All Industry News articles – Page 168
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NewsMSC skipjack in Europe
The first Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certified canned skipjack tuna from the Central and Western Pacific oceans will soon be available in Europe.
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NewsOSM meeting proves fruitful
UK seafood entrepreneur Toby Baxendale is investing in Hawaii-based Kampachi Farms, after meeting owner Neil Sims at the 2012 Offshore Mariculture Conference.
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NewsAnchovy worth more as food than feed
Canadian and Peruvian researchers have found that Peruvian anchovy is much more valuable as food for human consumption than as fishmeal.
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Ireland kickstarts CFP implementation
Dr Noel Cawley has been appointed chair of the Discards Implementation Group in Ireland, which has been set up to ensure that the Irish fishing industry is fully prepared for the discard ban, a key part of the Common Fisheries Policy reform.
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Swedish freshwater fishery recertified
The Swedish small-scale pike-perch fishery has been successfully re-assessed against the MSC environmental standard.
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NewsBuying cod with a clear conscience
Seafish is challenging new advice from the Marine Conservation Society (MCS) which advises consumers to avoid eating North Sea cod because it should still be on the fish to avoid list.
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NewsUnderstanding young salmon
How fish fare during their first weeks in the ocean has a significant impact on their ability to survive into adulthood, says the US Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL).
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US group calls for fishery disaster relief funds
A group of 38 US lawmakers has urged Congressional leadership to approve $150 million in fisheries disaster funding to help support several struggling fisheries across the United States.
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NewsOcean acidification may increase 170% this century
A new international report has concluded that the acidity of the world’s ocean may increase by around 170% by the end of the century, bringing significant economic losses.
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NewsAlaska salmon fishery re-certified
The Alaska salmon fishery has earned MSC re-certification after a third party assessment by Intertek Moody Marine (IMM) determined that it meets the standards of a sustainable and well managed fishery.
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NewsSardine catch levels lowered
Federal fishery management officials have voted to set 2014 catch levels of Pacific sardine off the US West Coast at 33% below what they would have been under the existing management regime.
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NewsQuota pilot for small boat fishermen
Small boat fishermen in Ramsgate UK have seen the volume of quota available to them increase by 25 tonnes, thanks to a pilot project run by the Fish Producer Organisation and the National Federation of Fishermen’s Organisations (NFFO).
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NewsMore measures needed to save our fish
The Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (Cefas) is calling for the introduction of other measures to be used in conjunction with a discard ban to help reduce total fishing mortality.
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NZ proposes shark finning ban
New Zealand’s government is proposing to ban the removal of shark fins and the dumping of the shark carcass at sea.
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Peru implements supply chain monitoring programme
Peru’s Ministry of Production (Produce) is implementing a new Surveillance and Control of Fisheries and Aquaculture Programme for the entire aquatic resources production chain, in order to strengthen supervision and combat illegal fishing in the sector.
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NewsShark finning alert
An INTERPOL alert has been circulated to all 190 member countries, after a method of shark finning aimed at avoiding detection of illegal practices was identified by Coast Rican authorities.
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NewsMonty Halls backs Celtic Seas protection
Monty Halls, BBC2’s Fisherman’s Apprentice, has supported the launch of the Celtic Seas Partnership, a pioneering four year international project to protect the ‘Celtic Seas’ which extend from the British Isles and Ireland to northern France.
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NewsWWF supports Maldives management
WWF Pakistan is to support Maldives in its efforts to provide sustainable management of tuna in the Indian Ocean during the next three years.
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NewsTraining centre for fishermen to open in Maldives
A new Fishermen’s Community & Training Centre (FCTC) in the Maldives will nurture the country’s pole-and-line fishing communities through the provision of fisheries training and education.
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Korea will investigate illegal fish
On 5 November a representative of the Korean Government announced that it will be investigating Dutch-flagged cargo vessel, Holland Klipper, which arrived in the Korean port of Busan on 31 October carrying an estimated $14m of suspected illegal fish.
