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FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

Despite being introduced to reduce the amount of by-catch caused by trawling, longlining still attracts a variety of animals that are not their targets – albatrosses and other seabirds among them.

3rd November 2006

Simple steps to responsible longlining

3rd November 2006

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

The Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA) will expand satellite monitoring to all Commonwealth licensed fishing vessels as part of new measures to ensure the sustainability of Commonwealth fisheries.

3rd November 2006

Vessels to be monitored by satellite

3rd November 2006

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

MDS-OrbBuoyTM is the new buoy recently launched by SeaStar.

3rd November 2006

Track your fishing assets

3rd November 2006

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

Triteq Ltd has designed a secure vessel monitoring system, which assists global asset management and monitoring of exclusive economic zones by tracking fishing fleets at sea.

3rd November 2006

Vessel monitoring system for improved security

3rd November 2006

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

When Terralogic Ltd, a provider of rugged computer solutions, wanted to source a linear encoder that could work in harsh outdoor conditions, the Cardiff-based company turned to the SHG-TT from Newall Measurement…

3rd November 2006

Linear encoder scales fish measuring challenge

3rd November 2006

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

The CatchMeter, developed by Scantrol, the University of Aberdeen, IMR and MATCON, is a computer vision system that can automatically recognise the species of a fish and register its length along with…

3rd November 2006

Automated fish measurement

3rd November 2006

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

During a visit to the Department of Communications, Marine and Natural Resources’ decentralised offices in Clonakilty on 2 November, Irish Minister of State, John Brown T.D., announced that the new independent statutory…

3rd November 2006

Irish Sea Fisheries Protection Authority to be established in January

3rd November 2006

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

On 1 November diplomats from around the world, led by Britains ambassador, delivered a strongly-worded protest (demarche) condemning Iceland over its decision to resume commercial whaling.

3rd November 2006

UK leads whaling protest in Iceland

3rd November 2006

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

A two day conference designed to update delegates on the latest developments in fish and seafood products has recently been announced by organisers CCFRA, Seafish, Norconserv and the Norwegian Seafood Association.

3rd November 2006

Fish and seafood devlopment conference announced

3rd November 2006

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

At the end of October, the Administrative Board of the Community Fisheries Control Agency, adopted the first work programme for the newly created Agency.

1st November 2006

EU Fisheries Control Agency adopts first work programme for 2007

1st November 2006

INTERVIEWS

INTERVIEWS

World Fishing: How do you describe the situation of the Spanish fishing sector?Elena Espinosa: First of all, I would like to highlight that Spain is still a big fishing country. It still…

27th October 2006

Spanish sector at the forefront of responsible fishing

27th October 2006

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

Among the many problems that hound fisheries management is one that could be solved – as long as there is a personal and political will.

27th October 2006

Listening to fisherman

27th October 2006

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Greenpeace has recently issued its 2006 supermarket sustainability league table.

27th October 2006

New supermarket league table out

27th October 2006

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Mediterranean bluefin tuna fishing is “spiralling out of control” according to a recent meeting of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT).

27th October 2006

France catching 50% more tuna than its quota

27th October 2006

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Canada’s Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, Loyola Hearn has said that Canada will not join the call for a ban on bottom trawling.

27th October 2006

Canada will not join call for bottom trawling ban

27th October 2006

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The high-profile media reportage on the capture of sharks for their lucrative fins and the dumping of their carcasses overboard, has caused a row within the European Parliament (EP) Fisheries Committee, reports…

27th October 2006

SoS – Save our shark, plaice, sole and cod

27th October 2006

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Agreement was reached on 25 October in Edinburgh between the European Commission, on behalf of the European Union, Norway and the Faroe Islands on management measures for mackerel in the north east…

27th October 2006

EU/Norway/Faroes agree on mackerel management measures for 2007

27th October 2006

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Following the government of Icelands decision to authorise commercial whaling in spite of the internationally agreed moratorium, Fisheries Minister Ben Bradshaw summoned the Icelandic Ambassador, Mr Sverrir Haukur Gunnlaugsson, on 26 October…

27th October 2006

Bradshaw meets Icelands Ambassador on whaling

27th October 2006

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Canadian Northern Prawn Fishery (the second largest coldwater Nordic Shrimp and Coldwater Shrimp fishery in the world) is the first shrimp fishery in the Atlantic to enter assessment against the Marine…

27th October 2006

Canadian prawn fishery seeks eco-label

27th October 2006

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

According to a recent statement, in the issue concerning salmon farms, sea lice, and wild salmon in the Broughton Archipelago, the Canadian Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) has undertaken extensive research,…

27th October 2006

Research does not support the close association between salmon farms, sea lice, and loss of wild salmon

27th October 2006