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INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

At least 150,000 people who depend on the tuna industry in General Santos City, Philippines, could end up jobless as a result of a two-year ban on tuna fishing in Western and…

4th February 2010

Philippines – with tuna ban, 150,000 may lose jobs

4th February 2010

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Marks & Spencer has become the first UK retailer to sign WWF’s Seafood Charter, making a commitment that its fish products will all be from sustainable sources by 2015.

4th February 2010

M&S signs Seafood Charter

4th February 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Australian Federal Environment Minister Peter Garrett has decided to change the law so Australia can avoid its international obligations and allow threatened sharks to be caught in Australian waters, WWF-Australia and TRAFFIC…

3rd February 2010

Australia ignores threatened sharks in the name of sport

3rd February 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

IUU fishing is worth billions of dollars a year and hits both fish stocks and the efforts to manage fisheries in a sustainable way.

3rd February 2010

EU crackdown on world fish pirates

3rd February 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The European Union is one step away from formally supporting the listing of bluefin tuna as an endangered species, effectively banning its trade.

3rd February 2010

France supports bluefin tuna trade ban, but not yet

3rd February 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Scottish oyster farmers are predicting a Valentine’s Day sales boom as many consumers seek out the delicacy that is well known for its aphrodisiac properties.

3rd February 2010

Scottish oysters top the menu in Valentine’s Day sales surge

3rd February 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

An initial capelin quota has been set following the results of research by R/V Árni Fridriksson.

3rd February 2010

17,000 tonne capelin quota for HB Grandi

3rd February 2010

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Volvo Penta is now launching an Internet sales channel through www.volvopentashop.com.

3rd February 2010

Buy Volvo Penta parts on the web

3rd February 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The independent certification of DKSH’s Vietnamese Black Tiger shrimps has paved the way for a wider presence of the Friend of the Sea ecolabel in Switzerland, being the logo now used by…

3rd February 2010

DKSH tropical shrimps widen Friend of the Sea’s Swiss presence

3rd February 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Michael Gates and Sue Sharland have been appointed as non-Executive Advisory Directors to Cefas’ Management Board.

3rd February 2010

Appointment of non-executive advisory directors

3rd February 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

A new law requiring French Guianese shrimp fishers to use special devices that reduce unwanted fish catch will help better protect marine turtles and other vulnerable marine species in the region.

3rd February 2010

French Guiana set to tackle bycatch

3rd February 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

First Gulf council meeting of the year to focus on continued red snapper rebuilding.

3rd February 2010

Calls for responsible increase in red snapper catch levels

3rd February 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Gail Shea, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans Canada, and Mike Wallace, Member of Parliament for Burlington, have officially opened the new Aquatic Life Research Facility at the Canada Centre for Inland Waters…

3rd February 2010

Canada opens state-of-the-art research facility

3rd February 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Gail Shea, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans Canada, has taken action against overfishing of Division 3L shrimp by Faroese and Greenlandic fishing vessels in the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization (NAFO) Regulatory Area…

3rd February 2010

Canada warns Faroes and Greenland on overfishing 3L shrimp

3rd February 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Four individuals and a fish buying company were recently charged with violating federal fishery regulations following investigations by fishery officers from the Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) detachment in Marystown and Bay…

3rd February 2010

Canadian convictions for fishery violations

3rd February 2010

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Two Pacific cod fisheries, one located in the Gulf of Alaska (GoA) and the other in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands (BSAI), have earned Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification.

3rd February 2010

Two Pacific cod fisheries gain MSC certification

3rd February 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The UK’s two main UK fishermen’s federations have thrown their support behind an official complaint over a BBC programme that portrayed a “totally inaccurate and damaging picture of the fishing industry”.

3rd February 2010

UK fishermen condemn negative portrayal of fishing in TV programme

3rd February 2010

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

The first victim was a Caucasian male in his late 30s. He popped down to the pub for lunch and ordered fish and chips. As he enjoyed his meal alongside a pint,…

3rd February 2010

The case of the mysterious seafood

3rd February 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

A Shark Project Officer started work in Oban this week on a new project run by the Scottish Sea Angling Conservation Network.

2nd February 2010

Shark tagging officer starts work in Oban

2nd February 2010

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

A short report on India’s fisheries published by the International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF) awakened me to the disproportionately small share of information and discussion in most fisheries press, and…

2nd February 2010

Small-scale fisheries revisited

2nd February 2010