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After 20 months of assessment, the North-East Arctic cod and haddock fishery becomes the fifth French fishery to be certified to the MSC standard for sustainable fishing.

24th April 2012

French cod and haddock fishery obtains MSC certification

24th April 2012

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

SNP President Ian Hudghton MEP has welcomed a unanimous vote today (Tuesday) in the European Parliaments Fisheries Committee backing possible EU sanctions against countries embarking on non-sustainable fishing.

24th April 2012

SNP welcomes strong message on mackerel

24th April 2012

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Maria Damanaki, Commissioner for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries visited Rabat, Morocco, on 20-21 April to launch the process of negotiations for a new EU-Morocco fisheries agreement protocol.

24th April 2012

Maria Damanaki launches EU-Morocco fisheries negotiations

24th April 2012

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Oceana-chartered research vessel, Hanse Explorer, set sail from Copenhagen on Monday on a two-month expedition, covering 7,000 miles through the waters of the nine countries bordering the Baltic Sea.

24th April 2012

Oceana expedition promotes new MPAs

24th April 2012

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Scottish Pelagic Sustainability Group’s (SPSG) West of Scotland herring fishery will be MSC certified at a ceremony in Brussels tomorrow (25 April).

24th April 2012

Scottish herring fishery MSC certified

24th April 2012

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Salmon & Trout Association (S&TA) has published a report into official data on sea lice treatment chemical residues in Scottish sea lochs associated with Scottish salmon farms.

24th April 2012

Scottish sea loch pollution exposed

24th April 2012

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Environmental group, Oceana, has criticised the European Parliament’s recent vote to keep European fishing vessels tax exemption on fuel – which it says promotes overfishing.

23rd April 2012

Oceana criticises vessel tax exemption vote

23rd April 2012

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Following the Center for Biological Diversity’s notice of intent to sue, the National Marine Fisheries Service has announced that it has begun preparing a recovery plan for the endangered North Pacific right…

20th April 2012

Recovery plans for endangered whales

20th April 2012

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

The Scottish seafood sector is aiming to top sales of £30m made at the 2011 European Seafood Exposition (ESE) at next week’s 2012 show.

19th April 2012

Scottish seafood aims to smash sales

19th April 2012

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

People with a background in commercial fisheries are being sought to help with the management of inshore fisheries in five areas around England’s coastline.

19th April 2012

Management of Englands inshore fisheries

19th April 2012

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The current suspension of the Portuguese sardine fishery MSC certificate will remain in place after independent certifier, Intertek Moody Marine, accepted an action plan to address the current sardine stock issue.

19th April 2012

Portuguese Sardine fishery: Corrective action plan approved

19th April 2012

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Keith Ashfield, Canada’s Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, met with US Administration officials in Washington, DC this week to discuss bilateral and multilateral fisheries management and related issues.

19th April 2012

Canada’s advances fisheries issues

19th April 2012

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Provisional statistics published this week reveal that landings by Scottish fishermen last year were worth £500 million, 15% on 2010.

18th April 2012

Value of Scottish catch at 10 year high

18th April 2012

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Piotr Kapinos has been appointed as the new Chief Financial Officer of Morpol, effective from 16 April 2012.

18th April 2012

Piotr Kapinos appointed Morpol CFO

18th April 2012

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Durham University has become the first independent catered academic institution in the UK to achieve the MSC Chain of Custody Standard following an assessment by Food Certification International (FCI).

18th April 2012

Durham Uni achieves MSC standard

18th April 2012

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has warned of a voluntary recall on a frozen raw yellowfin tuna product called Nakaochi Scrape AA or AAA from Moon Marine USA Corporation (MMI).

18th April 2012

Tuna product linked to salmonella

18th April 2012

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

DTU Aqua in Hirtshals is hosting an international AQUABEST meeting on sustainable fish farming in the Baltic Sea region.

17th April 2012

DTU Aqua to host AQUABEST meeting

17th April 2012

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Oceana has found widespread seafood mislabelling in the Los Angeles-area, according to a new report.

17th April 2012

Oceana investigation finds widespread seafood mislabelling in LA

17th April 2012

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Co-founder and co-CEO of Kampachi Farms, Neil Sims, has been confirmed as the Chairman of the 2012 Offshore Mariculture Conference.

17th April 2012

Offshore Mariculture chair announced

17th April 2012

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Seafish just published its annual dossier on the status and management of the 10 feed grade fish stocks used to produce fishmeal and fish oil for the UK market.

17th April 2012

Seafish publishes feed fish stocks review

17th April 2012