Senator Reintroduces Sanctions Bill Targeting Illegal Fishing

This Tuesday, the indications of the Finance Committee regarding the division of the new Fisheries Act, which is being processed in Parliament, will be voted on in the Senate Chamber. In this regard, the Maule Senator, Paulina Vodanovic (PS), has been making efforts to raise awareness of the percentages needed to comply with both the artisanal and industrial fisheries sector. “Our artisanal fishermen from Maule, whom I represent, tell me that it…

Jasmín Ramos / Grupo Cantón. Karla Luna Rodríguez reports that women have participated in fishing as a means of livelihood and there are currently women’s groups that live off fishing. Cancun, Q.R.- In the last five years, the presence of women in sport fishing has increased by 30 by [...] The post Increases the presence of women in sport fishing appeared first on Quintana Roo Hoy.

Senator Reintroduces Sanctions Bill Targeting Illegal Fishing

Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., reintroduced a bill April 9 that would authorize the president to sanction foreign persons and vessels involved in illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing. The Protecting Global Fisheries Act was referred to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee...

The TBMM Fisheries and Aquatic Products Research Commission convened. The commission discussed proposals to set quotas for anchovy, bonito, horse mackerel, bluefish and red mullet fishing and to increase penalties for illegal pearl mullet fishing.

ARTESANALES EMPLAZE THE SENATE TO DO JUSTICE: “It is time to choose between the welfare of the whales or the corruption” Source: Condepp April 15, 2025 On Tuesday, April 15, the Senate Chamber will vote on the New Fishing Fraccionation Bill, a long-awaited initiative for artisanal fishing that has faced a tortuous and politicized legislative path. The text, originally part of the draft New Fisheries Law promoted by the Executive, was split after…