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INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

An extension of Scotlands hugely successful Real Time Closures (RTC) programme has been announced.

15th October 2008

Fish conservation measures

15th October 2008

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The fisheries jury is now in and quota systems are the model world fisheries need to adopt, says MFish Chief Executive, Wayne McNee.

15th October 2008

New Zealand fisheries an economic model for the world

15th October 2008

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

At a meeting in Brussels last week of scientists, administrators and control experts from the EU and Norway there was general agreement on the urgent need to consider concrete measures at the…

15th October 2008

EU and Norway reaffirm their determination to reduce discards

15th October 2008

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The portion of the Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) fishery in the Atlantic sector of the Southern Ocean fished by Norwegian company Aker BioMarine Co Ltd has entered the full assessment process for…

15th October 2008

Antarctic krill fishery enters MSC assessment

15th October 2008

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

Economic losses in marine fisheries resulting from poor management, inefficiencies, and overfishing add up to a staggering US$50 billion per year, according to a new World Bank-FAO report. Taken over the last…

9th October 2008

US$50 billion lost by marine fishing each year

9th October 2008

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Defra has announced that Huw Irranca-Davies MP has replaced Jonathan Shaw as UK fisheries minister.

9th October 2008

New UK fisheries minister

9th October 2008

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The German North Sea saithe trawl fishery has successfully completed the assessment to the MSC’s environmental standard for well-managed and sustainable fisheries.

9th October 2008

First fishery in Germany awarded with MSC eco-label

9th October 2008

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

WWF is calling for urgent protection of the South Pacific ‘Coral Triangle’ after the World Conservation Union’s (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species warned that several species from these critical spawning grounds…

9th October 2008

WWF: ‘Nursery of the seas’ must be protected

9th October 2008

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The European Commission has adopted a proposal for fishing opportunities for the Black Sea for 2009.

9th October 2008

Commission proposes 2009 fishing opportunities for the Black Sea

9th October 2008

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

On 1 October the European Commission adopted a proposal for deep-sea fishing opportunities for 2009 and 2010.

8th October 2008

Commission proposes 2009/2010 fishing opportunities for deep sea fisheries

8th October 2008

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Greenpeace has launched an online database of fishing vessels involved in illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing, and the companies that own them.

8th October 2008

Database of IUU fishers

8th October 2008

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Aquaculture equipment supplier Fusion Marine has made a major £70,000 investment in developing purpose-built manufacturing tools to aid in the construction of a new range of fish farm cages.

8th October 2008

Major investment aids development of new fish farm cage

8th October 2008

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

In 2006, the world consumed 110.4 million tonnes of fish, with 51.7 million tonnes of that originating from aquaculture.Production by traditional capture fisheries has reached a plateau, so to meet the projected…

8th October 2008

Is the aquaculture boom starting to fade?

8th October 2008

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Last week, the meeting of the Standing Committee on Research and Statistics (SCRS) took place at the headquarters of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT).

8th October 2008

Oceana pleads for scientific advice to be heard to avoid the collapse of bluefin tuna

8th October 2008

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Friend of the Sea has announced a break-through certification of one of the main European supplier of Pandalus borealis (Northern Shrimp).

7th October 2008

Barents Sea Norwegian shrimp fleet gets Friend of the Sea recognition

7th October 2008

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

From the air, Extremadura looked arid and brown, yet miles of shimmering lakes and reservoirs reflected back blue. Tourists may be few in this little know part of southwestern Spain, but likely…

1st October 2008

Crayfish and mixed grill with carp bycatch

1st October 2008

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Authority (NOAA) has recently revised its 2006 estimates of dolphin abundance in the eastern tropical Pacific (ETP).

1st October 2008

Our gentle fishing partners

1st October 2008

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Many of you probably went to the Nor-Fishing exhibition in Trondheim in August, where you would have seen the latest fish processing machines and equipment for use on board factory trawlers and…

1st October 2008

Computers count

1st October 2008

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

An optimal trawling process is always dependent on the quality and the quantity of information provided to the decision maker.

1st October 2008

Decisions based on facts

1st October 2008

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

A new way of mounted gillnets has been invented by Icelandic company Neptunas.

1st October 2008

New way of mounting gillnets

1st October 2008