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INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Michael Gates and Sue Sharland have been appointed as non-Executive Advisory Directors to Cefas’ Management Board.

3rd February 2010

Appointment of non-executive advisory directors

3rd February 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

A new law requiring French Guianese shrimp fishers to use special devices that reduce unwanted fish catch will help better protect marine turtles and other vulnerable marine species in the region.

3rd February 2010

French Guiana set to tackle bycatch

3rd February 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

First Gulf council meeting of the year to focus on continued red snapper rebuilding.

3rd February 2010

Calls for responsible increase in red snapper catch levels

3rd February 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Gail Shea, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans Canada, and Mike Wallace, Member of Parliament for Burlington, have officially opened the new Aquatic Life Research Facility at the Canada Centre for Inland Waters…

3rd February 2010

Canada opens state-of-the-art research facility

3rd February 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Gail Shea, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans Canada, has taken action against overfishing of Division 3L shrimp by Faroese and Greenlandic fishing vessels in the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization (NAFO) Regulatory Area…

3rd February 2010

Canada warns Faroes and Greenland on overfishing 3L shrimp

3rd February 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Four individuals and a fish buying company were recently charged with violating federal fishery regulations following investigations by fishery officers from the Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) detachment in Marystown and Bay…

3rd February 2010

Canadian convictions for fishery violations

3rd February 2010

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

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

The first victim was a Caucasian male in his late 30s. He popped down to the pub for lunch and ordered fish and chips. As he enjoyed his meal alongside a pint,…

3rd February 2010

The case of the mysterious seafood

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