All Industry News articles – Page 314
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NewsWorld’s largest farm fish boat
The world''s largest well-boat has joined the fleet of Norwegian company Rostein AS.
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New contract for Akva
Akva Group has signed a contract for delivery of two feed barges in Norway totalling NOK 22.2 million (€2.8 million/$3.4 million).
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NewsSFF outlines its key priorities and worries
The Scottish Fishermen’s Federation has underlined its key action priorities for fishing for the rest of this year and has vowed to focus every effort in ensuring that a fair deal is achieved for the industry.
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New Gulf of Mexico council appointments
The Commerce Department has announced the appointment of two new members, Douglass Boyd of Texas and Lawrence Abele of Florida, and returning member Harolyn Williams of Mississippi, to the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council.
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NewsSpace bandits ahoy!
A new VHF signal receiver that utilses space station technology could be deployed in combating pirate fishing.
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Amberjack quotas set for the Gulf of Mexico
NOAA Fisheries Service has adjusted the recreational and commercial quotas for greater amberjack for 2010 to account for quota overruns in 2009.
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Scottish Fishermen’s Federation announces new president
Alan Coghill, the secretary of the Orkney Fisheries Association (OFA), has been elected as the new president of the Scottish Fishermen’s Federation (SFF).
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Acting CEO leaves Marine Harvest
Acting CEO and director of group operations Canada, Scotland & Others, Thomas Farstad, has decided to leave Marine Harvest ASA to join Aker Seafoods ASA as CEO.
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NewsUS releases first subsea BP spill report
The first analysis about subsea monitoring in the Deepwater Horizon vacinity has been released.
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News8,000 square miles of Gulf fishing closed area reopened
NOAA has opened more than 8,000 square miles of previously closed fishing area in the Gulf of Mexico, because the agency had not observed oil in the area.
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NewsCroatian fisheries chief: integration is best for aquaculture
Tourism presents a significant obstacle to the development of global aquaculture, but both these vital industries need to follow Croatia’s lead and find greater harmony, according to one of the country’s fisheries leaders.
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NewsEU ambitions for Croatian fish farmer
Despite two decades of hardship, war and a loss of markets, Matko Jasprica has kept his Croatian fish farm alive and now hopes to start exporting to the EU.
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NewsSri Lanka fisheries attract ice plant investors
Sri Lanka has attracted private sector investment to set up ice manufacturing plants in the island''s north and east where the fisheries industry is recovering after the end of a 30-year war and harvests increasing to supply domestic and export markets.
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NewsPelagic pair trawl ban lifted in Mauritania
Mauritania has temporarily lifted its ban on pelagic pair trawling ban to make it attractive for Irish and Scottish pelagic refrigerated seawater (RWS) trawlers to target mackerel, horse mackerel, sardines and sardinella off northwest Africa.
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NewsBP oil spill: fishing closure increases to 36%
The NOAA has again had to modify the commercial and recreational fishing closure in the oil-affected areas of the Gulf of Mexico.
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NewsOrganic farm nears maximum output
Croatian fish farmer Riba Mljet will next year reach its annual production target of 200 tonnes at which point the organic producer of seabass, seabream and meagre will cap its output.
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Aussie illegal crab seizures
More than 216 illegal crab and fish traps have been seized, and more than 80 crabs and fish have been returned to the water alive, as part of a targeted operation in the Hunter region of New South Wales, Australia, said the state''s Primary Industries Minister Steve Whan.
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NewsNIMPL opens new factory for NZ mussel industry
A NZD 23 million (€13.2 million/$16.4 million) mussel processing facility which will help provide the world’s largest half-shell production capacity has opened in Tauranga, New Zealand.
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NewsMEPs rally for stronger aquaculture sector
A stronger European aquaculture industry could help meet growing consumer demand by providing alternatives to wild fish species. But safeguards are needed to prevent environmental and public health risks, according to a new resolution adopted by the European Parliament.
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FarSounder awarded TNO fisheries research order
FarSounder has received an order from The Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research (TNO), for an advanced fisheries research project.
