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INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The 4th Offshore Mariculture Conference which takes place later this year, is a “must attend event for all fish farmers.”

31st May 2012

Offshore Mariculture Conference

31st May 2012

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The season usually lasts from 16 May-14 June but the purse seine quota allocated to both countries was exhausted on 29 May at 20:00.

31st May 2012

Spanish and French tuna fishery closed

31st May 2012

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst have tagged young bluefin tuna in Atlantic waters off New England to track migration patterns.

30th May 2012

Researchers track Atlantic bluefin tuna

30th May 2012

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Recent surveys by researchers at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science reveal an unprecedented number of young scallops in two fishery management areas off the mid-Atlantic coast.

30th May 2012

Record level of mid-Atlantic scallop seed

30th May 2012

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Argentine hoki trawl net fishery has been awarded MSC certification.

30th May 2012

Argentine hoki fishery MSC certified

30th May 2012

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Bluefin tuna exposed to radioactivity that leaked into the Pacific Ocean after the earthquake and tsunami damaged Japan’s Fukushima power plants last year have carried that radiation to the waters off California.

30th May 2012

Bluefin tuna carry radiation from Japan

30th May 2012

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Today EU Commissioner Maria Damanaki will welcome her US counterpart, Dr Jane Lubchenco, US Under-Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere, to Brussels.

30th May 2012

EU/US cooperation against illegal fishing

30th May 2012

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

MEPs have backed new international measures to reduce illegal catches of bluefin tuna in the eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean, in a vote last week aimed at ensuring more sustainable development of…

29th May 2012

Parliament approves stricter tuna rules

29th May 2012

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

A new pelagic fish processing plant is being constructed in Tvøroyri, Suðuroy in the Faroe Islands.

29th May 2012

Europes most advanced processing plant

29th May 2012

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Divers from the Oceana research vessel Hanse Explorer have led a Finnish Coast Guard patrol boat to a site close to Bögskar skerry to collect the carcasses of dead seals for analysis.

29th May 2012

Bogskär seals retrieved for analysis

29th May 2012

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

The Irish Ministry for Agriculture, Food and the Marine has announced that Irish seafood processors have invested a total of €15.5m, backed up by grants of €3.2m under the EU co-funded Seafood…

28th May 2012

Irish seafood processors invest

28th May 2012

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Oceana has formally requested an investigation be opened to identify the cause of death of a dozen seals at Bogskär skerry.

28th May 2012

Seal deaths to be investigated

28th May 2012

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The IPNLF has warned that improvements must be made to traditional fisheries practices to ensure the growing demand for pole-and-line tuna can be met without compromising sustainability.

28th May 2012

Pole-and-line fisheries need support

28th May 2012

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Prisoners at HMP Haverigg, Cumbria, UK, are being offered a new training course in fish and shellfish industry skills (FSIS) by Lakes College.

25th May 2012

Prisoners trained in FSIS

25th May 2012

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

With just over two weeks to go until the 2nd Skipper Expo Int. Aberdeen, organisers say that preparations are well in hand for another highly successful event.

25th May 2012

Aberdeen show set for success

25th May 2012

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Odeo Flare Ltd, maker of the hand-held laser safety flare, won two awards this week at the Seawork Awards held in Southampton, UK.

25th May 2012

Award for Odeo Flare at Seawork 2012

25th May 2012

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

A number of Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA) inspections of Northern Prawn Fishery vessels have found compliance levels to be excellent with only minor breaches detected.

24th May 2012

Prawn fishers operating responsibly

24th May 2012

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Brazil’s Prof Lauro Madureira has addressed the question of why forage fish, which are a cheap and sustainable source of protein and micronutrients, are not used for direct human consumption.

24th May 2012

Forage fish – affordable and sustainable

24th May 2012

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

A report by the Antarctic Ocean Alliance (AOA) has called for over 40% of the Antarctica region to be protected from commercial fishing and other industries.

23rd May 2012

Antarctica’s Southern Ocean needs protecting

23rd May 2012

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Krill harvesting company Olympic Seafoods AS has achieved a full audit by Friend of the Sea.

23rd May 2012

Olympic Seafoods a Friend of the Sea

23rd May 2012