Industry News

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

The Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) has launched its second standard into the market with the opening of its accreditation process for pangasius.

3rd May 2012

ASC launches pangasius accreditation

3rd May 2012

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

The inaugural Australasian Aquaculture Awards recognised individuals and businesses that apply innovative and sustainable practices that will have lasting impacts on Australasian aquaculture over the next 10 years.

3rd May 2012

Australasian Aquaculture Awards winners

3rd May 2012

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Marine Institute is once again chartering the RV ‘Celtic Explorer’ from the Irish Marine Institute in Galway, for research that will be conducted by MIs Centre for Fisheries Ecosystems Research.

3rd May 2012

‘Celtic Explorer’ sets sail again

3rd May 2012

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The New Zealand Southern blue whiting trawl fishery has been certified as sustainable against the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) standard for a sustainable and well managed fishery.

3rd May 2012

NZ blue whiting fishery MSC certified

3rd May 2012

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Maria Damanaki, will be in Tallin, Estonia, today to discuss the ongoing reform of the Common Fisheries Policy with the Estonian government.

3rd May 2012

Damanaki presents CFP reform in Estonia

3rd May 2012

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

There is no hydrocarbon contamination in fish samples chemically analysed from close to TOTAL’s Elgin platform gas leak in the North Sea.

2nd May 2012

Fish not contaminated by gas leak

2nd May 2012

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Three MSC certified fisheries were celebrated in Brussels last week during the European Seafood Exposition.

2nd May 2012

Brussels celebrates certified fisheries

2nd May 2012

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Vilsund Blue Limfjord rope-grown mussel fishery has secured MSC certification, meaning that 100% of Danish mussel exports are now eligible to carry the MSC ecolabel.

1st May 2012

Denmark: 100% certified mussel exports

1st May 2012

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Day Boat Seafood LLC of Lake Park, Florida has entered the US North Atlantic swordfish longline and buoy gear fishery into full Marine Stewardship Council assessment.

1st May 2012

US North Atlantic swordfish fishery enters full assessment for MSC certification

1st May 2012

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The European Commission has decided to close the pelagic fishery to EU vessels in the waters of Mauritania, as the annual EU quota set at 252,654 tonnes is nearly exhausted.

1st May 2012

Closure of the Mauritania pelagic fishery

1st May 2012

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC), the RFMO responsible for managing tuna and tuna-like species in the Indian Ocean, concluded its annual plenary session last week in Australia.

1st May 2012

IOTC: Towards sustainable fishing

1st May 2012

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

A European scientific fisheries and technical committee has approved an innovative new trawl design developed by the Scottish fishing industry for reducing discards.

1st May 2012

New trawl to reduce discards

1st May 2012

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

There are concerns over the “cozy relationship” between the Novia Scotia Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture (NSDFA) and the aquaculture industry over a review process underway for new industrial salmon farms in…

30th April 2012

Fishy goings on in Canada

30th April 2012

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Scottish fishing industry has welcomed the unanimous vote by the European Parliament Fisheries Committee in support of trade sanctions against countries that engage in unsustainable fishing practices.

27th April 2012

Scots welcome support for sanctions

27th April 2012

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

A report released today by the OCEAN2012 ocean alliance reveals that inferior fish are being marketed and mislabelled as more expensive species - due to stock depletion by overfishing.

26th April 2012

Report reveals fraudulent fish labelling

26th April 2012

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Kaviari and Prins & Dingemanse have been awarded the top prizes in the 12th annual Seafood Prix d’Elite new products competition at the European Seafood Exposition in Brussels.

25th April 2012

Seafood Prix d’Elite winners

25th April 2012

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Data from the 2011-12 Blue Crab Winter Dredge Survey show that the Chesapeake Bay’s blue crab population is booming, fueled by a large increase in juvenile crab abundance.

24th April 2012

Blue crab population booming

24th April 2012

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

More than 2,000 scientists from 67 countries have urged Arctic leaders to develop an international fisheries accord that would protect the unregulated waters of the Central Arctic Ocean.

24th April 2012

Over 2,000 scientists urge protection of fisheries in the Central Arctic Ocean

24th April 2012

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Chilean Government has announced its intention to expand the Salas y Gómez marine reserve and to create a smaller reserve in Hanga Roa Bay, the harbor right off the main town…

24th April 2012

Chile plans to expand marine reserves

24th April 2012

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The North West Atlantic Canada swordfish pelagic longline fishery has been awarded Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification.

24th April 2012

Canadian longline swordfish fishery certified

24th April 2012