Analysis

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

The company was started when Rudolph M J Baader developed a machine for filleting herring in 1919. This machine not only reduced the number of people required to fillet the species, it…

19th March 2010

Producing safe food safely

19th March 2010

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

The regulation of marine resources has passed into the hands of the Marine Management Organisation (MMO) which will be based in Newcastle upon Tyne. The MMO has whole raft of new powers…

18th March 2010

Revised enforcement regime within English waters

18th March 2010

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

The question is not how to protect environment from aquaculture, but how to develop marine fish farming that’s environment friendly.

18th March 2010

Marine fish farming: solution or delusion?

18th March 2010

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

Peter O’Neill reports that doubts are also coming in across all weather fronts about the quality of climate data affecting regulation of the fishing industry. Natural England, a UK government-funded body with…

18th March 2010

Brain-storms and litmus tests for acidity with hot air pollution

18th March 2010

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

Aqua Sur is, without doubt, the Southern Hemisphere’s most important aquaculture exhibition and is being held in Puerto Montt, Chile, from 24-27 March 2010, reports Peter J. Neilson. Considering that a progressive…

4th February 2010

Aqua Sur 2010: The Southern Hemisphere’s great exhibition

4th February 2010

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

The first victim was a Caucasian male in his late 30s. He popped down to the pub for lunch and ordered fish and chips. As he enjoyed his meal alongside a pint,…

3rd February 2010

The case of the mysterious seafood

3rd February 2010

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

A short report on India’s fisheries published by the International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF) awakened me to the disproportionately small share of information and discussion in most fisheries press, and…

2nd February 2010

Small-scale fisheries revisited

2nd February 2010

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Both sectors can be described as ‘traditional’ and are mostly comprised of small and medium sized companies, employing less than 10 persons or family businesses. With EU enlargement, an additional contribution of…

22nd January 2010

A new impetus for European aquaculture development?

22nd January 2010

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

The headquarters of P&D, which also include a fisheries documentation centre, is situated in Lorient in Brittany, France. Lorient is the second largest fishing port in France handling annually (2008) over 22,000mt…

21st January 2010

French fisheries and CFP discussed at Lorient workshop

21st January 2010

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

According to an official announcement by the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), in June 2009 President Obama committed his administration to “integrated and comprehensive national ocean policy, incorporating programs to…

21st January 2010

Obama, Lubchenko and catch shares: who benefits?

21st January 2010

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

But what makes a person take that vital first step of picking up the package in the first place? It must catch the eye of the customer and make him or her…

1st December 2009

Making customers want to choose seafood in supermarkets

1st December 2009

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

Peter O’Neill finds the inspectors may be more friend than foe for fishermen and processors. The thought of an unannounced visit by a fish inspector probably sends shivers through a skipper who…

1st December 2009

An inspector calls

1st December 2009

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

To err is human; to really foul things up needs a computer…

1st December 2009

Computers in fisheries research: friend or foe?

1st December 2009

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

Dear Sir, I am writing in response to the article on page 12 of the September issue (to read the article click here) concerning the jack mackerel fishery in the South East…

1st December 2009

Letter to the Editor

1st December 2009

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

The consultation saw an increasing number of calls for the UK Government to take back control of national quotas and to distribute these to the industry on a geographical or regional basis.…

1st December 2009

CFP consultation reignites the debate on quota ownership

1st December 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

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

“And you are crestfallen, no hope you can raise,Seawater will creep in your veins,But waves of the ocean forever will praiseYour glory, your death and your pains.”(After an old Russian naval song…

1st November 2009

Koenigsberg-Kaliningrad

1st November 2009

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

The World Fishing Exhibition (WFE) and Aqua Farming International (AQA) Exhibition were held from the 16-19 September 2009 in Vigo, Spain. At the final press conference, Mr Paz-Andrade, surrounded by the Executive…

1st November 2009

The most professional and international WFE

1st November 2009

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

The six country regional cooperation programme will combine technical expertise and funding from multilateral development agencies, NGO’s and donor governments to develop sustainable coastal and marine resources management in the 'Coral Triangle'…

1st October 2009

Protecting fisheries in the pacific – part 1

1st October 2009

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) recently published a report entitled: Our Living Oceans: Habitat (online version available at http://spo.nwr.noaa.gov/TM83.pdf).

1st October 2009

Saving habitats from inertia

1st October 2009