All Industry News articles – Page 411
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Bradshaw calls for world action to save deep sea ecosystems
UK Marine and Fisheries Minister Ben Bradshaw has urged countries around the world to stop destructive fishing practices that damage seamounts and other deep sea environments.
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Technical report: Fishing with a level indicator
WESMAR, Western Marine Electronics, has recently released a technical report on the unique advantages of the level indicator feature on the WESMAR line of trawl sonars. The level indicator feature allows the sonar operator to monitor the trawl net from the sonar screen, watching the angle of the trawl sled ...
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Macduff cat for fish farming
Macduff Shipyards Ltd has recently completed a steel fish farm workboat for Scottish Sea Farms Ltd for its facility in Sand Bixter in Shetland. The “Lonabrak” is a versatile catamaran with a large deck capacity. The overall length of the vessel is 12.44m, the breadth is 6m and the depth ...
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WHO rushes up yellow flag for avian flu
Captains and fish managers at ports, air cargo handling centres and transport rail/land/sea/air nodes, must prepare their health security readiness after the world’s governments decided to begin immediate implementation of influenza-related parts of the new International Health Regulations (IHR).
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Algal toxins poison Chile’s export earnings
A satellite study, surveying toxic algal blooms, reports that southern Chile’s 360 coastal fish farms are losing millions of Euros each year through deaths of large caged fish as well as shellfish and there have been major outbreaks of local food poisoning.
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Brussels in fresh Greenland catch
Brussels proposes to pay Greenland €15,847,244 per annum for six years from 1 January 2007 for fishing rights for certain species.
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Action urged on deep seas by UN
"Swift and wide ranging actions are needed to conserve the world’s entire marine environment amid fears that humankind’s exploitation of the deep seas and open oceans is rapidly passing the point of no return.” So says a new report produced by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the World ...
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Gut the red tape
Most fisheries ministers have welcomed plans by the EU Commission (EC) to cut back red tape for fishermen in the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP).
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Sole and plaice
The future of stocks of high-value plaice and sole in the North Sea continues to be a data battle ground for both scientists and the fishing industry.
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Opening up Ivan’s locker
The Norwegians have pulled off a major diplomatic breakthrough by setting up a joint three-year research programme, on benthos in the Barents Sea, with Russian scientists.
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Illegal, unreported, unregulated fishing demands immediate action
The global problem of illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing demands immediate action, New Zealand Fisheries Minister Jim Anderton told an international meeting in Parisat the beginning of March.
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More EU money on the slab?
The pounding which the European small vessel fleet has been taking from rocketing fuel costs and ever tighter catch controls, has finally forced Brussels to put what it calls ‘rescue aid’ on the table. It seems ready to bend the rules to let governments help “enterprises that appear to be ...
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Albacore fishing in the South Pacific
A report (Oceanic Fisheries Programme Technical Report No. 37) just published and written by Adam D. Langley of the Secretariat of the Pacific Community, summarises the status of the stock and fishery management issues pertaining to the Pacific Island Countries and Territories (PICT*).
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Tromsø to host third Open SEAFOODplus Conference
With a plenary session divided into four themes, and one day devoted to three parallel symposia, the third Open Seafoodplus conference on 30 and 31 May in Tromsø, Norway, comes as a package of new information delivered in a fresh format.
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Shrimp IMS launched in Ecuador
Waltham, Massachusetts-based Aqua Bounty Technologies, a biotechnology company focused on health and productivity applications in the fast-growing aquaculture sector, has received regulatory approval for Shrimp IMS, its lead product, in Ecuador.
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Norway’s King Harald to open Nor-Fishing 2006
HM King Harald will undertake the official opening of Nor-Fishing 2006 on Tuesday 8 August in Trondheim. He previously opened the 1996 event, and also officially opened Aqua Nor 2003.
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Marel acquires AEW Thurne and Delford Sortaweigh
Marel hf, one of the world’s leading developers of high-tech food processing equipment, has announced its acquisition of UK-based AEW Thurne (AEW) and Delford Sortaweigh (Delford) from the AEW Delford Group Ltd.
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African countries on the issue of whaling
According to the Japan Fisheries Association (JFA), African countries are now asking equal opportunity to participate in the discussions of the International Whaling Commission.
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Wärtsilä power for Belize shrimp farming
Wärtsilä Corporation was awarded an EPC (engineering, procurement and construction) contract in December 2005 for the delivery of a 23.6 MWe combined heat and power plant to Belize Aquaculture Ltd. for a shrimp farm and associated processing plant in Belize, Central America. The contract is valued at approximately $19 million.
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Two fisheries apply for MSC re-assessment
The Burry Inlet cockles and South West mackerel handline fisheries have separately announced they are seeking re-assessment under the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) eco-label programme for sustainable and well-managed fisheries.
