Fisheries

A new collaborative mapping project is to bring together all stakeholders from across government and industry to benchmark the sustainability of octopus fishing in the south west indian ocean.

Plymouth Fisheries, the English fresh fish market, has promoted two staff members to new management positions as part of a reorganisation aimed at improving the way the business operates.

Rockall haddock, West of Scotland haddock, hake, plaice and whiting have been entered into MSC assessment by the Scottish Fisheries Sustainable Accreditation Group (SFSAG).

The industry has welcomed support from the French government in regards to challenges which are faceting the maritime sectors.

Sea fisheries, aquaculture and processing businesses are to receive more than £8 million of EU and Scottish Government funding to boost growth, protect jobs and develop sustainability.

Funding from the Dutch Postcode Lottery is giving fishermen in developing countries new opportunities to improve the sustainability of their practices.

The Baltic herring and sprat fishery into full assessment to the Marine Stewardship Council’s Fisheries Standard by the Finnish Fishermen’s Association.

Approximately 150 international delegates met in Adelaide, Australia for the fifth Commission Meeting of the South Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Organisation (SPRFMO).

The twelfth fishery research vessel of the South Korean National Institute of Fisheries Science will be fitted with Schottel Controllable Pitch Propellers (SCP), the second order received for the same operator.

The Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the EU and Mauritania has made another step forward after a Joint Committee, held at the initiative of the EU, took place in Nouakchott, Mauritania.