Analysis – Page 12
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NewsChile's salmon exports reach historic levels
The Chilean salmon industry is optimisticSalmon and trout exports in January reached US$352m, the largest monthly dispatch and 51% greater than the same figure for 2010. This increase occurred in spite of the fact that production levels are lower than the 650,000t produced in 2005 and 2006. Carlos Odebret, CEO ...
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NewsSustainability heads east
Orange roughy is just one of many species now not sold in North American retailers on sustainability grounds. Credit: SeaWeb/Marine PhotobankThere have been many sensationalist articles written and broadcasts aired about an impending collapse of the world’s fisheries, but whilst this planet is in the midst of a population boom ...
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NewsGE-salmon – blessing or monster-fish?
Both, the monster created by Shelley''s fictional Frankenstein character and the legendary Golem of Prague created by Rabbi Maharal, were made of dead material and put to life by magic.
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Marine Protected Areas: What do they do to fishermen?
No one can dispute the need for nature reserves or Marine Protected Areas (MPA) in certain marine and coastal habitats such as coral reefs, sponge and inshore seagrass beds, and some other endangered or unique habitats, the same as unique areas are protected on land.
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NewsMajor focus on gear performance and discards
Fishing 2011 is the UK’s flagship annual fishing event and the emphasis on fishing gear will highlight the international fishing industry’s determination to reduce discards. Whilst this will ultimately only be achieved by major changes in the way that fisheries managed and regulated, fishermen can play their part by using ...
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NewsEnd IUU: Remove the weak links
Prior to the implementation of the EU’s IUU regulation in January 2010, member states annually imported €1.1 billion-worth of illegal fishThe general feeling in political circles is that the first year of the European Union’s illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing regulation (No 1005/1008) was a success. However, many of ...
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Tra continues its fall from grace
Not so long ago it was the toast of aquaculture, but today Vietnam’s tra (pangasius) industry finds itself in a quandary
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NewsWhy CFP 2.0 needs devolution
Consumers need to be reassured that buying wild-caught fish is not environmentally wrong. Credit: OsvaldoGagoEurope’s Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) has been widely criticised as being top down, over-centralised and having only at best a mixed performance in managing member states’ fisheries. Certainly it’s one of the longest-established and more controversial ...
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NewsFarmed cobia coming into its own
Whole fish and loins were displayed by Sea Products of Scotland, also part of Marine Farms and in charge of marketing the fish in Europe. “We were very pleased with the interest,” says Bjørn Myrseth, managing director of Marine Farms ASA, the parent company of Marine Farms Vietnam which farms ...
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US fisheries: Frustration, indignation, uproar
I don’t remember such an upheaval in the American fisheries. Neither does Bob Jones, the Director of the Southeastern Fisheries Association.
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NewsMarel shows how to process salmon
Executives from the international salmon processing industry examine Marel salmon processing equipment at last year’s Salmon ShowHowThis year, the showhow celebrates its 10th anniversary and will be held at the Carnitech Salmon (now the Marel Salmon Division) premises in Nørresundby, Denmark, on 2 February. In addition to the presentation and ...
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Deadly, deadlier, deadliest
Commercial fishing is regarded as the most dangerous profession on the planet. But while Western authorities have been tightening safety regulations, flagrant risk taking with crews'' lives is still rife, writes Menakhem Ben-Yami.
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NewsSpecial Report: EU failing to introduce electronic fishing records
IP is particularly popular in Spain because of the opportunities it offers for remote repair maintenance.Many fishing companies looked to Inmarsat technologies when it came to e-Logs, partly because Inmarsat C is used widely in other areas such as vessel monitoring systems (VMS), or because, as in the case of ...
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Women in fisheries: an issue, an agenda
Jobs for the girls: while it''s entirely correct that gender no longer excludes women from the top jobs in seafood business and fisheries management, it seems it''s still a very hard struggle for women "downstairs" to even secure their basic rights as workers, writes Menakhem Ben-Yami.
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Farmed fish in hot water
It was a “good thing” European commissioner for maritime affairs and fisheries Maria Damanaki invited the industry, scientists, fishermen’s associations, politicians, NGOs, the press and the public for “open discussions on the latest scientific research” on the state of the main fish stocks in European waters. The September meet might ...
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NewsStill fishin’
Menakhem Ben-Yami looks at British Columbia''s fishing industry, which has endured some hard times but continues to thrive in the face of adversity.
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NewsNine billion customers for the ‘bank in the water’
Wild and farmed, live and chilled fish at Hong Kong's Mong Kok fish market. Daily arrivals by truck and ferry from small suppliers around the Pearl Delta and from across China in special luggage vans on passenger trains. (Image: TW/EEC Photos)Beware of soothsayers predicting the future. But we can be ...
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NewsViruses, wildfowl, ice and the ‘African Sea’
Professor Angela McLean's advanced computing helps gauge mutation of viruses and effects on DNA in local and global environments. (Photo: TW/EEC Photos)If fish farmers want to look into the near future to prevent the next ‘big issue’, they could do well to keep an eye on the work of Angela ...
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Where management and safety come together
Fisheries management systems are taking care of seafood resources, but are regulations forcing fishermen to take unnecessary risks?
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NewsOnce again the oil flows free
Menakhem Ben-Yami looks at the highly topical issue of ocean oil spills and their hugely damaging effects on the fishing industry.
