World Fishing News – Page 284
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NewsOil industry threatening fishing sustainability
The Seafood Harvesters of America has expressed environmental concerns over the proposed draft of the National Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program for 2019-2024.
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NewsInvestigation emphasises demersal-pelagic links
Scottish Pelagic Fishermen’s Association Chief Scientist, Dr Steven Mackinson, and colleagues from the Centre for Environment Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (Cefas), have published a scientific paper highlighting the sustainability issues faced when balancing pressures between maximising sustainable catch yields and ensuring effective fish stock conservation.
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NewsWestern Med management plan
A multi-annual plan has been set out towards bringing more stability, transparency and sustainability to western Mediterranean fisheries, with multi-annual plan for fish stocks in the western Mediterranean Sea proposed by the European Commission.
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NewsThai Union to combat marine plastics
Thai Union Group PCL has joined the Global Ghost Gear Initiative (GGGI) in a drive to reduce the growing problem of abandoned, lost and discarded fishing gear (ALDFG) worldwide.
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NewsNew Zealand preparing for float-free EPIRBs
ACR Electronics and Ocean Signal are working with commercial fishing operators in New Zealand to help them comply with new safety beacon regulations.
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NewsCalifornia industrial shrimp FIP compliance drive
The Gulf of California industrial shrimp Fishery Improvement Project (FIP) in Mexico is focusing on stock assessment and fisher compliance under new ownership.
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NewsSkretting holds first tilapia conference
Skretting has held its first global tilapia conference to help stimulate ideas around advancing production systems.
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NewsPrimeFish project studies offer consumer insight
PrimeFish project experts provided an insight into German and European seafood consumer trends at Fish International 2018.
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NewsAquaGen expands Scotland team
AquaGen has appointed Robert Murray as technical advisor to its Scotland team.
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NewsResponsible sourcing is priority of South East Asia fishmeal project
A project aiming to improve responsible sourcing by gaining more understanding of South East Asia fisheries that supply raw material for fishmeal production has completed its first six months of data gathering.
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NewsEuropharma appoints new analytical services talent
Europharma’s new analytical services manager is Dr Anna Kintner, who will be focusing on q16 and SuperSmolt.
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NewsNauta to build trawlers for Karstensns Skibsvaerft
Poland-based Nauta Shiprepair Yard has signed contracts with Danish shipyard Karstensns Skibsvaerft to build partly outfitted fishing trawlers.
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NewsEU sustainability efforts paying off
Fishing businesses in the Atlantic, North Sea and Baltic Sea are making record profits thanks to EU sustainability efforts, the European Commission has declared.
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NewsPremium oyster region moves to keep POMS at bay
An Australian oyster fishery crippled by a shortage of stock is investing in a series of hatcheries to take control of its future and become a global leader in spat production, reports Andrew Spence.
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NewsPNA skipjack tuna fishery MSC assessment upheld
An independent adjudicator has confirmed the third-party conformity assessment body (CAB) decision that the PNA skipjack tuna fishery continues to meet the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) Fisheries Standard.
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NewsPatrol targets security threats on Australia’s east coast
Australian Border Force (ABF), Australian Defence Force (ADF) and Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA) officers have carried out a joint patrol of Australia’s east coast to detect and deter civil maritime security threats.
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NewsAccurate bulk weighing on a moving ship? This is how it’s done...
Weighing fish on board a trawler that is constantly moving is a serious challenge – yet PENKO Engineering has found a way to solve the problem and when 121 metre factory trawler Navigator, owned by Icelandic company Úthafsskip was having its factory deck refitted by Afak Techniek, based at Katwijk ...
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NewsMeaban: Class act
Built in 1966 as a stern trawler, Meaban was later converted into a longliner, and despite its age, this 33 metre LOA, 8 metre beam fishing vessel is a class act, landing around 900 tonnes of hake caught west of Scotland and Ireland every year to markets in Spain.
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NewsWhat the seafood sector wants from Brexit
While there is still some considerable distance between what EU and UK decision makers believe their future relationship should be following the Brexit end-date in little over a year’s time, the seafood industry has a much clearer picture on what would constitute the most workable divorce package for the supply ...
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NewsLoad links boost lifting operational safety
Load measuring and monitoring solutions specialist Scotload has supplied eight 12.5t load links to a Scottish aquaculture company to ensure operational safety and legal compliance.
