All Industry News articles – Page 401
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Commission: reductions in deep-sea fisheries are inevitable
The European Commission has warned that reductions in catches of deep sea species are inevitable either through choice to conserve the stocks concerned or by force as they become fished to depletion.
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PFA catch allowance down
The shortfall in pelagics allowed to be caught in EU waters in 2007 following the December EU Fisheries Council meeting has to be compensated in third countries, the president of the Dutch dominated Pelagic Freezer trawler Association (PFA) Gerard van Balsfoort told World Fishing.
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Birds Eye Iglo's sustainability policy
New Birds Eye Iglo Chief Executive, Martin Glenn, has made his first announcement on the company’s sustainability policy and its intention to develop it further this year.
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NewsNew patrol vessel for Iceland
The Icelandic government has ordered an Oceanographic Patrol Vessel from ASMAR-Shipbuilding and Ship Repair Company, Chile, for the Icelandic Coast Guard. The vessel is designed by Rolls-Royce Norway for patrol operations in the North Atlantic.
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Norwegian whale quota set
Norway’s Minister of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs has set a quota of 1,052 animals for the 2007 minke whale hunt.
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Ice-class research vessel for Norway
The Norwegian Government has announced that it will assess the need for a new, ice-class research vessel capable of operating in the far north.
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New research refutes ocean ecosystems collapse claims
Research conducted by scientists at the Pelagic Fisheries Research Program (PFRP) of the UH Mãnoa School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology, and reported in a paper published in the December 15, 2006 issue of Science, refutes the claims that ocean ecosystems are on the brink of collapse.
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Record investment package for Irish seafood industry
An Taoiseach Bertie Ahern T.D., along with Minister Noel Dempsey T.D. and Minister of State John Browne T.D., launched the Irish Government’s new National Seafood Strategy at a press conference on 28 January.
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£8.6 million investment in Brixham regeneration
Major funding is protecting the future of the fishing industry in the historic Devon port of Brixham and starting regeneration in the town.
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Bush Administration announces $140m for clean ocean priorities
The Bush Administration announced on 26 January major budget increases totalling more than $140 million to support coastal and marine conservation efforts in Fiscal Year 2008, and released the administration''s Ocean Research Priorities Plan and Implementation Strategy.
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New Zealand: New surface longline restrictions in place
Minister of Fisheries Jim Anderton announced on 26 January that he is placing restrictions on the use of surface longlines in order to address threats to albatross and other seabirds (see World Fishing News 7 December 2006).
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NewsTuna meeting outcome
Member states and organisers of five regional tuna management bodies agreed to share lists of illegal fishing fleets and to implement catch-tracking programmes in an action plan adopted in Kobe, Japan, at the end of the five-day international meeting.
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EU and IOC partnership to fight illegal fishing
The European Commission and the Indian Ocean Commission (IOC) have entered into a partnership to fight illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fisheries in the region.
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Sæplast and Tempra factories to be renamed 1 Feb
On 1 February 2007, the names Sæplast Dalvík and Tempra will become Promens Dalvík and Promens Tempra.
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Grieg purchases Target Marine’s salmon farming sites and fish plant
Salmon farming company Grieg Seafood BC Ltd. has purchased the Target Marine Group of Companies’ salmon farming sites on Canada’s Sunshine Coast and its processing facility in Egmont.
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EMS to restructure 1 Feb
TESMA, Stromme and Polaris are joining forces as of 1 February 2007, under the Eitzen Marine Services (EMS) platform.
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Irish illegal catch payback deal
Irish Ministers Noel Dempsey and John Browne welcomed the successful conclusion to a Management Committee meeting in Brussels on 23 January, which agreed to a proposal from the European Commission for partial paybacks by Ireland over a six year period for Mackerel illegally landed by large Irish trawlers into Scotland ...
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Canada gives $30m to salmon conservation
Canada’s Atlantic Salmon Conservation Foundation (ASCF) was presented with a cheque on 23 January for $30 million by Minister of Veterans Affairs and Minister Responsible for New Brunswick, the Honorable Greg Thompson, on behalf of the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO).
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MSC asks: what is sustainable fishing?
The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC), as part of its ‘Quality and Consistency’ project is inviting public comment on the definition of sustainable fishing.
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Have your say on the Cod Recovery Programme
The North Sea and North Western Waters Regional Advisory Councils are organising a Cod Symposium where fishermen, environmentalists, scientist and consumers are being urged to give their views on the Cod Recovery Programme.
