Latest news and stories about fishing in Portugal for expats and residents.
A study by National Geographic Society scientists calculates the costs and benefits of the most destructive form of seabed fishing and concludes it is an economic failure, as well as an environmental one.
The president of the IPMA highlighted the importance of distinguishing between 'what is legal and duly licensed fishing in the Tagus estuary, and what has allegedly been illegal and unlicensed fishing'.
Analysis by the Centre of Marine Sciences focused on over a thousand occurrences recorded over 46 years in the Algarve. 45% of the animal death cases point to interaction with fishing as the cause.
A study identified 19 species of cetaceans that washed ashore, with the common dolphin being the most frequent and the dwarf minke whale being the most common among whales.
Fishing will become more expensive with the increase in fuel prices. Sardine fishing may be coming soon.
Fishermen in Vila Praia de Âncora are desperate due to the silting of the small harbour. Last winter's storms displaced more than three hundred thousand cubic metres of sand into that area.
The Government is expected to approve a 10-cent reduction in agricultural diesel for forestry producers and fishermen this week, in response to rising fuel prices caused by the conflict involving Israel and Iran, the Minister of Agriculture announced today. José Manuel Fernandes stated that the measure will be discussed at Friday's Council of Ministers meeting, with the goal of lowering costs by 10 cents whenever price increases exceed that amount. The Minister also noted that the government is working on support formulas for fertilizer costs, depending on the duration and impact of the conflict.
The measure will be discussed on Friday at the Council of Ministers, but there is already a commitment between the Ministry of Agriculture and the Ministry of Finance.
Fishermen from Peniche, in the Leiria district, today appealed to presidential candidate António Filipe for 'special attention' to a profession that is becoming increasingly difficult and has uncertain pay.
Fishermen based in Figueira da Foz are urging authorities to stop using explosives in the Mondego River.
Figueira da Foz fishermen are demanding that dredging and the use of explosives on the Mondego's rocky bed stop immediately, as they prevent lamprey and shad from entering the river, whose fishing season begins on Saturday.
