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Herring fishermen embrace scientific research By Dr Steven Mackinson, Chief Scientific Officer, Scottish Pelagic Fishermen’s Association One of the greatest recent changes of significance to how our fisheries are managed is the way that our ...
ISSF Announces First Conservation Measure 26 seafood companies to commit to measure requiring a publicly available policy addressing social issues throughout the tuna supply chain The International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF) today announced the adoption ...
European fishermen reject Mediterranean effort cuts for 2021 European fishing sector representative body, Europêche, is urging against further fishing effort cuts in 2021. In a statement, Europêche said: “Last year the EU adopted a Multiannual ...
The UK has today signed a fisheries framework agreement with the Faroe Islands. This is the second coastal state agreement negotiated since the UK left the EU and follows the UK-Norway fisheries treaty signed by ...
For the sixth year in a row, the Antarctic krill fishery is awarded with an A rating as the only reduction fishery in very good condition. This rating comes from the Sustainable Fisheries Partnership (SFP), ...
EU fishers call upon EC for its support in Brexit talks In a joint declaration sent to Michel Barnier, coastal communities, coastal regions and fishermen from all over the European Union called upon the European ...
New research confirms movement of adult and young pollock between Russian and U.S. waters. Scientists from the NOAA Alaska Fisheries Science Center, NOAA Research’s Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory and the Russian Research Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography, ...
Search for new sustainable fish-feed ingredients In the search for new, sustainable fish feed ingredients, Norwegian researchers are working to see if the ingredients can be used in feed technically. Tor Andreas Samuelsen and colleagues ...
EC SETS OUT CATCH PROPOSALS FOR ATLANTIC AND NORTH SEA The European Commission has published its proposal setting out catch limits for fish stocks in the Atlantic and the North Sea. Based on this proposal, ...
Over the last couple of months D&S IFCA Officers have been undertaking stock assessments of several shellfish beds. Mussel beds were surveyed in the Exe, Teign and Taw-Torridge estuaries, while cockle beds were surveyed in ...
Call for evidence launches on proposals to better safeguard marine habitats. Key offshore habitats such as Dogger Bank could benefit from enhanced protections England’s seas and marine wildlife could benefit from better protection and management ...
To address the challenge towards achieving a national baseline of intertidal seaweed resource distribution in Ireland, the Marine Institute and Enterprise Ireland have awarded Phase 1 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contracts to three Irish ...
UK biotech company, Deep Branch, has secured further investment to scale up the sustainable generation of protein that could transform food production and supply chains. Complementing the REACT-FIRST project, the company is turning industrial emissions ...
New MOWI COO for the Americas Mowi has appointed Fernando Villarroel (45) as Chief Operating Officer Farming Americas. Mr Villarroel is Managing Director of Mowi Chile and has held a variety of executive positions in ...
Marine Gears Turning horsepower into profit! How preventative and predictive maintenance can ensure uptime, maintain productivity and reduce costs With vessel owners looking to keep operating costs to a minimum and with repower or upgrade ...
SAIC SCHOLARS: JULES WEHRY’S COLLABORATION WITH ZWS Jules Wehry recently completed an MSc in Sustainable Aquaculture at the University of Stirling, and received a SAIC scholarship to fund his studies. For his dissertation project, he ...
EC must stop France and Spain from killing thousands of dolphins – NGOs warn that thousands of common dolphins in the Bay of Biscay face horrific deaths in fishing nets this winter if the EU ...
Bernadette Jordan, Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard, and Carolyn Bennett, Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations, have announced the appointment of Allister Surette as Federal Special Representative, a neutral third-party who will communicate ...
A fish school is a striking demonstration of synchronicity. Yet centuries of study have left a basic question unanswered: do fish save energy by swimming in schools? Now, scientists from the Max Planck Institute of ...
Fishermen have broken all records for marine litter returned to shore under the Fishing for Litter scheme in the Netherlands. Participants in IJmuiden, Den Helder, Harlingen, Stellendam and Vlissingen have already received certificates. Local government ...
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