Industry News

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has joined forces with the International Labor Organization (ILO) to release draft guidance on tackling the contentious issue of child labour in fisheries.

5th January 2012

New report tackles child labour in fisheries

5th January 2012

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

A bluefin tuna has been sold for a record 56.49 million yen ($736,000) at the first auction of the year at Tokyos Tsukiji fish market.

5th January 2012

Tuna sold for record $736k

5th January 2012

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Following a short trip to the North Sea fishing grounds, trawler skipper Sandy West successfully completed the first landing of 2012 of langoustines (prawns) into Buckie.

5th January 2012

First langoustine landed into Buckie

5th January 2012

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Blue mussel fisheries representing the entire bottom grown mussel landings of Ireland have entered Marine Stewardship Council assessment.

4th January 2012

Irish mussel fisheries enter assessment

4th January 2012

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

World Health Energy Holdings, Inc. has signed a Letter of Intent with Prime Inc. India to develop a biodiesel production facility of up to 250 acres, with a budget of up to…

4th January 2012

Biodiesel company to develop algae farm

4th January 2012

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

A series of 15 marine surveys in 2011, covering over 2,000 square miles, have uncovered rare species and furthered knowledge of the biodiversity of Scotlands seas.

3rd January 2012

Scottish marine surveys find rare species

3rd January 2012

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The first round of a two-year, $28.5m license retirement programme has been launched by the Government of Canada.

3rd January 2012

Chinnok license retirement programme announced in British Columbia

3rd January 2012

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Center for Biological Diversity has filed a lawsuit against the National Marine Fisheries Service, challenging a new rule that it says expands overfishing of highly imperiled Atlantic bluefin tuna.

3rd January 2012

Lawsuit filed to protect US bluefin

3rd January 2012

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Tasmanian Minister for Primary Industries and Water, Bryan Green, has announced that the total allowable catch for rock lobster in Tasmanian waters will be unchanged for the 2012-2013 season.

23rd December 2011

Tasmania rock lobster catch unchanged

23rd December 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Crown Estate is to increase its annual investment in aquaculture research and development to over a quarter of a million pounds from 2013, continuing to support a sector which is vital…

22nd December 2011

Boost for aquaculture in rent review

22nd December 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

World Fishing & Aquaculture will be taking a short break between Christmas and the New Year, so we would like to take this opportunity to wish all our readers a very Merry…

21st December 2011

Season’s Greetings from World Fishing

21st December 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Irish Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Simon Coveney, has said that he is “delighted” with the outcome of the December Fisheries Council.

21st December 2011

Coveney: Record outcome for Ireland

21st December 2011

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The UK Government has secured a victory for the fishing industry by stopping a massive cut in the number of days that fishermen are allowed to spend at sea.

20th December 2011

UK victory in fisheries negotiations

20th December 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

At the weekend, the EU Fish Council in Brussels decided on catching opportunity for 2012, with Scottish days at sea being cut.

20th December 2011

Scottish fishing days slashed

20th December 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Following the announcement of the acquisition of Cumbrian Seafoods by Lion Capital a few weeks ago, the company’s former employees are still in a precarious position in the run up to Christmas.

19th December 2011

Cumbrian employees facing uncertainty

19th December 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

An Independent Adjudicator has upheld the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification of the Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA) unassociated purse seine skipjack fishery.

19th December 2011

PNA certification upheld

19th December 2011

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Tasmanian company Seafarm Systems has commissioned shipbuilder Incat Tasmania to construct an aluminium catamaran, equipped with net cleaning equipment, for a leading operator in Norway’s salmon industry.

15th December 2011

Tasmanian boat heading for Norway

15th December 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Mainstream Canadas Brent Island farm in B.C. is the first salmon farm in the world to be certified to the Global Aquaculture Alliances Best Aquaculture Practices new standards for farmed salmon.

15th December 2011

First salmon farm earns BAP certification

15th December 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

A new model built around biological data from electronic tags, ear bone microchemistry and fisheries catch data for Atlantic bluefin tuna indicates fishing on one side of the Atlantic influences the other…

14th December 2011

Comprehensive study on status of tuna

14th December 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Oceana is urging EU Fisheries Council Ministers to put aside short term interests in the December Council’s meeting to establish 2012 catch limits for the main species targeted by Europe’s Atlantic fleet.

14th December 2011

Oceana: Put aside short term interests

14th December 2011