World Fishing News – Page 405

  • The Autonomous EK can use wideband transducers for continuous ecosystem monitoring
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    Simrad's new autonomous echo sounder

    2015-06-02T13:41:00Z

    Simrad has launched its new Autonomous EK system to carry out continuous long term, in-depth ecosystem monitoring of the subsea environment.

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    Mediterranean fisheries management

    2015-06-02T11:52:00Z

    The General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean Sea (GFCM) has agreed to fisheries management measures aimed at recovering fish stocks in the region.

  • Sir Ranulph Fiennes will speak at the WSC’s gala dinner
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    WSC announces speakers

    2015-06-02T11:33:00Z

    The World Seafood Congress has announced a programme of 96 speakers from 12 countries for the 2015 event.

  • Henrik O¨sterblom: “Active leadership in sustainability initiatives by these corporations could result in a cascade through the entire seafood industry”
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    The need for corporate social responsibility

    2015-06-01T12:14:00Z

    Just 13 corporations control 19 to 40% of the largest and most valuable stocks and 11 to 16% of the global marine catch meaning they have a huge effect on sustainability, says new research published in the journal PLOS ONE.

  • Chris Keller has joined BAP as market development manager-retail for North America
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    Chris Keller Joins BAP

    2015-05-29T09:30:00Z

    Chris Keller has been appointed Best Aquaculture Practices’ (BAP) market development manager-retail for North America.

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    Changes to demersal trawl regulations

    2015-05-29T08:30:00Z

    The UK’s Marine Management Organisation has advised that from 29 May 2015 all vessels in the Celtic Sea using bottom trawls and seines of mesh size range between 70-119mm must insert a 120mm Square Meshed Panel (SMP), and the rear edge of the panel must be no further than 9m ...

  • More than 100,000 people have signed the petition to stop open-net salmon farming in BC, Canada. Photo: Lloyd Guenther/Marine Photobank
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    Petition to stop Canadian “recklessness”

    2015-05-28T16:49:00Z

    A petition has been signed by more than 100,000 people calling on the British Columbia (BC) government to stop federal government and industry plans for open-net salmon farming in BC, Canada.

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    NZ fisheries withdrawn from assessment

    2015-05-28T15:00:00Z

    Deepwater Group Ltd has advised that three New Zealand oreo fisheries and two squid fisheries have been withdrawn from Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) assessment.

  • (L-R): David Littlejohn from Perth Food and Drink Park, Craig Anderson, Managing Director at The Scottish Salmon Company, and TV presenter Kaye Adams
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    Two awards for SSC

    2015-05-28T14:53:00Z

    The Scottish Salmon Company has won two Scotland Food & Drink Excellence Awards for ‘Export Business of the Year’ and overall ‘Business of the Year’.

  • Operation Siracusa volunteers are watching over the Plemmirio Marine Reserve Photo: Marianna Baldo
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    Sea Shepherd works hard to thwart illegal fishing

    2015-05-28T14:51:00Z

    Sea Shepherd Global has launched Operation Siracusa 2015, a campaign which aims to defend the fragile ecosystem of the Plemmirio Marine Reserve, off Siracusa in Sicily, against illegal fishing.

  • Eastern IFCA survey boat RV ‘Three Counties’
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    UK IFCAs install broadband systems

    2015-05-28T12:37:00Z

    Buzz Marine has supplied its HubbaX4 Go marine broadband systems to five UK Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authority (IFCA) patrol vessels.

  • The new Kvichak gillnetter
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    Gillnetter delivered to Bristol Bay

    2015-05-28T11:06:00Z

    Seattle shipbuilder, Kvichak Marine Industries, Inc, has delivered the first of three new Bristol Bay boats.

  • Venus
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    ‘Venus’ arrives at home port

    2015-05-28T09:58:00Z

    HB Grandi’s latest vessel, ‘Venus NS 150’, docked for the first time earlier this week at its home port of Vopnafjördur after a 3,700 nautical mile delivery trip from Turkey.

  • More than 800 aquaculture facilities worldwide are BAP certified - See more at: http://www.worldfishing.net/news101/fish-farming/bap-hits-800-facility-milestone#sthash.yXOpQUgI.dpuf
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    BAP hits 800-facility milestone

    2015-05-27T16:49:00Z

    The Global Aquaculture Alliance’s Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) third-party certification program has surpassed the 800-facility milestone.

  • Lobster harvested from The Bay of Fundy, Scotian Shelf and Southern
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    Canadian lobster fishery MSC certified

    2015-05-27T15:34:00Z

    With the certification of the Bay of Fundy, Scotian Shelf and Southern Gulf of St. Lawrence lobster trap fishery (Nova Scotia and New Brunswick) to the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) standard, nearly all of Atlantic Canada’s lobster is now certified sustainable.

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    Track and trace in Belgium

    2015-05-27T14:52:00Z

    Aucxis has won the contract for the implementation of a track and trace solution based on RFID technology to be implemented in fish auctions in Belgium.

  • John Burton: “We believe retailers, caterers and brands have a key role to play in using their buying power to help develop the industry”
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    First German member of IPNLF

    2015-05-27T14:30:00Z

    Germany''s supermarket chain, the EDEKA Group, has become the first German member of the International Pole & Line Foundation (IPNLF), for its sustainably caught tuna caught using the pole and line method.

  • Wayne and Lee (Crew) on the ‘Robert Louise’
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    NFFO offers fishermen funding to improve safety

    2015-05-27T12:26:00Z

    The UK’s National Federation of Fishermen’s Organisations (NFFO) is offering funding which will allow all fishermen operating vessels under 15m to claim up to 70% of the cost to bring their vessel’s safety up to the Voluntary Code of Practice standard.

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    UK processing sector remains stable

    2015-05-27T11:43:00Z

    UK authority Seafish has published its 2014 Seafood Processing Industry Report, which provides an overview of the size and structure of the industry.

  • The trawl hake fishery is now said to be South Africa’s most important commercial fishery. Photo: Marine Stewardship Council
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    South Africa celebrates MSC certification

    2015-05-27T11:39:00Z

    This year marks the eleventh year of Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) for South Africa’s hake trawl fishery, which has also just completed a third successful assessment.