World Fishing News – Page 337
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NewsUS establishes marine mammal bycatch criteria
NOAA Fisheries has published a final rule which confirms that nations exporting fish and fish products to the United States must meet fishing standards for protecting marine mammals that are equal to those American fishermen follow.
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GAA and Gfresh to sign MoU
The Global Aquaculture Alliance and Gfresh will sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to work collectively to promote responsible aquaculture in China.
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Sea Pact opens 2016 Request for Grant Proposals
Sea Pact has announced that its fifth Request for Grant Proposals (RFP) is now open.
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NewsCombatting illegal fishing
Australia has engaged with international partners to combat illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing under Operation Nasse, a multilateral maritime surveillance operation involving France, New Zealand and the USA.
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NewsGeneticist Alan Tinch joins Benchmark
Dr Alan Tinch has joined Benchmark’s breeding and genetics business as its new technical services director.
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NewsBenchmark acquires South American shrimp breeding programme
Benchmark Holdings plc has expanded its breeding and genetics offering through the acquisition of a South American shrimp breeding programme.
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Greenland halibut to undergo MSC assessment
An international group of scientists will arrive in Greenland this week to examine the sustainability of Greenland’s halibut fishery as part of the MSC certification process.
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NewsTop 10 young fish friers announced
The 10 semi-finalists for the ‘best young fish frier’ award at the 2017 National Fish & Chip Awards have been announced.
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NFI Crab Council announces first European member
Netherlands-based Fisherman’s Choice has become the newest member of the National Fisheries Institute’s Crab Council.
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First British certified sustainable plaice
Direct Seafoods is set to be the first supplier to offer British certified sustainable plaice.
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Three Western Australian fisheries enter assessment
Three of Western Australia’s most commercially valuable finfish fisheries have entered Marine Stewardship Council full assessment - the Western Australia Kimberley and Pilbara demersal scalefish trap fisheries and the Gascoyne demersal line fishery.
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News‘Debra Maria’ powered by JCB
A new catamaran for UK fisherman Robert Mole is powered by twin Mermaid JCB engines.
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Bakkafrost not associated with whaling
Bakkafrost has issued a statement confirming that none of the company’s fish farming activates are associated with whaling, and that there is no whale meat in its feed.
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Sites considered for oyster aquaculture in Mississippi
The Mississippi Department of Marine Resources is considering multiple sites for off-bottom oyster aquaculture.
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NewsMSC recertification for PNA's tuna fishery
The Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA) tuna purse seine skipjack and yellowfin fishery is to undergo reassessment to the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) Fisheries Standard.
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Still work to do to protect the deep sea
The United Nationals General Assembly (UNGA) recently took part in a workshop to review the implementation of a set of landmark resolutions adopted by the General Assembly.
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NewsNew size PE container
RPC Sæplast is introducing a third size into one of its top-selling PE reusable plastic container ranges for food processing.
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FIP Managers Meeting hosted by NFI Crab Council
FIP leaders from China, India, Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand, Sri Lanka and Vietnam came together recently in Bangkok, Thailand, for the FIP Managers Meeting, a blue swimming crab sustainability symposium.
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NewsNine Thai shrimp farms enroll in iBAP
Nine shrimp farms in southern Thailand’s Surat Thani province have become the latest aquaculture facilities to enrol in the Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) iBAP programme.
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NewsMarine research in Malta concludes
Oceana has concluded its at-sea research in Malta to explore deep-sea areas, underwater caves and sandbanks within the LIFE BaHAR for N2K project.
