Industry News

The Chairman of Ireland’s Bord Iascaigh Mhara (BIM), Rose McHugh, has announced the appointment of Jason Whooley as Chief Executive of BIM to take effect from 1 July 2007.

Fisheries Ministers from 10 countries have endorsed a Regional Plan of Action to promote responsible fishing practices and combat illegal fishing in the South-East Asian region.

According to WWF, the EU has failed to grasp its final opportunity this year to save bluefin tuna from collapse in the Mediterranean.

Using tiny transmitters attached to sea creatures and receivers dotted along the ocean floor, Australian scientists will track the movements of marine life and also gather vital information on climate change effects…

Phil Reeves, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Transport, has announced a $30,000 investment into research to find ways to improve safety practices in Queensland’s commercial fishing industry.

According to the Iran Fisheries Organization, the first floating dock was inaugurated in the port of Konarak in southern Iran (Sistan-Balouchestan province) as a loading/unloading centre for fishing boats in the area.

The European Commission is looking forward to decisive progress at the third meeting on the establishment of a Regional Fisheries Management Organisation (RFMO) to manage non-tuna fish stocks in the South Pacific…

The Honourable Loyola Hearn, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, announced last week that Canada’s new government has provided $500,000 to the United Nations Fish Stocks Agreement Part VII Assistance Fund.

A £5m fishing vessel decommissioning scheme for the South West of England opened this week.

Samskip Reefer Logistics has announced the appointment of new partners in the Middle East, Asia and North and South America as it continues to build its global network.

The European Parliament this week adopted a report on a support scheme to compensate for the additional costs incurred in the marketing of certain fishery products from the Azores, Madeira, the Canary…

John Browne T.D., Irish Minister of State at the Department of Communications, Marine & Natural Resources this week announced a record investment of nearly €33.32 million in new Harbour and Coastal Infrastructure…

A new system to beat illegal fishing around the world by tracking fish from the moment they are caught to when they arrive on consumers plates will get the backing of the…

Last month sadly saw the loss of two industry figures who have been familiar faces at trade exhibitions and within the fishing industry for many years, Morgére’s Jean-Gabriel Podeur, 59, and Sicor’s…

All 131 countries attending a high level FAO meeting on world fisheries in Rome agreed to start a process leading to the adoption of a legally binding international agreement establishing control measures…

According to Oceana, discarded fish constitutes 8% of the total weight of the world’s captures, or more than 7.3 million tonnes of fish that are thrown away at sea.

The arrival of “Atlantic Dawn”, the world’s largest trawler, in the Dutch port of Velsen in March to join the Dutch fleet marked the end of Irish involvement in pelagic freezers and…