Industry News

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

The Global Aquaculture Alliance has expanded the Best Aquaculture Practices certification program with the completion of BAP standards for salmon farms.

22nd June 2011

BAP standards for salmon farms completed

22nd June 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Oceana has launched the second of a three leg scientific expedition exploring Important Ecological Areas (IEAs) in the Pacific Ocean using a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) and high definition video cameras.

22nd June 2011

Oceana launches ocean expedition

22nd June 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Fiskbranschens Sweden Eastern Baltic cod fishery, a fishery that was close to collapse only a few years ago, has recovered and has been certified as a sustainable and well-managed fishery.

22nd June 2011

First Swedish cod fishery MSC certified

22nd June 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The European Union has initialled a new one-year protocol to the fisheries agreement with Guinea Bissau.

22nd June 2011

Renewal of EU/Guinea Bissau protocol

22nd June 2011

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The Affiliation of Seafood Producers Association of Nova Scotia (ASPANS) has entered both the Scotian Shelf and Gulf of St. Lawrence snow crab trap fisheries into MSC assessment.

21st June 2011

Snow crab fisheries enter MSC assessment

21st June 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The University of California, Berkeley, has become the first public university in America to earn Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) Chain of Custody certification.

21st June 2011

First US public university MSC certified

21st June 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

On 22 June, the Fish for the Future group in the European Parliament is organising a lunchtime presentation to explain the need for urgent reform of the Common Fisheries Policy.

21st June 2011

Conference: “No fish left on the plate”

21st June 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Center for Food Safety (CFS) has applauded the US House of Representatives for its decision to prohibit the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) from approving genetically engineered (GE) salmon.

21st June 2011

Amendment to prohibit GE salmon approval

21st June 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The European Commission has requested that Belgium, Estonia, France, Hungary, Austria, Poland, Portugal, Finland and the United Kingdom adopt national legislation to implement EU rules setting up a vessel traffic monitoring and…

21st June 2011

Commission requests States comply with monitoring regime

21st June 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Minister for Primary Industries and Water, Bryan Green, said Tasmania would continue to be a leader in marine and Antarctic studies with an ongoing commitment to funding for research in this…

21st June 2011

Tasmania to fund research

21st June 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

AFMA and the Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC) are assisting 12 operators with installation of onboard cameras to assist them to comply with a Temporary Order requirement in the Gillnet Hook…

21st June 2011

AFMA meeting the new e-monitoring requirements in Australian Sea Lion zone

21st June 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The first Scottish Skipper Expo will take place on 24 & 25 June at the AECC (Aberdeen Exhibition & Conference Centre) - a new fishing exhibition for the Scottish fishing and processing…

20th June 2011

Scottish Skipper Expo this week

20th June 2011

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Sodexo has signed a worldwide agreement with the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) for wild caught fish with the view to:

19th June 2011

Sodexo extends efforts to promote certified sustainable seafood

19th June 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Danish Fishermens Producers Organisation (DFPO) Otter Trawl North Sea Plaice trawl fishery has been awarded MSC certification following a rigorous, independent assessment.

18th June 2011

Plaice trawl fishery gets MSC certificate

18th June 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Faroese company Tavan SP/F has entered its Great Silver Smelt (Argentina silus) fishery for full MSC assessment.

17th June 2011

Silver smelt fishery enters MSC assessment

17th June 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Sea Shepherd’s Operation Blue Rage 2011 has enraged Tunisian fishermen operating on Melita Bank, roughly 70 nautical miles off the Libyan coast and 20 miles inside the NATO no fly zone.

16th June 2011

Sea Shepherd VS Tunisian seiners

16th June 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Two new aquaculture sites approved for St. Marys Bay, Digby Co., will create good jobs in southwest Nova Scotia.

16th June 2011

Nova Scotia fish farms approved

16th June 2011

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Geir Isaksen, CEO of Cermaq ASA, has accepted the position as CEO of NSB Group, Norways largest transport group, and will leave his position at Cermaq on 30 September.

16th June 2011

Isaksen to leave Cermaq

16th June 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Fishermen in Nova Scotia can now sell their commercial fishing business through a new deposit loan program that will help with succession in the industry.

15th June 2011

New loan program for fishing industry

15th June 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The UK’s Seafish will be back serving the seafood industry at full capacity after the Supreme Court handed down its judgment in favour of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs…

15th June 2011

Seafish back on board

15th June 2011