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INDUSTRY NEWS

The Center for Biological Diversity has requested that the US seek protection for Atlantic bluefin tuna under an international treaty that would ban cross-border trade of this fish.

16th August 2011

Ban sought on bluefin tuna trade

16th August 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Friends of the Earth Norway, Forum for Environment and Development (ForUM) and Cermaq ASA have agreed on a Joint Statement on the foundation for sustainable aquaculture.

15th August 2011

Cermaq and environmental groups reach agreement

15th August 2011

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

The new UK centre for aquaculture has invested in the latest computer generated imagery technologies to help market its facilities to a worldwide audience.

12th August 2011

Astec goes global with the latest CGI technologies

12th August 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Greenpeace Australia’s latest canned tuna ranking was launched this week at the Sydney Aquarium and contains some exciting new developments for Australia’s canned tuna industry.

11th August 2011

Australia: New canned tuna ranking

11th August 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

As a result of ongoing monitoring, control and surveillance by the Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA), a fishing vessel was inspected at sea and detained by the Irish Navy and brought to port…

10th August 2011

SFPA inspects illegal landing of fish

10th August 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Matt Rand, director of global shark conservation for the Pew Environment Group, has issued a statement in response to Chilean President Sebastián Piñera’s signing of Chile’s ban on shark finning.

10th August 2011

Pew salutes Chilean shark finning ban

10th August 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

NOAA scientists have developed a population model for Atlantic herring that links herring population trends to the size of the haddock population.

10th August 2011

Atlantic herring population trends linked to egg predation by haddock

10th August 2011

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The US North Pacific halibut and the US North Pacific sablefish fisheries that operate in territorial waters off the coast of Alaska, Bering Sea and Gulf of Alaska have earned MSC re-certification.

10th August 2011

Alaska fisheries earn re-certification

10th August 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstalls campaign to ban the practice of discarding fish in EU waters will continue, he stated in this latest installment of his television programme, which was recently aired in the UK.

9th August 2011

Fish Fight continues

9th August 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Seafish welcomed the latest programme in the Channel 4 series Hugh’s Fish Fight, led by celebrity chef Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, which was aired on Monday 8 August.

9th August 2011

Seafish welcomes return of Hugh’s Fish Fight

9th August 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Sainsburys has revealed it has sold 46 extra tonnes of alternative fish varieties such as coley, pouting, rainbow trout, hake and megrim following the launch of its successful Switch the Fish campaign…

9th August 2011

Tide continues to turn at Sainsburys

9th August 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Scottish Environment Minister Stewart Stevenson has been impressed by aquaculture businesses based in the Hebrides, during a series of engagements undertaken this week.

9th August 2011

Fish farming in the Western Isles

9th August 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Lifeboat volunteers from Sunderland RNLI Lifeboat Station this week took part in an emergency mission to rescue two men whose 32ft fishing coble had suffered engine failure off Ryhope, Sunderland.

9th August 2011

RNLI rescues two fisherman

9th August 2011

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

The Global Aquaculture Alliance has selected certification management specialist Lisa Goché as vice president of the Best Aquaculture Practices division of GAA.

8th August 2011

Lisa Goché to join BAP team

8th August 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

New research from independent think-tank nef (the new economics foundation) reveals that the UK has, from just one cod stock, thrown away enough fish to support 711 jobs for 46 years.

5th August 2011

UK discards £1bn in cod

5th August 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Lerwick Harbour has released figures for the first six months of the year, showing increases in cargo, oil-related cargo, passenger traffic and the tonnage of vessels handled.

5th August 2011

Lerwick Harbour: fish landings down, but busy half-year overall

5th August 2011

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

The Canadian government has announced significant funding to support innovation and sustainability in the aquaculture industry in British Columbia.

4th August 2011

Canada invests in aquaculture

4th August 2011

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Umami Sustainable Seafood Inc. has obtained DNA evidence confirming natural spawning of bluefin tuna at its Kali Tuna facility in Croatia.

4th August 2011

Umami spawns bluefin tuna

4th August 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The working group responsible for finding solutions to the quota problems facing some of the under 10m fleet met recently to review responses to the Defra consultation and discuss ways forward.

3rd August 2011

Under 10m pilot quota schemes

3rd August 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

An area covering over two million square miles of the western Pacific Ocean is slated to become the world’s largest shark sanctuary and the first one ever created through a regional agreement…

3rd August 2011

Pew applauds call for shark sanctuary

3rd August 2011