Industry News

The fisheries jury is now in and quota systems are the model world fisheries need to adopt, says MFish Chief Executive, Wayne McNee.

At a meeting in Brussels last week of scientists, administrators and control experts from the EU and Norway there was general agreement on the urgent need to consider concrete measures at the…

The portion of the Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) fishery in the Atlantic sector of the Southern Ocean fished by Norwegian company Aker BioMarine Co Ltd has entered the full assessment process for…

Defra has announced that Huw Irranca-Davies MP has replaced Jonathan Shaw as UK fisheries minister.

The German North Sea saithe trawl fishery has successfully completed the assessment to the MSC’s environmental standard for well-managed and sustainable fisheries.

WWF is calling for urgent protection of the South Pacific ‘Coral Triangle’ after the World Conservation Union’s (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species warned that several species from these critical spawning grounds…

The European Commission has adopted a proposal for fishing opportunities for the Black Sea for 2009.

On 1 October the European Commission adopted a proposal for deep-sea fishing opportunities for 2009 and 2010.

Greenpeace has launched an online database of fishing vessels involved in illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing, and the companies that own them.

Last week, the meeting of the Standing Committee on Research and Statistics (SCRS) took place at the headquarters of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT).

Friend of the Sea has announced a break-through certification of one of the main European supplier of Pandalus borealis (Northern Shrimp).

Commercial salmon farming can be a net fish protein producer – this has been proved by recent research findings from CAC in Norway.

The Government has given promising indications for the establishment of marine conservation zones in its response to pre-legislative scrutiny and public consultation on the draft Marine Bill. But, WWF-UK, the conservation organisation…

The Kyoto Danish Seine Fishery Federation snow crab and flathead flounder fishery has been certified under the Marine Stewardship Council standard as a sustainable and well-managed fishery.

The European Commission has approved the Operational Programme for the UK fisheries industry for the period 2007-2013.

J. & J. Denholm Limited has announced a consolidation of its pelagic activities in Peterhead, UK, integrating all activity from sea to sales.

Human activities such as fishing and water use are over-riding the effects of global warming on the ecosystems that support the world’s water and fish supplies, experts have revealed.

New Zealands Ministry of Fisheries has released the key data from research into blue cod stocks in the Marlborough Sounds.