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The Producers’ Organisation of the Dutch Fishermen’s Association (DFA) razor clam fishery has entered full assessment for Marine Stewardship Council certification.

3rd August 2011

Razor clam fishery enters assessment

3rd August 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Oceana has called on the United States government to ban the import of shark products, including fins, cartilage and meat, from countries with insufficient shark protections.

2nd August 2011

Oceana calls on US to ban shark products

2nd August 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

‘Zeeuwse mosselen’ - mussels from the Dutch province of Zeeland, are now eligible to bear the MSC ecolabel.

1st August 2011

Dutch suspended culture mussel fishery crowned sustainable

1st August 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Scots mackerel fishermen have welcomed the joint statement issued by Maria Damanaki and Lisbeth Berg-Hansen that all options are being examined to stop the ‘damaging exploitation’ of mackerel by Iceland and the…

1st August 2011

Fishermen welcome mackerel statement

1st August 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

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Scotland’s Loch Torridon langoustine fishery has withdrawn from the MSC programme.

31st July 2011

Fishery withdraws from MSC programme

31st July 2011

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Three British Columbia pink salmon fisheries that were entered into assessment by the Canadian Pacific Sustainable Fisheries Society have been awarded MSC certification.

31st July 2011

British Columbia pink salmon fisheries awarded MSC certification

31st July 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Part of Sealord’s annual hoki catch will be sold through McDonald’s restaurants in a new campaign set to maximise awareness and access to sustainable fish across Europe.

31st July 2011

McDonald’s to serve Sealord’s hoki

31st July 2011

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Associated Seafoods Ltd has acquired prawn processor Moray Seafoods Ltd in a move that will secure the future of the company and herald the beginning of a new strategy to develop the…

30th July 2011

Associated Seafoods acquires Moray Seafoods to secure future of company

30th July 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Over £1.4 million has been awarded to the English fishing industry from the European Fisheries Fund (EFF) and the Marine Management Organisation (MMO).

30th July 2011

English fishing industry gets £1.4m grant

30th July 2011

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Science, the international weekly science journal, has published online Impacts of fishing low trophic level species on marine ecosystems, a ground breaking scientific analysis.

29th July 2011

Research on low trophic level fisheries

29th July 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Dutch Producers Organisation Mussel Culture has been awarded MSC certification following an independent assessment against the MSC standard for sustainable fisheries.

28th July 2011

Dutch mussel producers MSC certified

28th July 2011

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INDUSTRY NEWS

Seafish has awarded £4,000 from its Industry Project Fund (IPF) to the Shellfish Association of Great Britain (SAGB) to produce five new online videos of how to prepare key shellfish species.

27th July 2011

Seafish funds shellfish preparation films

27th July 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Maria Damanaki, EU Commissioner for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries and Lisbeth Berg-Hansen, Norway’s Minister of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs have issued a joint statement on the mackerel fishery in the North Atlantic:

27th July 2011

Joint statement on mackerel fishery

27th July 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Seafish has awarded the Scottish Fishermen’s Federation (SFF) a total of £40,740 from its Industry Project Fund (IPF) to fund the services of a Marine Environment & Planning Legislation Consultant.

27th July 2011

Seafish funds consultant for SFF

27th July 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Friend of the Sea has announced the certification of Dover sole, plaice, turbot, brill and dab from Noordzee Vissers Consortium III.

27th July 2011

NVC III fleet approved by FOC

27th July 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

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Today the EU and Norwegian fishing industries met Fisheries Commissioner Maria Damanaki to discuss the “reckless and irresponsible behaviour” of Faroe Islands and Iceland in “continuing to plunder the mackerel stock with…

26th July 2011

Fishing industries meet Damanaki to discuss mackerel

26th July 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

NOAA has announced the selection of Bruce Buckson, a nationally recognised leader in natural resource conservation law enforcement, as director of the NOAA Fisheries Office of Law Enforcement (OLE).

26th July 2011

Buckson new NOAA director

26th July 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Scottish fishermen will be represented at key meetings in Brussels tomorrow (Tuesday 26 July) to discuss the current mackerel situation.

25th July 2011

Scots fishermen represented at mackerel meetings in Brussels

25th July 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

From September this year, John West will roll out a new range of pole and line sourced tuna products.

25th July 2011

John West launches pole and line range

25th July 2011

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INDUSTRY NEWS

The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia has released an opinion that will require NMFS to establish a standardised system for counting and reporting the amount of bycatch in…

25th July 2011

US required to establish standardised bycatch reporting system in Northeast

25th July 2011