Latest News – Page 485
-
NewsBelize shrimp farms prepare for certification
Members of the Belize Shrimp Growers'' Association are preparing for Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) assessment, thanks to funding from funding from the Enterprise Innovation Challenge Fund (EICF), a component of the Compete Caribbean program.
-
News
Scotland launches Aquaculture Innovation Centre
Scotland has launched its Scottish Aquaculture Innovation Centre (SAIC) to help create jobs and support the growth, sustainability and profitability of the country’s industry.
-
NewsRescuing the ocean from decline
The health of the global ocean is in decline and a five-year integrated rescue package is what’s needed to bring it back to life, according to a new report by the Global Ocean Commission.
-
NewsPlastic waste causes $13bn in annual damage to marine ecosystems
Plastic waste is estimated to cause an estimated $13 billion in financial damage to marine ecosystems, according to two reports issued at the inaugural meeting of the United Nations Environment Assembly.
-
News
EMS survey now online
The Global Aquaculture Alliance (GAA) is calling on shrimp farms in Asia and Latin America to fill out a survey designed to collect information on early mortality syndrome (EMS).
-
News
Tuna seiners confirmed Friend of the Sea
Pevaeche’s six purse seiners have successfully undergone a Friend of the Sea renewal audit.
-
NewsLondon supplier wins Selfridges contract
Southbank Fresh Fish, one of London’s leading seafood suppliers, has been appointed fresh fish supplier to the world-famous Selfridges & Co store on London’s Oxford Street.
-
News'Tummas T' crew happy with Vónin trawl
Faroese trawl producer Vónin has reported that the crew of ‘Tummas T’ are very happy with their Vónin HEX trawl.
-
NewsThailand downgraded in trafficking report
The 2014 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report has been released, and after four consecutive years on the Tier 2 Watchlist, the US Department of State has downgraded Thailand to Tier 3.
-
News
ICES releases food web advice
The International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) has released advice to the European Commission on marine food web indicators.
-
NewsAquaGen identifies IPN resistance gene
The gene responsible for Infectious pancreatic necrosis (IPN) resistance in salmon has been identified by Norwegian biologists at AquaGen.
-
News
Long John Silver’s endorses BAP
The US seafood restaurant chain, Long John Silver’s, is the latest retailer to become a Global Aquaculture Alliance (GAA) Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) market endorser.
-
NewsStrapping machine for Marine Harvest
Gordian Strapping has supplied a StraPack RQ-7000MV18 fully automated stainless steel strapping machine to Marine Harvest at its salmon processing plant in Co. Donegal, Ireland.
-
NewsPresident Obama tackles IUU fishing
US President Barack Obama is enhancing the tools available to combat illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing and seafood fraud in the United States.
-
NewsCanadian Filet-O-Fish MSC certified
Filet-O-Fish served by McDonald’s Canada are now 100% certified as sustainable by the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC).
-
News
Call for Oceana to retract bycatch report
The US Regional Fishery Management Council Coordination Committee has recommended that environmental group Oceana retracts its March 2014 report on fisheries bycatch, as it contains errors and was not independently verified.
-
NewsLeonardo DiCaprio donates to ocean protection
The Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation has awarded Oceana a $3 million grant aimed at protecting threatened ocean habitat and marine species, and has donated an additional $7 million to ocean conservation projects over the next two years.
-
News
Aquaculture diagnostics in Asia
International aquaculture health company Fish Vet Group (FVG) has officially opened its state-of-the-art aquaculture diagnostic facility in Bangkok, Thailand.
-
News
Exhibition to be opened by Minister of Fisheries and Agriculture and Mayor of Kópavogur
The Opening ceremony of the 2014 Icelandic Fisheries Exhibition will take place on 25 September 2014. The Exhibition will be officially opened by Sigurður Ingi Jóhannsson, Icelandic Minister of Fisheries and Agriculture and Ármann Ólafsson, the Mayor of Kópavogur.Following the ceremony, all VIPs will take a guided tour of ...
-
News
PNG unveils electronic catch system
Papua New Guinea’s National Fisheries Authority (NFA) has unveiled a new initiative to implement a state-of-the-art electronic catch documentation system (eCDS) for onboard fisheries observers.
