World Fishing News – Page 254
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NewsPulse fishing to be phased out by 2021
With the exception of a handful of experimental licences that will be allowed to continue, pulse fishing will come to an end in 2021.
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NewsCargill and Skretting to share ships
Fish feed suppliers Cargill and Skretting have joined forces to use the same vessels to transport fish feed in Norway.
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NewsSeafish hosts Scottish Brexit seafood summit
Seafish, the public body that supports the £10bn UK seafood industry, has attracted an impressive line-up of speakers from trade, industry and science for its first Scottish Seafood Summit: Focus on Brexit.
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NewsDutch MSC blue fish ranked top ecolabel
For the second time, the Marine Stewardship Council’s (MSC) blue fish label has been ranked as one of the top sustainable food labels in the Netherlands.
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NewsWAFIC welcomes lobster proposal climbdown
The chief executive of the Western Australian Fishing Industry Council (WAFIC) has welcomed the Australian government”s decision to revise a proposed lobster reform.
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News2019 Pacific Halibut quota deal
The US and Canada have reached a new agreement on a coast wide Pacific halibut quota that is 1.4m pounds above the 2018 quota.
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NewsSlippurinn Akureyri to supply Nergård Havfiskes trawler’s processing deck
Icelandic company Slippurinn Akureyri has finalised an agreement with Norwegian fishing company Nergård Havfiske to design, produce and install a processing deck for its new freezer trawler.
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NewsRussian aquaculture up in 2018
According to preliminary figures released by the Russian Federal Agency for Fisheries, aquaculture production was up 5.60% in 2018, with a 232,000 tonne growth in production.
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NewsGael Force Group rebrands, creates jobs
Scottish supplier of aquaculture equipment, technology and services, Gael Force Group, has announced new company names, logos and jobs for its fish farm pen and boatbuilding businesses.
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NewsMørenot appoints new board chairman
Mørenot, global provider of equipment and services for the fisheries, aquaculture and offshore industry, has appointed a new chairman.
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NewsWales' Largest Fishing Port welcomes FPV Rhodri Morgan
Milford Marina, the largest fishing port in Wales, has welcomed FPV Rhodri Morgan, one of five new fisheries patrol vessels taking to the waters in 2019.
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NewsAudacious delivery from Macduff
Macduff Shipyards have delivered the new Audacious BF-83, to Whitehills owners David Gatt and Barry Reid.
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NewsGSSI welcomes new funding partners
The Global Sustainable Seafood Initiative (GSSI) has welcomed two new funding partners.
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NewsKorea fails to tackle IUU fishing
International and Korean non-governmental organisations (NGO) have condemned the Korean government for mishandling a case of illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing that occurred in the Antarctic.
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NewsAustralia and France patrol Southern Ocean
No illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing vessels or activities were detected during a recent joint patrol of the Southern Ocean by the Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA) and the French navy.
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NewsAquaculture Awards appoints judging panel
The judging panel for the 2019 Aquaculture Awards has been announced with the ceremony to take place on 29 May at Dynamic Earth in Edinburgh, Scotland.
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NewsIreland’s Marine Institute plans new marine research vessel
The Marine Institute has announced that the design process of Ireland''s new state of the art marine research vessel is now under way. Following an extensive EU tender process, ship design consultants Skipsteknisk have been awarded the contract to design the new state of the art marine research vessel ...
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NewsEuropean aquaculture - Too soon to be bullish
While a new study claims that EU aquaculture has ‘fully recovered’ from a recent downturn, any celebratory popping of corks will be premature
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NewsJohnson Marine orders net cleaning robots
Scottish wellboat, harvest and service vessel company, Johnson Marine, has placed an order for two net cleaning robot systems from Norwegian technology company Multi Pump Innovation (MPI).
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News‘Good progress’ made at SPRFMO annual meeting
The seventh annual meeting of the Commission of the South Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Organisation (SPRFMO), hosted by the European Union in The Hague, has concluded with good progress made on fisheries issues, compliance and the fight against illegal fishing.
