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Reform of the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) must aim to ensure sustainable exploitation of resources and contribute to the ‘Europe 2020’ strategy by working on robust economic performance, inclusive growth and enhanced…

22nd October 2010

EU chief wants five-pronged CFP reform

22nd October 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The governor of Thailands Songkhla province has ordered that security must be improved around the deepsea port, following complaints from foreign shipping companies they have been robbed of tonnes of their tuna…

22nd October 2010

Thailand beefs up tuna security

22nd October 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The government of New Zealand has given the go-ahead for an exploratory permit to find out if it is possible for its fishermen to commercially catch deepwater king and red crab.

22nd October 2010

NZ trials king crab industry

22nd October 2010

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

South Australias mussel industry is to trial a programme in which hatchery-raised mussel spat will be imported from Tasmania.

21st October 2010

Tasmania to send mussel spat to South Australia

21st October 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Two key Kodiak-related fisheries decisions came out of the latest North Pacific Fishery Management Council (NPFMC) meeting in Anchorage, Alaska.

21st October 2010

Trawl fishing to close in area of Kodiak

21st October 2010

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Advice on making authorised nutrition and health claims in line with new European legislation is now available on the Seafish website www.seafish.org

21st October 2010

Seafish offers advice on using seafood nutrition and health claims

21st October 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Numbers of juvenile Atlantic tuna at a major spawning site in the Gulf of Mexico probably fell by at least 20% this year as a result of the BP oil spill, according…

20th October 2010

Bluefin tuna hit hard by BP oil disaster

20th October 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

A total of 17,000 tonnes of products from pelagic species have been processed this year at HB Grandi’s Vopnafjördur factory, smashing the companys previous production record of 12,700 tonnes set in 2004.

20th October 2010

Pelagic production record for HB Grandi

20th October 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The US government is looking to hire a new chief for its fisheries law enforcement arm after the former head of enforcement, Dale Jones, was reassigned to monitoring international seafood trade.

20th October 2010

US looks for new law enforcement chief

20th October 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The US Department of State has certified Mexico under Section 609 of United States Public Law 101-162, which prohibits the import of shrimp and shrimp products harvested in ways that may adversely…

19th October 2010

US approves Mexico shrimp imports

19th October 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Ten lobster boats will use sonar to survey populations of the fish in coastal waters next summer and autumn, with the help of a grant from the Maine Technology Institute.

18th October 2010

Maine lobstermen to aid herring research

18th October 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The New Brunswick Salmon Growers Association has changed its name and focus to better reflect the industrys spread out of southwest New Brunswick.

18th October 2010

Salmon group changes name to reflect region

18th October 2010

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Tonka Seafoods Inc is interested in restarting shrimp processing in Petersburg, Alaska, and last week approached the Petersburg Harbor Board seeking permission to build a two-story warehouse close to the Petersburg Community…

18th October 2010

Tonka Seafoods looks into shrimp processing

18th October 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Peterhead Port Authority’s new all-weather deepwater Smith Embankment quay has opened for business - on time and within budget.

15th October 2010

Peterhead’s new quay opens on time

15th October 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

A new federal rule is being introduced that will allow NOAA’s assistant administrator for fisheries to deny a vessel entry into a US port or access to port services if that vessel…

15th October 2010

New rule denies IUU boats entry to US

15th October 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

NOAA’s Fisheries Service has mailed applications to almost 240 trawl fishermen and processors on the US west coast to invite them into what will be arguably the most important change in west…

15th October 2010

US west coast fishermen sent catch share applications

15th October 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Scottish Salmon Company Ltd (SSC) has appointed three new non-executive directors to its board, Robert M Brown III, Merete Myhrstad and Viacheslav Lavrentyev.

15th October 2010

Scottish Salmon Co appoints board members

15th October 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Australian scientists will use the data from a new AUD 22 million (€15.6 million/$21.9 million) array of high-tech equipment to probe deeper into the nation’s surrounding oceans.

14th October 2010

Technology to probe deeper into oceans

14th October 2010

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Salmon farming giant Marine Harvest has filed an official complaint against rules that prevent the company from growing any larger in Norway, saying it wants to participate in the consolidation of the…

12th October 2010

Marine Harvest wants in on consolidation

12th October 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Chicken of the Sea (COS) International has transferred its closed tuna cannery in American Samoa to US-based Tri Marine International.

12th October 2010

Closed tuna cannery in American Samoa to reopen

12th October 2010