All Industry News articles – Page 273
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English aquaculture: Apply for funding
Aquaculture producers in England are being urged to apply for support from the European Fisheries Fund (EFF).
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Fish oil from Morocco FoS certified
Winterisation Europe’s fish oil from Morocco has been certified by Friend of the Sea.
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Oxford St tested for fish friendliness
According to a new survey, less than one in six eateries in London’s Oxford Street area obtain their seafood from sustainable sources.
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Global standards for farmed salmon enters final stage
The final step in the process of creating global standards for salmon farming began this week when the Salmon Aquaculture Dialogue kicked off the last public comment period for the draft standards.
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Retailers include MSC in seafood sustainability commitments
An increasing number of retailers have announced commitments to the MSC program for their seafood sustainability policies.
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WWF welcomes Hong Kong trawl ban
Hong Kong has approved a ban on all trawling in its local waters, a move that is largely being seen as a crucial first step in reviving the Administrative Region’s depleted marine environment, says WWF.
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Pacific West first to offer Australia MSC certified tempura hake products
Supplier of frozen seafood, Pacific West, is playing an important role in transforming the seafood market to a more sustainable basis by becoming the first to offer Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certified tempura hake products to foodservice providers in Australia.
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NewsAFMA budget cut due to efficient illegal fishing measures
Under the Australian Government’s 2011-12 Budget released on 9 May, the AFMA budget has been identified at $43.3 million.
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Manx Queenies crowned sustainable
The fishery producing Manx Queenies, the Isle of Man’s famous queen scallops, have been crowned by the MSC as a certified sustainable and well-managed fishery.
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News5th Icelandic Fisheries Awards launched
Mercator Media, organiser of the Icelandic Fisheries Exhibition, has announced the launch of the fifth Icelandic Fisheries Awards, which recognises fishing excellence in Iceland and internationally.
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NewsLibyan seining on track to be illegal
Maria Damanaki, EU Commissioner for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries has sent a letter to EU Ministers regarding the fishing situation in Libya.
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NewsStates authorised to remove sea lions
NOAA has authorised Washington and Oregon to lethally remove sea lions congregating below the Columbia River’s Bonneville Dam to eat thousands of adult salmon and steelhead swimming upstream to spawn.
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NewsPPS East fish boxes for Grimsby
Grimsby fish suppliers of Cumbrian Seafood’s are now packing their fish into PPS East’s returnable plastic 15kg fish boxes.
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Mauritania fisheries agreement a priority to sustainable development
Ahead of negotiations with Mauritania on the renewal of one of the most important of EU fisheries agreements, European Parliament says its main concern is to balance economic benefits with conservation of resources.
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Fisheries research vessel for Namibia
STX Finland Oy and the Namibian Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources have signed a contract for the construction of a fisheries research vessel.
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Traceability of fish products needs to improve
European consumers show a growing concern towards fish deriving from unsustainable catches. The traceability of fish products should improve, write Rodrigo Gouveia and Mikael Robertsson from Euro Coop in a new opinion piece on CFP Reform Watch.
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Cellana receives $5.5m grant to develop agal biofuel byproduct
Cellana LLC, a developer of algae-based biofuels and bioproducts based in Kona, Hawaii, has received a three-year $5.5m grant to develop a protein supplement from algae as a byproduct of algal biofuels production and to demonstrate its nutritional and economic value in livestock feeds.
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RNLI rescues stranded fishermen
Two North Shields fishermen were rescued by the volunteer RNLI lifeboat crew from Tynemouth last week when their trawler became stranded after her nets tangled in the propeller.
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Seafish appoints new certifier for RFS
Seafish has announced that Global Trust Certification has been appointed as the new certification body for the Responsible Fishing Scheme (RFS).
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AgriMarine expands reach into Norway
AgriMarine Holdings Inc. has announced that it has launched the commercialisation of its floating solid wall closed containment technology for fish rearing into Norway.
