World Fishing News – Page 261
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NewsRussia: on the brink of big changes??
?The Russian fishing industry is on the verge of major changes, due to the recently announced state plans to completely replace the existing distribution of fishing rights based on track records with by a system of auctions, reports Eugene Gerden
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NewsGFCM moves to end stock exploitation
The General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM) has agreed to new proposals tabled by its members, taking steps towards supporting sustainable fisheries and aquaculture.
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NewsIndian Ocean ‘warming quickly’ warn experts
Marine experts have expressed alarm that climate change is contributing to a fast warming of the Indian Ocean, potentially causing species extinction.
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NewsTexel shrimper, first newbuild for TCD
A Herman Jansen design, shrimp beam trawler Bona Fide TX-65 has been built for Texel skipper Erik Kalf by TCD, the technical division of the Urk Fishermen’s Co-operative (VCU) and is the first full newbuild to be delivered by the company.
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NewsNFFO responds to Defra iVMS plans
The National Federation of Fishermen’s Organisations (NFFO) has responded to Defra’s proposal requiring all vessels below 12 metres in length to fit and operate inshore vessel monitoring systems (iVMS) when operating in English waters.
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NewsOffshore farming’s promising potential
Full of enthusiasm for aquaculture''s shift offshore, Langley Gace, Senior Vice President of InnovaSea Systems and chairman of this year''s High Energy Mariculture Conference in Corfu, shared his thoughts on the potential of the open ocean.
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NewsDamen leasing fund for African shipowners
Damen will present its new vessel leasing fund specifically designed for African shipowners, at the first Damen Fishing Seminar being held in Cape Town, South Africa on 22 November.
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NewsScottish salmon farm meds ‘harm marine life’
Scottish salmon farm medicine is significantly changing local marine environments and putting marine life at risk according to research carried out by the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA).
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NewsPerkins My Engine App gets upgrade after 100k downloads
The Perkins My Engine app has been downloaded by users more than 100,000 times since its launch in 2017, and this milestone has marked with a major upgrade to the My Engine user interface.
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NewsEchebaster achieves MSC certification
The Echebastar Indian Ocean purse seine skipjack tuna fishery has achieved certification to the MSC Fisheries Standard.
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NewsHEM site visit – Corfu Sea Farm
On the last day of the High Energy Mariculture 2018 conference in Corfu, attendees were given a unique opportunity to see an offshore farm and packaging plant for themselves at Corfu Sea Farm in Kassiopi, northeast Corfu
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NewsSpanish concern over bigeye management measures
The Spanish tuna fishing sector has registered its concern regarding the adoption by ICCAT of a new management measure for bigeye tuna species in the Atlantic, due to the high impact that a reduction of catches of bigeye could have on other species, such as yellowfin and skipjack that are ...
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NewsNOAA Law Enforcement uncovers illegal harvesting scheme
NOAA''s Office of Law Enforcement has uncovered a conspiracy ring that illegally harvested Atlantic striped bass.
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NewsKerala works to boost deep sea fishing
The first Fisheries Ministers’ Conference representing south Indian states has unanimously decided to implement the Minimum Legal Size (MLS) measure recommended by the Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI) to curb juvenile fishing.
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NewsAquaculture can be more sustainable
Fish farming has made strong progress in recent years, but there’s still plenty of choppy water ahead
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NewsPiriou delivers Comata’s new longliner
Piriou Group’s shipyard in Vietnam has delivered a new ice-class longliner Réunion-based operator Comata to fish for Patagonian toothfish in waters around French TAAF territories.
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NewsAll the spread with Storm doors
Expensive doors can turn out to be the cheapest doors, according to Vónin’s Søren Havmand. He explained that the company’s Storm demersal doors were designed without even thinking about the cost, as the design team set out their criteria.
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NewsNodosa delivers seiner/trawler Jannetje-Cornelis H-144
Osprey Group has taken delivery of a second seine-netter/twin-rigger from the Nodosa Shipyard in Spain. The 28.60 metre LOA Jannetje-Cornelis H-144 has a beam of 10 metres and operates under the UK flag
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NewsEC proposes TAC increase for 27 stocks
The European Commission has proposed its 2019 Total Allowable Catches (TACs) in the Atlantic and the North Sea for 89 stocks, with the fishing quota either increased or the same for 62 stocks and reduced for 22 stocks.
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NewsChevron Marine Lubricants launches 2020-ready lubricant range
Chevron Marine Lubricants has developed a brand-new range of cylinder lubricants compatible with virtually all available global sulphur cap 2020 compliance options.
