All Industry News articles – Page 121
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NewsBetter cod handling for profit
Major injuries from cod catches is costing the fishing industry, but profits could increase by hundreds of millions every year if cod was handled better, says Nofima scientists.
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NewsNRGene maps rainbow trout genome
Israel’s genomic big data company, NRGene, has mapped the rainbow trout genome in cooperation with scientists from the US Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and the University of Illinois.
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NewsThe implications of climate change on aquaculture
A new WorldFish paper says that scientists need to better understand the impacts of climate change on aquaculture if we are to meet future seafood demand.
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Further sea bass measures proposed
The European Commission has announced the third package of measures to halt the decline of sea bass in the Celtic Sea, Irish Sea, Channel and North Sea.
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A strong start for SSC
The Scottish Salmon Company (SSC) has had a strong start to the year, recording revenues in Q1 of £27.3m and growing in international markets.
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NewsFishing apprenticeships in Scotland
An extra 500 Modern Apprenticeship places are being funded over the next year in Scotland, in the first step to expand the county’s current apprentice programme from 25,000 to 30,000 by 2020.
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NewsSenator pushes for ‘Alaskan pollock’ name change
Senator for Alaska, Lisa Murkowski, is urging the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to change the legal market name of Alaska-caught pollock simply to ‘pollock’.
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NewsSeafish campaigns for fishermen’s safety
Seafish is calling on the UK’s fishermen to think about their safety after research revealed 46% of commercial fishermen consider their job to be dangerous but 34% say they rarely or never wear a Personal Flotation Device (PFD).
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NewsScottish cod stock recovery threatened by seals
Research led at the University of Strathclyde suggests that predatory seals are constraining the recovery of cod stocks in Scottish West coast waters.
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NewsRecord Scottish fish landings welcomed
Banff & Buchan MP Eilidh Whiteford and North East MSP Christian Allard have welcomed the news of record fish landings in Scotland.
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NewsMarine litter clean up in Greece
Norwegian company Nofir AS is organising an event to collect discarded material from fishing and fish farming (nets, ropes, fish farming cages, etc.) in Greece at the end of May.
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Vessel owners fined £13,150
On Friday 15 May 2015 three owners of 10m and under fishing vessels were sentenced by the Crown Court for exceeding monthly quota allocations.
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NewsScottish mussel production reaches all time high
The latest survey results from the Scottish Government show that the value of the shellfish industry has increased by 18% to £10.5m at first sale value in 2014.
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NewsNew feed additive with triple benefits
Nofima scientists have unveiled a new protein-based process additive with triple benefits that can contribute to reducing the loss of feed in the aquaculture industry and make the production of feed more energy-efficient.
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Cefas launches new wesbsite
A new website to support the Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science’s (Cefas) development was launched last month, as part of the Centre’s strategy to expand into wider marine science and technology markets, in the UK and internationally.
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Record high Scottish catch value
The latest statistics published by the Scottish Government show that the value of fish landings is at a record high, having increased by 19% to £513 million in 2014.
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NewsIndian fish on verge of extinction
Iconic Indian freshwater fish, the humpback mahseer, is on the brink of extinction according to scientists from Bournemouth University in the UK and St Albert’s College in Kochi, India.
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Big plans for Russian fishing industry
Alexander Tkachev, Russia’s newly appointed Minister of Agriculture, plans to implement a package of reforms in the country’s fishing industry, reports Eugene Gerden.
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NewsSweden’s first MSC certified zoo
Skansen zoo in Stockholm has become the first in Sweden to achieve the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification.
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Scottish haddock certification
Scottish haddock fishermen are hoping to extend their MSC certified status through to 2020, as scientists gathered to examine the fleet’s performance on Tuesday.
