Industry News

The first Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) certificate for responsible Pangasius farming was awarded to Vinh Hoan’s Tan Hoa farm in Vietnam on September 11th.

The Scottish Fishermen’s Federation (SFF) has angrily dismissed some media reports on a scientific study of the number of adult cod in the North Sea, criticising their failure to give a true…

Following a European Fisheries Fund (EFF) grant from the UK’s Marine Management Organisation (MMO), a south coast seafood promotional organisation has set up a new smart phone app.

Jim Flaherty, Canada’s Minister of Finance, and Senator Fabian Manning have officially opened the newly reconstructed Small Craft Harbours’ wharf in Bay Bulls, Newfoundland and Labrador.

Next week, the Fisheries Committee of European Parliament will vote to put in place a complete shark finning ban – a measure that the industry claims will cost them € 9.4 million.

Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authorities (IFCAs) are encouraging people interested in the management of inshore fisheries around the North East and North West coasts of England and the Isles of Scilly to…

The 2012 Annual Economic Report on the European Fishing Fleet has been published.

Australia’s Environment Minister, Tony Burke, has announced plans to prevent super trawler FV Abel Tasman (formerly FV Margiris) fishing in Australian waters.

At AQUA 2012, Patrick Sorgeloos, director of the Laboratory of Aquaculture and the Artemia Reference Center of the University of Ghent in Belgium, was presented with an EAS Honorary Life Membership.

The Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) program now has a two-star certified operation that farms and processes tilapia in Costa Rica.

The US Coast Guard in Alaska is requiring all commercial fishing vessels that operate or fish more than three miles from the territorial sea baseline to complete a Coast Guard dockside safety…

A new report released by the WWF and TRAFFIC highlights the need for better management of shark fisheries in the Coral Triangle, in a bid to help protect the decreasing populations of…

The Intervet Norbio Singapore Pte. Ltd research and development lab has changed its name to MSD Animal Health Innovation Pte. Ltd, following the acquisition of Intervet/Schering-Plough Animal Health by MSD in 2009.