News

NEWS

NEWS

Focusing on business advancement and sustainability - South African fishing companies and fishermen have been grappling with tougher fishing policies, long term commercial fishing rights and reduced quantum, uncertain catches and depleting…

1st November 2008

South Africa

1st November 2008

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

Furuno says that its stand was always packed with people during the Icelandic Fisheries Exhibition 2008.

1st November 2008

Packed stand at Icefish

1st November 2008

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

The modern, high-performance X-Ray Inspection Systems developed by Ishida have rapidly built a reputation for reliably detecting bone fragments in poultry fillets.

1st November 2008

An X-ray system that goes right to the bone

1st November 2008

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

Peter O'Neill pulls in the lines from around Europe to gauge whether anything will really change in the ritual, autumn examination of the fish entrails to forecast future stocks and quotas.Michel Barnier,…

1st November 2008

Climbing the €500-million dead fish mountain

1st November 2008

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

The US government must be taking offshore fish farming seriously.

1st November 2008

American assessment of offshore fish farming

1st November 2008

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Marel Food Systems introduced a variety of new equipment and software systems for onboard and onshore fish processing at this year‘s Icelandic Fisheries Exhibition.

1st November 2008

New processing equipment at Icefish

1st November 2008

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

Síminn formally opened its groundbreaking network of long-range 3G transmitters along Icelands coastline at its exhibition-area at the Icelandic Fisheries Exhibition.

1st November 2008

A revolution at sea

1st November 2008

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

Safeguards introduced in recent years to protect seabirds from longline fishing activities are successfully reducing the number of accidental bird kills, and experts are now calling for similar measures to be used…

1st November 2008

Line fishers catching fewer…birds

1st November 2008

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

The MAN Diesel type 27/38 engine installed in the Irish fishing vessel F/V Mark Amay, has successfully reached 45,000 hours of operation.

1st November 2008

Reliability is the word

1st November 2008

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Belzona Polymerics Ltd has donated £25,000 of its revolutionary fuel efficiency improvement product, Belesta LC2 to support the Scottish Fishing Fleet in their current crisis of high fuel prices.

1st November 2008

£25,000 to help cut fuel costs in the Scottish fishing industry

1st November 2008

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

A group of shark experts today recommended a ban on catching eight species of Atlantic, open ocean (pelagic) sharks, and strictly limiting the catch of another two, to prevent possible population crashes.…

28th October 2008

Scientists urge international protections for Atlantic sharks

28th October 2008

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Oriental Bluebird, re-supply and transport ship of Japans whaling fleet, has been de-flagged and fined, following a legal ruling by Panamanian authorities.

28th October 2008

Japanese whaling ship outlawed

28th October 2008

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Seafood Scotland is to be recognised as the first-ever Inter-branch Organisation in the UK, and one of only five across Europe.

28th October 2008

New status for Seafood Scotland

28th October 2008

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Scottish Fishermen’s Federation says its first meeting with new UK Fisheries Minister Huw Irranca-Davies on Thursday 16 October has given good grounds for encouragement.

28th October 2008

SFF ‘encouraged’ by first meeting with new UK fisheries minister

28th October 2008

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

An unlikely alliance of conservationists and fishing industry representatives took the podium under the banner of Marine Reserves for Sustainable Sushi, at the International Marine Environment Symposium in Tokyo in October.

28th October 2008

Conservationists and fishermen join forces for sustainable sushi

28th October 2008

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Representatives from the European fish processing industry association AIPCE came together on 20 October at the Food and Drink Federation (FDF) hosted General Assembly in Edinburgh to discuss key issues affecting the…

28th October 2008

Borg addresses processing industry on IUU fishing

28th October 2008

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Tosakatsuo Suisan Japan pole and line skipjack tuna fishery has entered full assessment for certification under the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) standard.

15th October 2008

Japanese skipjack tuna fishery enters MSC assessment

15th October 2008

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The new Chief Executive of Scottish Salmon Producers’ Organisation (SSPO) had his first taste of Shetland recently where he met representatives from the islands’ major salmon farming companies.

15th October 2008

First taste of Shetland for Scottish salmons new CE

15th October 2008

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Seafish, the UK authority on seafood, welcomes the publication of ‘Silent Seas’ for its emphasis on the effects of pollution and climate change, underlining that all human activity has an impact on…

15th October 2008

Seafishs response to ‘Silent Seas’ Report

15th October 2008

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Key fishing state Spain and key tuna market Japan joined with a majority of other countries to back closing the Mediterranean bluefin tuna fishery until it can be brought under control and…

15th October 2008

Spain and Japan back bluefin tuna ban

15th October 2008