All Industry News articles – Page 357
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Scottish Marine Bill introduced
Scotland''s first Marine Bill has been introduced to the Scottish Parliament.
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Triple certification for Norwegian fisheries
Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification for three Norwegian fisheries was awarded at the European Seafood Expo in Brussels last week.
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NewsGreenpeace calls on markets to pre-order sustainable skipjack tuna
Greenpeace launched guidelines and an on-line pre-order petition at the European Tuna Conference in Brussels calling on retailers, restaurants and tuna traders to pre-order and shift their supplies to sustainable and equitable skipjack tuna.
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How cities mine fish stocks
New research carried out in the Solomon Islands has drawn a direct line between the depletion of local fish stocks and their proximity to national or even local markets.
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First World Summit on Fisheries Sustainability to be held at WFE 09
The First World Summit on Fisheries Sustainability will be held at the World fishing Exhibition that takes place in Vigo, Spain, from 16-19 September 2009.
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New FAO paper on marine debris
A new FAO technical paper, ''Abandoned, lost or otherwise discarded fishing gear'' highlights the fact that marine debris is a problem of increasing concern.
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Industry response on CFP reform
Seafish, the UK authority on seafood has welcomed the Commission’s Green Paper on the reform of the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP).
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NewsAction plan to help Ecuador's fish industry
The United Nation’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) launched mid-March the first of three missions aimed at drafting an action plan to help Ecuador’s increasingly important fishing industry to develop sustainably, industry websites have reported.
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World first for Stornoway fishery
A fishery in Stornoway on the Isle of Lewis, Scotland has become the first trawl-caught langoustine fishery in the world to achieve Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification as a sustainable and well-managed fishery.
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Skipper praises 'Fishing for Litter'
Popular North East Skipper, Jimmy Buchan of Amity II, has expressed his support for the expanding Fishing For Litter scheme that is cleaning the nation''s seas.
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NewsBluefin tuna stocks collapsing now as fishing season opens
As the Mediterranean’s fishing fleets were readying themselves for the opening of the bluefin tuna fishery, WWF released an analysis showing that the bluefin breeding population will disappear by 2012 under the current fishing regime.
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New Zealand makes preliminary aquaculture decision
New Zealand''s Ministry of Fisheries has made a preliminary decision to approve the 1,783 hectare Wilson Bay Interim Aquaculture Management Area in the Firth of Thames.
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NewsMaldives bans reef shark fishing
The Maldives has banned reef shark fishing and plans a total ban on shark hunting in its seas to protect the species which are a key tourist attraction, from which the archipelago earns much foreign exchange, reports Chandani Jayatilleke.
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News40% of global catch wasted or unmanaged
Nearly half of the world’s recorded fish catch is unused, wasted or not accounted for, according to estimates in a new scientific paper co-authored by WWF.
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Shark Alliance names "Shark Champions" for 2009
In conjunction with the European Seafood Exposition, the Shark Alliance has announced the results of its three-month EU Member State Challenge aimed at encouraging countries to champion implementation of the European Commission''s new EU Shark Plan.
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Sustained growth of MSC labelled products continues
The estimated retail value of seafood products bearing the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) logo is estimated around 1.4 billion US dollars annually.
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European tuna exports to Japan boom
Malta doubled its exports of frozen bluefin tuna to Japan last year - despite warnings from scientists that the species is under threat of being wiped out.
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Deutsche See and Alfocan win Seafood Prix d’Elite awards
Deutsche See GmbH and Alfocan S.A. were awarded the top prizes in the ninth annual Seafood Prix d’Elite new products competition at the European Seafood Exposition.
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Borg meets with Barnier and French fishing sector
Last week, Joe Borg, European Commissioner for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, met Michel Barnier, French Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries and a delegation of French fishermen from the Nord Pas de Calais region.
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Ministers discuss range of issues
Last week fisheries ministers met within the Council to discuss a number of issues of importance to Europe''s fisheries.
