World Fishing News – Page 618
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NewsPNG fisher recovers 50,000th tuna tag
A Papua New Guinean fisher has won US$500 for recovering a plastic tag that was attached to the back of a yellowfin tuna.
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NewsNova Scotia launches aquaculture strategy
Nova Scotia has a new strategy for aquaculture development that the government says will help efforts to grow a sustainable industry and create wealth in rural and coastal communities.
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NewsSSC builds new harvest station
The Scottish Salmon Company (SSC) is building a new harvest station at Arnish, which, at the time of publication, was due to be up and running by the end of June.
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New Protocol to the EU-Kiribati FPA
The European Commission initialled a new Protocol to the Fisheries Partnership Agreement (FPA) in Nadi, Fiji on 3 June.
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Fisheries network seeks feedback
The UK Fisheries Economic Network (UKFEN) was set up by Seafish in 2011 as an informal network for economists and analysts working in connection with the UK fishing and seafood industries.
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NewsToothfish fishery gains MSC certification
The Macquarie Island toothfish fishery (MITF) – operated by Austral Fisheries and Australian Longline - has gained Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification.
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Demand to curb coastal salmon netting
The Salmon and Trout Association Scotland (S&TA Scotland) is urging the Scottish Government to take action on coastal salmon netting.
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NewsCornic scallops win Friend of the Sea approval
The Peruvian scallop producer supplying Cornic, one of the key players in the French seafood industry, has become the first certified by Friend of the Sea.
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NewsProtecting Great Lakes from Asian Carp
Keith Ashfield, Canadian minister of fisheries and oceans has announced that the Government of Canada will make a significant investment to protect Canada’s Great Lakes from the threat of Asian carp.
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NewsOffshore Mariculture Conference
The 4th Offshore Mariculture Conference which takes place later this year, is a “must attend event for all fish farmers.”
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Primozone supplies ozone solution to Bell Aquaculture
Swedish ozone generator supplier Primozone has been selected to provide an ozone generator solution for Bell Aquaculture, for the second time.
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NewsAll-in-one logistics service for seafood industry
foodcareplus™ and Nova Fresh Logistics have announced an all-in-one logistics service for the seafood industry.
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NewsNew roller grader and SMARTloader from Carnitech
Processing systems manufacturer Carnitech showed two new machines at Seafood Processing Europe in Brussels in April.
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SSC invests in new farm pens
Fusion Marine has secured an order for 14 Triton 400 farm pens for The Scottish Salmon Company’s newest site at Sgeir Dughall, Loch Torridon, Scotland.
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Illegal tuna fishing suspected
According to WWF, two large non-Mediterranean fleets have been spotted in some of the main Mediterranean bluefin tuna fishing grounds over the last two weeks.
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Spanish and French tuna fishery closed
The season usually lasts from 16 May-14 June but the purse seine quota allocated to both countries was exhausted on 29 May at 20:00.
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NewsFrom Doryman’s Days to great skipper’s life
A native of Gloucester, Massachusetts, Captain R Barry Fisher (1928-2001) had been to me a sort of an overseas ‘alter ego’.
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NewsResearchers track Atlantic bluefin tuna
Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst have tagged young bluefin tuna in Atlantic waters off New England to track migration patterns.
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NewsRecord level of mid-Atlantic scallop seed
Recent surveys by researchers at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science reveal an unprecedented number of young scallops in two fishery management areas off the mid-Atlantic coast.
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NewsNOAA increases Gulf of Mexico red snapper catch limit
NOAA is increasing the Gulf of Mexico red snapper limit, after the latest population assessment showed that overfishing has ended and the population is rebounding.
