World Fishing News – Page 726
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NewsNew series of weigh price labellers
Marel has recently launched a new range of AEW Delford Weigh Price Labellers - the WPL 9000 Series - that the company says incorporates a huge number of features for easier operation.
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McMurdo sale completes to Orolia group
The sale of the assets of UK emergency distress beacon manufacturer McMurdo was finalised on 20 November when the transfer from Digital Angel Corporation to Orolia was completed.
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Commission agrees with Canada and Iceland to fight illegal fishing
The European Commission has just signed two administrative cooperation agreements with Canada and Iceland which mark a new step in the parties'' efforts to prevent, deter and eliminate Illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing.
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Price decrease for most fishery products
The European Commission has adopted its annual on next year’s guide prices for fresh and frozen fisheries products as well as the EU producer price for tuna for processing.
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Co-op leads MCS Sustainable Seafood Supermarket Survey
The Marine Conservation Society (MCS) has released the results of its Sustainable Seafood Supermarket Survey, scoring eight major UK supermarkets for their performance in selling sustainably sourced seafood.
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Groundbreaking treaty on illegal fishing approved
A new treaty that aims to close fishing ports to ships involved in illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing has been approved by FAO''s governing Conference. Once it enters into force, it will be the first ever legally binding international treaty focused specifically on this problem.
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TIME awards tuna tank farming the world's 2nd best invention
The breakthrough in farming of Southern Bluefin Tuna in the tanks of Clean Seas Ltd. in Australia has been awarded the world''s 2nd best invention in 2009 by TIME Magazine.
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NewsHigh-speed batching at Werner Larsson
When changing production from small manually packed bags to large wholesale bags, Danish fish company Werner Larsson Fiskeeksport invested in a Speed Batcher from Marel Food Systems. For the third year running, the company has been producing the Dutch Maatjes herring specialty at very high speeds.
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NewsUK cod quota draw
The UK Marine and Fisheries Agency is to hold a random draw to allocate an extra 18 tonnes of east Channel, V11d, cod quota to the south coast 10 metre and under inshore fleet.
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Trawler owners to pay £34,000 after SFC called in police helicopter
Two UK owner skippers, who were filmed by a police helicopter as they illegally pair-trawled inside the three-mile limit, were ordered to pay £17,000 each in fines at costs by Chichester Magistrates on 20 November.
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Marport wins 2009 technology innovation award
Marport Canada Inc. has announced that the Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters in partnership with National Research Council Canada has named Marport as Winner of the 2009 Award for Innovative Excellence in New Technology for the Atlantic/Nunavut Region.
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Commonwealth fisheries programme offers 'from hook to plate' report free
“From Hook to Plate”, an expert, up-to-date report on the state of marine fisheries from a Commonwealth perspective, is now available to download online.
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Marel appoints Managing Directors of Industry Centers
Marel has appointed a team of Managing Directors who will head the four new Industry Centers that make up the spine of the company’s operations.
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NewsCalbuco's fishing and aquaculture exhibition a success
The First Technologic Fishing and Aquaculture Exhibition, held in the fishing port of Calbuco, Chile from 6-7 November was a complete success, reports Peter Nielsen.
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NewsPew calls for countries to implement new illegal fishing treaty
The Pew Environment Group has welcomed an announcement by the United Nation’s Food and Agriculture Organization that the new treaty to address illegal fishing is open for signature and called on governments to ratify and implement this treaty.
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SFF anger at ‘lost opportunity’
The initially encouraging decision by the EC Fish Council not to rush through a new set of technical conservation rules for EU fishing vessels – by sending the worst of the proposed technical measures back to the drawing board - has been seriously damaged by the failure to create a ...
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NewsFisheries Council moves forward on sustainability agenda
At their recent Council meeting in Brussels, fisheries ministers addressed several issues.
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New Japanese Prime Minister urged to recall whaling fleet
The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) is urging Japan''s new government to recall its whaling fleet which is heading to Antarctica to hunt almost 1,000 whales.
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NewsNew processing plants certified to BAP
Consumers now have access to more fish from Best Aquaculture Certified (BAP) facilities after the certification of several new processing plants in Ecuador and the United States.
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FAO and Norad to undertake value-chain analysis of fish sector
FAO and the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad) have signed an agreement to undertake a comprehensive value-chain analysis of international fish trade with an impact assessment of the small-scale sector.
