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INDUSTRY NEWS

A project has been launched to safeguard the Irish Seas valuable shellfish industry, including cockles, mussels and edible crab, estimated to be worth £54 million (€63 million/$79.3 million) annually.

14th May 2010

Irish Sea stakeholders move to protect shellfish industry

14th May 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Nova Scotia government has delighted the Georges Bank seafood industry and extended the moratorium on oil and gas exploration and development for a period of three years.

14th May 2010

Nova Scotia extends Georges Bank moratorium

14th May 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Independent adjudicator orders reconsideration of MSC certification.

13th May 2010

Toothfish eco-label hangs in the balance

13th May 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

A new report that claims UK fishing fleets work 17 times harder today than they did in the 1880s to catch the same amount of fish is fundamentally flawed, says seafood authority.

10th May 2010

Seafish: new study is old news

10th May 2010

HEME

HEME

Delegate places have already been booked from as far afield as Australia, Canada, Chile, Denmark, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, South Africa, Spain, USA and The United Kingdom!

7th May 2010

International attendance

7th May 2010

HEME

HEME

Every street and structure in the Old Town area can tell a story of its long history.

7th May 2010

Dubrovnik – UNESCO Heritage Site

7th May 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Agifish obtains first Friend of the Sea certification for pangasius.

7th May 2010

DKSH sells eco-labelled pangasius

7th May 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

NOAA Fisheries Service has announced federal waters from 9 to 200 nautical miles off Texas will close to shrimp trawling at 30 minutes after official sunset (local time) on 15 May.

7th May 2010

Shrimp trawl fishery closes 15 May

7th May 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Vopnafjordur factory deploys new enclosed discharging system for the first time.

7th May 2010

First fishmeal leaves rebuilt HB Grandi factory

7th May 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The countdown to the opening of the Copper River salmon fishery has begun.

6th May 2010

Alaska’s salmon fishers gear up for opening day

6th May 2010

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

NOAA implements blanket commercial fishery closures in the wake of the oil rig disaster.

5th May 2010

Deepwater Horizon spill closes Gulf Coast fisheries

5th May 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

It has been more than two months since Chiles fishing industry was obliterated by an 8.8 earthquake and tidal waves. Many fishermen feel let down by ineffective government reconstruction measures.

5th May 2010

Chilean government still failing fishermen

5th May 2010

NEWS

NEWS

The 2009 fishing season was a successful one for the Russian fishing industry, reports Georgy Zaytsev.

29th April 2010

Russia: When the catch is no match

29th April 2010

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

In the fourth edition of the Greenpeace USA seafood sustainability scorecard - Carting Away the Oceans - half of the leading US supermarket chains for the first time received ‘passing’ scores for…

29th April 2010

Seafood ranking shows half of US retailers ‘pass’ on sustainability

29th April 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

A recent proposal announced by the International Whaling Commission (IWC) would, if adopted, for the first time in almost 25 years, endorse the killing of whales in their most precious feeding grounds,…

29th April 2010

Commercial whaling could get green light for first time in nearly 25 years

29th April 2010

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The findings of the report by the independent Mixed Stock Salmon Fisheries Working Group was published this week.

29th April 2010

Safeguarding wild salmon fisheries

29th April 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Cornish fishermen are showing their commitment to sustainable fishing as they announce the start of their assessment for the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) ecolabel for the Cornish gill-net hake fishery.

29th April 2010

Cornish fishermen go for MSC ecolabel to boost hake sales

29th April 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Up to 50% of all skipjack tuna caught in the Western and Central Pacific, which is managed by the eight states Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA) will be assessed against the…

28th April 2010

Over 500,000mt of skipjack tuna entered into MSC assessment

28th April 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) and the Dutch Dover sole gill net fishery celebrated the season’s first catch of Dutch MSC certified Dover sole at the European Seafood Exhibition (ESE) this week.

28th April 2010

First catch Dutch MSC certified sole

28th April 2010

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The Icelandic exporting business Sæmark has entered its cod, haddock and wolffish fisheries for full assessment under the Marine Stewardship Council’s (MSC) certification programme.

28th April 2010

First Icelandic fisheries enter MSC assessment

28th April 2010