Industry News

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Two Pacific cod fisheries, one located in the Gulf of Alaska (GoA) and the other in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands (BSAI), have earned Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification.

3rd February 2010

Two Pacific cod fisheries gain MSC certification

3rd February 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The UK’s two main UK fishermen’s federations have thrown their support behind an official complaint over a BBC programme that portrayed a “totally inaccurate and damaging picture of the fishing industry”.

3rd February 2010

UK fishermen condemn negative portrayal of fishing in TV programme

3rd February 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

A Shark Project Officer started work in Oban this week on a new project run by the Scottish Sea Angling Conservation Network.

2nd February 2010

Shark tagging officer starts work in Oban

2nd February 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

AKVA group and Marine Harvest Scotland have signed an agreement for the supply of Polarcirkel cages and testing of EcoNets for 2010.

29th January 2010

Fish escape prevention in Scotland

29th January 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

WWF has said that it welcomes new proposals agreed at the EU/Norway fisheries talks this week.

27th January 2010

WWF urges English fleet to adopt catch quotas in North Sea

27th January 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Damage done to stocks of deepwater fish by the “ghost fishing” of lost or abandoned gillnets may not be as widespread as previously thought according to the results of a recent EC-funded…

27th January 2010

Deepwater ghost fishing problem eases

27th January 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Seafood, travel and tourism operators in the Coral Triangle have made a joint declaration reduce the impact of their businesses on the world’s most important marine region.

27th January 2010

Private sector outlines plan to protect Coral Triangle

27th January 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

TRAFFIC’s recommendations on the proposals to amend the Appendices of CITES (the Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora) have been released.

27th January 2010

TRAFFIC recommendations for CoP15

27th January 2010

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

French shoppers will find it easier to choose certified sustainable seafood when a new, nationwide awareness campaign, Les Jours Bleus, is launched in Carrefour stores in January.

27th January 2010

Les Jours Bleus launched to promote certified sustainable seafood

27th January 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The hoki trawl fishery operating in the Argentine EEZ and adjacent waters has entered full assessment to be considered for MSC certification and is the second South American fishery to officially seek…

27th January 2010

Argentine hoki fishery seeks MSC certification

27th January 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Dutch Association of Suspended Mussel Culture Farmers has entered full assessment for MSC certification.

27th January 2010

Dutch blue shell suspended culture mussel producers seek MSC certification

27th January 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The North Sea (areas IVa, IVb, IVc) will be closed to vessels using towed gear of 100mm and above for the rest of January.

27th January 2010

Cod recovery zone – North Sea closure

27th January 2010

SAFETY & DISTRESS

SAFETY & DISTRESS

A fisherman’s life has been saved by marine distress signals after an accident in Iceland, which sadly proved fatal for a colleague.

27th January 2010

Pains Wessex and Comet marine distress signals save fishermen

27th January 2010

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Carnitech has now joined with Marel to pool resources, and at Seafood Processing America will be highlighting some of the equipment and systems that the companies have to offer.

27th January 2010

Marel and Carnitech introduce ‘the best of both’ at Seafood Processing America 2010

27th January 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The European Union and Norway have struck a crucial long-term agreement on mackerel management in the North-East Atlantic, which provides for stable quota shares and for agreed access arrangements for their respective…

27th January 2010

EU/Norway agreement on mackerel management

27th January 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Citing “the significant environmental degradation caused by salmon farming”, Target has announced that it will discontinue sales of all farmed salmon products in its stores.

27th January 2010

Target eliminates farmed salmon in all stores

27th January 2010

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Lighthouse Caledonia has signed a software agreement with AKVA group Scotland Ltd for the supply of Fishtalk Control and Fishtalk Value Chain Planner.

27th January 2010

AKVA groups Fishtalk to Lighthouse Caledonia

27th January 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The World Ocean Council will convene a wide range of ocean industries at the Sustainable Ocean Summit (SOS) to be held in Belfast, UK, 15-17 June, 2010.

27th January 2010

Ocean industries to tackle ambitious program at Sustainable Ocean Summit

27th January 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Atlantic Fast Food chippy in Coatbridge, Glasgow, UK, has won first place at this year’s National Fish & Chip Shop of the Year competition, organised by Seafish.

27th January 2010

Atlantic Fast Food crowned UK’s top chippy

27th January 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Marinas in the Firth of Clyde and on the Argyll coast are to be surveyed by marine scientists following the discovery of another invasive non-native species in Scottish waters.

27th January 2010

Unwelcome arrival of sea squirt in Scottish seas

27th January 2010