Industry News

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

New Zealand’s fisheries and aquaculture minister Phil Heatley will this week have two important meetings with other fisheries ministers and government representatives from around the Pacific.

5th July 2010

Tuna on the agenda as NZ fisheries minister meets Pacific colleagues

5th July 2010

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Fishing communities in England’s less populated areas are able to access a €4.6 million ($5.8 million) fund, with expressions of interest invited from 30 June by the Marine Management Organisation (MMO).

5th July 2010

English fisheries invited to bid for share of €4.6 pot

5th July 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Pescanova USA’s CEO Domingo Moreira has joined the board of directors of the Global Aquaculture Alliance (GAA).

5th July 2010

Pescanova CEO joins Global Aquaculture Alliance board

5th July 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Seafood trader plans name change and has ambitious acquisition intentions for northern bluefin tuna ranching operations.

5th July 2010

Atlantis reveals new bluefin strategy

5th July 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Fish feed giant Nutreco has acquired Vietnamese feed producer Tomboy Aquafeed.

2nd July 2010

Nutreco snaps up Tomboy Aquafeed

2nd July 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

New EU rules on organic food labelling including the requirement to display the new EU organic logo came into force on 1 July, 2010.

2nd July 2010

New organic labelling rules in effect

2nd July 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Australia’s Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) scientists and industry partners have developed what they claim could be the worlds “most perfect prawn”.

2nd July 2010

Dawn of the Aussie super prawn

2nd July 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Across the US last weekend, people lined beaches and joined hands in a display to oppose oil drilling off Americas coasts.

1st July 2010

US fishermens wives join anti-oil demos

1st July 2010

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

A cook-off in the Young Scottish Seafood Chef of the Year Competition saw Nico Simeone (20) from the Balmoral Hotel, Edinburgh, beat five other finalists to claim the title. The competition took…

1st July 2010

Edinburgh cook wins Young Scottish Seafood Chef title

1st July 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The worlds largest well-boat has joined the fleet of Norwegian company Rostein AS.

1st July 2010

World’s largest farm fish boat

1st July 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Scottish Fishermen’s Federation has underlined its key action priorities for fishing for the rest of this year and has vowed to focus every effort in ensuring that a fair deal is…

1st July 2010

SFF outlines its key priorities and worries

1st July 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

A new VHF signal receiver that utilses space station technology could be deployed in combating pirate fishing.

1st July 2010

Space bandits ahoy!

1st July 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

NOAA Fisheries Service has adjusted the recreational and commercial quotas for greater amberjack for 2010 to account for quota overruns in 2009.

1st July 2010

Amberjack quotas set for the Gulf of Mexico

1st July 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Alan Coghill, the secretary of the Orkney Fisheries Association (OFA), has been elected as the new president of the Scottish Fishermen’s Federation (SFF).

25th June 2010

Scottish Fishermen’s Federation announces new president

25th June 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Acting CEO and director of group operations Canada, Scotland & Others, Thomas Farstad, has decided to leave Marine Harvest ASA to join Aker Seafoods ASA as CEO.

25th June 2010

Acting CEO leaves Marine Harvest

25th June 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The first analysis about subsea monitoring in the Deepwater Horizon vacinity has been released.

24th June 2010

US releases first subsea BP spill report

24th June 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

NOAA has opened more than 8,000 square miles of previously closed fishing area in the Gulf of Mexico, because the agency had not observed oil in the area.

24th June 2010

8,000 square miles of Gulf fishing closed area reopened

24th June 2010

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Tourism presents a significant obstacle to the development of global aquaculture, but both these vital industries need to follow Croatia’s lead and find greater harmony, according to one of the country’s fisheries…

24th June 2010

Croatian fisheries chief: integration is best for aquaculture

24th June 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Despite two decades of hardship, war and a loss of markets, Matko Jasprica has kept his Croatian fish farm alive and now hopes to start exporting to the EU.

23rd June 2010

EU ambitions for Croatian fish farmer

23rd June 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Mauritania has temporarily lifted its ban on pelagic pair trawling ban to make it attractive for Irish and Scottish pelagic refrigerated seawater (RWS) trawlers to target mackerel, horse mackerel, sardines and sardinella…

22nd June 2010

Pelagic pair trawl ban lifted in Mauritania

22nd June 2010