All Industry News articles – Page 226
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EC: Improvements for some fish stocks
The European Commission has set out its intentions for fixing fishing opportunities for 2013, which it says shows that improvements made to end overfishing are working.
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Scots to benefit from new Omega 3 testing
SNP MEP Alyn Smith has called for greater awareness of the benefits of Omega 3 after receiving his own test results at Stirling University''s world-leading Institute for Aquaculture.
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NewsSeafish trials automated system to monitor environmental conditions in MPAs
A new underwater video system has been trialled by Seafish to see whether fishermen themselves can monitor environmental conditions in marine protected areas (MPAs).
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European Fish Weeks raise awareness
Today is World Oceans Day and OCEAN2012 is launching the third European Fish Weeks, when European citizens will organise public events to raise awareness of overfishing and of decision-makers’ responsibility to end it.
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NewsEU-Norway fish talks in Orkney
Representatives from the European Commission and Norway will be discussing the EU-Norway fishing agreement for 2013 and beyond in Orkney this week.
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NewsMaria Damanaki visits Greenland
European Commissioner for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, Maria Damanaki, is visiting Greenland on 7-9 June 2012.
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NewsRio+20 - Turn off the lights?
Fish, the oceans and secure jobs are core to a new ‘sustainable world’ plan, but there are worrying questions about the bill and cash to fund it.
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Supply growth of farmed salmon in 2012
The latest FAO May 2012 Food Outlook publication shows that the supply of farmed salmon is projected to grow around 12% in 2012, with exporters looking to new markets such as Brazil, Russia, China and India.
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NewsIceland appoints mackerel negotiators
The Icelandic Minister of Fisheries and Agriculture has appointed Sigurgeir Þorgeirsson, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry, to head Iceland''s team of negotiators during mackerel talks.
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NewsTasmania's biggest fish farm
Tasmania''s salmon industry is on the verge of a major expansion worth tens of millions of dollars in Macquarie Harbour on the West Coast which will create over 200 jobs.
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Pressure on Thailand to export more tuna
Thailand, the world''s largest tuna exporter, is coming under pressure to export more this year, although most are cautious about the prospect.
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NewsLidl achieve sustainability milestone
Supermarket chain Lidl and the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) have announced that all wild-caught fresh and frozen fin fish products sold by Lidl in The Netherlands will now be labelled with the MSC ecolabel.
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NewsIcelandic vessels strike in bill protest
Icelandic vessels belonging to member organisations of The Federation of Icelandic Fishing Vessel Owners (LÍÚ) are currently on strike, and plan to remain so until the end of the week.
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NewsAnglo-German fisheries MSC certified
The North East Arctic cod, haddock and saithe fisheries fished by UK Fisheries Ltd and the German companies DFFU and Doggerbank, have been MSC certified.
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NewsEC on illegal fishing alert
Reports about a number of vessels allegedly fishing illegally for bluefin tuna in the Mediterranean have propelled the European Commission into action.
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NewsStudy on genetics for fish traceability
A recent scientific paper published in Nature Communications demonstrates that it is possible to determine with high accuracy from which particular local population a fish comes from.
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Wellington men caught with illegal Paua
Two Porirua men were caught by fisheries officers late last week at Titahi Bay Beach, New Zealand, with an illegal haul of 364 paua.
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NewsPNG fisher recovers 50,000th tuna tag
A Papua New Guinean fisher has won US$500 for recovering a plastic tag that was attached to the back of a yellowfin tuna.
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NewsNova Scotia launches aquaculture strategy
Nova Scotia has a new strategy for aquaculture development that the government says will help efforts to grow a sustainable industry and create wealth in rural and coastal communities.
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New Protocol to the EU-Kiribati FPA
The European Commission initialled a new Protocol to the Fisheries Partnership Agreement (FPA) in Nadi, Fiji on 3 June.
