All Industry News articles – Page 191
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NewsNew sales manager for ASAP Supplies
Global marine equipment distributor, ASAP Supplies Ltd, has appointed Tom Edwards as its new sales manager.
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NewsSFF supports Skipper Expo 2013
The Scottish Fishermen’s Federation (SFF) is set to sponsor this year’s Skipper Expo International Aberdeen, taking place from 10 to 11 May 2013 at the Aberdeen Exhibition & Conference Centre (AECC), Scotland.
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NewsProgramme boosts South African aquaculture
A new Aquaculture Development and Enhancement Programme (ADEP) has been launched by South Africa’s Minister of Trade and Industry, in a bid to boost investment and growth within the aquaculture sector.
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NewsPelagic quota props up Faroese fishing
The Faroese stock exchange (VMF) says that although in the last few years its demersal fishing market has collapsed, at the same time pelagic fishing quotas have increased and the catch has been good, propping up the country''s fishing industry.
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NewsMore evidence that omega-3 improves heart health
New research from Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) and the University of Washington has found older adults who had the highest blood levels of omega-3 fatty acids lived, on average, 2.2 years longer than those with lower levels.
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NewsUK fleet profit down on 2011
Estimates made by Seafish using its new dataset suggest that although the UK fleet made a profit last year, operating profit decreased compared to 2011.
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NewsScottish fish stocks increasing
A new report by the NAFC Marine Centre has found that the abundance of the main species caught by Scottish fishermen has increased over the last five or six years.
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NewsPrim7stars shrimp a Friend of the Sea
Prim7stars shrimps, caught by Atlantic Shrimpers Limited, have been certified as Friend of the Sea.
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NewsCormorants impacting on UK fish stocks
As numbers of cormorant seabirds continue to rise, The Angling Trust, the representative body for game, coarse and sea anglers in England, has urged the UK government to review the current licensing system for controlling numbers of the bird, which it says are damaging fish stocks.
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Extra training for Northern prawn fishers
Fishermen from the Australian Northern Prawn Fishery have undertaken new TAFE-recognised training on best-practice fishing to help them reduce their bycatch and avoid protected species such as turtles.
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Australian fish mapping tool launched
FishMap has been launched to allow users to discover which fish live in any location at any depth along Australia’s continental shelf and slope.
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NewsConstruction tenders for one of Oman’s largest harbours
Bidding is due to begin for the construction of one of Oman’s largest fishing harbours.
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NewsChilean fish stock status report
A new report into Chilean fisheries has found that out of the 33 fisheries analysed, three are exhausted, 10 are overfished, and 15 are in full operation.
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NewsNew Zamakona wellboat
Norway’s Sølvtrans has signed a new contract with the Spanish shipyard Zamakona Yards for the construction of a new 3,200 m3 wellboat.
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NewsNFFO slams Greenpeace evidence as ‘nonsense’
The National Federation of Fishermen’s Organisations (NFFO) has dubbed Greenpeace’s recent claims that its Spanish fleet has been exploiting UK fishing quotas as ‘unqualified, assumption-based nonsense’.
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NAFC completes megrim project
A project on the population structure of megrim on the Northern Shelf has recently been completed by Paul Macdonald, fisheries scientist at the NAFC Marine Centre, in conjunction with the University of Oviedo, Spain.
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NewsNFFO under pressure over foreign vessels
Following the announcement of a clampdown on foreign fishing vessels profiting from UK quotas, the National Federation of Fishermen’s Organisations (NFFO) is under pressure to reveal the amount of fishing quota held by its foreign controlled members.
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Barents Sea fishery enters assessment
Russian companies ZAO Strelets and ZAO Eridan have entered their joint cod and haddock fishery into assessment for MSC certification.
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NewsVietnam fish export troubles
In a bid to address Vietnam’s high import rejection rate in the international trade of fish and fishery products, the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) organised a troubleshooting workshop.
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NewsDelegation presses for action on mackerel
An EU pelagic industry delegation met with European Commissioner Maria Damanaki on 26 March to express concern about the lack of progress in the mackerel dispute.
