World Fishing News – Page 871
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Funding to assess longline impact on birds
The UK government has announced that it will provide £65,000 for projects to promote the conservation of albatrosses and petrels.
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New shellfish report published
Seafish has just published a report, ‘Towards a National Development Strategy for Shellfish in England’, which highlights the major contribution the shellfish industry makes to the British economy. The report presents the main findings from the work programme which forms part of the National Development Strategy for the Shellfish Industry ...
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Orange Roughy now a threatened species
Australian Minister for the Environment and Heritage, Senator Ian Campbell, has announced that Orange Roughy will be added to the threatened species list under Australian environment law.
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Oceana reports illegal driftnetters
A recent release from Oceana states that evidence has been presented in an international meeting of mediterranean countries to show that Italy and France are using illegal driftnets.
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Buyers threaten to boycott tuna
According to WWF, major fish buyers in Japan and Europe are threatening to boycott Mediterranean bluefin tuna unless drastic measures are taken to protect the threatened stock.
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Russia impressed by Norwegian Cod Breeding Centre
Russian Deputy Agriculture Minister, Vladimir A. Izmailov, visited the Norwegian Cod Breeding Centre when he was in Tromsø for Norwegian-Russian fishery negotiations recently.
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Targeted fishing of sharks in Southern Ocean halted
The Shark Alliance has applauded the decision made last week by Parties to the Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) to halt targeted fishing of vulnerable sharks in the Southern Ocean.
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NMFS sued over decline in bluefin tuna
The Blue Ocean Institute of Cold Spring Harbor, New York and its president, author and scientist Carl Safina, have filed a lawsuit seeking to force the National Marine Fisheries Service, NMFS, to limit longline fishing in the Gulf of Mexico that is wiping out bluefin tuna populations.
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Higher efficiency engines with ultra-low emissions
The world’s two leading marine engine manufacturers, MAN Diesel and Wärtsilä Corporation, have agreed to propose a large scale Cooperative Research Project – HERCULES-ß – with the objective of maximising fuel efficiency while reducing emissions.
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NewsEmissions – the challenge today
Marine diesel engines of all types are coming under increasing scrutiny as major polluters of the world’s environment and, as a result, considerable effort is being devoted to the reduction of their emissions, but what is the problem?
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NewsSupporting Asia’s fisheries development
A market in Dhaka, BangladeshGreater awareness of marine fishery limitations has prompted governments to institute a change in approach, focusing on the rehabilitation of traditional fishing grounds and the development of sustainable fisheries industry. The major growth area for fisheries during the past decade has been in marine and freshwater ...
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NewsLiquid or flake?
Ice machine manufacturer Optimar Iceland claims that when it comes to fish freezing, liquid ice has more advantages than flake ice.
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NewsNew Gdansk fish refrigeration plant
On the premises of the Port Free Zone in the Port of Gdansk, a large refrigeration plant ‘Deep Sea Fishing Port Gdansk’ will be constructed, designed for handling and storing fish products.
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News‘Containerised’ block ice plants
Topographical names in Iceland and elsewhere in temperate climates imply that, long before the advent of mechanised refrigeration, ice was collected in the mountains during the winter and stored in the lowlands for warmer times.
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It’s REALCOLD ‘down under’
THE REALCOLD GROUP of New Zealand and Australia has selected UK-based freezing and chilling equipment specialist Starfrost as its exclusive partner and supplier of spiral freezing systems.
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Icelandic Group takes over Delpierre plant in France
As announced by the company earlier in the year, Icelandic Group has acquired the Freezing Division of Delpierre in Wimille (formerly SIF France).
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NewsNew low-salinity slurry system
Sunwell Technologies Inc. of Canada, in collaboration with Slurry-21 Co. Ltd., part of the Hitachi Zosen Group of Japan, has delivered the world’s first onboard low-salinity slurry system, producing slurry with approximately 2 to 3% salt content.
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NewsLonglining the Mustad way
Until the early 1970s, baiting, coiling and handling longline gear was done by hand. Nowadays, however, this can be done automatically with the Mustad Autoline System. There are three major phases to autolining:
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NewsSimple steps to responsible longlining
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.
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Vessels to be monitored by satellite
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.
