Industry News

A major upgrade will shortly get underway at the Scottish Shellfish Marketing Group’s processing facility in Bellshill that will greatly enhance production efficiency and capacity.

The Honourable Gail Shea, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, welcomed the opening of the main commercial seal hunt for Magdalen Island sealers on Monday.

The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council is soliciting scientists interested in serving on its Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) and on a newly created Social and Economics Technical Advisory Panel (SEP).

North east fishing leaders will today get an insight into what America and other countries are doing to conserve their fish stocks.

The Northwest Atlantic Canadian longline and harpoon swordfish fisheries have announced their entry into the full assessment process for MSC certification.

Aquaculture company Kiotech, which makes products used in the farming of fish, has had an environmental risk assessment of its Aquatice range of products reviewed and approved by the UK’s Department for…

The Scottish Fishermen’s Trust has awarded bursaries to four students from the School of Biological Sciences at the University of Aberdeen for projects that will enhance knowledge and understanding of the marine…

The Pew Environment Group has called upon the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council to diligently implement important new federal requirements designed to prevent overfishing and rebuild depleted fish populations.

New Zealand Fisheries Minister Phil Heatley has announced changes to the catch limits of four rock lobster stocks.

The Scottish Fishermen’s Federation is demanding that a joint legal opinion be given by the Law Officers of the Scottish and UK Governments on the legality of the Scottish government proposals on…

The certification covers fishmeal, fish oil and canned or frozen products from Peruvian anchovy and canned or frozen products from pacific mackerel. The fishery is managed according to sustainable criteria and stocks…

The European Commission has adopted a proposal to transpose into Community law the revised multi-annual recovery plan for Eastern bluefin tuna adopted by the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas…

After successfully completing its Marine Stewardship Council assessment, Domstein Longline Partners cod and haddock longline fisheries have become MSC certified.

The European Commission has received the Ombudsmans draft recommendation wherein he asks the Commission to rectify an administrative error concerning fishing quotas in the West of Scotland allocated for the year 2007.

The EURONOR fleet, based in Boulogne-sur-mer, France, will be assessed by an independent certifier under the Marine Stewardship Council’s (MSC) environmental standard for sustainable and well-managed wild capture fisheries.

Seafish, the UK authority on seafood, has announced the 300th vessel to be certified by the Responsible Fishing Scheme (RFS).

As one of the world’s prominent maritime nations, Indonesia has taken the initiative to hold a major conference on climate change and the potential of the planet’s ocean to combat the negative…