World Fishing News – Page 394
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St Helena and Philippines order electronic monitoring equipment
SRT Marine System Solutions has supplied an AIS based Maritime Domain Management (MDM) system to St Helena, which enables authorities to monitor fishing boats operating across the country’s entire EEZ.
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New science and technology hub for NZ
New Zealand’s Plant & Food Research has signed an agreement for Port Nelson to develop a purpose-built facility for its seafood research as part of a new collaborative industry hub.
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Ethics to take centre stage at WSC
For the first time, human rights and ethical issues in the seafood industry will be addressed at next month’s World Seafood Congress (WSC) in Grimsby, UK.
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Serving aquaculture for more than 25 years
OxyGuard has been dedicated to providing water quality measuring, monitoring and control equipment for aquaculture industry since 1987.
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New market opportunities in Poland
For the first time, a large delegation from Poland are meeting in Trondheim for this year’s Aqua Nor.
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NewsKnotless netting on display
WireCo WorldGroup (Euronete/Oliveira) will be exhibiting Eurocross® netting on their joint exhibition stand at DanFish this year.
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Nauta to build new purse seiner trawler
Nauta Shiprepair Yard has signed a contract to build a partly outfitted purse seiner trawler for Danish shipyard Karstensens Skibsvart.
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SFPA unveils new sustainable strategy
Ireland’s Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA) has launched a new three-year strategy to help the State’s sea fisheries and seafood sectors meet upcoming environmental regulations.
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Overexploitation of stocks
Worldwide global fishing fleets are two to three times larger than the oceans can sustainably support, says a new European Commission study published in the journal ''PLOS One''.
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Seafish launches gear database
UK authority Seafish has launched a comprehensive online portal that details common fishing gears and selectivity devices used in commercial fisheries throughout the UK and Europe.
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Benchmark appoints new marketing director
Benchmark Holdings PLC has appointed Birgitte Sørheim as marketing director to their fast-growing Breeding and Genetics division, which was formed in November 2014 following the company’s double acquisition of Stofnfiskur and Salmobreed.
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Calais disruption plan announced
North-East MSP, Christian Allard, has welcomed the announcement of a ‘quick to market’ route for fresh produce caught up in delays at the Channel Tunnel – which will protect Scotland’s vital seafood export sector.
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NewsConsumers missing out on seafood benefits
According to a study conducted by the USDA Agricultural Research Service scientists, while most US consumers eat some seafood, the amounts are inadequate to meet federal dietary guidelines.
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Illegal fishing operation fined over AUD $2m
The crew of the illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing vessel Perlon - detained by the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) in May this year - has been convicted of offences under the Malaysian Fisheries Act.
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Human trafficking solutions discussed in Thailand
Thai Union Group executives, together with Lisa Rende Taylor, director of the Issara Institute Foundation met with Police General Somyot Poompanmoung, Commissioner General, Royal Thai Police to discuss possible solutions on human trafficking problems in the Thai seafood and fishing industry.
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NewsSunscreen from fish slime and algae
Researchers have developed a new UV blocking material out of naturally occurring molecules found in algae and fish slime that can be used to make more effective sunscreen, bandages and contact lenses.
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IPNLF: Integrity of MSC under threat
The International Pole & Line Foundation (IPNLF) is warning that the integrity of the MSC sustainability standard is under threat, due to the “flawed determination” to certify the Echebastar Indian Ocean purse seine skipjack, yellowfin and bigeye tuna fishery.
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NewsRobotic gliders enhance ocean survey work
The Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS) has reached a major milestone, gathering the equivalent of five years of oceanographic data using robotic underwater Seagliders.
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NewsNew Zambian aquafeed mill
Yalelo Ltd has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with Famsun Co Ltd, formerly Muyang Co Ltd, to supply a new turn-key dedicated aquafeed mill in Zambia.
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NewsIs trawling driving evolutionary change?
Scientists at the University of Glasgow investigating whether commercial trawling is driving evolutionary change in fish have found that fitter fish are better at evading capture.
