World Fishing News – Page 778
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Japanese skipjack tuna fishery enters MSC assessment
The Tosakatsuo Suisan Japan pole and line skipjack tuna fishery has entered full assessment for certification under the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) standard.
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First taste of Shetland for Scottish salmon's new CE
The new Chief Executive of Scottish Salmon Producers’ Organisation (SSPO) had his first taste of Shetland recently where he met representatives from the islands’ major salmon farming companies.
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Seafish's response to ‘Silent Seas’ Report
Seafish, the UK authority on seafood, welcomes the publication of ‘Silent Seas’ for its emphasis on the effects of pollution and climate change, underlining that all human activity has an impact on the marine environment.
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Spain and Japan back bluefin tuna ban
Key fishing state Spain and key tuna market Japan joined with a majority of other countries to back closing the Mediterranean bluefin tuna fishery until it can be brought under control and establishing protected areas in the main breeding grounds.
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Fish conservation measures
An extension of Scotland''s hugely successful Real Time Closures (RTC) programme has been announced.
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New Zealand fisheries an economic model for the world
The fisheries jury is now in and quota systems are the model world fisheries need to adopt, says MFish Chief Executive, Wayne McNee.
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EU and Norway reaffirm their determination to reduce discards
At a meeting in Brussels last week of scientists, administrators and control experts from the EU and Norway there was general agreement on the urgent need to consider concrete measures at the earliest opportunity, such as real-time closures and improved gear selectivity, to tackle the problem of discards in the ...
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Antarctic krill fishery enters MSC assessment
The portion of the Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) fishery in the Atlantic sector of the Southern Ocean fished by Norwegian company Aker BioMarine Co Ltd has entered the full assessment process for Marine Stewardship Council certification.
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New consulting company Pescatech founded
Key personnel from some of the leading companies servicing the fish and seafood industries have been brought together in this team of highly specialised consultants.
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US$50 billion lost by marine fishing each year
Economic losses in marine fisheries resulting from poor management, inefficiencies, and overfishing add up to a staggering US$50 billion per year, according to a new World Bank-FAO report. Taken over the last three decades, these losses total over $US2 trillion, a figure roughly equivalent to the GDP of Italy.But The ...
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New UK fisheries minister
Defra has announced that Huw Irranca-Davies MP has replaced Jonathan Shaw as UK fisheries minister.
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First fishery in Germany awarded with MSC eco-label
The German North Sea saithe trawl fishery has successfully completed the assessment to the MSC’s environmental standard for well-managed and sustainable fisheries.
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WWF: ‘Nursery of the seas’ must be protected
WWF is calling for urgent protection of the South Pacific ‘Coral Triangle’ after the World Conservation Union’s (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species warned that several species from these critical spawning grounds as threatened with extinction.
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Commission proposes 2009 fishing opportunities for the Black Sea
The European Commission has adopted a proposal for fishing opportunities for the Black Sea for 2009.
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Commission proposes 2009/2010 fishing opportunities for deep sea fisheries
On 1 October the European Commission adopted a proposal for deep-sea fishing opportunities for 2009 and 2010.
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Database of IUU fishers
Greenpeace has launched an online database of fishing vessels involved in illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing, and the companies that own them.
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Major investment aids development of new fish farm cage
Aquaculture equipment supplier Fusion Marine has made a major £70,000 investment in developing purpose-built manufacturing tools to aid in the construction of a new range of fish farm cages.
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Is the aquaculture boom starting to fade?
In 2006, the world consumed 110.4 million tonnes of fish, with 51.7 million tonnes of that originating from aquaculture.Production by traditional capture fisheries has reached a plateau, so to meet the projected demand for fish of an expanded world population, in 2030 aquaculture will need to produce an additional 28.8 ...
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Oceana pleads for scientific advice to be heard to avoid the collapse of bluefin tuna
Last week, the meeting of the Standing Committee on Research and Statistics (SCRS) took place at the headquarters of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT).
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Germany’s Baltic herring fishery enters MSC assessment
The Western Baltic spring-spawning herring fishery targeted by vessels of the “Erzeugergemeinschaft der Hochsee- und Kutterfischer” has entered the full assessment under the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) standard for sustainable and well-managed fisheries.
