News

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The Swedish herring fishery in the North Sea has been recertified by the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC).

4th July 2013

Swedish herring fisheries recertified

4th July 2013

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Kal Knickerbocker has been appointed the new director of aquaculture at the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.

4th July 2013

Florida names new director of aquaculture

4th July 2013

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Development work on Associated Seafoods Ltd (ASL) multi-million pound upgrade programme of its seafood processing facility in Buckie, north-east Scotland, is progressing well.

4th July 2013

New processing facility progressing well

4th July 2013

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

A peer-reviewed scientific paper has confirmed the lack of evidence of negative impacts on wild salmon stocks from fish farming.

3rd July 2013

Salmon farming does not impact wild stocks

3rd July 2013

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

A man from Auckland, New Zealand, has been fined a total of $42,000 for possessing snapper that had not been reported.

3rd July 2013

Big fine for black market snapper trading

3rd July 2013

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

The finalists of the Aqua Nor Innovation Award 2013 have been announced – and due to the number of exceptional projects this year, there are four finalists instead of the usual three,…

3rd July 2013

Innovation Award finalists announced

3rd July 2013

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Wales’ largest fishing port, Milford Fish Docks, is set for a major redevelopment plan as part of the Port of Milford Haven’s £60 million Milford Dock Master Plan.

3rd July 2013

Regeneration plans for Welsh fishing port

3rd July 2013

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The Korean National Assembly has amended its fisheries law to help curb illegal fishing.

2nd July 2013

South Korea amends fisheries law to address illegal fishing

2nd July 2013

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

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