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Fisheries observer. A fisheries observer is an independent specialist who serves on board commercial fishing vessels, or in fish processing plants and other platforms, and is employed by a fisheries observer program, either directly by a government agency or by a third party contractor. Observers spend anywhere from 1 day to 3 months out at sea ...
The Government of Namibia 's fisheries portfolio was at Namibian independence in 1990 allocated to the Ministry of Agriculture. Only in 1991 was a separate Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources ( MFMR) established, [1] the first minister was Helmut Angula. The current fisheries minister is Derek Klazen, former mayor of Walvis Bay.
The Namibian Maritime and Fisheries Institute ( NAMFI) is a tertiary educational institution situated in Walvis Bay, Namibia. It was established in 1996 by the Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources. NAMFI provides maritime and fisheries training in accordance with the International Maritime Organization (IMO) and builds capacity in the ...
Derek Klazen. Derek James Klazen (born 31 May 1965 in Walvis Bay) is a Namibian politician and businessman. A member of SWAPO, he is Namibia's Minister of Fisheries since 21 April 2021. [1] Klazen was born on 31 May 1965 in Walvis Bay, then an exclave of South Africa. He attended De Duine Secondary School until 1984 and then the Khomas Teachers ...
Proceedings of the 5th International Fisheries Observer Conference, May 15–18, 2007, Victoria, BC Canada. NSW Department of Primary Industries, Cronulla Fisheries Research Centre of Excellence, Cronulla, Australia. MRAG (Marine Resource Assessment Group) Americas. 2000. Independent Review of the North Pacific Groundfish Observer Program.
Fishery can mean either the enterprise of raising or harvesting fish and other aquatic life [1] or, more commonly, the site where such enterprise takes place ( a.k.a., fishing grounds ). [2] Commercial fisheries include wild fisheries and fish farms, both in freshwater waterbodies (about 10% of all catch) and the oceans (about 90%).
The National Marine Fisheries Service ( NMFS ), informally known as NOAA Fisheries, is a United States federal agency within the U.S. Department of Commerce 's National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) that is responsible for the stewardship of U.S. national marine resources. It conserves and manages fisheries to promote ...
Killing fur seals on St. Paul Island, Alaska Territory, 1890s. Seal skinning in the 1880s by members of the Nansen expedition to Greenland. Seal hunting, or sealing, is the personal or commercial hunting of seals. Seal hunting is currently practiced in nine countries: United States (above the Arctic Circle in Alaska), Canada, Namibia, Denmark ...