All Industry News articles – Page 220
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GAA appoints new communications manager
The Global Aquaculture Alliance has hired Steven Hedlund as its new communications manager.
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Initial salmon conservation findings
Northern Ireland’s Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure has outlined the initial findings of their public consultation on salmon conservation.
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NewsSuquamish Tribe builds shellfish nursery
The Suquamish Tribe is one of the few tribes in Western Washington to build its own floating upwelling system (FLUPSY), a type of shellfish nursery that is becoming more common for raising clams to seed on beaches.
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NAFC Marine Centre begins new project
The NAFC Marine Centre is starting a new project that is searching for marine species that may have been introduced to Shetland from elsewhere in the world.
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£1.62m sentence for illegal fishing
A Spanish fishing company, its UK subsidiary and their captains have been ordered to pay £1.62m for fisheries offences - the highest amount ever imposed in a Marine Management Organisation (MMO) fisheries case.
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Oz government issues Margiris update
The Australian government has issued an update on the FV Margiris'' plans to fish in Australian waters, and announced special arrangements for community consultation.
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NewsWarner’s opens new £1.5m facility
Warner Fish Merchants (WFM), retailer to independent fish and chip shops across England, has opened a new office and cold store facility at Decoy Bank in Doncaster.
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Management measures continue in Lyme Bay
Electronic tracking allowing South West fishermen into parts of a marine protected area will now continue after a trial monitoring their activity.
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MSC cert for US broadline distributor
Maines Paper & Food Service Inc. has earned Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) Chain of Custody certification (CoC) - the first broadliner in the Northeastern US to do so.
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Technical University of Denmark finds antimicrobial agents in marine bacteria
Marine bacteria that produce antimicrobial agents have been found as part of a PhD project at the National Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark.
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Esri joins World Ocean Council
Esri has joined the ocean business alliance World Ocean Council and will support its international initiatives for sustainable development and conservation of the ocean.
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SPSG reaches international award finals
The Scottish Pelagic Sustainability Group (SPSG) has been selected as a finalist for the award of Seafood Champion 2012.
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NewsNew alarms warn dolphins about shark nets
New acoustic alarms are being trialled on Australia’s Gold Coast and Rainbow Beach north of the Sunshine Coast to help reduce the number of dolphins caught in shark control equipment.
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NewsLobster industry improves competitiveness
Sterling Belliveau has announced $54,000 in funding for the Lobster Council of Canada and the Nova Scotia Fish Packers Association, to develop and deliver workshops focused on the Canadian lobster brand.
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NewsScots to pay £1.2m for black fish scam
A total of 10 Scottish fishing skippers have been ordered to pay almost £1.2 million after admitting their involvement in a so-called black fish operation, reports John Kinsman.
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NewsNew technology could improve data collection
The Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA) and Northern Prawn Fishery (NPF) Industry Pty Ltd have been working together to trial the use of new devices to enable CMOs to collect data and transfer it instantly to a database on the mainland.
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NewsBottom trawl and gillnet ban proposed
The European Commission has published a legislative proposal to phase out deep-sea bottom trawling and bottom gillnet fishing within two years in European waters.
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NIWA finds new strange-looking fish
Scientists from New Zealand’s NIWA have trawled deeper than ever before - down to 2,730 metres - and found new-to-science fish close to the deep ocean seafloor during their latest research voyage.
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BIM gets new chairman
BIM has announced the appointment of Kieran Calnan as chairman of the board.
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NewsRevolutionary ground impact trial success
Seafish has said that industry trials of revolutionary fishing gear have been successful in reducing ground impact caused by beam trawlers and further reducing fish discards.
