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The latest advice from the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) shows that herring caught off the west coast of Scotland is being sustainably fished.

2nd July 2013

Scottish herring sustainably fished

2nd July 2013

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Oceanpick has signed an agreement with the Board of Investment in Sri Lanka for the country’s first oceanic farm for finfish.

2nd July 2013

First marine fish farm for Sri Lanka

2nd July 2013

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The International Whaling Commission’s (IWC) 2013 report acknowledges that New Zealand’s Maui’s dolphins will decline to just 10 adult breeding females in six years and become functionally extinct in less than 20…

2nd July 2013

Maui’s could be extinct in 20 years

2nd July 2013

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Scottish Fishermen’s Federation (SFF) chief executive Bertie Armstrong has said that although the latest advice from the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) on fishing opportunities for 2014 contains…

1st July 2013

SFF comments on latest ICES advice

1st July 2013

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

According to the latest International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) figures, cod stocks in the North Sea have risen for the seventh year in a row and there are…

1st July 2013

Another rise in North Sea cod stocks

1st July 2013

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Representatives from the pelagic fishing industry are very confident that trade sanction measures will be put in place against the Faroe Islands within a month.

27th June 2013

Trade sanctions against the Faroe Islands within a month

27th June 2013

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

The organisers of Aqua Nor 2013 believe that this year’s event will be the largest show ever.

27th June 2013

Largest Aqua Nor ever

27th June 2013

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Researchers from the National University of Singapore’s (NUS) Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering have developed a robot fish that mimics the movements of a carp.

27th June 2013

Robot carp with 3D movement created

27th June 2013

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

A guidance document published jointly by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the International Labour Organization (ILO) says that although almost every country has signed international conventions…

27th June 2013

Countries urged to protect children

27th June 2013

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

The Salmon & Trout Association (Scotland) has accused Marine Scotland Science of ‘ignoring its own evidence with regards to a planning application by salmon farming company Wester Ross Fisheries Limited.

27th June 2013

Marine Scotland Science ignores its own evidence

27th June 2013

SAFETY & DISTRESS

SAFETY & DISTRESS

Ocean Safety has won the contract to supply 5,000 lifejackets to the Scottish Fisherman’s Federation (SFF) scheme to offer every commercial fisherman in Scotland a free lifejacket.

27th June 2013

Ocean Safety wins SFF lifejacket order

27th June 2013

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Greenland is increasing its landings of salmon from 20 to 50 tonnes by introducing a new 35 tonne fish factory internal quota and this may have implications for Scottish salmon populations.

26th June 2013

Salmon netting quota

26th June 2013

FISH HANDLING

FISH HANDLING

Fish box rental company, PPS East Limited, has reported a steady increase in direct sales for its reusable packaging.

26th June 2013

PPS fish box sales soar

26th June 2013

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The European Commission has welcomed the backing from the EUs General Affairs Council for the progress made in delivering the EUs Blue Growth Strategy, which aims to create sustainable economic growth and…

26th June 2013

Blue Growth strategy gets further backing

26th June 2013

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Scottish aquaculture genetics company Landcatch has succeeded in making farmed salmon more resistant to sea lice.

26th June 2013

Sea lice breakthrough

26th June 2013

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Queens Panga & Shrimp Noodles Red Curry, combining farmed pangasius and wild-caught shrimp, has become the first product to carry the ASC logo for responsible aquaculture and the MSC ecolabel for sustainable…

26th June 2013

First ASC and MSC labelled product available in The Netherlands

26th June 2013

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Spring Creek Oyster Company has received approval for its plans to use the full water column to grow oysters in Franklin County, Florida - the first enterprise of its kind in this…

26th June 2013

New oyster farming technique approved in Florida

26th June 2013

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Belize Fisheries Department has announced a moratorium on unmonitored transhipments of fish at sea for Belize-flagged vessels, effective immediately.

26th June 2013

Belize bans transhipments of fish at sea

26th June 2013

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Fishing Industry Union of the North (FIUN) Barents and Norwegian Seas cod and haddock fishery has been MSC certified.

25th June 2013

FIUN fishery MSC certified

25th June 2013

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Over the next three years, Nofima researchers will be analysing the variables related to the sustainability of wild caught fish.

25th June 2013

Analysing the sustainability of fishing

25th June 2013