All Industry News articles – Page 20
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NewsClearwater lobster licences go to Membertou
Membertou First Nation has reached an agreement with Clearwater Seafoods to acquire two of Clearwater’s eight offshore lobster licences.
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NewsIBS donates food kits to fishing community
IBS Software has donated 500 food kits to the fishing community in Kerala in India as part of its corporate social responsibility endeavours.
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NewsShellfish start-up swamped by demand
Since starting fishing in July this year with start-up loan help from the Development Bank of Wales, Sion Riley’s catches have been in high demand since he launched Holyhead Shellfish.
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NewsYorkshire marine research centre opens
The Holderness Fishing Industry Group (HFIG) has opened a marine research centre with a community laboratory and research hatchery in Bridlington, Yorkshire, UK, to conduct vital research on fishing grounds in the North Sea.
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NewsOcean Choice appoints new European MD
Ocean Choice International has announced that Rens Elderkamp is joining the company’s sales team as managing director of its European operations.
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NewsMSC extends remote assessment period
The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) is continuing to permit remote assessments and audits where Covid-19 restrictions prevent on-site audits.
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NewsSpanish tuna fleet in full MSC assessment
Spanish tuna association AGAC is entering the full MSC assessment process, requesting its tropical tuna catch be independently assessed against the Marine Stewardship Council Fishery Standard.
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NewsCleaning the beaches in Russia
The first stage of the Clean Coast Ecological Marathon for clearing the coast of rubbish has been held on the sea coast of Schitovaya Bay in Russia.
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NewsIbercisa supplies Olupale’s deck systems
A new trawler taking shape at the Armón Navia Shipyard for Namibian company Seacope Freezer Fishing is being outfitted with electric winch systems designed and produced by Ibercisa Deck Machinery.
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NewsAnnual exhibition celebrates the sea
Generations of artists have sought inspiration from the sea and that tradition continues today as the Royal Society of Marine Artists Annual Exhibition features around four hundred paintings, with a large number documenting commercial fishing and fishermen at work.
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NewsLongline Survey goes to Plan B, then Plan C
Scientists will install and test a new data collection system on two Massachusetts fishing vessels for the twice-yearly Gulf of Maine Bottom Longline survey. It’s a story of perseverance and flexibility in the face of difficult challenges.
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NewsIndustry proves its resilience
The marine ingredients industry has proved its resilience in the face of the Covid-19 pandemic, according to IFFO president Anne Mette Baek.
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NewsResuming Pacific aerial surveillance
Fisheries ministers at their 17th Forum Fisheries Committee meeting earlier this month recognised the importance of aerial surveillance, including through the Pacific Maritime Security Program–Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (PMSP/FFA), after noting the increased risk of illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing.
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NewsCharisma completes herring survey
Shetland pelagic fishing vessel Charisma recently returned to its home port of Symbister on the island of Whalsay after carrying out acoustic survey work for west coast herring.
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NewsNueva Pescanova wins documentary award
Nueva Pescanova Group has been awarded the IPRA Golden World Awards 2020 for its documentary about a community in Namibia transformed by the fishing industry.
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NewsInternational Dublin Bay Prawn project
The Marine Institute is collaborating with scientists in Spain on a new project to monitor the digging activity and maintenance of burrows of the Dublin Bay Prawn, using the EMSO SmartBay Observatory located in Galway Bay.
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NewsNew UK PO appoints manager
The Western FPO, which was set up earlier this year, has appointed Chloe North as its manager.She steps into her new role on 5th October, ahead of the new PO becoming fully operational in 1st January 2021.
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NewsSalmon peptides valuable for pet snacks
A new whitepaper reveals how hydrolysed salmon peptides could replace nutritionally devoid glycerine in semi-moist pet snacks to deliver high nutritional protein value and great palatability.
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NewsOne more day until Nor-Fishing 2020 Digital
There is just one more day until Nor-Fishing 2020 Digital goes live.
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NewsPhytoplankton size key to tuna catch rates
Scientists in the Pacific Islands region have published new research that can help predict catch rates in the Hawai?i longline fishery.
