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INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

A Spanish fishing company, its UK subsidiary and their captains have been ordered to pay £1.62m for fisheries offences - the highest amount ever imposed in a Marine Management Organisation (MMO) fisheries…

26th July 2012

£1.62m sentence for illegal fishing

26th July 2012

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Australian government has issued an update on the FV Margiris plans to fish in Australian waters, and announced special arrangements for community consultation.

26th July 2012

Oz government issues Margiris update

26th July 2012

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Electronic tracking allowing South West fishermen into parts of a marine protected area will now continue after a trial monitoring their activity.

26th July 2012

Management measures continue in Lyme Bay

26th July 2012

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

Thrane & Thrane has expanded its workboat and fishing vessel VHF radio portfolio with the launch of the new SAILOR 6217 VHF DSC Class D AIS Receiver.

25th July 2012

Thrane & Thrane launches new receiver

25th July 2012

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Marine bacteria that produce antimicrobial agents have been found as part of a PhD project at the National Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark.

25th July 2012

Technical University of Denmark finds antimicrobial agents in marine bacteria

25th July 2012

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Esri has joined the ocean business alliance World Ocean Council and will support its international initiatives for sustainable development and conservation of the ocean.

25th July 2012

Esri joins World Ocean Council

25th July 2012

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

A total of 10 Scottish fishing skippers have been ordered to pay almost £1.2 million after admitting their involvement in a so-called black fish operation, reports John Kinsman.

24th July 2012

Scots to pay £1.2m for black fish scam

24th July 2012

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Oceana has revealed that 31% of seafood is mislabeled in South Florida, according to a new report released this week.

24th July 2012

Oceana flags up mislabeled seafood

24th July 2012

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA) and Northern Prawn Fishery (NPF) Industry Pty Ltd have been working together to trial the use of new devices to enable CMOs to collect data and…

24th July 2012

New technology could improve data collection

24th July 2012

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The European Commission has published a legislative proposal to phase out deep-sea bottom trawling and bottom gillnet fishing within two years in European waters.

24th July 2012

Bottom trawl and gillnet ban proposed

24th July 2012

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

BIM has announced the appointment of Kieran Calnan as chairman of the board.

24th July 2012

BIM gets new chairman

24th July 2012

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Seafish has said that industry trials of revolutionary fishing gear have been successful in reducing ground impact caused by beam trawlers and further reducing fish discards.

24th July 2012

Revolutionary ground impact trial success

24th July 2012

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Norwegian saithe fishery is seeking re-assessment under the MSC’s program for well-managed and sustainable fisheries.

23rd July 2012

Saithe fishery seeks MSC re-assessment

23rd July 2012

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The consultation process was launched this week for the application of ‘Irish Salmon’ for registration as a Protected Geographical Indication (PGI).

23rd July 2012

Consultation begins for Irish Salmon PGI

23rd July 2012

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

A Coast Guard Station Ketchikan (Alaska) law enforcement team directed the operator of a commercial fishing vessel to return to port after several safety violations were discovered onboard on 17 July.

20th July 2012

Vessel terminated for safety violations

20th July 2012

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The release of the independent certifier’s annual surveillance report for South Africa’s hake trawl fishery has confirmed that it will retain its Marine Stewardship (MSC) certificate in sustainability.

19th July 2012

South African hake fishery retains MSC cert

19th July 2012

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

Cod trawlers can increase catch value by more than NOK200m per year if the price difference between autoline and trawled fish caught at sea fish is halved, and new technology onboard trawlers…

19th July 2012

Better quality can increase incomes

19th July 2012

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

Scottish prawn fishermen have developed and introduced a number of innovative trawl designs that have cut unwanted fish bycatch by around 70% in sea-going trials.

19th July 2012

New prawn trawls to reduce discards

19th July 2012

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

UK consumer magazine Which? has said that some of the labels on fish sold in supermarkets are misleading and shoppers often arent given the information they need to buy sustainably.

19th July 2012

Some fish labels misleading, says Which?

19th July 2012

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is testing wild salmon off the coast of British Columbia to determine the status of infectious haematopoietic necrosis, infectious pancreatic necrosis and infectious salmon anaemia.

19th July 2012

BC: Salmon disease surveillance underway

19th July 2012