All Industry News articles – Page 33
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NewsNorth Sea cod loses MSC certification
Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certificates for North Sea cod are about to be suspended after an alarming drop in stocks, considering North Sea cod had been believed to be in a healthy condition. The suspension affects all MSC certified fisheries targeting the North Sea cod stock.
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NewsJoint efforts to head off North Sea cod cut
Fishing industry leaders in EU North Sea member states and Norway are working together to try to find ways to ensure that the final TAC agreed after the autumn and December Fisheries Council negotiations is much smaller than this, reports Tim Oliver.
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NewsUS lists Korea for illegal fishing
The US has put South Korea on a preliminary list of countries engaged in illegal fishing in a move which could result in trade sanctions on Korean seafood exports if immediate reforms are not undertaken.
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NewsComplex negotiations ahead as UK leaves EU
The complexity of the negotiations facing Britain following its expected departure from the European Union has been highlighted by solicitor Charley Hattersley, an expert in commercial marine law.
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NewsWhitefish processing on show in Copenhagen
Stakeholders from the global whitefish processing industry are meeting on 25 September at Marel’s demonstration centre in Copenhagen for a full day event exploring ways that technology can help make better use of their raw material.
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NewsNo MSC certification for mackerel
MSC certificates for the North East Atlantic (NEA) mackerel fishery will not be reinstated despite the latest scientific advice indicating that the stock is in a healthy condition. The MSC decision was determined by several teams of independent auditors and reflects the lack of comprehensive international agreement on quotas, threatening ...
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NewsKongsberg expands Canadian operation
Kongsberg Maritime has expanded its Canadian operation by establishing a presence at COVE, the Centre for Ocean Ventures & Entrepreneurship, in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia.
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NewsRFC signs finance agreement with Sberbank
An agreement on the financing of the Russian Pollock processing plant has been signed Russian Fishery Company (RFC) CEO Fedor Kirsanov and Marina Perebeynus, Deputy Chairman of the Far Eastern Bank of Sberbank.
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NewsFishing plastic from the Adriatic Sea
In May and June this year around forty fishing boats from San Benedetto del Tronto, on Italy''s Adriatic coast, collected and brought ashore all the plastic recovered during fishing. A month after the start of the activity, FPT Industrial and the Fishing for Plastic initiative partners took stock at the ...
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NewsBrussels becomes Barcelona
Organisers of the annual Seafood Expo Global/Seafood Processing Global events have announced that next year’s exhibition in Brussels will be the last one before the event moves to a new home in Barcelona in 2021.
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NewsClean Seas has ambitious plans for kingfish
Australian kingfish producer, Clean Seas Seafood, has announced plans to expand sales volumes by 50% to 4000 tonnes a year by 2022 and 6000 tonnes by 2025.
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NewsEuropêche supports WTO IUU stance
Europêche has given full support to an ambitious World Trade Organisation (WTO) agreement which aims to abolish fishery subsidies which the trade body says are contributing to overcapacity and overfishing.
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NewsOnline hub unifies traceability efforts
The Seafood Alliance for Legality and Traceability (SALT) has launched an online learning hub to showcase seafood traceability efforts around the globe and encourage collaboration across industry, governments and NGOs.
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NewsThai Union's 'Sustainability Superwoman'
Thai Union Group''s global director of corporate affairs and sustainability has been recognised as one of Asia’s ''Top Sustainability Superwomen'' for encouraging positive change across the global seafood industry.
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NewsGoerlich recertified by Friend of the Sea
Goerlich Pharma has been recertified by Friend of the Sea for sustainable production of seafood-based products.
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NewsEU and Mauritania extend partnership deal
The EU and the Islamic Republic of Mauritania have agreed to extend for up to one year the protocol governing the sustainable fisheries partnership agreement which was due to expire in November 2019.
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NewsEC adopts Baltic Sea proposal
The European Commission has adopted a proposal for fishing opportunities for 2020 for the commercially most important fish stocks in the Baltic Sea.
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NewsSatellite comms on smaller boats saves lives
Satellite comms company, Inmarsat, together with the Indonesian Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries, its Department of Fisheries, the UK Space Agency and other partners have successfully completed a three-year fisheries innovation project.
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NewsAtlantic Menhaden gets MSC Certification
Omega Protein''s Atlantic menhaden fishery has now been officially certified as sustainable against Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) standards. The certification comes after a final approval by an independent adjudicator, who had ruled against challenges to the certification. This approval ends a two-year effort by Omega Protein to secure the ...
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NewsSFP praises new Yucatan octopus FIP
The Sustainable Fisheries Partnership (SFP) has announced the first public posting of a new industry-led fishery improvement project (FIP) covering octopus fishing off the coast of the Yucatan peninsula in Mexico.
