All Industry News articles – Page 180
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NewsRaymarine Seawork success
Raymarine’s new Dragonfly Sonar/GPS, a dual channel advanced CHIRP sonar and GPS chartplotter, generated a flurry of interest at the UK’s Seawork Exhibition.
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BAP for salmon processor
Canadian salmon processor, Walcan Seafood Ltd, has achieved a Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) certification.
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NewsSamskip plans to stop transporting whale meat
Samskip has announced that it plans to stop transporting whale meat, following a Taiwanese shipping company’s decision to send six containers of whale meat back to Iceland.
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NewsSydney's first MSC certified independent restaurant
Australian TV Chef Tom Kime will open his sustainable seafood cafe, Fish & Co this week, the first independent restaurant in NSW to achieve Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification.
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NewsNOAA proposes opening closed areas
To help fishermen adjust to the new quota cuts for groundfish that have been effective since May, NOAA Fisheries has proposed to open approximately 33% of areas that have been closed for nearly 20 years.
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SFF comments on quota decision
Commenting on the High Court decision on the reallocation of fish quotas, Bertie Armstrong, chief executive of the Scottish Fishermen'' Federation said:
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NewsEMFF to fuel overfishing
Votes have been cast on how taxpayer money from the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF) will be spent, and the overwhelming response from environmental groups is that this fund will now facilitate overfishing.
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NewsEMFF vote “sheer madness”
The Fisheries Committee of the European Parliament has voted on the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF) – and has voted in favour of subsidies for new boats.
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NewsIllegal fish still a problem for Europe
A new report by the Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF) has found that despite the EU IUU Regulation being in place for three and a half years, illegally caught fish is still entering the EU.
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NewsVictory for small-scale fishermen
The High Court has backed the UK government''s decision to redistribute some of the unused fishing allowances held by big fishing firms to small inshore fishing boats.
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NewsHB Grandi retires trawlers
HB Grandi says that the retirement of two of its freezer trawlers is both part of the company’s strategy to increase land-based production and because of the consequences of a reduction in quotas.
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NewsGhana aquaculture development plan
Ghana has launched its first National Aquaculture Development Plan (GNADP) to guide the systematic and sustainable development of the aquaculture value chain in the country.
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Faroese saithe MSC certified
The Faroe Islands saithe fishery is now Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certified, following an 18 month assessment by Det Norske Veritas (DNV).
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Three-star BAP certification for Marine Harvest Canada
Marine Harvest Canada (MHC) has become British Columbia’s first salmon company to achieve three-star Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) certification.
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NewsRecord year for Seawork
Seawork 2013 attracted record numbers of commercial marine professionals with over 7,300 visitors this year, a 6% increase on 2012.
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NewsShark finning ban
Now all sharks landed in EU ports and by EU vessels worldwide must have their fins still attached to their bodies.
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NewsFirst ‘Think Fish’ campaign launched in The Netherlands
The second week of September has been dubbed ‘Think Fish Week’ by the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC), Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) and World Wide Fund for Nature-Netherlands (WWF-NL).
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NewsEU economic boycott threatens Denmark as well as the Faroe Islands
The Faroese government is urging the EU to return to the negotiating table to resolve the dispute about the herring stock, with the Danish Minister of Foreign Affairs now stepping in as mediator.
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NewsASL growth driven by Scottish salmon
Associated Seafoods Ltd (ASL) has revealed plans to make its Scottish smoked salmon and shellfish the main promotional focus for future market growth after receiving positive customer feedback.
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NewsStrategic tuna plan
The International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF) has published a new strategic plan for the next five years in order to better maintain the sustainability of tuna stocks and their ecosystems.
