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ICELANDIC FISHERIES EXHIBITION

ICELANDIC FISHERIES EXHIBITION

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3rd August 2011

Security solutions from IceCom

3rd August 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The working group responsible for finding solutions to the quota problems facing some of the under 10m fleet met recently to review responses to the Defra consultation and discuss ways forward.

3rd August 2011

Under 10m pilot quota schemes

3rd August 2011

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Mainstream Canada says that its Food Safety system helps to ensure its salmon is some of the safest seafood available on store shelves.

3rd August 2011

Mainstream meets salmon safety standards

3rd August 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

An area covering over two million square miles of the western Pacific Ocean is slated to become the world’s largest shark sanctuary and the first one ever created through a regional agreement…

3rd August 2011

Pew applauds call for shark sanctuary

3rd August 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Producers’ Organisation of the Dutch Fishermen’s Association (DFA) razor clam fishery has entered full assessment for Marine Stewardship Council certification.

3rd August 2011

Razor clam fishery enters assessment

3rd August 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Oceana has called on the United States government to ban the import of shark products, including fins, cartilage and meat, from countries with insufficient shark protections.

2nd August 2011

Oceana calls on US to ban shark products

2nd August 2011

ICELANDIC FISHERIES EXHIBITION

ICELANDIC FISHERIES EXHIBITION

With just under two months to go until the Icelandic Fisheries Exhibition, World Fishing & Aquaculture talks to Marianne Rasmussen-Coulling, Head of the Event, to find out what will be happening at…

2nd August 2011

New interest in Icelandic exhibition

2nd August 2011

NEWS

NEWS

The intention of the incumbent Icelandic government to radically change the present fishing quota system has put the fishing industry in turmoil and caused a lot of anxiety, reports Gudjón Einarsson, editor…

2nd August 2011

Fierce battle over Icelandic fishery system

2nd August 2011

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

When Iceland unveiled plans for the Iceland Responsible Fisheries (IRF) eco-label in 2008 there were many who thought the move was little more than a publicity stunt – after all, did the…

2nd August 2011

Forging ahead

2nd August 2011

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

This is a story of distrust that developed sometime during the second half of the 20th century and that keeps on ravaging the very foundations of the worlds fishery industry.

2nd August 2011

Fishermen, scientists, managers and environmental advocacy

2nd August 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

‘Zeeuwse mosselen’ - mussels from the Dutch province of Zeeland, are now eligible to bear the MSC ecolabel.

1st August 2011

Dutch suspended culture mussel fishery crowned sustainable

1st August 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Scots mackerel fishermen have welcomed the joint statement issued by Maria Damanaki and Lisbeth Berg-Hansen that all options are being examined to stop the ‘damaging exploitation’ of mackerel by Iceland and the…

1st August 2011

Fishermen welcome mackerel statement

1st August 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Scotland’s Loch Torridon langoustine fishery has withdrawn from the MSC programme.

31st July 2011

Fishery withdraws from MSC programme

31st July 2011

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Three British Columbia pink salmon fisheries that were entered into assessment by the Canadian Pacific Sustainable Fisheries Society have been awarded MSC certification.

31st July 2011

British Columbia pink salmon fisheries awarded MSC certification

31st July 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Part of Sealord’s annual hoki catch will be sold through McDonald’s restaurants in a new campaign set to maximise awareness and access to sustainable fish across Europe.

31st July 2011

McDonald’s to serve Sealord’s hoki

31st July 2011

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Associated Seafoods Ltd has acquired prawn processor Moray Seafoods Ltd in a move that will secure the future of the company and herald the beginning of a new strategy to develop the…

30th July 2011

Associated Seafoods acquires Moray Seafoods to secure future of company

30th July 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Over £1.4 million has been awarded to the English fishing industry from the European Fisheries Fund (EFF) and the Marine Management Organisation (MMO).

30th July 2011

English fishing industry gets £1.4m grant

30th July 2011

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Science, the international weekly science journal, has published online Impacts of fishing low trophic level species on marine ecosystems, a ground breaking scientific analysis.

29th July 2011

Research on low trophic level fisheries

29th July 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Dutch Producers Organisation Mussel Culture has been awarded MSC certification following an independent assessment against the MSC standard for sustainable fisheries.

28th July 2011

Dutch mussel producers MSC certified

28th July 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Seafish has awarded £4,000 from its Industry Project Fund (IPF) to the Shellfish Association of Great Britain (SAGB) to produce five new online videos of how to prepare key shellfish species.

27th July 2011

Seafish funds shellfish preparation films

27th July 2011