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INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Research vessel ‘G.O. Sars’ embarked upon the 2012 MAREANO (Marine AREA database for Norwegian coastal and sea areas) autumn survey in mid-September.

25th September 2012

MAREANO survey underway

25th September 2012

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

A paper which outlines the need for a proper investigation of the impact of the pet food industry points out that Australian cats eat 33,500 tonnes of seafood per annum – both…

25th September 2012

Cats in the firing line of fishfood debate

25th September 2012

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The European Commission will host a seminar on the state of fish stocks in European waters on 26 September.

25th September 2012

EC to host state of fish stocks seminar

25th September 2012

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Oceana has said that it is deeply disappointed by the Danish Government’s recent approval of blue mussel fisheries inside two Natura 2000 sites in the Limfjord, Denmark.

21st September 2012

Oceana blasts Danish dredging approval

21st September 2012

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

An accident where a fisherman’s foot was severely injured by a falling warp block has given the Danish Maritime Accident Investigation Board reason to issue safety recommendations to the owners of the…

21st September 2012

Accident onboard ‘JANK’ results in safety recommendations

21st September 2012

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

Technicold by Northern Lights has been selected to supply the cooling and heating system on the environmentally friendly longliner Northern Leader.

20th September 2012

Technicold selected for longliner

20th September 2012

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

A grant from the European Fisheries Fund (EFF) of almost £200,000 is helping to empower commercial fishermen to research the inshore shark and ray fisheries of the southern North Sea (ICES division…

20th September 2012

EFF grant for shark and ray research

20th September 2012

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Another new vessel in the Canadian Coast Guard fleet was named last week by the Honourable Keith Ashfield, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans Canada.

20th September 2012

Canada names another Coast Guard vessel

20th September 2012

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

A new NOAA report shows that US seafood landings reached a 17-year high in 2011, thanks in part to rebuilding fish populations.

20th September 2012

US seafood landings reach 17-year high

20th September 2012

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

NOAA has announced that three new research projects will receive funding totalling nearly $1.6m to examine the effects of ocean acidification on fisheries, and the coastal economies that depend upon them.

20th September 2012

Effects of ocean acidification researched

20th September 2012

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Purse seine tuna fishers around the world are getting a real-time update on best practices to avoid bycatch thanks to a series of workshops facilitated by the International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF).

20th September 2012

Bycatch researchers work with fishers in Asia and South America

20th September 2012

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Linde Gases has opened its state-of-the-art Innovation Centre for Aquaculture, a pioneering R&D and testing unit located at Ålesund in Norway.

20th September 2012

Linde opens aquaculture centre in Norway

20th September 2012

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The programme at the Offshore Mariculture Conference in Izmir, Turkey from 17-19 October will include an important plenary discussion on ‘The Governance of Mariculture in International Waters’.

19th September 2012

Shaping the future of mariculture

19th September 2012

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Fisheries Committee of the European Parliament has supported a strict ban on shark finning in EU waters and on EU vessels worldwide.

19th September 2012

European Parliament supports finning ban

19th September 2012

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Scottish Fishermen’s Federation (SFF) is participating in a new project to help secure a sustainable and profitable future for the European brown crab industry.

19th September 2012

SFF involved in new project to boost European brown crab sector

19th September 2012

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

European fast food chain Quick has changed its white fish supply policy in support of the sustainable fishing industry by obtaining the MSC certification for its entire supply chain.

19th September 2012

Quick supply chain MSC certified

19th September 2012

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Western Australian Government has partnered with the Western Australian Fishing Industry Council (WAFIC) to announce a $14.5m fund for Western Australian fisheries to gain MSC certification.

19th September 2012

Oz gets $14.5m fund for certification

19th September 2012

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Ocean scientists are studying areas further north and eastward during this years Ecosystem Survey.

19th September 2012

Ecosystem Survey advances further

19th September 2012

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

European fishing industry organisations, EAPO, Europêche and Cogeca, have launched a new and innovative proposal to address the issue of discards in an effective and workable manner.

19th September 2012

Alternative discards proposal launched

19th September 2012

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Scientists have been studying the supposed effects of the ‘pelagic complex’ of the North Sea - that Norwegian spring-spawning herring, blue whiting and Northeast Atlantic mackerel, have significant effects on each other…

18th September 2012

Scientists study effects of Norwegian Sea fish

18th September 2012