World Fishing News – Page 546
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NewsCEFAS trial simulates discard ban
PPS East is supplying CEFAS (The Centre for Environment Fisheries and Aquaculture Science) with fish boxes for use onboard boats involved in a simulation of a discard ban that is funded by Defra and the MMO.
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Half of fishing opportunities set above scientific recommendations
EU fisheries ministers have reached an agreement on catch limits for 2013 for the main commercial species in the North Atlantic, but Oceana says they are above scientific recommendations.
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Australia’s SBT stock strong
AFMA reports that at the start of the commercial Southern Bluefin Tuna fishing season on 1 December the most recent scientific assessment showed that the species is rebuilding well.
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NewsFish and chips gets smarter
The UK’s National Federation of Fish Friers (NFFF) has launched a new iFish4Chips smartphone app in order to lend some support to the fish and chip industry.
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NewsArroyabe tuna now Friend of the Sea
Arroyabe brand tuna canned by Spanish Conservas La Gaviota has recently undergone a chain of custody audit for yellowfin and skipjack tuna from approved Friend of the Sea suppliers and can now carry FOS seal of approval.
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NewsNew salmon farms approved for Nova Scotia
According to the Atlantic Canada Fish Farmers Association (ACFFA), two new salmon farms have been approved for Jordan Bay, Nova Scotia, to help develop the fishing industry and economy in Southwest Nova Scotia.
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NewsMatjes herring in iPhone app
Nofima’s iPhone app ‘How fresh is your fish’ has been updated to include matjes herring.
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NewsBrown crab project work continues
BIM is continuing work on a €2.2m project which aims to stabilise the market price of brown crab in the short term and to establish a European quality standard for the species.
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News£5.8m for Scottish fishing projects
The Scottish fishing industry is to benefit from £5.8m allocated to 121 projects from the latest round of the European Fisheries Fund (EFF).
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Protests over Irish fish farm proposals
Environmental groups are insisting that the planned expansion of the fish farming industry along the west coast of Ireland will lead to diminishing wild stocks and be detrimental for the local community and businesses.
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NewsFisheries success for UK government
The UK government says it has successfully stopped an automatic cut in quota for North Sea cod and the number of days that fishermen are allowed to spend at sea, following negotiations in Brussels.
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NewsEP votes in favour of sustainability
WWF reports that the European Parliament has voted 13 to 10 in favour of the draft report by Ulrike Rodust on the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) Basic Regulation.
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NZ fishers fined for false statements
According to New Zealand''s Ministry for Primary Industry (MPI), a Tauranga based commercial fishing company, Fine O Muir Limited, has been fined for making false statements on fishing returns and fishing inside prohibited areas.
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Oceana urges member states to follow scientific advice
The Council of European Fisheries Ministers are meeting in Brussels on 18 and 19 December to agree on the 2013 catch limits for the main commercial species in the North East Atlantic.
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Elaine Hayes new Seafish chair
Elaine Hayes has been announced as the new chair of Seafish for three years, as of 1 January 2013.
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Faroes: Concern for shared stocks
Consultations regarding the management and conservation of shared stocks of Atlanto-Scandian herring and blue whiting held last week were inconclusive.
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Ireland to export Boarfish to China
Chinese authorities have announced that commercial exports of Boarfish from Ireland may now be imported to China – news welcomed by Irish Minister for Agriculture, Food & the Marine, Simon Coveney.
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NewsOSM papers now available
All papers and presentations given at the 2012 Offshore Mariculture Conference are now available to download online.
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NewsFisheries Ministers fail to follow scientific advice
According to a recent analysis launched by WWF, fisheries ministers have only followed scientific advice in 13% of their decisions over the past nine years.
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Skippers fined £1m for black fish scam
The latest ‘black scam’ fishers to fall prey to ''Operation Trawler'' are four skippers from Fraserbugh based Klondyke Fishing Company who have been fined £1m for taking part in an illegal mackerel and herring scam.
