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INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The First Technologic Fishing and Aquaculture Exhibition, held in the fishing port of Calbuco, Chile from 6-7 November was a complete success, reports Peter Nielsen.

24th November 2009

Calbucos fishing and aquaculture exhibition a success

24th November 2009

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Pew Environment Group has welcomed an announcement by the United Nation’s Food and Agriculture Organization that the new treaty to address illegal fishing is open for signature and called on governments…

24th November 2009

Pew calls for countries to implement new illegal fishing treaty

24th November 2009

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The initially encouraging decision by the EC Fish Council not to rush through a new set of technical conservation rules for EU fishing vessels – by sending the worst of the proposed…

24th November 2009

SFF anger at ‘lost opportunity’

24th November 2009

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) is urging Japans new government to recall its whaling fleet which is heading to Antarctica to hunt almost 1,000 whales.

24th November 2009

New Japanese Prime Minister urged to recall whaling fleet

24th November 2009

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Consumers now have access to more fish from Best Aquaculture Certified (BAP) facilities after the certification of several new processing plants in Ecuador and the United States.

24th November 2009

New processing plants certified to BAP

24th November 2009

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

An estimated 120 million people depend on fisheries for their economic and food security on the vast marine resources in the Coral Triangle which covers a 5.7 million square kilometre expanse of…

19th November 2009

Protecting fisheries in the pacific – part 2

19th November 2009

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Mercator Media, organiser of the Offshore Mariculture Conference 2010, has announced new dates for the conference to avoid a clash with another European event. Offshore Mariculture 2010 will now be held from…

19th November 2009

Offshore Mariculture 2010 – date change announced

19th November 2009

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

A comprehensive international fisheries science assessment has rated New Zealand the world’s top performing country for managing its marine and fishery resources, Fisheries Minister Phil Heatley announced recently.

19th November 2009

New Zealand tops global fisheries research

19th November 2009

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Leading omega-3 supplier EPAX AS was awarded Friend of the Sea (FOS) certification for its sustainable marine sourcing and production methods and will soon offer its Omega-3 oils as having a documented…

19th November 2009

EPAX AS Omega-3 oils Friend of the Sea

19th November 2009

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

A ban on the use of deepwater set gillnets was announced at the close of a meeting to establish a regional fisheries management organisation that will have legally-binding control over fishing in…

19th November 2009

Deepwater set gillnets banned in the South Pacific Ocean

19th November 2009