News

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

In 2005 the World Bank (WB) created the Global Partnership on Fisheries (PROFISH) in association with key donors and stakeholders.

6th March 2012

PROFISH: Is it also pro-fishermen?

6th March 2012

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

Since the takeover of Hampidjan’s trawl door division, Poly Ice, in Iceland in October last year, the production of Poly Ice trawl doors is well underway at Thyborøn Skibssmedie Ltd in Denmark.

6th March 2012

Poly Ice trawl doors now made in Denmark

6th March 2012

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Eroski has become the first Spanish retailer to carry fresh fish certified by the Marine Stewardship Council.

5th March 2012

Spain sells MSC certified fresh fish

5th March 2012

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Nova Scotia Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture associate deputy minister, Greg Roach, has released a statement on the ISA scare at Cooke Aquaculture.

2nd March 2012

Roach: Salmon situation handled well

2nd March 2012

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of Japan (MAFF) has announced that it will be sponsoring its Japan Pavilion at the upcoming International Boston Seafood Show 2012 (IBSS),

2nd March 2012

Show attendance signals recovery of Japan’s seafood industry

2nd March 2012

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

A shark-resistant net for open-ocean, warm-water fish farming is being introduced and is the result of a collaboration among NET Systems, Inc., DSM Dyneema and the Cape Eleuthera Institute.

2nd March 2012

New shark-resistant aquaculture net

2nd March 2012

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The European Commission has adopted a proposal for a Regulation which would authorise the Commission to impose a range of measures against third countries that allow unsustainable fishing.

2nd March 2012

EC gets tough on unsustainable fishing

2nd March 2012

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Rolls-Royce has announced a second contract for a vessel to one of its Environship designs, a 75m LNG-powered vessel for Norways Eidsvaag for fish farm supply along the Norwegian coast.

1st March 2012

Second Environship order for Rolls-Royce

1st March 2012

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Rolls-Royce has won a second order for a gas-powered vessel from its Environship range, which will be used to supply feed to fish farms along the Norwegian coast.

1st March 2012

Rolls-Royce wins Environship order

1st March 2012

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

The Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA) has started a multi-year project to work with Commonwealth fishers to minimise the impact of fishing practices on protected and at-risk bycatch species.

1st March 2012

AFMA projects on track to reduce bycatch

1st March 2012

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Marel Chile has announced the largest single sale ever made by the company in Central America, following the purchase of a purpose-built tilapia processing line by Costa Rican processor Terrapez S.A.

1st March 2012

Marel sells tilapia processing line to Terrapez

1st March 2012

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Marine biologists at Kampachi Farms have announced the successful final harvest from the Velella Research Project, which raised fish for the first time in US Federal waters.

1st March 2012

First farmed fish harvest in US waters

1st March 2012

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Two years after the ‘United We Fish’ rally in Washington, US fishermen will gather again on 21 March in a demonstration supporting the amendment of the Magnuson Stevens Fisheries Conservation and Management…

1st March 2012

US fishermen to rally this month

1st March 2012

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Seventeen Scottish skippers and one processing plant have been fined millions of pounds this week for illegal pelagic fish landings which took place between 2002 and 2005.

29th February 2012

Black news for Scottish fishing

29th February 2012

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) has launched its ‘bagan’ to encourage Pacific Islanders to fish for smaller fish as the effects of climate change take a grip on their islands.

29th February 2012

Pacific Islands encouraged to fish small

29th February 2012

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Bord Iascaigh Mhara (BIM) has announced €1.5m (£1.3m) in grant-aid for the Irish Fishing Industry.

29th February 2012

BIM announces €1.5m for the Irish fishing industry in 2012

29th February 2012

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Whitby company Lockers Trawlers Ltd. has placed an order for a versatile 25m whitefish vessel with local boat builder Parkol Marine Engineering.

29th February 2012

English company orders new trawler

29th February 2012

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Professor Ray Hilborn and Dr Bob Kearney have released a paper titled, ‘Australian seafood consumers misled by prophets of doom and gloom’.

29th February 2012

Australian fish is sustainable fish

29th February 2012

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Sinomega is the first Chinese manufacturer of Omega-3 fish oils to achieve Friend of the Sea certification.

28th February 2012

First Chinese Omega-3 fish oil company Friend of the Sea certified

28th February 2012

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

WWF will tell MEPs in a presentation to the petitions committee today that they need to end overfishing and save Europe’s seas and fishing industry from decline.

28th February 2012

WWF campaign nears 100,000 signatures

28th February 2012