All Industry News articles – Page 304
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NewsBP spill: NOAA reopens more fishing areas
NOAA has reopened 2,927 square miles of federal waters south of the Mississippi River Delta in the Gulf of Mexico to commercial and recreational fishing that it had previously closed in response to the BP/Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
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Thai Union cleared to buy MW Brands
Thai Union Frozen PLC (TUF) has received clearance received from the UK’s Office of Fair Trading on its €680 million ($942.8 million) acquisition of MW Brands Holdings SAS.
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Nutreco hosts Capital Markets Day in Italy
Nutreco on 6 October hosted a Capital Markets Day in Italy with a site visit to its fish feed plant and its recently inaugurated premix plant in Mozzecane. Next to the site visit Nutreco gave updates on the three divisions Agriculture, Specialties and Aquaculture.
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NewsHigher 2011 quotas for Norway, Russia
The Joint Norwegian-Russian Fisheries Commission has increased the quotas on all the main commercially fished species in the Barents Sea. The Norwegian minister of fisheries called the quota level a “historical high”.
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NewsValue of UK catch rises, landings fall
The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) has published its annual UK Sea Fisheries Statistics for 2009. This fisheries management tool includes detailed data about the UK fishing fleet, the number of fishermen and the quantity and value of fish landings, imports and exports.
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NewsUmami proceeds with tuna firm purchase
The board of directors with Umami Sustainable Seafood Inc have decided to move forward and complete the acquisition of Baja Aquafarms, a leading producer of bluefin tuna based in Mexico
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Taiwan worried over plunging squid catch
The deepsea fishing industry in Taiwan is facing a crisis because of precipitous drops in its squid and saury catch. In 2009, the squid catch fell 71.4% and the saury catch fell 25.3%, dealing a harsh blow to a sector still suffering the impact of a 2005 cut in the ...
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Goa fishermen: trawlers violating fishing ban
Traditional fishermen from Cacra in St Cruz, Goa, India, have complained to the fisheries department, alleging that mechanised boats are violating the fishing ban near the coast in the Zuari bay.
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UK fishermen admit £7m 'black fish' scam
Two UK fishermen have admitted making false declarations about fish worth more than £7 million (€8.1 million/$11.1 million) which they landed.
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FAO proposes global guidelines for aquaculture certification
The Sub-Committee of Aquaculture of the Committee on Fisheries of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) have adopted a set of global guidelines for the certification of aquaculture products.
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NewsNOAA opens more Gulf waters to fishing
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has reopened 5,628 square miles of Gulf waters off eastern Louisiana to recreational and commercial fishing.
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Census: seas contain 750,000 new species
The first Census of Marine Life, which has been 10 years in the making, will reveal that almost 250,000 species have now been identified in the world’s oceans, and predicts there may be at least another 750,000 are yet to be discovered.
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NewsPEI bluefin tuna season opens
The Tuna Advisory Committee of the PEI Fishermen’s Association, Nova Scotia, has confirmed the bluefin tuna fishery will open Monday 4 October.
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Alaska receives $1m grants to boost shellfish farming
Three federal and state grants totalling more than $1 million (€728,607) will be used by Alaska Sea Grant to establish a state-wide network of citizen scientists to track the spread of marine invasive species; conduct an instruction and training programme aimed at jump-starting the shellfish farming industry; and launch an ...
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Food giants, WWF urge dynamic CFP reform
In a public demonstration of unity, EU, UK and Scottish fisheries political leaders joined UK businesses and conservationists on Friday 1 October to discuss the need for progressive reform of the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP).
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US retailer donates to Alaska crab research
The largest seafood retailer in the US southwest, Santa Monica Seafood, a family-owned company based in Santa Monica, California, has made a donation to Alaska Sea Grant for its research programme aimed at rebuilding Alaska’s collapsed red and blue king crab stocks.
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Pacific Andes makes move into Mauritania
Hong Kong-based catching and processing giant Pacific Andes has extended its fishing operations to Mauritania in order to tap into one of the world’s major fishing grounds as well as to increase its share in Africa’s expanding market for frozen fish.
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SFF: Scottish fleet close to breaking point
The Scottish Fishermen’s Federation will today (1 October) tell EU fisheries commissioner Maria Damanaki that the Scottish industry has made huge strides in ensuring the sustainable harvest of fish and that its efforts must be recognised during the decision-making process for fishing opportunity in 2011.
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Greenpeace: Taiwan not controlling fishing
The Taiwan Fisheries Agency has been condemned by Greenpeace for failing to provide an accurate number of Flag of Convenience (FOC) vessels operated by its industry.
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Dasy invests €20m in new fishmeal factory
Spanish pet food and fish feed manufacturer Dasy Organización is to invest more than €20 million ($27.2 million) in building a new plant for production of fishmeal for animal feed in Osuna, Andalusia, Spain.
