World Fishing News – Page 522
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NewsProcessing company chooses Linx printers
Espersen Lietuva UAB, one of the most modern fish processing companies in Europe, has installed two printers from Linx Printing Technologies for labelling its boxes.
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Sealord tuna goes FAD-free
New Zealand seafood company Sealord has announced that its canned tuna products will soon be FAD-free – new supplies of Sealord Yellowfin Tuna will be FAD-free from July this year and the rest of the range will be FAD-free by early 2014.
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NewsTersan Shipyard announces delivery of ‘Havstrand’
Turkish shipyard Tersan has delivered the 69.9m stern freezer trawler ‘Havstrand’ to Norwegian fishing company Strand Havfiske.
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NewsGreenpeace delivers 100,000-strong petition to Brussels
Greenpeace has delivered a petition to Brussels in the form of 100,000 paper boats, calling for urgent measures in support of small-scale sustainable fishermen and for a fundamental reform of the Common Fisheries Policy.
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NewsOceana sues NMFS
Oceana has filed a lawsuit against the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) for its “failure to require adequate observer coverage” for the New England groundfish fishery for cod, haddock and flounder.
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NewsPPS East introduces fish box management system
Grimsby, UK, based PPS East, supplier of plastic fish boxes, tubs and pallets to the seafood industry, has introduced an internet based fish box management system to all Humber fish merchants who buy their fish from the Grimsby fish auction market.
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NewsRelying on shellfish – a risky business
Overfishing has reduced fish populations and biodiversity across much of the world''s oceans causing fisheries to become over reliant on shellfish - but the University of York says this approach is extremely risky.
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NewsIndonesian tuna workshop to assess ‘Eastern potential’
The 2nd International Coastal Tuna Business Forum is being held in Indonesia from 27-29 May 2013, to assess the potential economic and social benefits of supporting the country’s pole-and-line and hand-line fishery.
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NewsFishlove’s new collection
A new collection of Fishlove images are now on display at the baudoin lebon gallery in Paris.
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NewsNew Ishida RV multihead weigher
Ishida Europe is launching a new top-of-the range multihead weigher, which it says offers even higher speeds, improved user interface, ultra-efficient operation and exceptional robustness even in the harshest of factory environments.
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NewsScanmar launches SS4 clump sensor
This summer Scanmar is launching a new clump sensor in the SS4 sensor generation, providing 100% accurate distance measurements between the clump(s) and both trawl doors.
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NewsJoint MSC for nephrops fisheries
Swedish and Danish nephrops fisheries, Fiskeri AB Ginneton and Danske Fiskeres Producent Organisation (DFPO), have entered into full Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) assessment as a joint client group - a world first.
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NewsEuropean Parliament “bullied” into allowing overfishing
According to WWF, certain European Countries with large fishing industries are using bullying tactics to push members of the European Parliament into accepting a deal that will allow overfishing to continue until 2020.
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NewsEU committed to tuna recovery plan
The European Commission has said that it has reaffirmed its commitment to the sustainable management of bluefin tuna during the 2013 main fishing season in the Mediterranean and the Eastern Atlantic.
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NewsFAO and Indonesia to strengthen cooperation
A three-year Memorandum of Agreement strengthening cooperation in the field of marine affairs, fisheries and aquaculture, has been signed between Indonesia and FAO.
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NewsCanadian halibut MSC certified
The Atlantic Halibut Council''s Canadian Atlantic halibut fishery has become the first of its kind to receive Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification.
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ISSF bycatch project in the Pacific
As part of the International Seafood Sustainability Foundation’s #BycatchProject a group of scientists and fishers will embark on a weeks-long journey through the Pacific in search of techniques to reduce bycatch.
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NewsDevelopment plans for Ukrainian fisheries
The Ukrainian fishing industry is on the verge of big changes, due to the government’s recent adoption of a state programme, ''Of the development of fishing industry in Ukraine until 2016'', reports Eugene Gerden.
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NewsHigh Liner announces $6.6m expansion
North American seafood supplier High Liner Foods Inc has announced that it will invest $6.6m to further modernise and expand its manufacturing facility in Newport News, Va., creating 57 new jobs.
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NewsIodine important for pregnant/breast feeding women
The importance of iodine for pregnant women and new mums who are breast feeding their children has been highlighted in new research from Surrey and Bristol Universities.
