#Fishing

A fishing training programme will be launched in March until April by the development company of Larnaca and Famagusta. The programme concerns holders of professional fishing licences A and B ...

Fishermen are urged to be careful not to catch Thunnus thynnus – bluefin tuna – due to restrictions for professional and amateur fishing, as it can be easily mistaken for other types ...

Cyprus NGOs encourage fishermen and divers to share records of angel sharks By Valentina Fossati and Marios Papageorgiou Angel sharks are a species of shark belonging to the genus Squatina ...

The fishing industry in Cyprus faces serious challenges that need to be addressed as soon as possible, MPs heard on Tuesday. During a House agriculture committee meeting, MP Charalambos Pazaros ...

Fishermen in Paphos have expressed their opposition to the proposed moving of the Geroskipou artificial reef to the Moulia rocks. Speaking to the Cyprus News Agency (CNA) on Thursday, Leonidas ...

Head of the Paphos fishing association, Leonidas Leonidou, on Tuesday took the opportunity of the celebration of St Nicolas, patron saint of sailors, to highlight the grievances of fishermen at ...

Agriculture Minister Costas Kadis on Monday revealed that the total budget for the ‘Marine, Fisheries and Aquaculture Operational Programme 2021-2027’ (EMFAF) amounts to €54.7 million, of which €38.5 million were granted by ...

As part of its ongoing efforts to promote a sustainable management of fish stocks in Cyprus, the department of fisheries on Tuesday released a TV commercial with useful information aimed ...

Professional fishermen in Paphos have been insistently calling for a new port to dock their boats, the head of the town’s fishermen’s association Leonidas Leonidou said after repeated ...

A 72-year-old fisherman was found dead by his son around Petra tou Romiou area on Tuesday night. The fisherman had been out in his boat fishing. At around 9.30pm and ...

Cyprus’ exclusive economic zone (EEZ) was inspected as part of the European Commission’s evaluation of its fisheries control system, the fisheries department said on Tuesday. The control system aims ...

A man has been reported to police after he was caught deep fishing illegally with lights and a speargun and threatening fisheries officers in Paphos, it was announced on Thursday. ...

By Marios Papageorgiou A recent incident with a Bluntnose sixgill shark (Hexanchus griseus), that was incidentally caught on a tourist fishing vessel in Larnaca, received lots of attention from the ...

Paphos professional fishermen urged for action on Tuesday over the increase of alien fish species in the eastern Mediterranean Sea, which endangers the marine ecosystem but also their livelihood. The ...

A Cypriot fishing vessel was harassed and damaged by the Turkish coast guard as it attempted to fish in international waters. The incident was reported by the owner of Ta ...

Amateur fishermen have voiced disappointment that fishing in dams has not been included in the easing of measures that came into effect on Monday. In an announcement, they said they ...

Inland fishermen have protested against a ban on fishing in reservoirs in place to curb the spread of the coronavirus. In a letter sent by the Pancyprian Association of Inland ...