All Industry News articles – Page 117
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NewsNorth Sea fish stocks still far from recovery
The ‘top heavy’ European Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) has been largely ineffectual for most of its life, according to Barrie Deas, CEO of the UK National Federation of Fishermen’s Organisations.
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NewsRobots to explore the deepest ocean
Scientists from the Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS) will use custom-built robots to explore the deepest parts of the ocean in a bid to discover how life is sustained thousands of metres below the surface.
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NewsEU funds floats for better data
The European Commission has awarded a grant of almost €4m to the European research infrastructure for observing the oceans.
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FoS launches school awareness project in Hong Kong
Friend of the Sea, in cooperation with Lily Huang of MM FreshTM, organised Friend of the Sea awareness days at the Australian International School of Hong Kong.
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Sea Pact announces request for grant proposals
Sea Pact has opened its fourth Request for Grant Proposals.
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NewsPlanning urged over possible tuna revenue decline
The CEO of the Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA) is urging its members to plan ahead for the damaging effects of possible tuna revenue decline.
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NewsHave your say on Scottish MPAs
SNP MSP Christian Allard is reminding organisations and individuals that it is their last opportunity to provide further written representations on the Scottish Marine Protected Areas to Scotland’s Fishing Minister Richard Lochhead by 12 July 2015.
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Project Fish SCALE awarded
The Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) ongoing integration of forensic science as a way of combating seafood fraud and mislabelling is paying off.
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NewsNew initiative to grow Ghana
Norwegian aquaculture company, MoreFish AS, is teaming up with Nofima and the Norwegian Veterinary Institute to transfer knowledge and technology to Ghana with the aim of strengthening West African aquaculture.
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New Sea Pact chairman
Sea Pact has elected Guy Dean as the new chairman for its advisory council.
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Annual economic fleet survey launched
UK authority Seafish has launched its 11th annual economic survey of the UK fishing fleet.
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NewsProtecting the North-East Atlantic
At the recent OSPAR Commission meeting in Oostende, Belgium, a key step was taken to further protect the North-East Atlantic by the adoption of recommendations to conserve a further three species and one habitat in the ocean.
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NewsAdvances in aquatic animal tracking research
Advances in aquatic animal tracking over the past 30 years has broadened our knowledge of movements, migrations, interactions and survival, according to a new paper.
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'State of Europe's Seas' report
Human activities and climate change are threatening the productivity of European seas as well as our wellbeing, according to the new European Environment Agency (EEA) report.
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MSC and ASC sign MOU
The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) and Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to further collaboration for partners handling both ASC and MSC certified products.
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WWF: Tuna fishery certification is impossible
WWF has said it believes that the Echebastar Indian Ocean purse-seine tuna fishery cannot be certified to the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) standard for sustainable fisheries yet, due to increasing catch levels of yellowfin tuna and the lack of any effective control of fishing effort by management.
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Job creation in South Africa
Masifundise, the NGO for fishing communities in South Africa, and Coastal Links South Africa are embarking on a project that aims to create 2,000 jobs in 20 fishing communities, over the next three years.
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NewsIncrease in marine litter
Scientists from CCMAR (University of the Algarve) and Oceana have found an abundance of litter in the São Vicente submarine canyon, located in the south west of Portugal.
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RSPCA Assured label replaces Freedom Food
The new RSPCA Assured ethical food label is replacing the organisation’s existing label, Freedom Food.
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NewsIndoor dried stockfish research
New research has been carried out by Nofima to find out whether indoor dried stockfish can be produced at a more consistent high quality than outdoor dried stockfish.
