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INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Supplier of frozen seafood, Pacific West, is playing an important role in transforming the seafood market to a more sustainable basis by becoming the first to offer Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certified…

20th May 2011

Pacific West first to offer Australia MSC certified tempura hake products

20th May 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Hong Kong has approved a ban on all trawling in its local waters, a move that is largely being seen as a crucial first step in reviving the Administrative Region’s depleted marine…

20th May 2011

WWF welcomes Hong Kong trawl ban

20th May 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Under the Australian Government’s 2011-12 Budget released on 9 May, the AFMA budget has been identified at $43.3 million.

20th May 2011

AFMA budget cut due to efficient illegal fishing measures

20th May 2011

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

In the early 1970’s the fishing industry was first introduced to Omni directional fishing sonars, designed to detect and track large schools of herring.

19th May 2011

MAQ sonar’s story

19th May 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The fishery producing Manx Queenies, the Isle of Man’s famous queen scallops, have been crowned by the MSC as a certified sustainable and well-managed fishery.

19th May 2011

Manx Queenies crowned sustainable

19th May 2011

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Mercator Media, organiser of the Icelandic Fisheries Exhibition, has announced the launch of the fifth Icelandic Fisheries Awards, which recognises fishing excellence in Iceland and internationally.

19th May 2011

5th Icelandic Fisheries Awards launched

19th May 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Maria Damanaki, EU Commissioner for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries has sent a letter to EU Ministers regarding the fishing situation in Libya.

19th May 2011

Libyan seining on track to be illegal

19th May 2011

INSIGHT

INSIGHT

Exports of New Zealand shellfish, both farmed and wild, are making a big splash in European markets.

18th May 2011

Making waves

18th May 2011

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

WF recently spent three days in Brussels with a group of EU journalists, invited under the European Journalism Centre, to grill Eurocrats and parliamentarians on aid and climate issues. Walter Kennes and…

18th May 2011

Brussels: Mangroves and power politics

18th May 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Grimsby fish suppliers of Cumbrian Seafood’s are now packing their fish into PPS East’s returnable plastic 15kg fish boxes.

18th May 2011

PPS East fish boxes for Grimsby

18th May 2011