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INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The European Commission has welcomed the vote by the European Parliament confirming the first reading agreement reached between Council and Parliament on an EU Regulation banning the trading of seal products within…

6th May 2009

EC welcomes seal product ban

6th May 2009

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Tony Killeen, T.D., Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries & Food, has announced the investment of €6.9 million in 2009 towards the provision of pontoons at Ros an Mhíl…

6th May 2009

Irish Minister announces €6.9m harbour investment

6th May 2009

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Cod bycatch was at least 70 per cent higher than target levels on the southern Grand Banks near Canada, holding back recovery of one of the world’s best known fisheries following its…

6th May 2009

Europe a key culprit as Grand Banks cod bycatch stalls recovery

6th May 2009

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Ocean Conservancy has applauded the Obama administration for restoring crucial protections written into the Endangered Species Act (ESA), which the Bush administration revoked.

6th May 2009

Ocean Conservancy applauds Obama administration

6th May 2009

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Scotlands first Marine Bill has been introduced to the Scottish Parliament.

6th May 2009

Scottish Marine Bill introduced

6th May 2009

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification for three Norwegian fisheries was awarded at the European Seafood Expo in Brussels last week.

5th May 2009

Triple certification for Norwegian fisheries

5th May 2009

INTERVIEWS

INTERVIEWS

What is the reason for holding a conference focused on sustainability?Everyone – the fishing industry, environmental organisations, governments – is now concerned about the sustainability of fish stocks. Since the early 1990s…

5th May 2009

Interview on the First World Summit on Fisheries Sustainability

5th May 2009

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The First World Summit on Fisheries Sustainability will be held at the World fishing Exhibition that takes place in Vigo, Spain, from 16-19 September 2009.

5th May 2009

First World Summit on Fisheries Sustainability to be held at WFE 09

5th May 2009

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

Fisheries and seafood industries depend on healthy, productive marine ecosystems. Unfortunately, the marine environment and its resources are being degraded, destroyed and overexploited at an expanding rate and scale. As the primary…

1st May 2009

Ensuring sustainability though an international leadership alliance

1st May 2009

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

Here, at World Fishing, we have often brought up opinions questioning the ongoing fishery management methodology and management by quotas, as well as the underlying science, including the issue of relationship between…

1st May 2009

Reinforcements from Russia and America

1st May 2009

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Seafish, the UK authority on seafood has welcomed the Commission’s Green Paper on the reform of the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP).

1st May 2009

Industry response on CFP reform

1st May 2009

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The United Nation’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) launched mid-March the first of three missions aimed at drafting an action plan to help Ecuador’s increasingly important fishing industry to develop sustainably, industry…

1st May 2009

Action plan to help Ecuadors fish industry

1st May 2009

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Popular North East Skipper, Jimmy Buchan of Amity II, has expressed his support for the expanding Fishing For Litter scheme that is cleaning the nations seas.

1st May 2009

Skipper praises Fishing for Litter

1st May 2009

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

As the Mediterranean’s fishing fleets were readying themselves for the opening of the bluefin tuna fishery, WWF released an analysis showing that the bluefin breeding population will disappear by 2012 under the…

1st May 2009

Bluefin tuna stocks collapsing now as fishing season opens

1st May 2009

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

New Zealands Ministry of Fisheries has made a preliminary decision to approve the 1,783 hectare Wilson Bay Interim Aquaculture Management Area in the Firth of Thames.

1st May 2009

New Zealand makes preliminary aquaculture decision

1st May 2009

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Maldives has banned reef shark fishing and plans a total ban on shark hunting in its seas to protect the species which are a key tourist attraction, from which the archipelago…

1st May 2009

Maldives bans reef shark fishing

1st May 2009

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

As one of the worlds fastest growing food sectors, aquaculture already provides the planet with about half of all the fish we eat and still has a lot more to give.

1st May 2009

Unlocking European aquacultures full potential

1st May 2009

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Nearly half of the world’s recorded fish catch is unused, wasted or not accounted for, according to estimates in a new scientific paper co-authored by WWF.

1st May 2009

40% of global catch wasted or unmanaged

1st May 2009

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

In common with many Scottish fishing boat owners, Jonathan Dawson of the Standsure, UL 552, was experiencing increasingly high fuel costs which meant fishing was becoming less profitable.

1st May 2009

Belesta LC2 delivers fuel reduction

1st May 2009

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

Automatic vessel monitoring for regulated fisheries is an important growth market for Iridium.

1st May 2009

Iridium-Based VMSs approved for commercial fisheries

1st May 2009