scoville Reservoir, Lake Zoar, Lake Lillinoah, East Twin Lake, Gardner Lake, Beseck Lake, Gardner Lake, Powers Lake and Moosup Pond. Mixed reports for Lake Wononscopomuc. Smallmouth bass fishing reported to be very good at Candlewood Lake. Other areas reporting good catches are Colebrook & Saugatuck Reservoirs, Mashapaug, Bashan, Coventry, Highland, Gardner and Bantam lakes.

Trout

Another variable week of conditions; rain late last week slowed the trout fishing in rivers for the early part but conditions improved as the flows moderated. Summer trout fishing is still variable in lakes and ponds, with good reports from East Twin and West Hill Reservoir the top producing lakes this past week. Good numbers of trout were found trolling baits in deep water anywhere from 25 to 40 feet using either lead core line or downriggers. Live bait and spoons presented behind large spinner blades and dodgers caught the most fish.

We review the effects of fishing on benthic fauna, habitat, diversity, community structure and trophic interactions in tropical, temperate and polar marine environments and consider whether it is possible to predict or manage fishing-induced changes in marine ecosystems. Such considerations are timely given the disillusionment with some fishery management strategies and that policy makers need a scientific basis for deciding whether they should respond to social, economic and political demands for instituting or preventing ecosystem-based management. Fishing has significant direct and indirect effects on habitat, and on the diversity, structure and productivity of benthic communities. These effects are most readily identified and last longest in those areas that experience infrequent natural disturbance. The initiation of fishing in an unfished system leads to dramatic changes in fish community structure. As fishing intensity increases the additional effects are more difficult to detect. Fishing has accelerated and magnified natural declines in the abundance of many forage fishes and this has lead to reduced reproductive success and abundance in birds and marine mammals. However, such donor-controlled dynamics are less apparent in food webs where fishes are the top predators since their feeding strategies are rather more plastic than those of most birds and mammals. Fishers tend to target species in sequence as a fishery develops and this leads to changes in the composition of the fished communities with time.

Regulators vote to overhaul West Coast groundfish fishing

Associated Press - June 12, 2008 7:24 PM ET

FOSTER CITY, Calif. (AP) - Pacific Coast fishery managers have voted for new rules that would dramatically change the way fishermen harvest snapper, flounder, cod and other bottom-dwelling fish.
The Pacific Fishery Management Council voted Thursday to give preliminary approval to a plan that would give each boat a fixed share of the West Coast groundfish fishery. A final vote on the plan is scheduled for November.
The new rules would give each trawler an individual fishing quota, so fishermen would not need to rush out to harvest their piece of the $60 million fishery.
Backers say the system would make fishing safer and reduce the number of unwanted fish that are caught and thrown back to sea.
Individual fishing quotas are already used in British Columbia, Alaska and the Gulf of Mexico.
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