All Industry News articles – Page 12
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NewsISSF: IOTC failing to protect yellowfin tuna
The Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC) has failed to introduce measures to help conserve the region’s overfished yellowfin tuna stock, says the International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF).
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NewsTrade deal: CFPO sets out five year plan
The Cornish Fish Producers'' Organisation (CFPO) has responded to the 5.5 year ''adjustment period'' within the Brexit trade deal by issuing a statement of policies and aims covering 2021 to 2026.
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NewsNetflix propaganda-spiracy?
The National Fisheries Institute has slammed the forthcoming Netflix offering Seaspiracy as outright propaganda by vegan activists, suggesting that the channel offer viewers a “propaganda” tab that reflects the content.
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NewsAker BioMarine sets sustainability goals
Krill harvesting and processing company Aker BioMarine has announced some ambitious sustainability goals for the coming years, pledging to reduce its CO2 emissions per tonne of krill produced by 50% by 2030, and to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.
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NewsCharity partnership enables education scheme
UK charity Fishing into the Future (FITF) has formed a partnership with the Fishmongers’ Company that includes a substantial grant to implement a three-year work programme.
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NewsSeafish consultation gets underway
The public body that supports the seafood industry in the UK is asking the seafood industry to share views on the organisation’s future direction and funding as part of a strategic review.
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NewsCommission challenged on misinformation
An “explanatory note” on the revision of the EU-fisheries control system reportedly circulated by the European Commission services to a few MEPs, mainly within the Committee on Environment, has come as a shock to fishing industry body Europêche.
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NewsClimate change drives Pacific sardines north
Pacific sardines may be moving north as the ocean warms, according to a new study conducted by the University of Santa Cruz and NOAA Fisheries’ Southwest Fisheries Science Center.
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NewsThai Union commits to onboard monitoring
Thai Union has partnered with conservation organisation The Nature Conservancy (TNC) on a commitment to full transparency in its global tuna supply chains to help combat illegal, unregulated and unreported fishing.
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NewsRoe capelin on the way
As Iceland’s capelin season approaches its end for this year, the high-value roe-bearing capelin are in the spotlight.
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NewsOPAGAC: IOTC should enforce driftnet ban
The Spanish tuna fleet is ‘perplexed’ that the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission intends to assign yellowfin tuna quotes to fleets that use driftnets despite their high bycatch of threatened species.
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NewsSea Harvest Group weathers Covid storm
The Sea Harvest Group has proved resilient despite the challenges of the Covid-19 pandemic, growing revenue in 2020 by 10% to R4.4bn and headline earnings by 3% to R421m.
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NewsMSC sets out temporary requirements
The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) is making temporary changes to its requirements to give assessors alternative ways of checking that fishers and suppliers have met its standards for protecting fish stocks and the environment during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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NewsFalfish sold to Morrisons supermarket chain
UK supermarket chain Morrisons has acquired Cornish seafood wholesaler Falfish which operates from locations in Redruth and Falmouth. The two already have a longstanding relationship and around half of Falfish’s approximately £40 million turnover is with Morrisons.
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NewsFriend of the Sea recertifies Sapmer
Friend of the Sea has renewed its certification of Sapmer’s purse seine fishery in Indian Ocean. The company can continue displaying the Friend of the Sea logo on its products.
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NewsDigital solution helps with export paperwork
Aucxis believes its cloud-based digital trading platform can help relieve the UK fishing industry of the significant burden of additional export paperwork now needed following Brexit.
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NewsGolden Omega awarded green energy label
Golden Omega has been certified by Green-e Energy, an independent programme in the United States for the verification of renewable energy and carbon offsets.
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NewsAFMA welcomes prawn fishery closure
The Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA) Commission has welcomed the news that the Redleg Banana Prawn sub-fishery in the Joseph Bonaparte Gulf will close from April to mid-June each year to ensure profitability and sustainability.
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NewsCovid-19: food and packaging is safe
Authorities in the United States are reassuring consumers that food and food packaging is not a likely source of Covid-19 infection.
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NewsThai Union signs coastal community MoU
Thai Union has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with two community groups in Songkhla in southern Thailand to provide them with a solar-powered fish-house dryer that will double the amount of fish they can sell.
