Latest News – Page 505
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NewsGibraltar protests
Spanish fishermen took to the country’s waters over the weekend to stage a protest over an artificial reef which they say restricts their rights to fish.
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NewsEMS provides new opportunities
The recent Early Mortality Syndrome (EMS) outbreak in Southeast Asia is likely to provide second-tier shrimp producers, including India and Myanmar, with new opportunities, says Rabobank.
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NewsTrident adds value with new facility
Trident Seafoods is adding value to its operations with a new US$41m processing facility in Georgia.
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News$600,000 grant for aquaculture research in Maine
A researcher at the University of Maine at Machias has received a $600,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to study the potential for new aquaculture markets for two shellfish in Maine.
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NewsGreenland whitefish enters MSC
Greenland’s cod, haddock and saithe fisheries in the North East Arctic have entered into MSC assessment.
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Norway Seafoods sells processing operations in France
Norway Seafoods has entered into an agreement with Groupe Coopératif Maisadour, a leading French Cooperative Company, to sell Norway Seafoods processing and sales operations in France.
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New $10m processing factory
Minister for Regional Australia, Catherine King, has announced a $3.5m grant to support the construction of a value added processing facility in Parramatta Creek, Tasmania.
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NewsThe impact of underwater noise on fish
A three-year Knowledge Transfer Partnership between HR Wallingford and the University of Exeter is being launched this month to predict the impact of underwater noise on fish.
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NewsDeclining skate and ray wings sold in supermarkets
University of Salford DNA testing has found that that supermarket skate and ray wings, despite being labelled as from sustainable stocks, are actually being taken from declining species.
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NewsFisherman tweets industry views
UK fisherman, David Warwick, is tweeting his daily ''FishTales'' in a bid to highlight the problems faced by the often “misunderstood” fishing industry.
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NewsAn opportunity for new shrimp producers
A new Rabobank report says that the outbreak of Early Mortality Syndrome (EMS) in shrimp will give second-tier shrimp producing regions the opportunity to step up production and capture market share – until EMS affected countries recover from the disease.
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NewsPoacher caught on Facebook
A New Zealand man has been sentenced to 200 hours community service after getting caught selling illegal paua on Facebook.
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Humber Seafood Summit agenda announced
The final programme for Seafish’s Humber Seafood Summit - hosted at the Royal Hotel in Grimsby from 18-19 September - is now available.
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NewsTechnology update for thermal cameras
Raymarine’s TH Series handheld thermal cameras have a new safety enhancing software upgrade - InstAlertTM.
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NewsMixed verdict on Pacific coastal fisheries
A new report on the status of reef and near-shore fisheries of Pacific Islands has delivered a mixed verdict about their health.
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NewsSeafish to reduce levy rates
Seafish is looking to reduce its standard rate of levy for the first time in over 14 years; a move it says will help reduce the “financial burden” of 90% of business in the seafood industry.
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New BAP appointment
A former Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) auditor has been appointed to the BAP team as new programme integrity manager, say the Global Aquaculture Alliance (GAA).
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NewsGOAL keynote from Marine Harvest chairman
Ole-Eirik Lerøy, chairman of Marine Harvest ASA, has been announced as the keynote speaker at the Global Aquaculture Alliance’s GOAL 2013 conference in Paris, France.
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Human trafficking suspect arrested
The key suspect in the Environmental Justice Foundation’s (EJF) investigation into human trafficking and human rights abuses in Thailand’s seafood industry has been arrested.
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King Salmon development dispute
Two appeals put forward to the New Zealand High Court against King Salmon’s proposal to develop new fish farms in the Marlborough Sounds have been rejected.
