All Industry News articles – Page 225
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NewsOz to create world's largest marine reserve
The Australian Government has confirmed the final network of marine reserves, which once proclaimed under national environmental law, will protect Australia’s most precious ocean environments.
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NewsRussian salmon fishery MSC certified
The NE Sakhalin Island pink salmon fishery on Russia’s east coast has been awarded Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification.
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Neptune a Friend of the Sea
Neptune Technologies & Bioressources Inc. has been certified as a Friend of the Sea.
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NewsGreenhouse Gas consultation launched
A draft consultation has been launched to help the seafood industry look at greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from aquatic food products.
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ASC gets salmon standard
The Salmon Aquaculture Dialogue has handed over the global salmon standard for responsible farming to the Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC).
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Australia creates world's biggest marine park network
Australia has created the world’s biggest network of marine protected areas, as countries prepare to meet for the Rio+20 meeting on sustainable development.
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NewsNASCO maintains Atlantic fishing ban
NASCO, responsible for conserving and managing Atlantic salmon stocks, has decided that a commercial fishing ban in the mixed-stock fishery off the coast of Greenland and the Faroes will remain in place until 2014.
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NewsOceana concludes Baltic Sea expedition
After seven weeks at sea, Oceana’s second Baltic Sea Expedition to document ecologically important areas and analyse their threats, has come to a close.
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NewsNo firm dates agreed for discard ban
The UK Government has said that the general approach agreed at this week''s EU Council meeting in Luxembourg is a major step towards a radical reform of the broken Common Fisheries Policy.
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NewsGreenpeace targets EU Fisheries Council
Greenpeace activists have targeted the EU Fisheries Council today in an attempt to urge ministers to rethink an agreement it feels could derail any chance of achieving improvements to EU fishing rules under a once in a decade reform.
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NewsFuture plans for English fisheries
A unique partnership of retailers, suppliers, NGOs and the fishing industry started a new project directed at the future sustainability of England’s traditional coastal fisheries last week.
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NewsNorthern Leader construction milestone
One of the world’s largest commercial longliner fishing vessels has reached the important milestone of having the main deck completed ahead of schedule, only 10 weeks into the construction phase.
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Coveney outlines approach to end discards
The Irish minister for agriculture, food and the marine, Simon Coveney, has tabled an approach to end the current practice of discarding of fish at sea.
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Oceana criticises stock overexploitation in the EU
Last week, the European Commission unveiled an updated assessment of the status of fish resources and established guidelines for the allocation of next year’s fishing opportunities.
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NewsNorway: Cod efforts to continue
The Norwegian minister of fisheries and coastal affairs, Lisbeth Berg-Hansen, has promised further public investment in cod breeding, but only if the industry gets involved.
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£3.5m boost for Scottish fishing
The latest round of grants under the European Fisheries Fund (EFF) will give support to 68 projects across the Scottish sea fisheries, aquaculture and fish processing sectors.
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MSC gets new Stakeholder Council members
The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) has welcomed five new members to its Stakeholder Council.
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Scotland: Future of fishing to be decided
The Scottish government has said that at today’s EU Council meeting “the fight to protect the future of Scotland’s fishing industry reaches boiling point”.
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Ag & Fish Council meet today
The Agriculture & Fisheries Council is meeting in Luxembourg today and is expected to reach political agreement on the two main proposals within the framework of the Common Fisheries Policy reform.
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NewsBill to ban shark fin trade in New York
Last week the New York Senate Environmental Conservation Committee voted in favour of a bill to ban the trade, sale, possession and distribution of shark fins throughout the state.
