All Industry News articles – Page 8

  • Joint op nabs 19 illegal fishing vessels
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    Joint op nabs 19 illegal fishing vessels

    2021-06-14T09:45:00Z

    In a two-week operation coinciding with the United Nations’ International Day for the Fight against Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing earlier this month, a joint operation has cracked down Indonesian vessels fishing in Australian waters.

  • Tax relief on fuel for fishing vessels is necessary to ensure the competitiveness of the EU fleet, says Europêche
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    Fears grow over fuel taxation

    2021-06-11T15:31:00Z

    The European fishing industry is urging the European Union to resist calls to remove tax relief on fuel for fishing vessels.

  • Satlink is advising on how best to install electronic monitoring solutions on board fishing vessels
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    Satlink to advise on electronic monitoring

    2021-06-11T15:26:00Z

    Satlink is advising the first international working group made up of suppliers of electronic monitoring (EM) solutions for fishing vessels.

  • Blockchain technology can be used to ensure the traceability of seafood products
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    Tracing Nueva Pescanova fish using blockchain

    2021-06-10T09:46:00Z

    The Nueva Pescanova Group and IBM are working together to trace all Nueva Pescanova seafood products on the IBM Food Trust platform, a blockchain network designed to help ensure traceability across the supply chain.

  • Susan Imende Photo: IPNLF
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    IPNLF welcomes new trustees

    2021-06-09T09:54:00Z

    The International Pole and Line Foundation (IPNLF) has welcomed two new additions to its board of trustees.

  • American lobsters potentially pose a threat to European lobsters Photo: Marine Scotland
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    American lobster identification campaign

    2021-06-09T09:48:00Z

    A campaign has launched in Scotland to help raise awareness of a non-native lobster species which is posing a threat to indigenous wildlife.

  • Twenty years of protecting Pacific waters
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    Twenty years of protecting Pacific waters

    2021-06-09T07:30:00Z

    Operation Tui Moana, a regional fisheries surveillance operation covering the Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZs) of Cook Islands, Fiji, Niue, Samoa, Tokelau, Tonga and Tuvalu as well as associated high seas, marked twenty years protecting this important Pacific resource.

  • Mediterranean bluefin campaign kicks off
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    Mediterranean bluefin campaign kicks off

    2021-06-09T07:15:00Z

    The European Fisheries Control Agency is co-ordinating the control campaign for the bluefin tuna fishery (BFT) in the Mediterranean Sea for 2021 in the framework of its Joint Deployment Plan (JDP).

  • Alfonso Paz-Andrade 1940-2021
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    Alfonso Paz-Andrade 1940-2021

    2021-06-08T20:09:00Z

    The death earlier this week of businessman Alfonso Paz-Andrade has made headlines in his native Galicia.

  • Stepping up global action on IUU fishing
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    Stepping up global action on IUU fishing

    2021-06-08T20:05:00Z

    More needs to be done to combat IUU fishing as consumer demand and fish production continue to rise, according to FAO Director-General Qu Dongyu.

  • IUU fishing is rife in Ghana, damaging livelihoods and the economy Photo: EJF
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    Ghana given 2nd EU warning over IUU fishing

    2021-06-04T11:43:00Z

    The Ghanaian government’s failure to tackle illegal fishing has resulted in a second yellow card – a formal warning that could lead to a seafood export ban to the EU.

  • EU and UK strike 2021 fisheries agreement
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    EU and UK strike 2021 fisheries agreement

    2021-06-02T19:36:00Z

    The EU and the UK have concluded negotiations to reach an agreement in principle setting out catch limits for jointly managed fish stocks for the remainder of 2021.

  • Poachers boarded and destroyed
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    Poachers boarded and destroyed

    2021-06-02T11:33:00Z

    Co-operation between Australian agencies has disrupted illegal foreign fishing activity in the Ashmore Reef Marine Park, approximately 840 kilometres west of Darwin.

  • Faroes and Iceland set mackerel quotas
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    Faroes and Iceland set mackerel quotas

    2021-06-02T11:29:00Z

    The Faroe Islands and Iceland have followed Norway’s lead in setting their own mackerel quotas for 2021.

  • DSI has acquired CES and Dantech Photo: DSI
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    DSI acquires CES and Dantech

    2021-06-02T10:16:00Z

    DSI Freezing Solutions has acquired Cryogenic Equipment and Services (CES) and Dantech Freezing Systems.

  • EAPO and Europêche have criticised the Norwegian government’s decision to increase its share of mackerel fishery
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    EU fishers slam Norway mackerel move

    2021-06-02T10:11:00Z

    The EU pelagic fishing industry, under the aegis of EAPO and Europêche, has hit back at the Norwegian government’s unilateral decision to increase its share in the mackerel fishery, urging the EU to take immediate action to prevent this.

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    Alarm over mackeral quota

    2021-06-01T14:51:00Z

    The Norwegian government’s decision to set a unilateral quota for Northeast Atlantic mackerel has been called “alarming”.

  • Pressure on IOTC over yellowfin tuna
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    Pressure on IOTC over yellowfin tuna

    2021-05-31T07:30:00Z

    Pressure is growing on the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission to take steps to put in place effective measures to allow the Indian Ocean yellowfin tuna stock to regenerate.

  • Norway takes a tough stance on mackerel
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    Norway takes a tough stance on mackerel

    2021-05-30T09:35:00Z

    The decision by the Norwegian Ministry for trade, industry and fisheries set set a mackerel quota at 298,299 tonnes for 2021, acting unilaterally in the absence of a coastal state agreements, has been welcomed by the Norwegian industry, and slammed by European fishing organisations as a quota grab.

  • Russian Crab Group has made its first delivery to a Spanish distributor Photo: Russian Crab Group
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    Russian Crab Group makes first EU delivery

    2021-05-26T08:53:00Z

    The Russian Crab Group of companies has made its first crab delivery to the European Union.