Latest News – Page 540
-
NewsMSC celebrates 20,000 sustainable products
The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) is celebrating its 20,000th certified product.
-
News‘Green’ longliner for Blue North
Seattle-based Blue North has contracted Dakota Creek Industries to build a new ‘green’ longliner, with delivery due in the fourth quarter of 2014.
-
NewsFish oil market to reach US$1.7bn in 2018
The global market for fish oil was valued at US$1.1bn (€850m) in 2011 and is expected to reach US$1.7bn (€1.3bn) in 2018, according to a report published by Transparency Market Research.
-
NewsJigging trial to take place in Australian waters
A jigging trial in the Commonwealth Small Pelagic Fishery (SPF) has been approved by the Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA).
-
News
Cermaq votes against Copeinca bid
Despite 62.5% of Cermaq’s shareholders voting in favour of the bid for a controlling interest in Copeinca, it was not enough for the required two-thirds majority.
-
NewsScottish sea lice argument
The Scottish sea lice issue has reared its head again with one of the largest seafood companies in the world, Marine Harvest, facing renewed calls to move its farms away from wild salmon populations to prevent transmission of parasites.
-
NewsIglo Austria 100% certified
The entire range of Iglo Austria’s ocean caught fish is now Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certified.
-
NewsCommission warns Faroes about herring sanctions
The Faroe Islands have been formally notified by the European Commission that the Commission intends to adopt measures in support of the sustainability of herring fisheries.
-
News
BAP processing standards GFSI benchmarked
Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) processing plant standards have been benchmarked against the latest Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) food safety requirements.
-
News
Group presents deep-sea fishing recommendations
A group of deep-sea fishing professionals have presented a set of key recommendations to policy makers, which aim to achieve sustainable fisheries management in the North-East Atlantic.
-
News
Weak outcome of GFCM meeting
As the 37th annual session of the General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM) closed last week, Oceana said that it was appalled by the failure to take action in addressing the state of Mediterranean fish stocks.
-
NewsFish scheme up for ethics award
The UK’s first “community supported fishery”, the cooperative Catchbox scheme, has been nominated for an Observer Ethical Award in the Big Idea category.
-
NewsPIANC report advises on fishways
The World Association for Waterborne Transport Infrastructure (PIANC) has published a new report on the construction and operation of fishways, which it says can minimise the negative effect of dams on migratory fish.
-
NewsIceland responds to MCS mackerel claims
The Iceland Ministry of Industries and Innovation has responded to the Marine Conservation Society’s (MCS) rating of Icelandic pelagic caught mackerel as ‘least sustainable’, which has been based on seven justifications.
-
NewsIndustry speaks up at conference
The ‘Managing Our Nation’s Fisheries 3’ conference has ended on a positive note, with conference participants developing 128 recommendations covering nine focus topics for improving US fishery sustainability.
-
NewsRolls-Royce equips new research vessel
Rolls-Royce has delivered an advanced deck machinery system for a new WesterGeco specialised amazon class seismic research vessel – currently under construction at Flensburger Shipyard in Germany.
-
NewsNFFO welcomes CFP compromise
The new mandate for the reform of the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) announced this week has not fallen short of the mark for all.
-
News
Russian salmon fishery enters assessment
The Narody Severa and Bolsheretsk salmon fishery operating in the Sea of Okhotsk and Western Kamchatka, Russia has entered into full assessment in the Marine Stewardship Council’s (MSC) certification program.
-
NewsNZ trials electronic monitoring
New Zealand’s Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) and the Department of Conservation (DOC) have recently trialled an electronic monitoring programme in the Timaru set net fishery, in partnership with the fishing industry.
-
NewsFin removal for better traceability
Research conducted by Nofima indicates that visible marking of farmed salmon will make it easier to differentiate escaped farmed salmon from wild salmon - with removal of the adipose fin in farmed salmon being the easiest and cheapest method.
