All Industry News articles – Page 24

  • SADSTIA sponsored interns and their mentors Photo: SADSTIA
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    SADSTIA celebrates interns’ success

    2020-05-29T10:26:00Z

    The opportunity to write reports, use mapping software, attend courses and visit fishing company installations were identified as some of the advantages of participating in the first intake of a Graduate Internship Programme run by the South African Deep-Sea Trawling Industry Association (SADSTIA).

  • Leather jackets schooling at the Stage 1 Windara Reef Photo: Anita Nedosyko/The Nature Conservancy
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    Work begins on second Australian oyster reef

    2020-05-28T11:48:00Z

    Work on a native shellfish reef off the Adelaide coastline is expected to begin in September after Glenelg was announced as the location this week.

  • Despite ban, trawlers to join Ghanaian fleet
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    Despite ban, trawlers to join Ghanaian fleet

    2020-05-27T13:02:00Z

    Three trawlers have arrived in Ghana from China and have been registered to the Ghanaian flag, despite the country’s moratorium on adding more fishing vessels to the fleet. The Ghanaian government’s own Fisheries Management Plan states that 48 trawlers are the most that the fishery can sustain, yet 76 trawlers ...

  • Pelagic fishing is important in ensuring food security Photo: SPSG
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    COVID-19 highlights importance of fishing

    2020-05-27T09:44:00Z

    The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the importance of the UK’s fishing industry in ensuring food security for the nation, says the chief executive of the Scottish Pelagic Fisherman’s Association.

  • Bryan Rosenberg
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    New leadership for Thai Union North America

    2020-05-26T11:09:00Z

    Bryan Rosenberg has been appointed president and CEO of Thai Union North America (TUNA), responsible for its two North America operating companies, Chicken of the Sea International (COSI) and Chicken of the Sea Frozen Foods (COSFF).

  • Russian fish producers call for support
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    Russian fish producers call for support

    2020-05-26T07:30:00Z

    Leading fish producers and processors have called on the Russian government to provide support this year, to help them to avoid massive losses due to COVID-19 and any possible suspension of catching activity, reports Eugene Gerden.

  • Exporting Europe’s environmental debt
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    Exporting Europe’s environmental debt

    2020-05-22T15:13:00Z

    The EU Commission’s new biodiversity strategy is sending shockwaves through the European fishing industry, and no crystal ball is needed to see why the industry is alarmed. The Commission’s blueprint for the future is seen as a wholesale handover of fishing grounds to the energy and leisure sectors, at the ...

  • Jane Devereux Photo: Seafish
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    New fishing safety officer for Wales

    2020-05-22T10:03:00Z

    Jane Devereux has been appointed Wales Fishing Safety Project Officer by Seafish.

  • EJF is launching a ghost gear project in Thailand Photo: EJF
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    EJF launches ghost gear project in Thailand

    2020-05-22T09:58:00Z

    The Net Free Seas project, run by the Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF) and funded by the Norwegian Retailers’ Environment Fun, is aiming to rid Thailand’s waters of discarded fishing nets.

  • Ibercisa Deck Machinery has returned to work Photo: Ibercisa Deck Machinery
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    Ibercisa back at work after COVID-19 shutdown

    2020-05-21T09:29:00Z

    Ibercisa Deck Machinery is back at work after a brief period of obligatory closure as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

  • New support for Canada’s fish harvesters
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    New support for Canada’s fish harvesters

    2020-05-20T11:39:00Z

    Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced up to $469.4 million in new measures to support fish harvesters, left economically disadvantaged by the pandemic but unable to access existing federal measures. This investment builds on the $62.5 million for the new Canadian Seafood Stabilization Fund announced last month to help ...

  • Norway has ratified an agreement to prevent unregulated fishing in the Arctic Photo: NOAA
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    Norway signs Arctic Ocean agreement

    2020-05-20T11:10:00Z

    Norway has ratified an agreement aiming to prevent unregulated fishing in the central Arctic Ocean and promote scientific research in the region.

  • The NFFO is asking its members to share best working practice
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    Share best working practice, urges NFFO

    2020-05-18T10:47:00Z

    The National Federation of Fishermen’s Organisations (NFFO) has called on its members to share good practice already in place or being developed to help keep workers safe during the COVID-19 pandemic.

  • Simon Potten, head of safety and training at Seafish Photo: Seafish
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    COVID-19: Seafish to fund online training

    2020-05-15T11:47:00Z

    Following suspension of face-to-face training as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, Seafish is extending its support for online training for those working in the UK’s seafood industry.

  • Samherji appoints quality manager
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    Samherji appoints quality manager

    2020-05-13T14:04:00Z

    Sunneva Ósk Guðmundsdóttir has been appointed quality manager for Samherji’s land-based fish processing, replacing Elvar Thorarensen who is retiring for health reasons.

  • Russian Crab announces first quarter catches
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    Russian Crab announces first quarter catches

    2020-05-13T13:52:00Z

    Figures for the first quarter of 2020 indicate that with landings of over 2000 tonnes of crab this year so far, the Russian Crab Company’s catches account for 21% of the Russian Far Eastern region’s overall crab volume.

  • BIM is piloting online courses Photo: BIM
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    COVID-19: BIM skipper course moves online

    2020-05-13T09:24:00Z

    The Bord Iascaigh Mhara (BIM) National Fisheries College of Ireland in Castletownbere, Co. Cork is piloting the Skipper Full Certificate of Competency as an online course.

  • Fish To Your Door launches #NHSFishFridays
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    Fish To Your Door launches #NHSFishFridays

    2020-05-13T00:12:00Z

    Seafood Cornwall’s #FishToYourDoor campaign is introducing a new initiative, offering big discounts for NHS staff and celebrating the best of Cornish fish.

  • FairTrade tuna fishery gains MSC recognition
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    FairTrade tuna fishery gains MSC recognition

    2020-05-12T20:32:00Z

    A small-scale hook-and-line tuna fishery in Indonesia operating with small one- or two-man boats has successfully demonstrated its sustainability to the globally recognised standard set by the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC).

  • Jónas Thór Friðriksson Photo: Hampiðjan
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    Hampiðjan appoints new sales manager

    2020-05-11T11:02:00Z

    Hampiðjan, the ropes and netting specialist, has appointed a new sales manager.