World Fishing News – Page 385
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NewsCanadian BAP Group Farm pilot first
Marine Harvest Canada has successfully completed a pilot of the Best Aquaculture Practices’ (BAP) new group farm programme, resulting in 11 of its salmon farm sites attaining BAP certification.
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NewsFirst casinos become MSC-certified
Canada’s Manitoba Liquor and Lotteries has received Chain of Custody (CoC) certification from the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC), meaning Manitoba-harvested pickerel will served in Canadian casinos Club Regent and McPhillips Station.
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NewsThai Union labour code of conduct
Thai Union is introducing a more stringent ‘Business Ethics and Labor Code of Conduct’ which it says will create a higher level of accountability and transparency through its supply chain.
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NewsScanmar Ltd now operational
Scanmar Ltd, the new daughter company of Scanmar is now fully operational in Peterhead, Scotland.
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NewsYellow cards for Taiwan and Comoros
The European Commission has issued Comoros and Taiwan with yellow card warnings, as they risk being identified uncooperative in the fight against illegal fishing.
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NewsNew legislation to protect Alaskan seafood
New legislation is being implemented by Alaskan Senators Lisa Murkowski and Maria Cantwell with the aim of better distinguishing pollock harvested in Alaskan waters from Russian pollock.
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NewsNorth campaign targets fishing safety
North P&I Club has launched a new safety poster campaign to help reduce the unnecessarily high number of personal injury accidents on fishing vessels.
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UK reports stable profits
The operating profit for the overall UK fishing fleet has increased by 34% to £202 million in 2013, compared to 2012, according to the latest figures from Seafish.
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NewsOil system maintenance is the key to clean diesel
C. C. Jensen writes for WF&A on the importance of ‘clean diesel’.
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WSC 2015 a great success
Delegates from 23 countries arrived in Grimsby, UK, for five days of talks and workshops addressing issues impacting the global seafood industry, for the 10th World Seafood Congress.
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NewsMarine insurer appoints new CEO
Tom Rutter has been appointed chief executive officer of North P&I Club’s subsidiary Sunderland Marine, a leading international insurer of fishing vessels, small craft and aquaculture risks.
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‘Flipper’ design moves to Type 14 VF
Last year Thyborøn Trawldoor introduced the ‘Flipper’ doors, as a technical design change to the existing Type 15 VF - this year the company has moved this design change with its adjustable foils to its Type 14 VF.
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NewsGAA Lifetime Achievement Award
The Global Aquaculture Alliance (GAA) has awarded Bill Herzig with this year’s GAA Lifetime Achievement Award.
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NewsNew Dolav Ace plastic pallet box
Dolav is launching the new winchable Dolav Ace plastic pallet box at DanFish 2015 in Aalborg, Denmark, on 7-9 October.
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NewsProject Seadragon backed by government
Seafarms Group’s planned $1.4billion prawn farming operation in Kimberley, Western Australia, has been given a big boost by being granted ‘major project’ status by the State Government.
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NewsFinFish Study calls for adequate ATQ system
An adequate autonomous tariff quota (ATQ) system is vital to ensure the competitiveness of the fish processing industry, says the EU Fish Processors and Traders (AIPCE-CEP).
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NewsEarly warning on harmful algae
Scientists at the Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS) in Oban are helping to safeguard stocks of farmed shellfish and salmon in Scottish aquaculture’s industrial heartland.
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NewsSeaweed key to mitigating ocean acidification
In the Pacific Northwest, NOAA scientists and partners are studying the potential for seaweed farms to help fight ocean acidification by removing carbon dioxide (CO2) from the ocean.
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News£3m in funding for lobster hatchery research
Innovate UK and the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) have committed £3m in funding for a research project set to make a series of breakthroughs in the science and technology associated with lobster culture.
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Marine populations remain unchanged
Figures released by the WWF show that the world’s marine populations have remained unchanged for almost 30 years, despite numerous reports of stocks being overfished and exploited, says Europêche.
