World Fishing News – Page 528
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NewsFirst Seafish schools’ education programme
UK seafood authority, Seafish, has launched a new schools’ programme to reinforce its work to educate children on the benefits of eating seafood and to address the "lack of a formal framework for nutrition education within schools."
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NewsNew ocean acidification study
A new study published in the ‘Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA’ has revealed a new insight into the potential effects of ocean acidification on the sensory function of larval tropical cobia.
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NewsGEA lunches mobile ice container
GEA Refrigeration Technologies has recently launched its mobile container solution for the production and storage of flake ice.
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NewsScottish days at sea allocation
Marine Scotland has announced this year''s days at sea allocations for West Coast fishermen and a new opportunity that it says will help to keep the fleet at sea throughout the whole year.
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NewsTersan Shipyard delivers Havbryn
Norwegian fishing company Strand Fiskelsrap has taken the delivery of a 69.9m state-of-the-art stern freezer trawler, built at Tersan Shipyard in Turkey.
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NewsCoatings company to phase out lead chromates
Marine coatings company Jotun has announced that it plans to phase out lead chromates from all of its paint and coatings formulations.
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NewsMauritius urged to deny vessel entry
Greenpeace has urged the Mauritian government to refuse port clearance for a South Korean vessel accused of illegal fishing in order to protect the Indian Ocean.
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NewsUS Coast Guard intercepts illegal trawler
Law enforcement crews from US Coast Guard Station Islamorada intercepted a fishing vessel fishing illegally in American waters this week.
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NewsSkretting investigates low oxygen levels
The UK branch of Skretting, a leading supplier of feed for farmed fish and shrimp, is carrying out trials to identify the effects of low levels of dissolved oxygen in seawater at its Aquaculture Research Centre (ARC).
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NewsProgress on EU-Seychelles FPA
The second round of negotiations between the EU and the Seychelles to agree a new Protocol to the Fisheries Partnership Agreement took place this week.
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SEAFARE addresses the future of European smelt
The SEAFARE project held a two-day workshop on the status of the European smelt on 26 March 2013 in Bangor University, Wales.
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NewsSydney Fish Market upgrade
Sydney Fish Market (SFM) has lodged a development application for an AUS$3.8 million boardwalk upgrade, due to commence in August this year.
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NewsFunding for New Zealand aquaculture
Five New Zealand aquaculture projects have been given grants by the Sustainable Farming Fund.
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NewsNFI wants answers from Greenpeace
The National Fisheries Institute (NFI) has come up with a set of 10 questions which it believes reporters should ask Greenpeace before publishing its impending press release about American retailers'' seafood sustainability practices.
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NewsNorwegian herring fisheries enter reassessment
Norges Fiskarlag (The Norwegian Fishermen’s Association) is seeking MSC re-certification for the Norway North Sea and Skagerrak herring fishery and the Norway Spring Spawning herring fishery.
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NewsNew trawler delivered to France
French fishing cooperative Armement Coopératif Artisanal Vendéen (ACAV) has taken delivery of a new trawler, Cayola.
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ASL invests in processing
A major multi million pound investment programme currently underway at Associated Seafoods Ltd (ASL)’s shellfish and Scottish smoked salmon processing facility in north-east Scotland.
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NewsNew VMS system for AFMA
The Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA) is moving to a new web-based vessel monitoring system (VMS).
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NewsSolent bylaw to protect seagrass
The UK’s Marine Management Organisation (MMO) has announced an emergency bylaw prohibiting the use of bottom towed fishing gear within the Solent European Marine Site (EMS).
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NewsHarnessing the power of fish by-products
Bryan Gibson looks into the issue of fish waste and alternative uses for fish by-products.
