World Fishing News – Page 774
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NewsMachines taking over in Vietnam
Navico opened its fourth factory earlier this year to process pangasius. CREDIT: ©Paata Vardanashvili/FlickrProof, if it were needed, is provided by the news that Vietnam's latest, and biggest, white fish processing plant is using more equipment than ever before.Nam Viet Corporation (Navico) opened its fourth factory – Indian Ocean Freezing ...
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Focus on trawl geometry and save on the fuel bill
Scanmar has always focused on developing equipment that will help fishermen increase efficiency, save costs, prevent damage to the gear and reduce wear and tear.
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News'Net losses' for South African seabirds
A study of trawl fishing in South Africa suggests that around 18,000 seabirds may be killed annually in this fishery, highlighting trawl fisheries as a major threat to seabirds, especially several species of albatross already facing a risk of extinction.
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Xstream technology - reduced turbulence
Over the last 18 months Hampidjan has been carrying out a great deal of development work on the company’s Poly Ice trawl doors.
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NewsSimrad introduces new Geometry sensors
Simrad has added a twelfth member to its sophisticated family of rugged sensors for the PI32, PI44 and PI54 catch monitoring systems.
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NewsOffshore fish farming needs a ‘social’ licence’ to keep growing
More than 100 delegates from Europe, the Middle East, the Americas and Australasia, met to discuss how to keep their industry growing, in the face of the technological challenges of working offshore, and potential clashes with other users of the maritime coastal estate.The conference was organised by Mercator Media and ...
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Financial collapse and fisheries
The present worldwide financial crisis needs a coordinated response on a range of fronts in order to limit its impact on economic growth, jobs and small businesses - says the October resolution of EU summit.
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EU/Norway fish negotiations to go to a third round
The second round of the EU/Norway talks to discuss joint management issues and quota allocations for 2009 has not managed to cover all the ground necessary and will now go to a third round in Oslo, which will start on 8 December.
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Pirate mothership was Thai fishing boat
The "pirate mothership" destroyed by the Indian Navy in the Gulf of Aden last week was actually a Thai fishing boat that was itself being hijacked and whose crew was tied up below decks.
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NOAA finds decline in pollock
NOAA has released new scientific information showing a decline in the walleye pollock biomass that has the agency recommending a cut to the pollock catch for 2009 in the eastern Bering Sea.
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EU proposes strong action to protect Atlantic sharks
The EU has tabled three ambitious proposals at this year''s annual meeting of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) which, if adopted, will represent a major leap forward in the protection of vulnerable shark species in the Atlantic.
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English fishing industry gets £1m grants boost
More than £1 million in grants has been awarded to the English fishing industry from the European Fisheries Fund.
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MacNeil anger at 'absurd' discard rule
SNP Westminster Fisheries spokesperson, Angus MacNeil MP, has hit out at ''absurd European rules'' that forced Scottish fishermen to throw away tens of millions of pounds worth of cod over the last year.
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US pushes for strong measures to protect bluefin tuna
Despite a strong US proposal to conserve bluefin tuna in the eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean, the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas failed yesterday to heed scientific advice and adopt measures that would end overfishing and put this species on the path to recovery., says NOAA.
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SFF welcomes new deal on cod recovery but recognises tough demands it will bring
Scottish fishermen have welcomed the new cod recovery plan agreed at the EC Fisheries Council in Brussels last week.
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Changes to cod recovery plan
The Fisheries Council met in November to discuss a number of key fisheries issues.
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Fisheries Council meeting focuses on major issues
The Fisheries Council met today and yesterday to discuss a number of key fisheries issues.
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Killeen delivers positive outcome for Celtic Sea fishery
Irish Minister of State with responsibility for Fisheries and Forestry, Tony Killeen TD today welcomed EU Council agreement for the introduction of a new Cod Recovery Plan.
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NewsChinese ingenuity scores with Western know-how
Is there no end to Chinese ingenuity? Salmon products supplied by Guide A-Way International Food for the recent Olympic Sailing Games held in Qingdao, in northern China, were processed in a plant situated on the fourth floor of a skyscraper in downtown Hong Kong.
